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The Iglesia Evangelica Hispana, Burbank, [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], began as a church plant in 2009, led by Guillermo (William) and Lilia Espinoza. <br />
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It is still listed on the [[Mennonite Church USA]] website as a congregation in 2024, but its status is unclear. It had 0 reported members in 2020.<br />
= Bibliography = <br />
Chenlo, Mauricio. "New church plants in Mennonite Church USA in the past five years (partial listing)." Mennonite Church USA. 12 March 2013. Web. 16 March 2024. https://mennoniteusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ChPlantsSummaryChenlo_2013Mar212.pdf.<br />
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= Additional Information =<br />
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'''Address:''' Burbank, Illinois 60459<br />
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'''Phone:''' <br />
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'''Website''': <br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
[https://illinoismennonite.com/home/ Illinois Mennonite Conference]<br />
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[https://www.mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA]<br />
== Pastoral Leaders at Iglesia Evangelica Hispana ==<br />
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! Name !! Years<br/>of Service<br />
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| Guillermo A. Espinoza || 2009-?<br />
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| Lilia C. Espinoza (1935-2017) || 2009-?<br />
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[[Category:United States Congregations]]</div>SamSteinerhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Centro_Cristiano_Vida_Abundante_Holland_(Holland,_Michigan,_USA)Centro Cristiano Vida Abundante Holland (Holland, Michigan, USA)2024-03-15T12:22:57Z<p>SamSteiner: Created page with "__TOC__ The Centro Cristiano Vida Abundante in Holland, Michigan, USA, began in 2004. It met in rented Holland Township facilities. Juan Carlos Huerta, th..."</p>
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The Centro Cristiano Vida Abundante in Holland, [[Michigan (USA)|Michigan]], USA, began in 2004.<br />
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It met in rented Holland Township facilities.<br />
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Juan Carlos Huerta, the founding pastor, was licensed as a Mennonite minister by the [[Illinois Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Illinois Mennonite Conference]] of [[Mennonite Church USA]] on 12 September 2004.<br />
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= Bibliography = <br />
"Huerta, Juan Carlos,..." ''TheMennonite'' 7 no. 23 (7 December 2004): 23. <br />
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= Additional Information =<br />
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'''Address:''' 11530 Ransom Street, Holland, Michigan<br />
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'''Phone:''' 616-738-1800<br />
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'''Website''': https://www.vidaa.org/<br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
[https://illinoismennonite.com/home/ Illinois Mennonite Conference]<br />
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[https://www.mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA]<br />
== Pastoral Leaders at Centro Cristiano Vida Abundante Holland ==<br />
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! Name !! Years<br/>of Service<br />
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| Juan Carlos Huerta || 2004-<br />
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== Centro Cristiano Vida Abundante Holland Membership ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"<br />
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! Year !! Members<br />
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| 2007 || 50<br />
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| 2009 || 70<br />
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| 2020 || 120<br />
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[[Category:United States Congregations]]</div>SamSteinerhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Centro_Cristiano_Vida_Abundante_Aurora_(Aurora,_Illinois,_USA)Centro Cristiano Vida Abundante Aurora (Aurora, Illinois, USA)2024-03-15T11:55:21Z<p>SamSteiner: Created page with "__TOC__ The Centro Cristiano Vida Abundante in Aurora, Illinois, USA, began in 2003. On 5 December 2010, Costanzo Aguirre was ordained as a Mennonite minis..."</p>
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The Centro Cristiano Vida Abundante in Aurora, [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], USA, began in 2003.<br />
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On 5 December 2010, Costanzo Aguirre was ordained as a Mennonite minister by the [[Illinois Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Illinois Mennonite Conference]] of [[Mennonite Church USA]].<br />
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In 2024, the congregation's website makes no mention of Mennonite connections.<br />
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= Bibliography = <br />
Neufeld, Chuck. "Conley and Aquirre credentialed." ''Missional Crossroads'' (December 2010): 4.<br />
= Additional Information =<br />
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'''Address:''' 1140 Pershing Street, Aurora, Illinois<br />
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'''Phone:''' 630-844-9108<br />
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'''Website''': https://vidaabuntanteaurora.com/<br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
[https://illinoismennonite.com/home/ Illinois Mennonite Conference]<br />
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[https://www.mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA]<br />
== Pastoral Leaders at Vida Abundante Aurora ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" <br />
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! Name !! Years<br/>of Service<br />
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| Costanzo Aquirre || 2003-<br />
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== Vida Abundante Aurora Membership ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"<br />
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! Year !! Members<br />
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| 2005 || 125<br />
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| 2009 || 125<br />
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| 2020 || 170<br />
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[[Category:United States Congregations]]</div>SamSteinerhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Centro_Cristiano_Vida_Abundante_Cicero_(Cicero,_Illinois,_USA)Centro Cristiano Vida Abundante Cicero (Cicero, Illinois, USA)2024-03-14T15:18:46Z<p>SamSteiner: /* Bibliography */</p>
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The Centro Cristiano Vida Abundante began in [[Chicago (Illinois, USA)|Chicago]], [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], in 1986 as a mission outreach by Andres Gallardo, who had earlier pastored a Hispanic church in Moline, Illinois.<br />
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For a time, the congregation rented space in a Reformed Church building. In 1994, with 400 attendees, it renovated a former warehouse donated to the congregation and located in the Chicago suburb of Cicero.<br />
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Over time, the congregation has become known as Vida Abundante Cicero.<br />
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In 2024, the congregation's website makes no mention of Mennonite connections and does not reference the ''Confession of Faith In a Mennonite Perspective'', though its site lists numerous other theological statements.<br />
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= Bibliography = <br />
"Cicero town officials join in special service at Vida Abundante Church." ''Missional Crossroads'' (February 2008): 2.<br />
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"The largest Hispanic church in Illinois...." ''Gospel Herald'' 87, no. 10 (8 March 1994): 11.<br />
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Neufeld, Chuck. "Vida Abundante requests help with renovation!" ''Missional Crossroads'' (September 2010): 5.<br />
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= Additional Information =<br />
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'''Address:''' 1819 South 54th Ave., Cicero, Illinois 60804<br />
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'''Phone:''' 708-863-6305<br />
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'''Websites''': https://www.vidaabu.com/ (Spanish)<br />
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https://vidaabu.church/ (English)<br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
[https://illinoismennonite.com/home/ Illinois Mennonite Conference]<br />
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[https://www.mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA]<br />
== Pastoral Leaders at Vida Abundante Cicero Church ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" <br />
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! Name !! Years<br/>of Service<br />
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| Andres Gallardo || 1986-2017<br />
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| Lilia Gallardo (Associate) || 1990s?-2010s?<br />
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| Gamaliel Aguado (Associate) || 1999?-2010s?<br />
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| Ismael Vargas (Youth, Executive) || 1999?-<br />
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| Jonathan Gallardo (Music)<br />(Administrative)<br />(Senior) || 2006-2012<br />2013-2017<br />2018-<br />
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| Henry Cruz (Associate) || 2010s?-<br />
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| Oscar Jaramillo (Outreach) || 2014-<br />
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| Jose Luis Zamora (Youth) || 2020s?-<br />
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== Vida Abundante Cicero Church Membership ==<br />
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! Year !! Members<br />
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| 1990 || 80<br />
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| 2000 || 600<br />
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| 2009 || 1000<br />
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| 2020 || 1000<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:United States Congregations]]</div>SamSteinerhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Ethiopian_Evangelical_Church_(Chicago,_Illinois,_USA)Ethiopian Evangelical Church (Chicago, Illinois, USA)2024-03-13T11:48:37Z<p>SamSteiner: SamSteiner moved page Ethiopian Evangelical Church (Chicago, Illinois, USA) to Berhane Wongel Ethiopian Evangelical Church (Chicago, Illinois, USA)</p>
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The Ethiopian Evangelical Church of [[Chicago (Illinois, USA)|Chicago]], [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], USA began in 1987. It joined the [[Illinois Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Illinois Mennonite Conference]] of the [[Mennonite Church (MC)]] in 1995.<br />
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Around 2002, the congregation changed its name to Berhane Wongel Ethiopian Evangelical Church, later shortened to Berhane Wongel Evangelical Church.<br />
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The Berhane Wongel Ethiopian Church was still listed as a member congregation of the Illinois Mennonite Conference of [[Mennonite Church USA]] in 2023, but without contact information.<br />
= Bibliography = <br />
Hockman, Cathleen. "Illinois Conference wrestles with future of churches accepting homosexual members." ''Gospel Herald'' 88, no. 16 (18 April 1995): 8.<br />
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= Additional Information =<br />
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'''Address:''' 6200 North Artesian Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60659<br />
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'''Phone:''' 773-338-6400<br />
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'''Website''': https://www.facebook.com/atChicago2020/<br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
