View source for Dick, John R. (1906-1985)

John R. Dick (1906-November 1985) was a minister, educator and conference leader in the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Conference (later named [[Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches|Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches]]). Born and raised in southern [[Manitoba (Canada)|Manitoba]], John R. Dick was ordained in 1935 by the Steinbach, [[Manitoba (Canada)|Manitoba]], EMB congregation, where he served as assistant pastor until 1936. He later pastored congregations in [[Henderson (Nebraska, USA)|Henderson]], [[Nebraska (USA)|Nebraska]] (1939-1941), [[Luton Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Church (Luton, Iowa, USA)|Luton, Iowa]] (1941-1943), and Abbotsford, [[British Columbia (Canada)|British Columbia]] (1959-1963). From 1943 to 1959 Dick was a faculty member and administrator at [[Grace University (Omaha, Nebraska, USA)|Grace Bible Institute]] in Omaha, Nebraska. He served as either president or vice-president of the EMB Conference, 1945-1964. His doctoral dissertation, "A Suggested Plan of Administration for the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Conference," (Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1953) remained the basis for the conference's administrative structure in 1986.


= Bibliography =
Obituary in <em>Gospel Tidings</em> 25 (December 1985): 7.

Kuhlmann, Paul. <em>The Story of Grace</em>. Omaha: Grace College of the Bible, 1980.

Wall, O. J. <em>A Concise Record of our Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Annual Conference Reports 1889-1979</em>. Freeman, S.D.: Pine Hill Press, 1980.


{{GAMEO_footer|hp=Vol. 5, p. 234|date=1989|a1_last=Enns-Rempel|a1_first=Kevin|a2_last= |a2_first= }}