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North America I and II. St. Louis, 1898, and Newton, 1938. MLA style Steiner, E. G. and Maynard Shelly. "Mennonite Book Concern (Berne, Indiana, USA)."

responsible for its publishing. In 1954 E. G. Steiner was the editor, C. A. Classen associate editor, and E. E. Zimmerman executive manager. It had a circulation

block building was erected in 1941 and the auditorium enlarged in 1951. E. G. Steiner served as pastor 1946-1951, Paul A. McCoy 1951-1955, and Owen Haifley

Some of the district conferences also operated institutions such as schools (e.g., Indiana-Michigan had Bethany Christian High School, Ontario had Rockway

D. G. Lapp 1916-1927, Levi Mumaw 1927-1935, Edwin J. Yoder 1935-1948, J. B. Martin 1948- . The following treasurers have served since 1921: V. E. Reiff

Website: Mennonite Church Alberta MLA style Dick, C. Lorne and Samuel J. Steiner. "Mennonite Church Alberta." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online

Chicago." unpublished BD thesis, Chicago Theological Seminary, 1940. Kaufman, E. G. The Development of the Missionary and Philanthropic Interest Among the Mennonites

cases actually joint conference and bishop-care of certain congregations, e.g., the weak Barker Street Church. Both Mennonites and Amish Mennonites formed

large academic conferences (e.g. Mennonite Identity) and formal publication of collected papers from the conferences. Sam Steiner became director after Redekop's

org/2018/01/15/news/former-mc%E2%80%88usa-congregations-join-mb-conference/. MLA style Kauffman, Floyd E, Samuel J. Steiner and Richard D Thiessen. "North

1988-89, ed. James E. Horsch. Scottdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, 1989: 73. Mennonite Yearbook & Directory, 1997, ed. James E. Horsch. Scottdale

Gingerich; 1901, I. R. Detweiler, F. S. Ebersole, C. E. Bender, J. M. Kurtz, John Umble; 1902, W. B. Christophel, G. J. Lapp, A. B. Rutt, O. C. Yoder, D. B. Zook;

org/wiki/Grace_University. MLA style Burkholder, Harold D. and Samuel J. Steiner. "Grace University (Omaha, Nebraska, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite

Fellowship organized." Gospel Herald 72, no. 22 (29 May 1979): 443. Horsch, James E., ed. Mennonite Yearbook and Directory. Scottdale: Mennonite Publishing House

A few Mennonite private Christian schools began also in the late 1940s, e.g., Crown Hill near Smithville and Sonnenberg near Kidron. The former closed

usually a means of aggrandizement of states and rulers. Some Anabaptists, e.g., Balthasar Hubmaier, supported the right of military self-defense, and argued

have deliberately decided to drop the name Mennonite in favor of another (e.g., United Missionary Church, formerly Mennonite Brethren in Christ until 1953

joining the Separate Reformed Church, and many members of other families, e.g., Kraster, Rijkens, and Stukje, also left. Among the outstanding Mennonite

chairman; W. E. Manges, Elkhart, Indiana, vice-chairman; F. B. Hertzog, Emmaus, Pennsylvania, secretary; W. E. Manges, Elkhart, Indiana, treasurer; E. N. Cassel

Bern 1969. Steck, R. und G. Tobler, Akten-sammlung zur Gesch. der Berner Ref or. 1521-1532. Bern, 1923. Thormann, G. Probier-Stein, oder Schrifftmässige und

topics from an Anabaptist perspective are also included. GAMEO (pronounced găm’-e-o) emerged from two earlier projects. The first was the five-volume Mennonite

Mennonite had been brought into use at the turn of the century by M. S. Steiner, compiler of Mennonite statistics, to distinguish these churches from the

1914-1919; N. E. Troyer, 1919-1923; O. N. Johns, 1923-1926; C. C. King, 1926-1927; E. A. Shank, 1927-1931; M. C. Lehman, June-August 1931; William G. Detweiler

continued to serve the Rural Mission Board in a variety of locations after 1930 (e.g., Zurich, Bothwell and Baden -- in the late 1930s). He was actively engaged