[https://illinoismennonite.com/home/ Illinois Mennonite Conference]<br />
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[https://www.mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA]<br />
== Pastoral Leaders at Berhane Wongel Ethiopian Evangelical Church ==<br />
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! Name !! Years<br/>of Service<br />
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| Yohannes Ejigu (Contact) || 1995-1998?<br />
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| Guenetu Yigzaw || 1998?-2016?<br />
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| Befekadu Atmew Haile || 2017-<br />
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== Berhane Wongel Ethiopian Evangelical Church Membership ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"<br />
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! Year !! Members<br />
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| 2000 || 53<br />
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| 2009 || 180<br />
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| 2020 || 200<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:United States Congregations]]</div>SamSteinerhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Stanford_Community_Church_(Stanford,_Illinois,_USA)Stanford Community Church (Stanford, Illinois, USA)2024-03-05T11:48:48Z<p>SamSteiner: Created page with "__TOC__ The Stanford Community Church, Stanford, Illinois, USA, was a church planted in 2009 by the Southern Illinois Mission Partnership (SIMP). SIMP was a..."</p>
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The Stanford Community Church, Stanford, [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], USA, was a church planted in 2009 by the Southern Illinois Mission Partnership (SIMP). SIMP was a cooperative effort of the Argentine-based Patagonia Mission Project and committed individuals and congregations in the [[Illinois Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Illinois Mennonite Conference]] of [[Mennonite Church USA]] to expand the Anabaptist Christian witness in southern Illinois. Loren and Deb Miller provided early leadership to the group.<br />
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In May 2014, the congregation dedicated a newly completed meeting facility.<br />
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Sometime between 2017 and 2020, the congregation withdrew from the Illinois Mennonite Conference. In 2023 it related to the Evana Network.<br />
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= Bibliography = <br />
Chenlo, Mauricio. "New church plants in Mennonite Church USA in the past five years (partial listing)." Mennonite Church USA. 12 March 2013. Web. 5 March 2024. https://mennoniteusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ChPlantsSummaryChenlo_2013Mar212.pdf.<br />
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Miller, Loren. "Building dedication in Stanford." ''Missional Crossroads'' (June 2014): 5.<br />
= Additional Information =<br />
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'''Address:''' 210 South Grant Ave., Stanford, Illinois 61774-9477<br />
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'''Phone:''' 309-838-4533<br />
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'''Website''': <br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
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[https://evananetwork.org/ Evana Network]<br />
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== Pastoral Leaders at Stanford Community Church ==<br />
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! Name !! Years<br/>of Service<br />
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| Loren D. Miller || 2009- <br />
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[[Category:United States Congregations]]</div>SamSteinerhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Iglesia_Menonita_Hispana_(Chicago,_Illinois,_USA)Iglesia Menonita Hispana (Chicago, Illinois, USA)2024-03-04T16:30:52Z<p>SamSteiner: SamSteiner moved page Iglesia Menonita Hispana (Chicago, Illinois, USA) to Sonido de Alabanza (Cicero, Illinois, USA)</p>
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The Iglesia Menonita Hispana on 19th Street in [[Chicago (Illinois, USA)|Chicago]], [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], began in 1977 as an outreach of the [[Mennonite Board of Missions (Mennonite Church)|Mennonite Board of Missions]], under the leadership of Guillermo and Lilia Espinoza, two Bolivians who had earlier begun the Iglesia Menonita Evangélica in Chicago in 1972. In 1981, Juan B. Ferraras, a Mennonite minister in Coamo, [[Puerto Rico |Puerto Rico]], and his family moved to the mission. <br />
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In 1984, the Iglesia Menonita Hispana came into contact with the Maranatha Ministry, headed by Apostle Nahúm Rosario in Chicago. This profoundly impacted the life of the church and the Ferreras family. Juan Ferreras was baptized in the Holy Spirit, and everything changed, including the name of the Church, which became Sonido de Alabanza (Sound of Praise). Its worship turned in a [[Charismatic Movement|charismatic]] direction.<br />
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In April 1991, the congregation moved from West 51st Street in Chicago to Cicero, a nearby suburb, where it purchased the former First Baptist Church of Cicero. In 1996, it moved to a former American Legion Hall. Many of the congregation's members had moved to Cicero as their economic situation improved. It moved to a larger facility in 2014 after a legal battle with the Town of Cicero.<br />
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In 1999, the congregation established the Ministerio Internacional Sonido De Alabanza under Juan Ferreras' leadership as Apostle. This included outreach in the United States, Guatemala, and Colombia. His son, Esdras, became pastor of the Central Church in Cicero.<br />
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In 2014, a youth pastor at the congregation, Juan David Ferreras, was charged with child sexual abuse. He was turned in to authorities by his brother, the lead pastor.<br />
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By 2018, the church had satellite congregations in Addison, Joliet, and Chicago, Illinois. It oversaw Ministerio Internacional Sonido de Alabanza, which had locations in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and Guatemala.<br />
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= Bibliography = <br />
ABC7. "Cicero youth minister Juan Ferreras accused of child sex abuse." 9 April 2014. Web. 28 February 2024. https://abc7chicago.com/archive/9497632/.<br />
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"Apostol Juan B. Ferreras." Iglesia Central Sonido De Alabanza. 2022. Web. 28 February 2024. http://www.sonidodealabanza.com/misda.html.<br />
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"Historia De Sonido De Alabanza." Iglesia Central Sonido De Alabanza. 2022. Web. 28 February 2024. http://www.sonidodealabanza.com/central.html.<br />
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"Mennonites say town holding up construction." ''theMennonite'' 12, no. 6 (17 March 2009): 6.<br />
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Miller, Jim. "Vibrant church near Chicago launches growth plan." Everence. 20 December 2018. Web. 28 February 2024. https://www.everence.com/everence-articles/everyday-stewardship/your-stories/2018-fall-sonido-de-alabanza-is-making-a-move.<br />
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Smith, Willard H. ''Mennonites in Illinois''. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, 24. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1983: 426, 453, 546.Smith, Willard H. ''Mennonites in Illinois''. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, 24. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1983: 426, 453, 546.<br />
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"Sonido de Alabanza, Cicero, Ill." ''Gospel Herald'' 84, no. 28 (9 July 1991): 15.<br />
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"Sonido V Cicero 2 09" Scribd. 19 February 2009. Web. 28 February 2024. https://www.scribd.com/document/12644373/Sonido-v-Cicero-2-09.<br />
= Additional Information =<br />
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'''Address:''' 5540 West 25th Street, Cicero, Illinois 60804<br />
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'''Phone:''' 708-780-1170<br />
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'''Website''': http://www.sonidodealabanza.com/index.html<br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
[https://illinoismennonite.com/home/ Illinois Mennonite Conference]<br />
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[https://www.mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA]<br />
== Pastoral Leaders at Sonido De Alabanza ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" <br />
|-<br />
! Name !! Years<br/>of Service<br />
|-<br />
| Guillermo Espinoza || 1977-1981<br />
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| Lilia Espinoza || 1977-1981<br />
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| Juan B. Ferraras<br />(Apostle) || 1981-1999<br />1999-<br />
|-<br />
| Maritza Ferras (Associate) || 1999-2008?<br />
|-<br />
| Esdras E. Ferraras (Associate)<br />(Lead) || 1999-2004<br />2004-<br />
|-<br />
| Alejandra Mendoza (Associate) || 2002?-2008?<br />
|-<br />
| Sergio Nava (Associate) || 2008?-<br />
|}<br />
== Sonido De Alabanza Membership ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"<br />
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! Year !! Members<br />
|-<br />
| 1980 || 60<br />
|-<br />
| 1990 || 56<br />
|-<br />
| 2000 || 300<br />
|-<br />
| 2009 || 800<br />
|-<br />
| 2020 || 1200<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:United States Congregations]]</div>SamSteinerhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Southern_Sky_Hutterite_Colony_(Del_Bonita,_Alberta,_Canada)Southern Sky Hutterite Colony (Del Bonita, Alberta, Canada)2024-02-29T22:40:45Z<p>BertFriesen: Created page with "__TOC__ Southern Sky Hutterite Colony near Del Bonita, Alberta, was founded in 2024 as a division from the Crystal Springs Hutte..."</p>
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Southern Sky [[Hutterian Brethren (Hutterische Brüder)|Hutterite]] Colony near Del Bonita, Alberta, was founded in 2024 as a division from the [[Crystal Springs Hutterite Colony (Magrath, Alberta, Canada)|Crystal Springs Hutterite Colony]] (Magrath, Alberta, Canada). In 2024 Wind River Hutterite Colony was a[[Lehrerleut| Lehrerleut]] colony. <br />
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== Location ==<br />
Near Del Bonita, Alberta (coordinates: 49.012833, -112.698556 [49° 00' 46" N 112° 41' 55" W)]<br />
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[[Category:Canadian Hutterite Colonies]]</div>BertFriesenhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Wind_River_Hutterite_Colony_(Cereal,_Alberta,_Canada)Wind River Hutterite Colony (Cereal, Alberta, Canada)2024-02-29T21:05:48Z<p>BertFriesen: Created page with "__TOC__ Wind River Hutterite Colony near Cereal, Alberta, was founded in 2021 as a division from the Cloverleaf Hutterite Colony..."</p>
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Wind River [[Hutterian Brethren (Hutterische Brüder)|Hutterite]] Colony near Cereal, Alberta, was founded in 2021 as a division from the [[Cloverleaf Hutterite Colony (Delia, Alberta, Canada)|Cloverleaf Hutterite Colony]] (Delia, Alberta, Canada). In 2021 Wind River Hutterite Colony was a[[Lehrerleut| Lehrerleut]] colony. <br />
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== Location ==<br />
Near Cereal, Alberta (coordinates: 51.206455, -111.193253 [51° 12' 23" N 111° 11' 36" W)]<br />
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[[Category:Canadian Hutterite Colonies]]</div>BertFriesenhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Wall_Mottos_(Wandspr%C3%BCche)Wall Mottos (Wandsprüche)2024-02-23T02:15:08Z<p>AlfRedekopp: </p>
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[[File:671-004.jpg|300px|thumb|left|''This photograph shows Congolese visitors sitting at a Mennonite farmer's table with two small German Wall Mottos mounted on the wall.<br>Photo: [https://archives.mhsc.ca/index.php/congolese-visit-to-manitoba-eating MAID Mennonite Heritage Archives (671-04)]'']]<br />
[[File:Wandsprüche8.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''A sample Wall Motto colour printed on paperboard. Size: 16.4 x 10.0 cm.'' ]]<br />
