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 The growth of the Sunday school, however, was slow and not without serious opposition. Some of the reasons for opposing it were that it was patterned after that of other churches, was "worldly" and fostered pride, placed teaching responsibility into the hands of the laity, and was unsupported by the [[Bible|Bible]]. It is an interesting fact that through the Amish churches, which were generally not yet bound together by district conferences, the Sunday-school movement spread among the Mennonites.
-In 1863, [[Brubacher, Jacob N. (1838-1913)|J. N. Brubacher]], then a layman, started a Sunday school in the Pike Schoolhouse in Rapho Township, [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]], PA, having received his inspiration from an Episcopal Sunday school in Philadelphia which he had attended. Upon the [[Ordination|ordination]] of Brubacher as minister in 1865, this Sunday school was discontinued. In 1866 the Washington, IL, congregation organized a Sunday school. In 1869 the [[Virginia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Virginia Conference]] permitted Sunday schools. The [[Ohio Mennonite Conference|Ohio Conference]] approved Sunday schools in 1867; Indiana Conference in 1868; and [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Conference]] in 1871.
+In 1863, [[Brubacher, Jacob N. (1838-1913)|J. N. Brubacher]], then a layman, started a Sunday school in the Pike Schoolhouse in Rapho Township, [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]], PA, having received his inspiration from an Episcopal Sunday school in Philadelphia which he had attended. Upon the [[Ordination|ordination]] of Brubacher as minister in 1865, this Sunday school was discontinued. In 1866 the Washington, IL, congregation organized a Sunday school. In 1869 the [[Virginia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Virginia Conference]] permitted Sunday schools. The [[Ohio Mennonite Conference|Ohio Conference]] approved Sunday schools in 1867; Indiana Conference in 1868; and [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Conference]] in 1871.
 In the Lancaster Conference the first permanent Sunday school was organized at [[Willow Street Mennonite Church (Willow Street, Pennsylvania, USA)|Willow Street]] in 1871, and those at [[New Providence Mennonite Church (New Providence, Pennsylvania, USA)|New Providence]], Strasburg, Slate Hill, and [[Churchtown Mennonite Church (Narvon, Pennsylvania, USA)|Churchtown]] in 1872. [[Hershey Mennonite Church (Kinzers, Pennsylvania, USA)|Hershey]]'s started one in 1874, [[Landisville Mennonite Church (Landisville, Pennsylvania, USA)|Landisville]] in 1878, and [[Kraybill Mennonite Church (Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, USA)|Kraybill]]'s in 1879.
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 The first permanent Sunday school in the [[Franconia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Franconia Conference]] was started in 1878 at [[Towamencin Mennonite Church (Kulpsville, Pennsylvania, USA)|Towamencin]], near Lansdale, PA. However, the majority of the Franconia Conference congregations did not start Sunday schools until after 1880, and many of them not until after 1890, a few even waiting until after 1900.
-During the decade 1865-75 Sunday schools were started in every state where there were Mennonite or Amish congregations, and most Mennonite conferences took action approving Sunday schools. In that decade at least 35 permanent Sunday schools were established. By 1875 the victory had been won in substance, and by 1890 in the west it was the exceptional congregation that did not have it. In 1880 John F. Funk published Sunday-school "question books" authorized by the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Conference]]. The victory was sealed in 1890 with the establishment of an English and a German quarterly, published at Elkhart and edited by John S. Coffman; a General Sunday School Conference was held near [[Goshen (Indiana, USA)|Goshen]], Ind., in 1892.
+During the decade 1865-75 Sunday schools were started in every state where there were Mennonite or Amish congregations, and most Mennonite conferences took action approving Sunday schools. In that decade at least 35 permanent Sunday schools were established. By 1875 the victory had been won in substance, and by 1890 in the west it was the exceptional congregation that did not have it. In 1880 John F. Funk published Sunday-school "question books" authorized by the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Conference]]. The victory was sealed in 1890 with the establishment of an English and a German quarterly, published at Elkhart and edited by John S. Coffman; a General Sunday School Conference was held near [[Goshen (Indiana, USA)|Goshen]], Ind., in 1892.
 Since then the development of Sunday schools in the Mennonite Church has been substantial and progressive. For this no person deserves more credit than I. W. Royer, of [[Orrville (Wayne County, Ohio, USA)|Orrville, Ohio]], who for many years was Sunday School Secretary of the General Sunday School Committee, which was organized in 1915 to promote Sunday schools, and was displaced in 1937 by the [[Mennonite Commission for Christian Education (Mennonite Church)|Mennonite Commission for Christian Education]]. Also through the agency of the summer Bible school many Sunday schools have been begun in rural and city mission stations. In 1932 the Sunday schools had increased to 414 with an enrollment of 62,010; in 1937, 584 schools with 74,654; in 1957, 715 schools with 102,172.