Rupp, Aaron Sauder, and E. E. Rupp, until 1920. Then Amos Oyer was editor for a few years with G. P. Schultz as assistant, and E. E. Zimmerman as managing

Church, Berne, Indiana. Berne, IN: First Mennonite Church, 1982. Sprunger, E. The First Hundred Years. Berne, IN: First Mennonite Church, 1938. Stella,

Conference, 1957-1990. Bluffton, Ohio: The Conference, 2003. Address: 5517 E 1950 North Road, Danvers, Illinois 61732 Phone: 309-963-4554 Website: https://www

D. Wenger, and Milferd Wenger, ministers, and A. L. Yost, Orville E. Wiggers, and G. H. Dyck as deacons. The background of its members was largely Pennsylvania-German

and selected John Schneck, Amos Hilty, and E. D. Kohli as its first deacons, while A. C. Diller, C. C. Steiner, and Menno Schumacher served as the first

Mennonite Yearbook and Directory (1905) lists Stahl with 176 members and S. G. Shetler (ordained 1897) and S. D. Yoder as ministers. Down to ca. 1940 all

as natural revelation), and what can be known only by special revelation, e.g., the mystery of the Trinity and the incarnation. Thus, in the Platonic-Augustinian

Fellowship. The ministerial team included Bishop William Beiler and Deacons Paul E. Yoder and Marcus Yoder. "Amish Mennonite Churches in West Virginia." The Beachy

the United States was held at the Clinton Frame Church in 1892. MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "Clinton Frame Church (Goshen, Indiana, USA)." Global Anabaptist

2023, the congregation began to refer to itself as East Bend Church. Heiser, E. W. Sixty Years with East Bend 1889-1949. Fisher, 1949. Available in full electronic

Newton, KS, 1949: 92-97. Reimer, Gustav E. and G. R. Gaeddert. Exiled by the Czar. Newton, KS, 1956. Steiner, Samuel J. Vicarious Pioneer: the Life of

1941. In 1957 the congregation had 200 members with Kenneth G. Good as bishop. MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "First Mennonite Church of Morton (Morton, Illinois

http://www.gormleychurch.org/about/story.html (accessed 15 August 2009). Steiner, Sam. "Assurance of Salvation or Faithful Living: Nineteenth Century Ontario

Schumacher, John T. Moyer, John M. Regier, Paul E. Whitmer, Forrest Musser, and Ernest J. Bohn. MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "Grace Mennonite Church (Pandora

was somewhat successful (e.g., conversion of Marti Roth, the former Vorsteher), it was without any result at Kreutz and Stein (among the Carinthian newly

Conference Illinois Mennonite Conference. Mennonite Church USA MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "Mennonite Church of Normal (Normal, Illinois, USA)." Global

1882-d. 1917. Other ministers who served were Abr. Klaassen, David Hiebert, and G. K. Goossen (1906-d. 37). Services were held in homes and school-houses until

76; the pastor was Sylvan Lehman. MLA style Lehman, Sylvan and Samuel J. Steiner. "Lima Mennonite Church (Lima, Ohio, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite

annual and semiannual conference meetings were not kept until quite late, e.g., in the Franconia Conference not before 1905. Sometimes, even after the establishment

Fellowship Gospel Light Fellowship MLA style Thiessen, Richard D. and Samuel J. Steiner. "Gospel Light Fellowship (McVeytown, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist

Sawatzky, 1928-1938; Herbert Widmer, 1939-1943; and George G. Dick, 1943- . MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "Bethlehem Mennonite Church (Bloomfield, Montana

Raber was an ordained minister when he moved to Conneautville in 1970. Menno E. Fisher was ordained as a minister in 1972, as as the bishop in 1976. In 2014

Strassburger CONRAD: S. E. Conrad and L. E. Conrad. Conrad Family Tree from 1753-1910. Sterling, Ohio, 1910?, 39 p.; Mar tha E. Graber, Mary Ellen (Conrad)

Willis Steiner family (Mennonite) of Dalton, Ohio, was a large supplier of mottos and materials for making them, until the death of Mrs. Steiner in 1985

