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[[File:LehmanMC.jpg|250px|thumbnail|right|''M. C. Lehman - Dhamtari, India, 1964.<br />
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Martin Clifford Lehman, b. 16 March 1883, d. 22 December 1963,  was a gifted, respected [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] (MC) leader. One year after he and [[Lehman, Lydia Leichty (1884-1969)|Lydia Leichty]] were married (1905), they began a 25-year missionary career in India, 1906-1930.

With insight M.C. Lehman wrote about the relationship between the Indian and American Mennonite church, world conditions and their impact on missions, rural education in India, the realities of [[Caste systems|caste]] in family life, and theologians like Barth. From 1912-1924 he was associate editor of <em>Christian Schayah. </em>His PhD dissertation (Yale, 1933) examined the religious significance of 19th century author Harishchandra; his Mission Study Course (1939) clarified Mennonite Church work in India.

For a year following November 1939 and again after the spring of 1941, M. C. was with [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee]] in Europe for relief work. His pen again informed Mennonites of the history and principles of relief work—in the spirit of Christ; offered a bibliography of resources; described the misery of uprootedness and disease and the suffering caused by inadequate food, shelter, and clothing; and called on North American Christians to respond to these needs with prayer and materials.
= Bibliography =
Lehman, M. C. "Indian Life at Close Range." <em class="gameo_bibliography">Gospel Witness </em>2 (16 January-27 February 1907): 667, 682, 699, 730-31, 762.

Lehman, M. C. "A Trip to the American Mennonite Mission." <em class="gameo_bibliography">Gospel Witness</em>3 (25 September-30 October 1907): 405, 421, 436, 452, 468, 484.

Lehman, M. C. "September World Conditions and Mennonite Mission." <em class="gameo_bibliography">Gospel Herald </em>(16 July 1931): 381-384; (3 September 1931): 518-520.

Lehman, M. C. "The Religious Significance of Writings of Harishchandra." PhD dissertation, Yale U., 1933. Copy at MC Archives Goshen.

Lehman, M. C. Our Mission Work in India, Mission Study Course. Elkhart, IN: Mennonite Board of Missions, 1939.

Lehman, M. C. Mennonite Relief Work, an annotated bibliography. Goshen College: Mennonite Relief Training School, 1943.

Lehman, M. C. "Needs and Conditions in Europe." <em class="gameo_bibliography">Christian Monitor</em> (series: July-December 1945): 175, 205, 233, 240, 256, 288, 323.

Lehman, M. C. <em class="gameo_bibliography">History and Principles of Mennonite Relief Work: An Introduction</em>. Akron, Pa.: MCC, 1945: 44.

Lapp, John Allen. <em class="gameo_bibliography">The Mennonite Church in India, 1897-1962,</em> Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, vol. 14. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1972: index.

<em class="gameo_bibliography">Edward: Pilgrimage of a Mind</em>, ed., Ida Yoder. Wadsworth, Ohio, and Irwin, PA: Ida and Virgil Yoder, 1985: 29, 282, 308, 398.

<em class="gameo_bibliography">Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage</em> 11 (April 1988): 18-19.

Schlabach,Theron F. Gospel Versus Gospel. Scottdale, 1980: e.g., 133-35.

Springer, Nelson and A.J. Klassen, compilers, <em class="gameo_bibliography">Mennonite Bibliography, 1631-1961</em>, 2 vols. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1977: II,p. 472.

Warkentin, A. and Melvin Gingerich, compilers. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Who's Who Among the Mennonites.</em> North Newton, KS: Bethel College, 1943: 156.
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