[[File:Wandsprüche13.jpg|300px|thumb|left|''An English language Wall Motto on paperboard with a coloured illustration. The text on the back reads: "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from your Sunday School teacher Mrs. Martin Klaassen." It dates from about 1940. Size: 22.8 x 17.1 cm'']]<br />
[[File:Wandsprüche10.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''A wood framed English language Wall Motto with fraktur type lettering. The glass is painted black with a white pained outer frame. The design and lettering are without paint though outlined in white with red, green and silver foil showing through. Thought to be made in the late 1950s. Size: 28.2 x 38.2 cm.'']]<br />
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Wall Mottos, sometimes called wall sayings and known in German as: ''Wandsprüche'', are short texts usually of Bible verses, and sometimes of proverbs or wise saying that were set into a picture type frame and mounted on a wall in a Mennonite home. Some are embroidered but most are made of paperboard, or wood or glass or metal and sometimes with decorative ornaments or set in a picture frame. Many were commercially produced but some were individually and artistically created and those can be considered a form of [[Folk Arts|Folk Art]] as described by Ervin Beck. In most conservative [[Amish Mennonites|Amish]] and Mennonite homes they were the only form of wall decoration because the mounting photographs or pictures were thought of as a vanity and a violation of Exodus 20:4. <br />
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In the Reformation movements [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] and [[Calvinism and Mennonitism (Netherlands)|Calvinist]] were iconoclastic and worked to remove all pictures, icons and monuments from their places of worship. Thus, their Church buildings and as a consequence also their homes were simple and unadorned. Mennonites all through their history were literate people and preferred to contemplate on Bible texts rather than pictures. Mennonite homes in [[Russia]] were also known to mount some forms of these Wall Mottos. The more elaborate glass form of these Wall Mottos in Mennonite homes in the early 20th century Russia are seen in photographs on page 25 of the book ''Als Ihre Zeit Erfüllt War'', by Quiring, Walter and Helen Bartel.<br />
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From the middle of the nineteenth to the twentieth century Wall Mottos also became popular to the general public in Europe and America and were produced in different languages and formats. In the [[United States of America|United States]] and [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]] where Mennonites in those years favoured the English language, they placed on their walls English language forms of Wall Sayings. For example, many forms of these are seen listed for sale on 10 pages of the 1923-24 ''Catalog of the Mennonite Publishing House'' (Scottdale, Penna.). In Amish or conservative Mennonite homes where the German language was spoken, as for example in the homes of [[Old Colony Mennonites]] on the Canadian prairies, these Walls Sayings in German were often found. The 1934 catalogue of the ''Deutsches Buch- und Musikgeselschäft'' (Winnipeg, Manitoba) list three pages of a variety of these Wandsprüche. The price of the Wall Mottos in these catalogues ranged from 10-50¢ each. Printers first produced them in large quantities on paperboard and then in the 20th century many small businesses began manufacturing then in modest decorative forms on wood, metal or glass. Beginning in about the 1920s some Mennonite churches began adding a popular Bible verse to the front wall of their sanctuary. Those congregations using the German language had these words always in lettered in Fraktur type German and English language congregations used Roman lettering. <br />
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From the 1920s to 1950s in private Mennonite schools, in youth groups and occasionally an inspired individual would gather materials and work individually or in groups to craft their own Wall Mottos. Ervin Beck describes the creations by several highly skilled Amish craftworkers. The Commercially made ones or these individually crafted Wall Mottos were given as gifts at [[Baptism|baptisms]], anniversaries or at weddings. In the last part of the twentieth century and as Mennonite Churches and their members integrated more into their national societies and also transitioned from the German language to English the use of Wall Mottos fell into disfavour though as an art form they were still revered. <br />
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= Bibliography =<br />
Beck, Ervin. "Mennonite and Amish Painting on Glass." ''Mennonite Quarterly Review''. Vol. 63, no. 1, April 1989. pp. 115-149.<br />
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Brednich, Rolf, ''Mennonite Folklife And Folklore : A Preliminary Report''. Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies. Ottawa, Ontario. 1977. 116 pages <br />
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''Deutsche Bücher Wegweisser für Bücherfreund'': Winnipeg, Manitoba. Deutsches Buch- und Musikgeschäft. [1934], 128 pages. <br />
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Quiring, Walter and Helen Bartel. ''Als ihre Zeit erfüllt war : 150 Jahre Bewährung in Russland.'' Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Modern Press, 1964, 211 pages. See page 25. <br />
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Quiring, Walter and Helen Bartel. ''Mennonites in Canada: A Pictorial Review.'' Altona, Manitoba. D. W. Friesen & Sons Ltd. 1961. See pictorial examples on pages 64, 97, and 190.<br />
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Knee Hill [[Hutterian Brethren (Hutterische Brüder)|Hutterite]] Colony near Carbon, Alberta, was founded in 2024 as a division from the [[Britestone Hutterite Colony (Carbon, Alberta, Canada)|Britestone Hutterite Colony]] (Carbon, Alberta, Canada). In 2024 Knee Hill Hutterite Colony was a[[Lehrerleut| Lehrerleut]] colony. <br />
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The Reba Place Church, Evanston, [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], emerged from the Reba Place Fellowship (RPF), an intentional Christian community that began in 1957. The Fellowship's roots were in the [[Concern Pamphlets Movement]] engendered in 1952 by young North American Mennonite academics who were studying and working in [[Europe]] after World War II and into the 1950s. One of that group was [[Miller, John Wolf (1926-2017)|John W. Miller]], who returned to [[Indiana (USA)|Indiana]] in 1954 to teach at [[Goshen Biblical Seminary (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Goshen Biblical Seminary]]. He helped provide leadership to a group interested in exploring intentional community which included [[Community of Goods|community of goods]] in an urban context.<br />
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John and Louise Miller moved to Evanston, Illinois to 727 Reba Place in 1957, a house which was purchased by [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee]] for use as a [[Voluntary Service]] (VS) base. By September 1957, the Millers were joined by John and Johanna Lehman and Ted Hartsough. Soon VSers arrived, providing a natural community of goods setting since VS salaries were paid to Mennonite Central Committee while community members received a minimal stipend for personal expenses. John Miller served as the unit leader "responsible for the development of a congregational Voluntary Service Unit and church mission under the joint supervision of MCC and the Elkhart Mission Board."<ref>"Change of address." ''Gospel Herald'' (10 December 1957): 784.</ref><br />
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By mid-1958, a core group at Reba Place considered itself a church community, though there were some connections to the newly forming [[Evanston Mennonite Church (Evanston, Illinois, USA)|Evanston Mennonite Church]]. John Miller, John Lehman, and Virgil Vogt (who arrived in 1962) served as early elders in the developing Reba Place group. Miller left in 1969 to teach at [[Conrad Grebel University College (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)|Conrad Grebel College]] in [[Waterloo (Ontario, Canada)|Waterloo]], [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]]. Julius Belser became another long-time leader. Gradually the Fellowship added other buildings in the community to its holdings. As the group increased in size, it divided into house churches of a dozen or so persons and later added a "cluster" level.<br />
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In 1971 Fellowship members endorsed Virgil Vogt as a full-time pastor and leader at Reba Place Fellowship.<br />
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In 1973 the Fellowship needed a larger space for the whole community to use for worship; it began to hold services in a renovated storefront at Custer and Madison Streets. Across the intersection was a former warehouse and paint shop, which the Fellowship bought and renovated in 1975.<br />
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In 1976, Reba Place Fellowship affiliated with the [[Illinois Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Illinois Mennonite Conference]] of the [[Mennonite Church (MC)]] and the Illinois-Wisconsin District Conference of the [[Church of the Brethren]].<br />
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By the end of the 1970s, the practical desirability of having a congregational identity distinct from Reba Place Fellowship led to the formation of Reba Place Church. After extensive discussion, in 1981 the Fellowship approved non-communal ways for persons to associate at Reba Place. Several leadership couples left RPF to spearhead the formation of the new "congregational" small groups and clusters in 1981.<br />
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By the early 1990s Reba Place Church had become a vigorous congregation with about 25 small groups and about 300 members. More participants were non-communal than were communal.<br />
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In 1995, Reba Place founded the Reba Place Church in Rogers Park, a multi-ethnic community in north Chicago. That congregation became the [[Living Water Community Church (Chicago, Illinois, USA)|Living Water Community Church]].<br />
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Reba Place Church has always been an activist congregation on social issues. One example has been prison ministries that the group launched in the 1970s and again in the 2000s. Reba Place has run a food co-operative and a thrift store. It was also innovative in worship style, introducing practices like [[Dance|liturgical dance]].<br />
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= Bibliography = <br />
"Evanston." ''Gospel Herald'' 50, no. 35 (27 August 1957): 757.<br />
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Jackson, Dave and Neta. ''Glimpses of Glory: Thirty Years of Community: the Story of Reba Place Fellowship.'' Elgin, Ill.: Brethren Press, 1987.<br />
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"Our history." Reba Place Church. 2007? Web. 8 February 2024. https://www.rebaplacechurch.org/our-history.<br />
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Robinson, Laurie Oswald and Annette Brill Bergstresser. "Rebe Place Church establishes ministry to help former inmates." ''Missional Crossroads'' (December 2011): 3.<br />
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Schreiner, Sally. "Beyond ethnicity: the testimony of a 'convicted' Mennonite." ''Gospel Herald'' 80, no. 11 (17 March 1987): 177-179.<br />
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_____. "Reba Place near Chicago celebrates 30 years as unique 'house church.'" ''Gospel Herald'' 80, no. 47 (24 November 1987): 832-833.<br />
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Smith, Willard H. ''Mennonites in Illinois''. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, 24. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1983: 216-217. <br />
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Vogt, Virgil. "When the church gets too big." ''Gospel Herald'' 77, no. 6 (7 February 1984): 89-91.<br />
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Yoder, John D. "Discipleship in different forms." ''Gospel Herald'' 77, no. 35 (28 August 1984): 597-599.<br />
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'''Address:''' 620 Madison Street, Evanston, Illinois 60202<br />
