Growing in Faith helps you discern how to use your God given gifts to spread the good news of Jesus Christ where you live and work. Over the years, additional locations in the Metro New York area were opened (and sometimes closed) based on need. When Pastor Bouman received a call to be pastor in New Jersey, he took the program with him across the Hudson River and over the years an additional seven
locations were planted in the New Jersey Synod. In 1994, with a grant from the Metropolitan New York Synod, a Latino location was developed, and since then Latino locations have been meeting in the Metro New York area. Through the efforts of graduates who have relocated, diakonia has been planted in other ELCA Synods. The diakonia Program National Board continues to be engaged in expansion and publicity efforts in a number of additional ELCA Synods. In the first 28 years more than 800 persons have completed the diakonia Program course of study. At the present time, there are Locations in the following Synods:
New Jersey Synod – 1982
Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod – 1998
Metropolitan Chicago Synod – 1999
Metropolitan New York - 1977
Northern Illinois Synod – 2003
Greater Milwaukee Synod – 2006
Florida/Bahamas Synod – 2006
Indiana-Kentucky Synod 2008