Affiliations: Illinois Mennonite Conference Mennonite Church USA By LeRoy E. Kennel. Copied by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from

edu/mediawiki/index.php/Mastre,_Isaac_N._(1860-1943). Address: 6909 141st Ave. N.E., Grafton, North Dakota 58237 Phone: 701-284-7550 Website: Denominational Affiliations:

Map:Providence Mennonite Church (Newport News, Virginia, USA) MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "Providence Mennonite Church (Newport News, Virginia, USA)."

the Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities. They sponsored Abner G. Stoltzfus, a pastor at the Maple Grove Mennonite Church in Atglen, Pennsylvania

conference. (See articles on all the Swiss cantons for detailed accounts, e.g. Bern). From 1946 to 1952 the Mennonite Central Committee maintained its Euro­pean

Affiliations: Central District Conference Mennonite Church USA MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "Bethel Mennonite Church (Pekin, Illinois, USA)." Global Anabaptist

Conference Mennonite Church (Until 2001) Mennonite Church USA (2001-2017) By Daniel G. Regier. Copied by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from

in the throes of death were comforted by epistles and visiting brethren (e.g., the case of the 140 Falkenstein Brethren who were sent to Trieste to become

and early 20th century. Such critique came at first only from philosophers (e.g., Friedrich Nietszche [1844-1900]), scientists (Albert Einstein [1879-1955]

1926, Frank E. Eshleman to the end. The complete was reprinted in one bound volume in 1973. MLA style Bender, Harold S and Samuel J. Steiner. "Good Tidings

and had a membership of 49. The bishops were Nathan Lapp, Clayton Weaver and E. Ray Yoder. "Amish Mennonite Churches in Texas." The Beachy Amish Mennonites

society activity. Some of these are operated solely by a particular society (e.g., Lancaster and Illinois), but most support a library in conjunction with

conducted in homes and schools until the meetinghouse was built in 1922. Abraham G. Ensz and Peter A. Friesen, the first resident ministers, were ordained during

with the Anabaptists of Mühlhausen, who were again working for Anabaptism, e.g., in the area of Neunheiligen. At the end of October 1534 and in January 1535

Harley King, William Augsburger, John M. Franz, P. A. Kliewer, Henry U. Dalke, E. J. Peters, and Herbert King. The Pacific Conference held its session here

was purchased. In 1936 it became part of the Pennsylvania Conference with E. B. Hartman as pastor until 1941. Grace Church became self-supporting in 1943;

Ernest W. Neufeld serving as pastor. MLA style Raid, Howard and Samuel J. Steiner. "First Mennonite Church (Summerfield, Illinois, USA)." Global Anabaptist

Affiliations: Alliance of Mennonite Evangelical Congregations MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "Bethany Grace Fellowship (East Earl, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global

own distinctive low-German tongue (Plattdeutsch, or Plautdietsch), foods (e.g. vereniki, borscht, pluma moos), and eventually a subsociety virtually closed

congregation sponsored by the Science Ridge Mennonite Church. MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "West Sterling Mennonite Church (Sterling, Illinois, USA)." Global

W. Franz (served 1955-1968) and Vincent G. Harding (served 1958-1961) serving as co-pastors. MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "Woodlawn Mennonite Church (Chicago

meeting on 3 February 1958. Peter Reimer accepted the position as leader, and G. Klassen, William Bergen and Abe Friesen were elected as trustees. Local ministers

Ontario Mennonite History (1992- ). Editors have included Sam Steiner (March 1983-March 1991); E. Reginald Good (September 1991-September 1996); Lorna Bergey

Landis, Ephrata, Pennsylvania, and Glen Musselman, Gettysburg. MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "Bethel Mennonite Church (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global

Affiliations: Illinois Mennonite Conference Mennonite Church USA MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "Iglesia Evangelica de Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois, USA)." Global

total of 25 family units. New Order Amish Directory (2014): 121-125. Waldrep, G. C. "The New Order Amish and para-Amish groups: spiritual renewal within tradition

ween-what-s-forbidden-and-what-s-necessary/stories/200411210184. Waldrep, G. C. "The New Order Amish and para-Amish groups: spiritual renewal within tradition