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| Virgil Vogt (1934-2021) || 1971-2002<br />
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| Charlotte E. Lehman || 2009-<br />
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The Pana Mission, Pana, Illinois, USA, was a church planted in 2009 by the Southern Illinois Mission Partnership) (SIMP). SIMP was a cooperative effort of the Argentine-based Patagonia Mission Project and committed individuals and congregations in the Illinois Mennonite Conference of Mennonite Church USA to expand the Anabaptist Christian witness in southern Illinois. The congregation's leaders were Loren and Deb Miller and Ray and Karen Nachtigall.<br />
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It met on the first and third weekends of each month in a rented storefront that was ultimately donated to the outreach in 2011. The [[East Bend Mennonite Church (Fisher, Illinois, USA)|East Bend Mennonite Church]] received title to the property.<br />
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The mission appeared to close between 2017 and 2020.<br />
= Bibliography =<br />
Chenlo, Mauricio. "New church plants in Mennonite Church USA in the past five years (partial listing)." Mennonite Church USA. 12 March 2013. Web. 6 February 2024. https://mennoniteusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ChPlantsSummaryChenlo_2013Mar212.pdf.<br />
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Dean, Michael. "Southern Illinois Mission Partnership update." ''MissionalCrossroads'' (March 2011): 4, 8.<br />
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Nachtigall, Ray. "Southern Illinois Mission Partnership." ''Missional Crossroads'' (March 2010): 3, 8.<br />
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[[File:Redekop,Calvin.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Calvin Redekop (1925-2022)'']]<br />
Calvin W. Redekop: teacher, author, and entrepreneur; born 19 September 1925 in Volt, [[Montana (USA)|Montana]] to Jacob Kasper Redekop (2 July 1900, Petrovka, Naumenko, South [[Russia]] – 20 July 1980, Minneapolis, [[Minnesota (USA)|Minnesota]]) and Katherine (Wall) Redekop (28 April 1901, [[Mountain Lake (Minnesota, USA)|Mountain Lake]], Minnesota – 25 February 1958, Mountain Lake, Minnesota). Calvin was the second of five children. His siblings were Rosa, Ella, Jacob, and Bertha. Calvin married Freda Naomi Pellman (7 July 1930, Richfield, Pennsylvania – 8 August 2011, [[Harrisonburg (Virginia, USA)|Harrisonburg]], Virginia), daughter of Leroy Pellman and Elizabeth (Lauver) Pellman, on 20 August 1955 in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Calvin and Freda had three children: William, Benjamin, and Frederick. Calvin died 20 July 2022, in his 97th year, in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and is buried in [[Weavers Mennonite Church (Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA)|Weavers Mennonite Church]] Cemetery in Rockingham County, Virginia. <br />
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Calvin grew up on a farm in Montana and in 1937 the family moved to [[Dallas (Oregon, USA)|Dallas]], Oregon. Three years later the family relocated again to Mountain Lake, Minnesota where Calvin attended high school. <br />
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Calvin received his BA in sociology from [[Goshen College (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Goshen College]] in 1949, and thereafter completed his MA at the University of Minnesota and his PhD in Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Chicago in 1959. <br />
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During his long life, Calvin bestrode the globe. In 1949 he joined [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee]] and, for the first part of his assignment, was engaged as a peace witness in [[Alberta (Canada)|Alberta]], Canada. In 1950 he sailed for [[Europe]], where he became the PAX program organizer and [[Voluntary Service|Mennonite Voluntary Service]] director until December 1952. While in Europe, Calvin met Freda Pullman, serving with [[Menno Travel Service (Akron, Pennsylvania, USA)|Menno Travel]] in [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]], and they were married in 1955. <br />
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Calvin’s academic career spanned 35 years, with teaching or administrative appointments at [[Hesston College (Hesston, Kansas, USA)|Hesston College]] (1955-1962); Earlham College (1962-1967); Goshen College (1967-1976); [[Tabor College (Hillsboro, Kansas, USA)|Tabor College]] (vice-president and dean) (1976-1978); and [[Conrad Grebel University College (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)|Conrad Grebel College]] (1979-1990).<br />
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Redekop was a prolific author, credited with 13 publications and a steady stream of articles in professional journals and church papers. His book publications include ''The Old Colony Mennonites'' (1969); ''Strangers Become Neighbors: Mennonite and Indigenous Relations in the Paraguayan Chaco'' (1981); ''Mennonite Society'' (1989); ''Mennonite Entrepreneurs'' (1995); ''Creation and the Environment: An Anabaptist Perspective on a Sustainable World'' (2000); and ''Power Authority and the Anabaptist Tradition'' (2001). His last publication was ''Service: The Path to Justice'' (2022).<br />
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Calvin was a long-time supporter of [[Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA)|Mennonite Economic Development Associates]] (MEDA) and its predecessors, becoming the founding editor of its journal, ''The Marketplace'', and serving in that role until 1985.<br />
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As a means of combining his environmental zeal with real-world business acumen, Calvin became involved in several businesses. His first business venture was to join Excel Industries, Inc., a turf equipment company. He was also a founding member of Sunflower Energy Works in Kansas, one of the first solar energy companies in the state. Owing to his expertise, he served on the boards of other eco-based companies, including EnerSource, Secure Futures, and Wood Composites Inc.<br />
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Calvin and his wife generously supported a variety of charitable causes, including several endowed scholarships for [[Eastern Mennonite University (Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA)|Eastern Mennonite University]] (EMU) undergraduate students. They also were active in establishing the Hubert R. and Mildred K. Pellman Endowed Literature Scholarship. In his later years, Calvin and his family created the JustPax Fund and Redekop Family Endowment, non-profit organizations that advanced economic, gender, and environmental justice. As a testament to his generosity, he was named a recipient of the 2017 Regional Journey Award from the Everence Office (a faith-based financial service) in Harrisonburg, Virginia. This award recognized his significant dedication to personal and professional stewardship. <br />
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Owing to his restless mind, Calvin was sometimes known as the "holy disruptor." Critical thinking certainly endeared him as a frequently invited lecturer on university campuses. Through his publications, Redekop has left for posterity a rich legacy of contributions.<br />
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=== Archives ===<br />
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Calvin Redekop fonds. Mennonite Archives of Ontario. https://uwaterloo.ca/mennonite-archives-ontario/personal-collections/calvin-wall-redekop.<br />
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= Bibliography =<br />
"Calvin Wall Redekop Obituary." Legacy Remembers. 22 July 2022. Web. 6 February 2024. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/calvin-redekop-obituary?id=35922312.<br />
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"In Memoriam: Calvin ‘Cal’ Redekop." Eastern Mennonite University. 17 August 2022. Web. 6 February 2024. https://emu.edu/now/news/2022/in-memoriam-calvin-cal-redekop/.<br />
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"We Mourn the Passing of Calvin Redekop." MEDA. 22 July 2022. Web. 6 February 2024. https://www.meda.org/news/we-mourn-the-passing-of-calvin-cal-redekop/.<br />
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The Maple Lawn Fellowship, [[Eureka (Illinois, USA)|Eureka]], [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], began in 1989 when it began meeting at Maple Lawn Health Center, a Mennonite-sponsored retirement facility. It became a member of the [[Illinois Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Illinois Mennonite Conference]] of the [[Mennonite Church (MC)]].<br />
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The Fellowship has been composed of the worshipping community at [[Maple Lawn Homes (Eureka, Illinois, USA)|Maple Lawn Homes]] under the leadership of the chaplain.<br />
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The Living Water Community Church, [[Chicago (Illinois, USA)|Chicago]], [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], USA, began public worship in 1995 in rented space at the United Church of Rogers Park. The church emerged from members of the Reba Place Church in Evanston, Illinois, who wanted a multi-cultural urban church. Initially, it called itself Reba Place Church of Rogers Park before selecting a new name. It became a full member of the [[Illinois Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Illinois Mennonite Conference]] of the [[Mennonite Church (MC)]] in about 1996.<br />
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In 2001, a fatal drive-by shooting at Pratt Boulevard and Ashland Avenue focused the church’s prayer for that corner and drew attention to the mini-mall at that location. The congregation purchased the building and renovated the 6500-square-foot storefront section> It became its permanent meetinghouse in 2005.<br />
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In the 2010s, the congregation helped its diverse immigrant community find sustainable employment, with some initial funding from Mennonite Central Committee Great Lakes. A catering service called Urban Tables operated from the church.<br />
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Living Water Community Church has also hosted a "Free Store" and a nursery.<br />
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= Bibliography = <br />
Heinzakehr, Hannah. "Living Water pioneers helping members find sustainable employment." ''theMennonite'' 20, no. 9 (September 2017): 21-23<br />
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Hollinger-Janzen, Lynda. "Living Water rises in the Windy City." ''theMennonite'' 4, no. 39 (16 October 2001): 9.<br />
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"Our history." Living Water Community Church. 2023. Web. 25 January 2024. https://livingwatercommunitychurch.org/about/history/.<br />
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Robinson, Laurie Oswald. "Bread and bridges for body and soul." ''TheMennonite'' 12, no. 3 (3 February 2009): 11-13.<br />
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'''Address:''' 6808 North Ashland Avenue, Chicago Illinois 60626<br />
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'''Phone:''' 773-764 – 5872<br />
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'''Website''': https://livingwatercommunitychurch.org/<br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
[https://illinoismennonite.com/home/ Illinois Mennonite Conference]<br />
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[https://www.mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA]<br />
== Pastoral Leaders at Living Water Community Church ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" <br />
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! Name !! Years<br/>of Service<br />
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| Sally Schreiner Youngquist || 1995-2009<br />
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| Karl McKinney || 1995-2000<br />
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| Joe Manigilia (Youth) || 2002?-2007<br />
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| Amos Shakya (Khmer) || 2010-2012<br />
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| Samrach Nuth || 2009-2020?<br />
|-<br />
| Kristin L. Jackson || 2011-<br />
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| Stephen M. Lamb (Associate) || 2012-<br />
