Assemblies

DIAKONIA meet for a World Assembly every four years.

Next World Assembly

The next World Assembly is being planned for 2013 and will be held in Berlin, Germany.

Past DIAKONIA World Assemblies and their themes

Year Venue Theme
2009 Atlant, USA Diakonia - Crossroads of Grace... Revive and Reconcile
2005 Durham, England Diakonia at the Margins - Challenge and Hope
2001 Brisbane, Australia Hearts on Fire in a New Time - click for details
1996 Friedrichroda, Germany Bridges of Reconciliation - Hope and Mission
1992 Wolfville, Canada Christ with us in the Storms of Life
1987 Bern, Switzerland To serve with Christ in an endangered World
1983 Warwick, England The Sacrament of Care
1979 Manila, Philippines The more Excellent Way (1 Cor. 13)
1975 Bethel/Bielefeld, Germany To live the Gospel in a broken world
1972 New York, USA Signs of the Church of Tomorrow
1969 Tampere, Finland Christ Present
Start of relief action DIAKAID
1966 Edinburgh, Scotland Diaconia on New Roads
1963 Berlin, Germany Female Diaconia in the Oikumene
1960 Uppsala, Sweden The Female Diaconate of the Church
1957 Strasbourg, France Welfare State and Diaconia
1954 Oslo, Norway Diaconia in the Rapid Change of Time
1951 Den Haag/Utrecht, Netherlands Psychotherapy for Ministry; Youth and Vocation
1949 Zürich-Zollikerberg, Switzerland The Service of Women in the Church
1947 Copenhagen, Denmark The Church Responsibility for Diaconia
Foundation of the International Federation DIAKONIA
1946 Utrecht, Netherlands Conference of European Deaconess Houses
DIAKONIA takes shape