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===Methodist tradition===
The [[Methodist Church of Great Britain]], and its ancestors, have established a number of orders of [[Deaconess]]es, who are now ordained as clergy and are Ministers in equal standing alongside their presbyteral colleagues. The [[Methodist Diaconal Order]] (MDO) currently admits both men and women to the Order and all are now known as Deacons. Since the functions of a deacon are primarily [[pastoral]], the MDO may therefore be regarded as an order of [[Regular clerics]].

[[Order of Saint Luke|The Order of Saint Luke]] is a religious order in the [[United Methodist Church]] dedicated to sacramental and liturgical scholarship, education, and practice.