|-<br />
| Olak B. Sunuwar (Nepalese) || 2010s-<br />
|-<br />
| Alexis Ruzahaza (Swahili) || 2020?-<br />
|}<br />
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== Living Water Community Church Membership ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"<br />
|-<br />
! Year !! Members<br />
|-<br />
| 2000 || 63<br />
|-<br />
| 2009 || 84<br />
|-<br />
| 2020 || 190<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:United States Congregations]]</div>SamSteinerhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Mennonite_Brethren_Bible_Institute_of_Ontario_(Kitchener,_Ontario)Mennonite Brethren Bible Institute of Ontario (Kitchener, Ontario)2024-01-24T20:54:33Z<p>RichardThiessen: /* Mennonite Brethren Bible Institute of Ontario staff and faculty: 1955-1964 */</p>
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[[File:MBBI Kitchener (NP149-01-5773).jpg|400px|thumb|right|''Students and teachers for the first year that the school operated in Kitchener. Teachers (l-r) J.J. Toews, I.T. Ewert, principal, J. Hamm, and A.J. Block are standing in the back row. <br>Photo: Centre for MB Studies (NP149-1-5773)''.]]<br />
Mennonite Brethren Bible Institute of Ontario (commonly referred to as the Ontario MB Conference Bible School) traces its beginnings to the Niagara Peninsula, where it became known as the [[Virgil Bible School (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada)|Virgil Bible School]], which functioned under that name 1938-1955, when the school was moved to Kitchener. The school met in [[Kitchener Mennonite Brethren Church (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)|Kitchener Mennonite Brethren Church’s]] new education wing, beginning in October 1955. In 1957 $1,000 rent was paid to the church for the use of the facilities including all utilities. Meals were cooked in the new Education wing’s kitchen, and served in the adjoining auditorium. Students lived in the homes of members of the Kitchener church.<br />
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The school offered a two year program that was geared to Bible study and the practical application of that study. Courses included music theory, history and conducting, missions, Christian education, youth work, practical theology, doctrine, history, homiletics and language.<br />
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Activities of the students included visits to the churches by groups, choirs and special speakers; and service in institutions.<br />
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The Bible School Board of the [[Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches|Ontario MB Conference]] oversaw the finances and made the major decisions, the most difficult one being the decision to discontinue the school in 1964, due to the decline in enrollment. Beginning in 1965 the Ontario MB Conference advised its students to attend one of the Mennonite Brethren Bible institutes in western Canada, choosing either the one in [[Columbia Bible College (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)|Clearbrook]], [[Bethany College (Hepburn, Saskatchewan, Canada)|Hepburn]] or [[Winkler Bible Institute (Winkler, Manitoba, Canada)|Winkler]], and paid these institutions a subsidy on a per student basis. During the restructuring of the Ontario MB Conference in 1968, the Bible School Board was renamed a Committee and placed under the administration of the Board of Education. The Bible School Committee continued to exist in the 1980s.<br />
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= Bibliography =<br />
Boldt, Edward. <em class="gameo_bibliography">A history of the Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches 1957-1982.</em> Ontario Conference of M.B. Churches, 1982.<br />
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=== Archival Records ===<br />
[https://cmbs.mennonitebrethren.ca/inst_records/mennonite-brethren-bible-institute-of-ontario-kitchener-on/ Mennonite Brethren Bible Institute of Ontario fonds]. 1955-1964. Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies (Winnipeg).<br />
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= Additional Information =<br />
=== Mennonite Brethren Bible Institute of Ontario staff and faculty: 1955-1964 ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! School year<br />
! Staff & faculty<br />
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| 1955-1956<br />
| | Isaac T. Ewert (principal), [[Block, Abram J. (1905-1982)|Abram J. Block]], [[Toews, Jacob John "J. J." (1914-1995)|J. J. Toews]], Jacob Hamm (until Feb.10), [[Goerzen, Henry (1931-2012)|Henry Goerzen]] (after Feb. 10), P. Siemens (part-time); cooks: [[Thielman, Henry G. (1904-1985)|Mrs. Lydia Thielman]] and Miss Clara Reimer<br />
|- <br />
| 1956-1957<br />
| | Isaac T. Ewert (principal),Abram J. Block, [[Wall, John (1923-2014)|John Wall]] (choir director); cooks: Mrs. Lydia Thielman and Miss E. Musselman<br />
|- <br />
| 1957-1958<br />
| | [[Kornelson, Wilmer (1928-2017)|Wilmer Kornelson]] (principal), [[Warkentin, Henry (1923-2017)|Henry Warkentin]], Corny Braun, Katie Epp, John Goertz (choir director); cook: Mrs. Anna Loewen<br />
|-<br />
|1958-1959<br />
|Wilmer Kornelson (principal), Henry Warkentin, John B. Epp, Katie Epp, Henry Esau ; cook: Miss Hulda Neumann<br />
|-<br />
|1959-1960<br />
|Wilmer Kornelson (principal), Walter Wiebe, Henry Esau, Elizabeth Esau. Cooks: Miss Hilda Neuman, Mrs. Margarete Neufeld<br />
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|1960-1961<br />
|Wilmer Kornelson (principal), Walter Wiebe, [[Boldt, Edward (1929-2017)|Edward Boldt]], Mrs. William Baerg (music theory). Cooks: Mrs. S. Corban, Mrs. Margarete Neufeld<br />
|-<br />
|1961-1962<br />
|Wilmer Kornelson (principal), [[Boldt, John (1918-1980)|John Boldt]], Paul Unger. Cooks: Mrs. S. Corban, Mrs. Margarete Neufeld<br />
|-<br />
|1962-1963<br />
|Wilmer Kornelson (principal), John Boldt, Paul Unger. Cook: Miss Hulda Neumann<br />
|-<br />
|1963-1964<br />
|Wilmer Kornelson (principal), John Boldt, Paul Unger<br />
|}<br />
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The Iglesia Amor Viviente (Living Love Ministries), East Peoria, [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], USA began in 1996 as a Bible study led by Maria Hatfield. It became part of the [[Illinois Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Illinois Mennonite Conference]] of the [[Mennonite Church (MC)]] in about 1999.<br />
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The congregation was part of the [[Amor Viviente (Living Love) Movement]] that began in [[Honduras]] in 1973, led by missionaries Ed and Gloria King. Maria Hatfield was one of their daughters.<br />
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By 2023, the congregation held bilingual Spanish-English services.<br />
= Bibliography = <br />
Celis, Adriana. "En Chicago Illinois, Soplan Vientos de Esperanza en la Iglesia Menonita Roca de Esperanza." Mennonite Church USA. 19 April 2022. Web. 24 January 2024. https://www.mennoniteusa.org/menoticias/posts/en-chicago-illinois-soplan-vientos-de-esperanza-en-la-iglesia-menonita-roca-de-esperanza/.<br />
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= Additional Information =<br />
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'''Address:''' 1305 Bloomington Road, East Peoria, Illinois 61611<br />
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'''Phone:''' 309-698-8780<br />
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'''Website''': https://www.facebook.com/IglesiaAmorVivientePeoria/<br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
[https://illinoismennonite.com/home/ Illinois Mennonite Conference]<br />
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[https://www.mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA]<br />
== Pastoral Leaders at Iglesia Amor Viviente Peoria ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" <br />
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! Name !! Years<br/>of Service<br />
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| Maria Hatfield || 1996-<br />
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| Walter Smeltzer (Associate) || 1999?-?<br />
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| Brent Foster (Associate) || 1999?-?<br />
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| Jose B. Elvir || 2010s-<br />
|}<br />
== Iglesia Amor Viviente Peoria Membership ==<br />
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! Year !! Members<br />
|-<br />
| 2000 || 70<br />
|-<br />
| 2009 || 70<br />
|-<br />
| 2020 || 85<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:United States Congregations]]</div>SamSteinerhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Mennonite_Mexican_Church_(Chicago,_Illinois,_USA)Mennonite Mexican Church (Chicago, Illinois, USA)2024-01-24T14:15:04Z<p>SamSteiner: SamSteiner moved page Mennonite Mexican Church (Chicago, Illinois, USA) to Iglesia Evangelica de Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois, USA)</p>
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The Mennonite Mexican Church, [[Chicago (Illinois, USA)|Chicago]], [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], USA, had its roots in the family of Manuel and Ignacia León, who immigrated to Chicago from [[Mexico]] in 1928 and became aware of the [[Mennonite Home Mission (Chicago, Illinois, USA)|Chicago Home Mission]] through their children, who were invited to attend by two mission workers. The parents indicated they were Catholics but allowed their children to attend. They were soon won over by their acceptance at the mission and the Mennonite emphasis on Bible study. The entire León family soon worshipped regularly at the mission, where services were conducted in English.<br />
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In September 1932, [[Shank, Josephus Wenger (1881-1970)|Josephus W. Shank]], on furlough from mission work in [[Argentina]], began leading Spanish services at the mission. In 1933/34, [[Litwiller, Nelson (1898-1986)|Nelson Litwiller]], another missionary on furlough, carried on the work. In 1934, David Castillo, who had a Pentecostal background, began leading the Hispanic congregation. On 29 April 1934, 100 persons gathered for the church's first nine baptisms.<br />
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The Hispanic mission moved to rented facilities on South Halstead Street in September 1934, and later on West Roosevelt Road, and in 1945 to South Miller Street. The Mexican mission separated from the Home Mission partly because of prejudice from some Anglo leaders who did not want "racial mixing." <br />
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In late 1951, the Mennonite Mexican Church began construction, and in 1952, it moved to a new sanctuary on Blue Island Street that it dedicated on 19 October 1952. Because of urban renewal, in 1964, it moved again to the Lawndale Baptist Church. By the end of 1964, it had acquired the building, originally the Hubbard Memorial Bohemian Presbyterian Church, before it was a Baptist church.<br />
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In 1942, the Hispanic mission formally organized as a separate congregation as the Mennonite Mexican Mission and was accepted into the [[Illinois Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Illinois Mennonite Conference]] of the [[Mennonite Church (MC)]]. In early 1958, it changed its name to Second Mennonite Church of Chicago. In January 1965, after moving to a new location, it changed its name to Lawndale Mennonite Church. The name on its exterior sign by the 2010s was Iglesia Evangelica de Lawndale.<br />
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In the early 1980s and again in 1990, the church hosted the Chicago Mennonite Learning Center, a private school for kindergarten through grade 8 students. It also began to operate an emergency food pantry in the mid-1980s.<br />
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In April 1986, there was a division in the church over disagreements on forms of worship, church building usage, decision-making, and leadership. Pastor Hector Vasquez left with a group to form the Living Faith Church.<br />
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= Bibliography = <br />
"Bro. John Litwiller...." ''Gospel Herald'' 45, no. 48 (23 November 1952): 1164.<br />
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"Chicago church relocates." ''Gospel Herald'' 57, no. 17 (5 May 1964): 383.<br />
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"Hispanic congregation feeds the hungry in Chicago." ''Gospel Herald'' 79, no. 4 (28 January 1986): 65.<br />
