She served as a consecrated Baptist missionary, deaconess, and lay preacher. Each deacon was partnered with a deaconess. She is credited with reviving the office of deaconess in the American Methodist Episcopal Church. African-American deaconess in the Episcopal Church. He underwent chemotherapy at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Webster Ave, Mill Creek Riverwalk, Creekside Common, and Beth Israel Deaconess HealthCare. Some congregations have women deacons, others as deaconess, some have both. As stated before, women were given equality by adding the title of deacon (deaconess). Kim Il-sung's mother was a Presbyterian deaconess. The first deaconess was consecrated in 1884. Bishop Oliveto is married to Robin Ridenour, a Deaconess in the California-Nevada Conference. The Church of England named its first deaconess in 1862. Oliveto is married to Robin Ridenour, who is a deaconess in UMC. Phoebe, the nurse mentioned in the New Testament, was a deaconess. It was renamed Deaconess Hospital in 1917.