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 = Bibliography =
 ''Gospel Herald'' (5 April 1988): 234-36.
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 Stoltzfus, Grant M. ''Mennonites of the Ohio and Eastern Conference''. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1969.
 = Additional Information =
 Ohio Conference of Mennonite Church USA [http://ohio.mennonite.net/ website].
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 The conference published a history to cover the period from 1969 to 2010 which was to cover the period since [[Stoltzfus, Grant Moses (1916-1974)|Grant Stoltzfus’]] ''Mennonites of the Ohio and Eastern Conference''. It was entitled ''Like a Sturdy Oak''; in 2018, the conference workbook stated that its primary purpose was “to cultivate healthy congregations through the equipping of leaders in the areas of worship, faith and witness” (page 3).
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 = 1990 Article =
-The Ohio Conference of the Mennonite Church (Ohio Conference of [[Mennonite Church USA]] after the merger of the [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] and [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]]) had its origins in the [[Ohio Mennonite Conference|Ohio Mennonite Conference]] (1843; some accounts trace the origins of the conference to 1834) and the [[Eastern Amish Mennonite Conference|Eastern Amish Mennonite Conference]] (1893). These two conferences merged in 1927 to form the Ohio Mennonite and Eastern Amish Mennonite Joint Conference, later shortened to[[Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference (MC)| Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference]]. In 1978 another realignment occurred when the eastern congregations, located largely in [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], [[New York (USA)|New York]], [[Maryland (USA)|Maryland]], and [[New Jersey (USA)|New Jersey]], formed the [[Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA|Atlantic Coast Conference]] of the Mennonite Church. The remaining Ohio congregations then formed the Ohio Conference by the present name.
+The Ohio Conference of the Mennonite Church (Ohio Conference of [[Mennonite Church USA]] after the merger of the [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] and [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]]) had its origins in the [[Ohio Mennonite Conference (1843-1927)|Ohio Mennonite Conference]] (1843; some accounts trace the origins of the conference to 1834) and the [[Eastern Amish Mennonite Conference|Eastern Amish Mennonite Conference]] (1893). These two conferences merged in 1927 to form the Ohio Mennonite and Eastern Amish Mennonite Joint Conference, later shortened to[[Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference (MC)| Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference]]. In 1978 another realignment occurred when the eastern congregations, located largely in [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], [[New York (USA)|New York]], [[Maryland (USA)|Maryland]], and [[New Jersey (USA)|New Jersey]], formed the [[Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA|Atlantic Coast Conference]] of the Mennonite Church. The remaining Ohio congregations then formed the Ohio Conference by the present name.
 In 1986 the conference had 11,136 members (80 congregations) and 164 ministers. The congregations were located in [[Ohio (USA)|Ohio]] except for four in western [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], one in [[Michigan (USA)|Michigan]], and one in [[Kentucky (USA)|Kentucky]]. The main settlements of these congregations were in [[Holmes County (Ohio, USA)|Holmes County]], [[Wayne County (Ohio, USA)|Wayne County]], the area around the town of [[Archbold (Ohio, USA)|Archbold]], Stark County, the area around the town of [[West Liberty (Ohio, USA)|West Liberty]], [[Logan County (Ohio, USA)|Logan County]], and [[Columbiana County (Ohio, USA)|Columbiana County]] Some small, rather isolated, rural churches were established in the late 1940s and 1950s. Since then greater effort went into beginning new congregations in urban and suburban areas. In 1987 there were four congregations in [[Cleveland (Ohio, USA)|Cleveland]].

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 When strong leaders have emerged in the Ohio Conference in the post-World War II period, they have tended to move outside of the conference to where the church-wide institutions are located. For example, the [[Elida (Ohio, USA)|Elida community]] (Allen County) produced the Augsburger family of leaders (A. Don, Myron, David), and the Oak Grove congregation in Wayne County produced outstanding educational and theological leaders in the Meyer (Albert J.) and Yoder (John H.; Mary Ellen Yoder Meyer) families.
-The conference has had theological and social interaction with the three other main Mennonite bodies within the state including joint meetings with the [[Central District Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Central District]] (GCM) in 1984. Four congregations had affiliations with both conferences. Church planting and mission efforts were increasingly coordinated between these two conferences. Various informal contacts with the [[CMC (Conservative Mennonite Conference doing business as CMC)|Conservative Mennonite Conference]] and the large Ohio [[Old Order Amish|Amish]] population continued.
+The conference has had theological and social interaction with the three other main Mennonite bodies within the state including joint meetings with the [[Central District Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Central District]] (GCM) in 1984. Four congregations had affiliations with both conferences. Church planting and mission efforts were increasingly coordinated between these two conferences. Various informal contacts with the [[Rosedale Network of Churches|Conservative Mennonite Conference]] and the large Ohio [[Old Order Amish|Amish]] population continued.
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 By the middle of the 1990s, another model called “New Walk” was adopted with decentralized staff in three regional ministers and the overseers were phased out. By 2002, still another model was introduced with a “Transformation Team.” With this plan the conference adopted a new constitution in 2007, which was organized around teams; a leadership group was in charge of overall policy, finances, and personnel. Other teams had names, such as “capacity building, ministry development, and resource,” the latter seemed to have been a catch-all for any projects.
-Meanwhile, the Ohio Conference devolved from ownership and control of three regional enterprises. In 2009 the conference transferred ownership and management of Choice Books of Ohio to Choice Books of Great Lakes with offices at the [[CMC (Conservative Mennonite Conference doing business as CMC)|Conservative Mennonite Conference]] headquarters in Irwin, Ohio. Second, [[Camp Luz (Orrville, Ohio, USA)|Camp Luz]] at Kidron, Ohio, owned by the Ohio Mennonite Camping Association, took a looser affiliation with the conference in order to relate to a wider range of Anabaptist congregations.
+Meanwhile, the Ohio Conference devolved from ownership and control of three regional enterprises. In 2009 the conference transferred ownership and management of Choice Books of Ohio to Choice Books of Great Lakes with offices at the [[Rosedale Network of Churches|Conservative Mennonite Conference]] headquarters in Irwin, Ohio. Second, [[Camp Luz (Orrville, Ohio, USA)|Camp Luz]] at Kidron, Ohio, owned by the Ohio Mennonite Camping Association, took a looser affiliation with the conference in order to relate to a wider range of Anabaptist congregations.
 And finally in 2017, Central Christian Schools moved from being an Ohio Conference-owned and operated school to becoming a patron school which can include Anabaptist congregations which are not members of the conference. These changes were largely driven by these institutions needing to relate to a larger Anabaptist congregational base than the Ohio Conference could provide. In 2007, the central offices moved from Jericho Road in Kidron to the Kidron Electric Building south of town. Conference minister from the mid-90s until the 2015 was Tom Kaufman.

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 ! Congregation !! City !! State
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-| Agora Christian Fellowship || Columbus || Ohio
+| [[Agora Christian Fellowship (Columbus, Ohio, USA)|Agora Christian Fellowship]] || Columbus || Ohio
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 | [[Beech Mennonite Church (Louisville, Ohio, USA)|Beech Mennonite Church]] || Louisville || Ohio

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 | [[Sunnyside Mennonite Church (Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania, USA)|Sunnyside Mennonite Church]] || Conneaut Lake || Pennsylvania
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-| Tedrow Mennonite Church || Wauseon || Ohio
+| [[Tedrow Mennonite Church (Wauseon, Ohio, USA)|Tedrow Mennonite Church]] || Wauseon || Ohio
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 | [[Toledo Mennonite Church (Toledo, Ohio, USA)|Toledo Mennonite Church]] || Toledo || Ohio