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Litwiller, John T. N. "Mennonite Mexican Church." ''Gospel Herald'' 45, no. 26 (24 June 1952): 625.<br />
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"The Mennonite Spanish Church in Chicago,..." ''Gospel Herald'' 51, no. 2 (14 January 1958): 37.<br />
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"The name of the Second Mennonite Church...." ''Gospel Herald'' 58, no. 2 (12 January 1965): 26.<br />
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"New worship center." ''Gospel Herald'' 58, no. 32 (17 August 1965): 726.<br />
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Smith, Willard H. ''Mennonites in Illinois''. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, 24. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1983: 387-388, 422-427, 547<br />
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"A split at Lawndale Mennonite Church...." ''Gospel Herald'' 79, no. 23 (10 June 1986): 408.<br />
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"What are the origins of Hispanic Mennonites in North America?" Thirdway. 2001. Web. 22 January 2024. http://thirdwaycafe.com/faq/what-are-the-origins-of-hispanic-mennonites-in-north-america/.<br />
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Yordy, Anna. "The beginning of the Chicago Mennonite Mexican Mission." ''Gospel Herald'' 37, no. 8 (26 May 1944): 146.<br />
= Additional Information =<br />
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'''Address:''' 2520 South Lawndale Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60623<br />
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'''Phone:''' 773-277-6665<br />
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'''Website''': <br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
[https://illinoismennonite.com/home/ Illinois Mennonite Conference]<br />
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[https://www.mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA]<br />
== Pastoral Leaders at Lawndale Mennonite Church ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" <br />
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! Name !! Years<br/>of Service<br />
|-<br />
| [[Shank, Josephus Wenger (1881-1970)|Josephus W. "J. W." Shank]] (1881-1970) || 1932-1933<br />1950-1951<br />
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| [[Litwiller, Nelson (1898-1986)|Nelson Litwiller]] (1898-1986) || 1933-1934<br />
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| David Castillo (1905-1986) || 1934-1940<br />
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| Lester T. Hershey (1912-2007) || 1940-1947<br />
|-<br />
| Amos "Orley" Swartzentruber (1926-2019) || 1947<br />
|-<br />
| D. Parke Lantz (1881-1962) || 1947-1948<br />
|-<br />
| Frank M. Ventura (1925-?) || 1948<br />
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| [[Snyder, Elvin Valores (1900-1985)|Elvin V. Snyder]] (1900-1985) || 1948-1949<br />
|-<br />
| William G. Lauver (1896-1984) || 1949-1950<br />
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| John T. N. Litwiller (1928-1971) || 1951-1953<br />
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| Mario O. Snyder || 1953-1961<br />
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| Donald L. Brenneman<br />(Interim) || 1961-1966<br />1988<br />
|-<br />
| Albert Landis || 1966-1967<br />
|-<br />
| Jacob "Weldon" Martin (1918-1998) || 1967-1970<br />
|-<br />
| Neftali Torres || 1970-1972<br />
|-<br />
| William E. Hallman (1904-1993) || 1970-1974<br />
|-<br />
| Ronald Collins || 1974-1981<br />
|-<br />
| Lay Leadership || 1981-1982<br />
|-<br />
| Hector Vazquez || 1982?-1986<br />
|-<br />
| Samuel Pagan || 1989-1990<br />
|-<br />
| Angel M. Cañon || 1990-<br />
|}<br />
== Lawndale Mennonite Church Membership ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"<br />
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! Year !! Members<br />
|-<br />
| 1934 || 14<br />
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| 1942 || 27<br />
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| 1950 || 48<br />
|-<br />
| 1960 || 62<br />
|-<br />
| 1970 || 64<br />
|-<br />
| 1980 || 89<br />
|-<br />
| 1990 || 67<br />
|-<br />
| 2000 || 70<br />
|-<br />
| 2009 || 80<br />
|-<br />
| 2020 || 80<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:United States Congregations]]</div>SamSteinerhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Iglesia_Cristiana_Roca_de_Esperanza_(Chicago,_Illinois,_USA)Iglesia Cristiana Roca de Esperanza (Chicago, Illinois, USA)2024-01-22T12:28:45Z<p>SamSteiner: Created page with "__TOC__ The Iglesia Cristiana Roca de Esperanza, Chicago, Illinois, began in 2009. Raúl and Heidi Urcino were the founding lead..."</p>
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The Iglesia Cristiana Roca de Esperanza, [[Chicago (Illinois, USA)|Chicago]], [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], began in 2009. Raúl and Heidi Urcino were the founding leaders.<br />
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In 2022, the congregation met on Sunday afternoons at the First Church of the Brethren in Chicago, though some services were only online. <br />
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= Bibliography = <br />
Celis, Adriana. "En Chicago Illinois, Soplan Vientos de Esperanza en la Iglesia Menonita Roca de Esperanza." Mennonite Church USA. 19 April 2022. Web. 22 January 2024. https://www.mennoniteusa.org/menoticias/posts/en-chicago-illinois-soplan-vientos-de-esperanza-en-la-iglesia-menonita-roca-de-esperanza/. <br />
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Chenlo, Mauricio. "New church plants in Mennonite Church USA in the past five years (partial listing)." Mennonite Church USA. 12 March 2013. Web. 22 January 2024. https://mennoniteusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ChPlantsSummaryChenlo_2013Mar212.pdf.<br />
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= Additional Information =<br />
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'''Meeting Address:''' First Church of the Brethren, 25 South Central Park Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60624<br />
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'''Phone:''' 773-306-6243<br />
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'''Website''': <br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
[https://illinoismennonite.com/home/ Illinois Mennonite Conference]<br />
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[https://www.mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA]<br />
== Pastoral Leaders at Iglesia Cristiana Roca de Esperanza ==<br />
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! Name !! Years<br/>of Service<br />
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| Raúl Urcino || 2009-<br />
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[[Category:United States Congregations]]</div>SamSteinerhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Galesburg_Mennonite_Church_(Eureka,_Illinois,_USA)Galesburg Mennonite Church (Eureka, Illinois, USA)2024-01-17T13:59:35Z<p>SamSteiner: Created page with "__TOC__ The Galesburg Mennonite Church, Eureka, Illinois, USA, was a church planted in 2009 by the Southern Illinois Mission Part..."</p>
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The Galesburg Mennonite Church, [[Eureka (Illinois, USA)|Eureka]], [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], USA, was a church planted in 2009 by the Southern Illinois Mission Partnership) (SIMP). SIMP was a cooperative effort of the Argentine-based Patagonia Mission Project and committed individuals and congregations in the [[Illinois Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Illinois Mennonite Conference]] of [[Mennonite Church USA]] to expand the Anabaptist Christian witness in southern Illinois. The congregation's leader was Ray Nachtigall.<br />
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The church plant appeared to close between 2017 and 2020.<br />
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= Bibliography = <br />
Chenlo, Mauricio. "New church plants in Mennonite Church USA in the past five years (partial listing)." Mennonite Church USA. 12 March 2013. Web. 17 January 2024. https://mennoniteusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ChPlantsSummaryChenlo_2013Mar212.pdf.<br />
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'''Address:''' Galesburg, Illinois<br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
[https://illinoismennonite.com/home/ Illinois Mennonite Conference]<br />
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[https://www.mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA]<br />
== Pastoral Leaders at Galesburg Mennonite Church ==<br />
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! Name !! Years<br/>of Service<br />
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| Ray Nachtigall || 2009-2019?<br />
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[[Category:United States Congregations]]</div>SamSteinerhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=First_Norwood_Mennonite_Church_(Peoria,_Illinois,_USA)First Norwood Mennonite Church (Peoria, Illinois, USA)2024-01-14T13:32:25Z<p>SamSteiner: Created page with "__TOC__ First Norwood Mennonite Church, Peoria, Illinois, USA, began in 1959 as an outreach of the Ann Street Mennoni..."</p>
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First Norwood Mennonite Church, [[Peoria (Peoria County, Illinois)|Peoria]], [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], USA, began in 1959 as an outreach of the [[Ann Street Mennonite Church (Peoria, Illinois, USA)|Ann Street Mennonite Church]] and the [[Pleasant Hill Mennonite Church (Morton, Illinois, USA)|Pleasant Hill Mennonite Church]]. Initially, the group met in the home of Lester and Marietta Sutter. Most participants had no Mennonite background, but they soon rallied to help build a church, beginning in 1961. The congregation dedicated the building on Thanksgiving Day in 1962.<br />
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= Bibliography = <br />
"Brother Lester L. Sutter...." ''Gospel Herald'' 54, no. 33 (22 August 1961): 747.<br />
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"Norwood, Ill." ''Gospel Herald'' 56, no. 10 (12 March 1963): 216.<br />
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"Norwood is a suburb...." ''Gospel Herald'' 52, no. 40 (13 October 1959): 876.<br />
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Smith, Willard H. ''Mennonites in Illinois''. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, 24. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1983: 217, 545<br />
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= Additional Information =<br />
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'''Address:''' 6605 West Jones Road, Norwood, Illinois 61604<br />
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'''Phone:''' 309-673-3026<br />
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'''Website''': https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064756027375<br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
[https://illinoismennonite.com/home/ Illinois Mennonite Conference]<br />
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[https://www.mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA]<br />
== Pastoral Leaders at First Norwood Mennonite Church ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" <br />
|-<br />
! Name !! Years<br/>of Service<br />
|-<br />
| Lester L. Sutter (1924-2021) || 1959-1976<br />
|-<br />
| Vernon D. Isner || 1976-1981<br />
|-<br />
| Walter E. Smeltzer || 1981-1987?<br />
|-<br />
| Lay Leadership || 1987?-1991<br />
|-<br />
| Arlin G. Claassen || 1991-2001?<br />
|-<br />
| Harold J. Baer (1946-2015) || 2001?-2015?<br />
|-<br />
| Rickie L. Hiatt || 2006-<br />
|}<br />
== First Norwood Mennonite Church Membership ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"<br />
|-<br />
! Year !! Members<br />
|-<br />
| 1962 || 14<br />
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| 1970 || 39<br />
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| 1980 || 37<br />
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| 1990 || 14<br />
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| 2000 || 42<br />
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| 2009 || 50<br />
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| 2020 || 33<br />
