Reference and Council, Committee of (General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches)
Committee of Reference and Council of the Mennonite Brethren General Conference was a standing committee of nine including the General Conference officers (chairman, vice-chairman, and secretary, and six men elected by the conference) to serve as the spiritual adviser and guardian for the church and all its agencies, in a sense the general supervisory body for the entire denomination, therefore of major importance. It was created in 1927 and made a standing committee in 1936.
Author(s) | Orlando Harms |
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Date Published | 1959 |
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Harms, Orlando. "Reference and Council, Committee of (General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 7 Dec 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Reference_and_Council,_Committee_of_(General_Conference_of_Mennonite_Brethren_Churches)&oldid=84369.
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Harms, Orlando. (1959). Reference and Council, Committee of (General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 7 December 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Reference_and_Council,_Committee_of_(General_Conference_of_Mennonite_Brethren_Churches)&oldid=84369.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 1117. All rights reserved.
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