Affiliations: Illinois Mennonite Conference Mennonite Church USA MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "First Norwood Mennonite Church (Peoria, Illinois, USA)." Global

1957 the membership was 62, with Paul Hershey as pastor-bishop. MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "Gulfhaven Mennonite Church (Gulfport, Mississippi, USA)." Global

Affiliations: Mosaic Mennonite Conference Mennonite Church USA MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "Homestead Mennonite Church (Homestead, Florida, USA)." Global

28643 Phone: 336-384-3674 Website: Denominational Affiliations: ] MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "Meadowview Mennonite Church (Lansing, North Carolina, USA)."

Cornelius Krahn, Editor, From the Steppes to the Prairies (1949, pp. 115); G. E. Reimer and G. R. Gaeddert, Exiled by the Czar, Cornelius Jansen and the Great Mennonite

baptized here from the beginning of the congregation to 1955. MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "Lone Tree Church of God in Christ, Mennonite (Galva, Kansas

Gospel Bookstore, 119 E. Lincoln Ave., Goshen, Indiana, a branch bookstore of the Mennonite Publishing House (Mennonite Church) of Scottdale, Pennsylvania

and Elma areas of Manitoba. One attraction was the lower cost of farms. C. E. Giesbrecht provided some leadership until Martin P. Parkman was ordained as

adherence to their beliefs and standards. Evidence of their exceptional practice (e.g., less sexual promiscuity) is gleaned from the writings of those who opposed

building formerly used by the Church of the Brethren was purchased. Peter G. Smith was the first local minister; he was ordained 3 June 1962. East Hanover

84; in 2007 it was 45. Simon G. Bucher was bishop in 1954, Martin E. Weaver and Sidney B. Gingrich ministers, and Norman G. Shue deacon. The original meeting

ministers were Abram M. Risser and Clyde L. Metzler; the deacons were Isaac E. Tyson and John R. Nissley; the bishop in charge was Homer D. Bomberger. An

Ont.: E. & I. Steckly, 2003. Yantzi, Edna Zehr and Lorraine Roth. Nicholas L. Roth and Anna Dienner family history and genealogy. Tavistock, Ont.: E. Yantzi

were Benjamin Eicher, H. G. Allebach, P. E. Stucky, S. M. Musselman, L. L. Miller, P. K. Regier, H. J. Schrag, A. H. Miller, D. E. Welty, H. D. Metzker,

Mennonite Evangelical Congregations MLA style Johnson, Elmer E. S. and Samuel J. Steiner. "Butter Valley Community Church (Bally, Pennsylvania, USA)."

those who moved to Jackson County from Illinois. He moved to Texas in 1907. S. G. Lapp of Roseland, Nebraska, was the bishop here for several years, but in

Denominational Affiliations: LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "Good Shepherd Mennonite Church (Bronx, New York, USA)." Global

Changes." Personal e-mail (22 November 2011). Archival records at Mennonite Archives of Ontario. Address: R. R. 2, Box 299, Baden, ON N0B 1G0; located 3 km

(retired), Dan J. Gingerich (retired), Monroe Hochstetler, Carl Burkholder, David E. Yoder and Marcus Jay Schlabach. There were four districts with a total of

A number of its members have served in foreign mission work. MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "Grace Community Church (Chicago, Illinois, USA)." Global Anabaptist

Mahlon Schrock was the first minister in the settlement. Minister Herman E. Miller moved to Crofton in 1981. In 2014 the settlement was part of the New

the early years, the most prominent of these women were Elizabeth E. Myers and Elizabeth G. Musser. Some conflict occurred when African Americans attended

Shelby County, Illinois. The first minister was Christian E. Bontrager, bishop. Soon widower Daniel E. Mast moved to the community from Holmes County, Ohio

farmers. Over the years, changes in the agricultural sector of the economy (e.g. larger, fewer farms with more work done by machines) meant fewer farms were

all-day meetings were also held here. The ministers in 1955 were Noah G. Good, Jacob E. Brubaker, and Mylin Shenk. Services were held twice each Sunday, with