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The Highway Village Mennonite Church, East Peoria, [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], USA, began in 1937 as a [[Sunday School|Sunday school]] sponsored by the [[Pleasant Hill Mennonite Church (Morton, Illinois, USA)|Pleasant Hill Mennonite Church]]. C. A. Magnuson headed the work until 1945. In 1951, the [[Illinois Mennonite Mission Board]] took over responsibility for the mission. Eventually, the congregation became independent.<br />
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Over the years, the membership was composed primarily of persons with no Mennonite background. Consequently, the congregation became flexible on policies like [[Dress|dress]] regulations, use of [[Musical Instruments|musical instruments]], and [[Nonresistance|nonresistance]]. The church taught nonresistance but did not make it a test of membership. <br />
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In about 1989, the congregation changed its name to East Peoria Mennonite Church.<br />
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= Bibliography = <br />
Smith, Willard H. ''Mennonites in Illinois''. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, 24. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1983: 213, 487.<br />
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= Additional Information =<br />
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'''Address:''' 125 North Norwood Place, East Peoria, Illinois 61611<br />
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'''Phone:''' 309-699-8713<br />
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'''Website''': https://www.facebook.com/epmennonite/<br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
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[https://illinoismennonite.com/home/ Illinois Mennonite Conference]<br />
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[https://www.mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA]<br />
== Pastoral Leaders at East Peoria Mennonite Church ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" <br />
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! Name !! Years<br/>of Service<br />
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| Carl A. "C. A." Magnusen (1894-1975) || 1937-1945<br />
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| Wilfred D. Ulrich (1920-2015) || 1945-1947<br />
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| Paul A. Friesen (1923-2022) || 1947-1951<br />
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| Robert L. Harnish (1925-2022) || 1951-1973<br />
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| Clarence R. Sutter (1921-1998) || 1973-1982<br />
|-<br />
| Maurice J. Yordy || 1983-2006<br />
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| John Gray || 2006-2013<br />
|-<br />
| Tim Peebles (Transitional) || 2013-2015<br />
|-<br />
| Kimberly A. Litwiller || 2015-2021<br />
|-<br />
| Lay Leadership || 2022-<br />
|}<br />
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== East Peoria Mennonite Church Membership ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"<br />
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! Year !! Members<br />
|-<br />
| 1950 || 13<br />
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| 1960 || 49<br />
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| 1970 || 75<br />
|-<br />
| 1980 || 73<br />
|-<br />
| 1990 || 68<br />
|-<br />
| 2000 || 89<br />
|-<br />
| 2009 || 70<br />
|-<br />
| 2020 || 50<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:United States Congregations]]</div>SamSteinerhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Crossroads_Christian_Center_(Mt._Vernon,_Illinois,_USA)Crossroads Christian Center (Mt. Vernon, Illinois, USA)2024-01-10T14:58:09Z<p>SamSteiner: Created page with "__TOC__ The Crossroads Christian Center, Mt. Vernon, Illinois, USA was a church plant in 2009 by the Southern Illinois Mission Partnership) (SIMP). SIMP was..."</p>
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The Crossroads Christian Center, Mt. Vernon, [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], USA was a church plant in 2009 by the Southern Illinois Mission Partnership) (SIMP). SIMP was a cooperative effort of the Argentine-based Patagonia Mission Project and committed individuals and congregations in the [[Illinois Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Illinois Mennonite Conference]] to expand the Anabaptist Christian witness in southern Illinois. The congregation's leader was Jeff Ressler.<br />
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Sometime after 2017, Crossroads Christian Center withdrew from the Illinois Mennonite Conference of [[Mennonite Church USA]] and became part of the Evana Network.<br />
= Bibliography = <br />
Chenlo, Mauricio. "New church plants in Mennonite Church USA in the past five years (partial listing)." Mennonite Church USA. 12 March 2013. Web. 10 January 2024. https://mennoniteusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ChPlantsSummaryChenlo_2013Mar212.pdf.<br />
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Hollinger-Janzen, Lynda. "Partnership serves octopus fishermen." ''TheMennonite'' 12, no. 9 (5 May 2009): 24.<br />
= Additional Information =<br />
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'''Address:''' 1200 Perkins Avenue, Mt. Vernon, Illinois 62864<br />
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'''Website''': <br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
[https://evananetwork.org/ Evana Network]<br />
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| Jeff Ressler || 2009-<br />
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[[Category:United States Congregations]]</div>SamSteinerhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Community_Mennonite_Fellowship_(Sterling,_Illinois,_USA)Community Mennonite Fellowship (Sterling, Illinois, USA)2024-01-09T15:12:50Z<p>SamSteiner: added text</p>
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Community Mennonite Fellowship, Sterling, [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], USA was a church plant that began in 2007. Many of its participants came from the [[Science Ridge Mennonite Church (Sterling, Illinois, USA)|Science Ridge Mennonite Church]].<br />
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The founding pastor was Dan Rusmisel. The group met at the Sterling, Illinois YWCA. <br />
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The church closed sometime between 2017 and 2020.<br />
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= Additional Information =<br />
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'''Meeting Address:''' 412 1st Avenue, Sterling, Illinois 61081<br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
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[https://www.mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA]<br />
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| Dan Rusmisel || 2007-2013?<br />
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| Mardi Huffstutler || 2013-2018?<br />
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[[File:Lapp John A.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''John A. Lapp (1933-2023)'']]<br />
John Allen Lapp: teacher, author, college administrator, and conference worker: born 15 March 1933 in Landsale, [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], the eldest of nine children of [[Lapp, John Edwin (1905-1988)|John E. Lapp]] (11 September 1905, Lansdale, Pennsylvania - 1 September 1988, Sellersville, Pennsylvania) and Edith (Nyce) Lapp (27 March 1906, Harleysville, Pennsylvania - 27 May 1984, Souderton, Pennsylvania). John married Mary Alice Weber (29 July 1931 – 27 September 2022), daughter of B. Franklin Weber and Sarah Margaret (Hostetter) Weber, on 20 August 1955 and they had three children: John F., Jennifer, and Jessica. John died on 5 December 2023 in [[Goshen (Indiana, USA)|Goshen]], Indiana. <br />
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John’s parents strongly supported education for their children. John set the pace for his eight younger siblings, proving adept in school from an early age. John always had a passion for history, moving on from Kulpsville Elementary School to [[Eastern Mennonite School (Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA)|Eastern Mennonite School]] in Harrisonburg, Virginia and then to [[Eastern Mennonite University (Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA)|Eastern Mennonite College]]. He graduated with a B.A. in History in 1954.<br />
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With the Korean War draft still in place, John and Alice moved to [[Cleveland (Ohio, USA)|Cleveland]], Ohio, where he fulfilled his 1-W alternative service assignment as a hospital orderly. While in Cleveland, Alice taught school, and John worked on his M.A. in History at Case Western Reserve University. After he completed service, and with graduate degree in hand, he returned to teach at Eastern Mennonite College (EMC) in 1956 and began work on a Ph.D. in History from the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in the British Empire. His doctoral dissertation, completed in 1965, was entitled "The Mennonite Church in India" and was published in 1972 by [[Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pennsylvania, USA)|Mennonite Publishing House]]. <br />
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John’s interest in 20th century religious and cultural movements was intense and he was soon offering his view of current political and social events to the [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] via monthly columns in the church magazine, "[[Christian Living (Periodical)|Christian Living]]." Among important issues that sparked his attention was the civil rights movement -- John and several friends took time to participate in the landmark "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom" in 1963. John was instrumental in the formation of the [[Harrisonburg (Virginia, USA)|Harrisonburg]] chapter of the Virginia Council on Human Relations, along with fellow EMC history professor Samuel Horst, formed the committee largely responsible for the desegregation of Harrisonburg, Virginia schools and hotels.<br />
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Along with careers and social/academic activities outside the home, John and Alice gave ample attention to their three children, taking them on trips throughout the United States, and frequently to the family homesteads in Pennsylvania. <br />
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In 1969 John accepted an invitation to lead [[Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section|Mennonite Central Committee’s (MCC) Peace Section]] and the family moved to [[Akron (Pennsylvania, USA)|Akron]], Pennsylvania. John began what became lifelong frequent international travel. In 1972, he accepted an invitation to become Academic Dean at [[Goshen College (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Goshen College]] in Goshen, Indiana. During his tenure from 1972 to 1984 as Dean and later Provost, John built deep friendships with Goshen’s faculty and staff. He continued traveling, both internationally in support of Goshen College’s nascent international education program, and nationally as an accreditation committee member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. He also published two additional books in the late 1970s and early 1980s, with chapters largely drawn from his magazine columns. <br />
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In 1985, John again accepted an appointment at MCC, now as its fourth Executive Secretary. He served in this position until 1996. He also served on the board of directors of ''[[Mennonite Weekly Review (Periodical)|Mennonite Weekly Review]]'' from 1991 to 2003.<br />
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He and Alice continued traveling, even after retirement in 1996. The couple concluded their MCC assignment serving in Kolkata, [[India]]. <br />
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In retirement, John led a [[Mennonite World Conference]] project known as the Mennonite Global History Project from 1997 to 2012, documenting the planting and growth of Anabaptist-Mennonite churches in the world. He fundraised and supervised an international team that ultimately produced five separate published volumes on [[Africa]], [[Europe]], Latin America, Asia, and [[North America]]. In 2006 he was honored as executive emeritus of Mennonite Central Committee.<br />
