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Deutscher Gemeinschafts-Diakonieverband (DGD)
(Translated into english this means roughly "German Fellowship Deaconry
Union".)
The web site of the DGD now exists as www.dgd.org.
Contents
Disclaimer
This page is included to give readers a chance to understand what I do in my
work. No information given here does contain or imply any official statements
by the DGD.
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History
At the end of the 19th century, God led several young women to a form of
living serving entirely Him, which to them meant (among other things) not to
marry and not to have personal income. A pastor in eastern Germany (now part
of Poland) and those women found together and in the house of this pastor they
founded a (there were and are others) deaconess-motherhouse, in the beginning
with 4 deaconesses. The idea was revolutionary, because this way of living
enabled unmarried women to have the status (and financial security) of married
ones, even to do full work in churches.
In the next decades the idea spread and several other motherhouses were
founded. After some troubles and moves in and around the first and second
world war, in the early 1960s there have been almost 4000 deaconesses in 6
motherhouses in many parts of Germany.
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Presence
The DGD basically consists of the
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DGD GmbH (GmbH means "Ltd."), operating 7 hospitals all over Germany,
and the
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DGD e.V. (e.V. means "registered club" - can
be anything from a local sports club to the nationwide automobile association
with millions of members), operating many different suborganisations:
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the central administration in Marburg
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6 deaconess motherhouses (in Gunzenhausen, Marburg, Elbingerode,
Velbert, Lemförde and Lachen) with about 2000 deaconesses and a similar
number of normal workforce (like me) within Germany. These motherhouses in
turn operate in total about 70 daughter works, ranging from retreat homes,
homes for the elderly, kindergardens and schools up to a full fledged
sanatorium with 120 beds.
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motherhouses abroad in Curitiba (Brasil), Kobe (Japan), Liberty Corner (USA),
Amerongen (Netherlands), Rubengera (Ruanda)
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a mission society (Marburger
Mission) with about 80 Missionaries in 9 countries on 4 continents
LISeminar Tabor, a brotherhouse
(bible school with brotherhood) in Marburg
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another bible school in Marburg (Marburger Bibelseminar, my fiancee :-)
studied there)
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a tracts mission (Blättermission)
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and probably serveral others I forgot to mention, because they don't call me
at work because they have some friends to keep their computers going...
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My Task
My job within this is to keep the computers (and the
people using them) within the e.V. happy. This includes planning and
procurement of new equipment, programming, network management and user
support.
Currently these projects are running:
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introduction of new accounting software
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programming (redesign) of the pension fund management software
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implementation and introduction of electronic mail (user@branch.dgd.org)
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planning of a future WWW presence - as soon as the provider gets things
straight, there will be dgd.org.
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Last updated: 05.05.2007 17:42:59
Martin Stut, email: , Marburg, Germany
URL: http://www.stut.de/dgd.htm