Address 846 Nafziger Road, Baden, ON, N3A 3G6; the address of the facility under renovation is: 43 Snyder’s Road E, Baden, ON, N3A 2V3 [Co-ordinates of original

Church (Paradise, Pennsylvania, USA) MLA style Landis, Ira D. and Samuel J. Steiner. "Nickel Mines Mennonite Church (Paradise, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist

served as the first local workers at the mission beginning in 1928; Christian E. Hershberger served as the supervisory superintendent of the work for two years

The church was organized with 56 charter members on 8 March 1900, with Peter E. Stuckey as the first pastor. Loris A. Habegger has been the pastor since 5

peace-loving, non-violent people. As in earlier novels about Mennonites (e.g., H. Martin, Tilly: A Mennonite Maid, 1904), there is in this novel the suggestion

du Québec Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "L'Essentiel (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite

abandoned church a few miles south of the city for its meetinghouse. MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "Washington Mennonite Church (Washington, Iowa, USA)." Global

total of 22 family units. New Order Amish Directory (2014): 163-168. Waldrep, G. C. "The New Order Amish and para-Amish groups: spiritual renewal within tradition

Brethren Churches General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "Gateway Community Church (Lower Saskville, Nova Scotia, Canada)

N0C 1E0 Phone: Website: http://www.gospellightmennonite.ca/ Denominational Affiliations: Conservative Mennonite Church of Ontario MLA style Steiner, Samuel

Church-Sect Typology." American Sociological Review 22 (February 1957). Kaufman, E. G. Mennonite Missionary Interest. Berne, IN: Mennonite Book Concern, 1931.

Eastern Canada Map:Gathering Church, The (Kitchener, Ontario) MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "Gathering Church, The (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)." Global

Brethren Churches Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "Gathering Ottawa, The (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)." Global Anabaptist

Regier, Elmer Basinger, John C. Peters, S. P. Preheim, P. P. Kleinsasser, David E. Harder, P. N. Hiebert, Walter A. Gering, Harold H. Gross, Louis Linscheid

http://www.thecommonlife.com/node/343. New Order Amish Directory (2014): Waldrep, G. C. "The New Order Amish and para-Amish groups: spiritual renewal within tradition

Conservative Mennonite Church (2007- )(Ethel, Ontario, Canada) MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "Ethel Conservative Mennonite Church (2007- )(Ethel, Ontario

Rederijkers dropped out of such groups when they were converted to Anabaptism (e.g., David Joris). The performance of dramatics in Mennonite schools and colleges

Warey, A. I. Yoder, J. K. Yoder, A. G. Yoder, and John Y. Swartzendruber have served this congregation. MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "West Union Mennonite

Marcus Swanenberg, Milton G. Brackbill, and C. Ralph Malin were the ministers, and Irvin J. King the deacon. MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. and Richard D

biblical texts were interpreted according to multiple levels of meaning (e.g., the medieval fourfold sense of Scripture as allegorical, historical, anagogical

Affiliations: Mennonite Church Eastern Canada Mennonite Church Canada MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "Meheret Evangelical Church (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)." Global

Address: 76 Stirling Ave. North, Kitchener, ON N2H 3G7 Phone: Website: Menno Singers MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "Menno Singers (Choral group)." Global

(Knochenarzt). About 1888 Aron Wall left the church with a group to found the later E.M.B. Church of Mountain Lake. The Bethel Church of Mountain Lake, with H. H

preaching, and admonition, led by an elder or minister, were held in forests (e.g., at Immelhausen in Baden, as late as 1654), in remote farmhouses or barns

practiced feetwashing. This is possibly the ultimate source of a statement by E. Daniel Colberg which names an "apostolic" Anabaptist sect, "also called footwashers

pp. 73-118); W. J. McGlothlin, Die Berner Täufer bis 1532 (1902, pp. 37); G. Appenzeller, "Solothurner Täufertum im 16. Jahrhundert," in Festschrift für

Mennonite Church (Henderson, Nebraska) MLA style Friesen, Abraham W and Sam Steiner. "Bethesda Mennonite Church (Henderson, Nebraska, USA)." Global Anabaptist