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Iowa-Nebraska<strong> </strong>(Mennonite) District Mission Board ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church (MC)]]) was organized in September 1922 upon the adoption of its constitution by the [[Iowa-Nebraska Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church)|Iowa-Nebraska]][[Iowa-Nebraska Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church)|Conference]]. Its first officers were J. C. Brenneman, [[Kalona (Iowa, USA)|Kalona]][[Kalona (Iowa, USA)|,]][[Iowa (USA)|Iowa,]]president; D. B. King, Parnell, Iowa, treasurer; and Peter Kennel, Strang, [[Nebraska (USA)|Nebraska]], secretary. The board was composed of the executive committee of five members and one member elected by each of the 23 congregations, making a total of 28 mem­bers. Members of the executive committee held office for three years and were elected by the confer­ence. Its annual budget in the 1950s was approximately $3,000, with which it carried on the work of the [[Thurman Mennonite Church (Thurman, Colorado, USA)|Thurman]], [[Colorado (USA)|Colorado]] rural mission and continued to give some support to the [[First Mennonite Church of Iowa City (Iowa City, Iowa, USA)|Iowa City]] congregation, which became independent. Beginning in 1948 the board published <em>Missionary Challenge, </em>which was a 24-page quarterly, edited by Fred Gingerich, Chappell, Nebraska. In 1954 the officers of the board were Ammon Miller, Milford, Nebraska, presi­dent; Leroy V. Miller, Kalona, Iowa, vice-president; Silas Horst, South English, Iowa, secretary; and Ira Wenger, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, treasurer.
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Iowa-Nebraska (Mennonite) District Mission Board ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church (MC)]]) was organized in September 1922 upon the adoption of its constitution by the [[Iowa-Nebraska Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church)|Iowa-Nebraska ]][[Iowa-Nebraska Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church)|Conference]]. Its first officers were J. C. Brenneman, [[Kalona (Iowa, USA)|Kalona]][[Kalona (Iowa, USA)|, ]][[Iowa (USA)|Iowa, ]]president; D. B. King, Parnell, Iowa, treasurer; and Peter Kennel, Strang, [[Nebraska (USA)|Nebraska]], secretary. The board was composed of the executive committee of five members and one member elected by each of the 23 congregations, making a total of 28 mem­bers. Members of the executive committee held office for three years and were elected by the confer­ence. Its annual budget in the 1950s was approximately $3,000, with which it carried on the work of the [[Thurman Mennonite Church (Thurman, Colorado, USA)|Thurman]], [[Colorado (USA)|Colorado]] rural mission and continued to give some support to the [[First Mennonite Church of Iowa City (Iowa City, Iowa, USA)|Iowa City]] congregation, which became independent. Beginning in 1948 the board published <em>Missionary Challenge, </em>which was a 24-page quarterly, edited by Fred Gingerich, Chappell, Nebraska. In 1954 the officers of the board were Ammon Miller, Milford, Nebraska, presi­dent; Leroy V. Miller, Kalona, Iowa, vice-president; Silas Horst, South English, Iowa, secretary; and Ira Wenger, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, treasurer.
  
 
In 2001 the Iowa-Nebraska Mennonite Conference merged with the [[Northern District Conference (General Conference Mennonite Church)|Northern District Conference]] of the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] to form the Central Plains Mennonite Conference as part of the new Mennonite Church USA. At this time the work of the separate Mission Board also ended.
 
In 2001 the Iowa-Nebraska Mennonite Conference merged with the [[Northern District Conference (General Conference Mennonite Church)|Northern District Conference]] of the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] to form the Central Plains Mennonite Conference as part of the new Mennonite Church USA. At this time the work of the separate Mission Board also ended.
 
 
 
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Iowa-Nebraska (Mennonite) District Mission Board (Mennonite Church (MC)) was organized in September 1922 upon the adoption of its constitution by the Iowa-Nebraska Conference. Its first officers were J. C. Brenneman, Kalona, Iowa, president; D. B. King, Parnell, Iowa, treasurer; and Peter Kennel, Strang, Nebraska, secretary. The board was composed of the executive committee of five members and one member elected by each of the 23 congregations, making a total of 28 mem­bers. Members of the executive committee held office for three years and were elected by the confer­ence. Its annual budget in the 1950s was approximately $3,000, with which it carried on the work of the Thurman, Colorado rural mission and continued to give some support to the Iowa City congregation, which became independent. Beginning in 1948 the board published Missionary Challenge, which was a 24-page quarterly, edited by Fred Gingerich, Chappell, Nebraska. In 1954 the officers of the board were Ammon Miller, Milford, Nebraska, presi­dent; Leroy V. Miller, Kalona, Iowa, vice-president; Silas Horst, South English, Iowa, secretary; and Ira Wenger, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, treasurer.

In 2001 the Iowa-Nebraska Mennonite Conference merged with the Northern District Conference of the General Conference Mennonite Church to form the Central Plains Mennonite Conference as part of the new Mennonite Church USA. At this time the work of the separate Mission Board also ended.


Author(s) S. J Horst
Date Published 1957

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Horst, S. J. "Iowa-Nebraska Mennonite District Mission Board (Mennonite Church)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Iowa-Nebraska_Mennonite_District_Mission_Board_(Mennonite_Church)&oldid=120295.

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Horst, S. J. (1957). Iowa-Nebraska Mennonite District Mission Board (Mennonite Church). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Iowa-Nebraska_Mennonite_District_Mission_Board_(Mennonite_Church)&oldid=120295.




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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 53. All rights reserved.


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