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</table>SamSteinerhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Waltner,_Erland_(1914-2009)&diff=135175&oldid=prevSamSteiner: /* Bibliography */ added bibliography2016-07-22T17:30:25Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Bibliography: </span> added bibliography</span></p>
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Erland Waltner: pastor, seminary professor and president, and denominational leader was born 7 July 1914 in Hurley, [[South Dakota (USA)|South Dakota]], [[United States of America|USA]] to Benjamin J. Waltner (10 April 1888-15 November 1985) and Emma P. Miller Waltner (19 February 1889-15 January 1982). He was the eldest child in a family of two boys and one girl. On 5 June 1939 he married Mary Winifred Schlosser (23 May 1914-17 May 2012) who was born in Honan, [[China]] to Free Methodist missionary parents George and Mary C. Ogren Schlosser. They had four daughters. Erland died 12 April 2009. Erland and Winifred are buried at the Prairie Street Cemetery in [[Elkhart (Indiana, USA)|Elkhart]], [[Indiana (USA)|Indiana]].<br />
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Waltner's family heritage included European [[Hutterian Brethren (Hutterische Brüder)|Hutterite]], [[Amish]] and Mennonite roots. His ethnic people, the "Swiss Volhynians," migrated to South Dakota in 1874. He grew up in the [[Salem Mennonite Church (Freeman, South Dakota, USA)|Salem church]] near [[Freeman (South Dakota, USA)|Freeman]] and was tapped for church leadership at an early age. The return of his great uncle from Leavenworth Military Prison after [[World War (1914-1918)|World War I]] was one formational event for Waltner's lifelong commitment to Christian pacifism. <br />
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Waltner graduated from Marion High School (1931), attended [[Freeman Junior College (Freeman, South Dakota, USA)|Freeman Junior College]], and graduated from [[Bethel College (North Newton, Kansas, USA)|Bethel College]] in [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]] (1935) and from the Biblical Seminary of New York (1938), where he was drawn to the inductive method of Bible study. Following his ordination on 28 August 1938, he became the pastor of the [[Second Mennonite Church (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)|Second Mennonite Church]] in [[Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA)|Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]]. While in Philadelphia he took courses at the Princeton Theological Seminary, and then at the Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he received his MA in 1940 and ThD in 1948. His dissertation was "An Analysis of the Mennonite Views on the Christian's Relation to the State in the Light of the New Testament." From 1941 through 1949 Waltner pastored the [[Bethel Mennonite Church (Mountain Lake, Minnesota, USA)|Bethel Mennonite Church]] in [[Mountain Lake (Minnesota, USA)|Mountain Lake]], [[Minnesota (USA)|Minnesota]]. <br />
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In his theology and church relationships, Waltner successfully strove to find a middle ground between Mennonite liberals and conservatives. The conservative leaders at [[Grace University (Omaha, Nebraska, USA)|Grace Bible Institute]] invited him to become president of that institution. He declined. For eight years (1949-1957) he taught Bible at Bethel College. His theology was strongly Christocentric.<br />
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In 1957 he left Bethel to assume the position of Professor of English Bible and President at [[Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Chicago, Illinois, USA)|Mennonite Biblical Seminary]] (MBS). He played a significant role as the seminary moved from Chicago to Elkhart, Indiana, and in building the relationship with [[Goshen Biblical Seminary (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Goshen Biblical Seminary]]. He remained in these roles until his retirement in 1978, and he continued to teach at MBS part-time for many more years. <br />
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Waltner was a bridge builder between his [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] and the [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]. He enjoyed a mutually respectful relationship with [[Bender, Harold Stauffer (1897-1962)|Harold Bender]], dean of the Goshen Biblical Seminary, that helped pave the way toward cooperation and eventual union of the two seminaries into the [[Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Elkhart, Indiana, USA)|Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries]].<br />
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Waltner also served as president of the General Conference Mennonite Church (1956-1962), as president of the [[Mennonite World Conference]] (1963-1973) and as executive secretary of [[Mennonite Health Services Alliance|Mennonite Health Association]] (1980-1992).<br />
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Waltner wrote the commentary on the New Testament book of 1 Peter for the Believers Church Bible Commentary (1999). In his preaching career he delivered more than 4000 sermons. In retirement he served as mentor to many students and friends, and invested much time and energy in the ministry of [[Spiritual Direction and Spiritual Formation|spiritual direction]].<br />
= Bibliography =<br />
“Erland Waltner Collection.” Mennonite Library and Archives Facebook Page. 2016. Web. 6 June 2016. https://www.facebook.com/mlabethel/posts/606328642866875<br />
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Juhnke, James C. “In Memoriam: Erland Waltner (1914-2009).” Mennonite Quarterly Review 83 (July 2009): 373-374.<br />
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Klassen, Mary E. “Waltner, Erland (1914-2009).” Biographical Wiki - Mennonite Library and USA Archives. 2011. Web. 6 June 2016. https://mla.bethelks.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Waltner,_Erland_(1914-2009). <br />
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