Background
Barnett, James Monroe was born on October 21, 1925 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. Son of James Monroe Senior and Egeria Overton (Brooks) Barnett.
(This book is a highly readable, comprehensive study that ...)
This book is a highly readable, comprehensive study that has established itself as the definitive work on the diaconate. Drawing upon original sources, the book provides valuable insights into the development of the office of the deacon in the early church and situates it within the context of the church's total ministry. Dr. Barnett contends that a radical change in the nature and understanding of the church's ministry took place in the fourth century. A ministry that had included the whole people of God in a horizontal, organic structure gave way to one that was clerical and hierarchical. This change, among other factors, eventually transformed the diaconate into an inconsequential, transitional office on the way to the priesthood. Responding to the present-day revival of the diaconate in the Roman Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran, and other churches, Barnett calls for a restoration of the office to its original place as full and equal order, thus re-creating the great symbol of the servant ministry that Christ gave to all the church. James Monroe Barnett, now living in retirement in Omaha, is the former rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, Norfolk, NE.
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Barnett, James Monroe was born on October 21, 1925 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. Son of James Monroe Senior and Egeria Overton (Brooks) Barnett.
Bachelor, Louisiana State University, 1946. Master of Divinity., Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, 1951. Doctor Ministry, University of South, 1979.
Rector, Trinity Church, Norfolk, Nebraska, 1958-1992. Lecturer theological seminaries, United States and England.
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Chairman Nebraska Liturgical Commission, Omaha, since 1970. Member executive council Diocese of Nebraska, Omaha, 1969-1970, 76-88. Member Commission on Ministry, Omaha, 1982-1986.
Member North America Association for Diaconate (board trustees), Associated Parishes, Association of Diocesan Liturgy and Music Communications.
Married Marian Jean Scofield, August 15, 1956. Children: James Mark, John Michael, Thomas Overton, Paul Winston.