Some wonder, ‘Where do our Deaconess students come from?’ And the simple answer to that question is ‘everywhere!’ From Texas to North Dakota, California to Rhode Island, and many states and regions in between, there is no area scarce of women seeking to serve. Further, international deaconess students from Europe, Asia and Africa, [just to name a few continents] have also matriculated to Concordia Theological Seminary.

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Rachel Thompson is a CTS deaconess intern who has special interest in the Lutherans in Kenya. Below is an update, via Rachel, from Rev. Dennis Meeker (CTS 07) who serves a congregation there. The photo is Pastor Meeker with his wife, Lorna. You can read more about them at Friends of Mercy.

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