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 Lederach, Paul M. <em>Reshaping the Teaching Ministry.</em> Scottdale, PA, 1968.
-<em>Mennonitisches Lexikon</em> IV, 209-11.
+''Mennonitisches Lexikon'' IV, 209-11.
 Umble, John. <em>Ohio Mennonite Sunday Schools.</em> Goshen, IN, 1941.

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 Umble, John. <em>Ohio Mennonite Sunday Schools.</em> Goshen, IN, 1941.
-Umble, John. "Early Sunday Schools at West Liberty, Ohio." <em>Mennonite Quarterly Review</em> 4 (1930): 6-50.
+Umble, John. "Early Sunday Schools at West Liberty, Ohio." ''Mennonite Quarterly Review'' 4 (1930): 6-50.
-Umble, John. "Early Mennonite Sunday Schools of Northwestern Ohio." <em>Mennonite Quarterly Review</em> 5 (1931): 100-11, 179-97, 260-71.
+Umble, John. "Early Mennonite Sunday Schools of Northwestern Ohio." ''Mennonite Quarterly Review'' 5 (1931): 100-11, 179-97, 260-71.
-Umble, John. "Early Mennonite Sunday School Lesson Helps." <em>Mennonite Quarterly Review</em> 12 (1935): 98-113.
+Umble, John. "Early Mennonite Sunday School Lesson Helps." ''Mennonite Quarterly Review'' 12 (1935): 98-113.
 Wittlinger, Carlton O. <em>Quest for Piety and Obedience: the Story of the Brethren in Christ.</em> Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1978, 413ff.
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 In the Lancaster Conference the first permanent Sunday school was organized at [[Willow Street Mennonite Church (Willow Street, Pennsylvania, USA)|Willow Street]] in 1871, and those at [[New Providence Mennonite Church (New Providence, Pennsylvania, USA)|New Providence]], Strasburg, Slate Hill, and [[Churchtown Mennonite Church (Narvon, Pennsylvania, USA)|Churchtown]] in 1872. [[Hershey Mennonite Church (Kinzers, Pennsylvania, USA)|Hershey]]'s started one in 1874, [[Landisville Mennonite Church (Landisville, Pennsylvania, USA)|Landisville]] in 1878, and [[Kraybill Mennonite Church (Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, USA)|Kraybill]]'s in 1879.
-The first permanent Sunday school in the [[Franconia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Franconia Conference]] was started in 1878 at [[Towamencin Mennonite Church (Towamencin Township, Pennsylvania)|Towamencin]], near Lansdale, PA. However, the majority of the Franconia Conference congregations did not start Sunday schools until after 1880, and many of them not until after 1890, a few even waiting until after 1900.
+The first permanent Sunday school in the [[Franconia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Franconia Conference]] was started in 1878 at [[Towamencin Mennonite Church (Kulpsville, Pennsylvania, USA)|Towamencin]], near Lansdale, PA. However, the majority of the Franconia Conference congregations did not start Sunday schools until after 1880, and many of them not until after 1890, a few even waiting until after 1900.
 During the decade 1865-75 Sunday schools were started in every state where there were Mennonite or Amish congregations, and most Mennonite conferences took action approving Sunday schools. In that decade at least 35 permanent Sunday schools were established. By 1875 the victory had been won in substance, and by 1890 in the west it was the exceptional congregation that did not have it. In 1880 John F. Funk published Sunday-school "question books" authorized by the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Conference]]. The victory was sealed in 1890 with the establishment of an English and a German quarterly, published at Elkhart and edited by John S. Coffman; a General Sunday School Conference was held near [[Goshen (Indiana, USA)|Goshen]], Ind., in 1892.

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	Wittlinger, Carlton O. <em>Quest for Piety and Obedience: the Story of the Brethren in Christ.</em> Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1978, 413ff.		Wittlinger, Carlton O. <em>Quest for Piety and Obedience: the Story of the Brethren in Christ.</em> Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1978, 413ff.
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 Though their research focused mainly on the Sunday school, Kauffman and Harder suggested that informal nurture in the family and community and corporate discernment among believers have traditionally been the way faith is transmitted among Anabaptist groups. Some evidence suggests that the introduction of Sunday school, a formal agency for Christian education with borrowed assumptions and emphases, has in fact contributed to the decline of corporate discernment as a significant context for Christian education among the descendents of the Anabaptists. In the future, new approaches for nurturing faith undoubtedly will be required to meet the challenge of forming Christians in the world. -- MKr
 = Bibliography =
 Bender, Harold S. <em>Mennonite Sunday School Centennial 1840-1940.</em> Scottdale, PA, 1940: 12-23.
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 Wittlinger, Carlton O. <em>Quest for Piety and Obedience: the Story of the Brethren in Christ.</em> Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1978, 413ff.
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