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Lapp’s perspective was steeped in history and was he deeply committed to the church. John read widely and had a global perspective that stemmed from his academic training and his travel and contacts with church leaders throughout the world. He dedicated his life to the pursuit of knowledge and a commitment to fostering an environment of intellectual curiosity. <br />
= Bibliography =<br />
Cornell, Ryan. "In Memoriam: Dr. John A. Lapp ’54, EMC History Professor and ‘Major Player’ in School Desegregation." Eastern Mennonite University. 14 December 2023. Web. 23 December 2023. https://emu.edu/now/news/2023/in-memoriam-dr-john-a-lapp-54-emc-history-professor-and-major-player-in-city-schools-integration/.<br />
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''In Memoriam: John A. Lapp (1933-2023)''. Mennonite World Conference. 10 December 2023. Web. 23 December 2023. https://mwc-cmm.org/en/stories/memoriam-john-lapp-1933-2023.<br />
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"John A. Lapp, Former Provost and Academic Dean, Dies at 90." Goshen College. 8 December 2023. Web. 23 December 2023. https://www.goshen.edu/news/2023/12/08/john-a-lapp-former-provost-and-academic-dean-dies-at-90/.<br />
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Lester, Marla Pierson. "Remembering John A. Lapp: A Legacy of Service to MCC and the Church." 11 December 2023. Web. 23 December 2023. https://mcc.org/our-stories/remembering-john-lapp. <br />
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''Obituary''. Yoder-Culp Funeral Home (Goshen, Indiana). December 2023. Web. 23 December 2023. https://www.yoderculpfuneralhome.com/obituary/john-lapp.<br />
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[[Category:Goshen College Faculty and Staff]]</div>RichardThiessenhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Bethesda_Mennonite_Church_(St._Louis,_Missouri,_USA)Bethesda Mennonite Church (St. Louis, Missouri, USA)2024-01-06T16:17:48Z<p>SamSteiner: /* Bibliography */</p>
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The Bethesda Mennonite Church, St. Louis, [[Missouri (USA)|Missouri]], USA, began in 1957 as an [[African American Missions (USA)|African American mission project]] in the Pruitt-Igoe housing project in St. Louis. [[Lark, James (1888-1978) and Rowena (1892-1970)|James and Rowena Lark]] led the initial work. Hubert and June Schwartzentruber came from [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], [[Canada]], as long-term leaders in 1957. The congregation initially affiliated with the [[South Central Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|South Central Conference]] of the [[Mennonite Church (MC)]].<br />
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Services were first held in a storefront on Howard Street. The congregation then moved to a former three-story residence, with worship facilities on the main floor and children's activities in the basement. Major renovations and expansion of the facility took place in 1968.<br />
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The mission was located in a lower-income area with significant levels of crime that sometimes impacted the church and its members. In the 1960s, the congregation became deeply involved in community development through a community agency known as Jeff-Vander-Lou.<br />
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In about 2002, at the time the Mennonite Church (MC) and the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] merged in the United States, the Bethesda congregation changed its district conference affiliation to the [[Illinois Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Illinois Mennonite Conference]].<br />
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= Bibliography = <br />
Adams, James E. "Mission in St. Louis." ''Gospel Herald'' 65, no. 20 (16 May 1972): 438.<br />
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Groff, Anna. "A light for racial justice." ''TheMennonite'' 6 May 2015. Web. 3 January 2024. https://anabaptistworld.org/a-light-for-racial-justice/ <br />
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"The Hubert Schwartzentrubers...." ''Gospel Herald'' 50, no. 48 (26 November 1957): 1021.<br />
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"Mennonites respond to St. Louis need." ''Gospel Herald'' 62, no. 2 (14 January 1969): 43-44.<br />
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Schrag, Menno. "St. Louis Mission: a frontier in social and spiritual concerns." ''Gospel Herald'' (11 April 1967): 320-321.<br />
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Schwartzentruber, Hubert. "Let's get acquainted." ''Gospel Herald'' 51, no. 16 (22 April 1958): 378; 51, no. 17 (29 April 1958): 403-404.<br />
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"St. Louis teenager dies in shooting incident." ''Gospel Herald'' 61, no. 19 (14 May 1968): 437-438.<br />
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"Team ministry operating in St. Louis." ''Gospel Herald'' 66, no. 15 (10 April 1973): 316-317.<br />
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Zuercher, Melanie. "Full circle back to Bethesda." ''TheMennonite'' 2, no. 25 (6 July 1999): 16-17.<br />
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_____. "A place of healing." ''TheMennonite'' 2, no. 25 (6 July 1999): 15-16.<br />
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= Additional Information =<br />
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'''Address:''' 2823 Dayton Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63106<br />
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'''Phone:''' 314-535-5336<br />
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'''Website''': <br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
South Central Mennonite Conference<br />
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[https://illinoismennonite.com/home/ Illinois Mennonite Conference]<br />
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[https://www.mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA]<br />
== Pastoral Leaders at Bethesda Mennonite Church ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" <br />
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! Name !! Years<br/>of Service<br />
|-<br />
| [[Lark, James (1888-1978) and Rowena (1892-1970)|James H. Lark]] || 1957<br />
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| Hubert Schwartzentruber || 1957-1972<br />
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| Eugene Gentry || 1972-1974<br />
|-<br />
| Bill Helmuth || 1972-1974<br />
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| Helen Robinson || 1972-1974<br />
|-<br />
| John Gochnauer || 1974-1976<br />
|-<br />
| Jonas I. Miller || 1976-1983<br />
|-<br />
| Jerry Martin || 1984-1986?<br />
|-<br />
| Rick Maclin || 1987-2000<br />
|-<br />
| Jesse Dunigans || 1999-<br />
|-<br />
| Janace Maclin (Associate) || 1999-2000<br />
|-<br />
| James Long (Assistant) || 2004-?<br />
|}<br />
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! Year !! Members<br />
|-<br />
| 1959 || 17<br />
|-<br />
| 1960 || 26<br />
|-<br />
| 1970 || 97<br />
|-<br />
| 1980 || 114<br />
|-<br />
| 1990 || 62<br />
|-<br />
| 2000 || 62<br />
|-<br />
| 2009 || 74<br />
|-<br />
| 2020 || 45<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:United States Congregations]]</div>SamSteinerhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=North_Shore_Japanese_Christian_Church_(West_Vancouver,_British_Columbia,_Canada)North Shore Japanese Christian Church (West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)2023-12-31T21:42:56Z<p>RichardThiessen: </p>
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North Shore Japanese Christian Church in West Vancouver, British Columbia, was a member of [[Mennonite Church British Columbia]]. The congregation began as a house church and was founded on 3 May 2003 as a church plant of [[Mennonite Japanese Christian Fellowship (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)|Mennonite Japanese Christian Fellowship]] in Surrey, BC. The intention was to minister to the Japanese community in West and North Vancouver. Takahiko "Yoshi" Yoshiyuki, past of the Surrey congregation, was also pastor of the daughter conregation in West Vancouver. <br />
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From May 2003 to December 2006 the congregation rented West Vancouver Baptist Church, holding services on Saturday evenings. In 2007 the church began worshipping on Sunday mornings at the Harry Jerome Recreation Centre in North Vancouver. In 2010 the church returned to meeting as a house church on Sunday mornings. Children's Sunday school instruction was in the English and Japanese languages.<br />
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In October 2006 Jong-Sun Kim, a Korean who could speak Japanese, was installed as co-pastor along with Yoshiyuki, who co-pastored until his return to Japan in March 2008.<br />
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The congregation closed at the end of 2022. <br />
== Bibliography ==<br />
"Historical Sketch: North Shore Japanese Church." Web. 31 December 2023. https://mcbc.ca/article/8607-historical-sketch-north-shore-japanese-church.<br />
=== North Shore Japanese Christian Church Leading Ministers ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
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!Years<br />
|-<br />
|Takahiko "Yoshi" Yoshiyuki<br />
|2003-2008<br />
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|Jong-Sun Kim<br />
|2006-2022<br />
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!Year<br />
!Members<br />
|-<br />
|2006<br />
|11<br />
|-<br />
|2010<br />
|9<br />
|-<br />
|2015<br />
|12<br />
|-<br />
|2020<br />
|5<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:Extinct Congregations]]</div>RichardThiessenhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Goerzen,_Henry_David_(1928-2019)Goerzen, Henry David (1928-2019)2023-12-30T00:59:35Z<p>RichardThiessen: </p>
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[[File:Goerzen, Henry D.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Henry D Goerzen (1928-2019)'']]<br />
Henry David Goerzen: church leader, conference leader, and amateur archivist; born 28 October 1928 near Crossfield, [[Alberta (Canada)|Alberta]], Canada, the fourth of ten children of David Peter Goerzen (21 January 1894, Karpovka, [[Memrik Mennonite Settlement (Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine)|Memrik]], South Russia – 17 November 1975, Calgary, Alberta) and Suzanna (Wiens) Goerzen (5 October 1899, Peterhof, Russia – 8 December 1992, Calgary, Alberta). Henry married Erna Warkentin, daughter of Herman Warkentin (1888-1952) and Katharine (Neufeld) Warkentin (1896-1984) on 2 November 1952 in Munson, Alberta. Together they had six children: Martin (died young), Irene, Eric, Juanita, Erna, and Albert. Henry died 11 January 2019 in [[Didsbury (Alberta, Canada)|Didsbury]], Alberta.<br />
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Henry grew up on the family farm in the Rosebud valley and enjoyed roaming the hills, appreciating and drawing numerous sketches of the beauty of nature. He attended the local public school and completed grade nine, but was then needed on the farm after his older brother, David, was called to serve as a wartime [[Conscientious Objection|Conscientious Objector]] (CO). He continued his studies at the [[Menno Bible Institute (Didsbury, Alberta, Canada)|Menno Bible Institute]] (MBI), located on the grounds of the [[Bergthal Mennonite Church (Didsbury, Alberta, Canada)|Bergthal Mennonite Church]] in Didsbury, Alberta, and was baptized in that church on 25 May 1947.<br />
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With a basic education, farm experience, and $20 in his pocket, Henry hitchhiked to Drumheller, Alberta to meet Erna Warkentin, who he had met at MBI. They were married in the Warkentin family home in Munson, Alberta. Henry worked briefly as a coal miner and trucker before returning to Carstairs to settle into farming. After running a mixed farm for many years, he turned it over to his son Eric and purchased a smaller cattle-raising farm west of Didsbury. He fully retired from farming in 2006 when he and Erna moved into Didsbury where they pursued heritage, family, and church interests as well as Henry’s artwork.<br />
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In the Bergthal Mennonite Church Henry served as Sunday school superintendent, church secretary, and church chair. He was also secretary for six years, and then chairperson for six more years, of the Conference of Mennonites in Alberta (later [[Mennonite Church Alberta]]). Erna was very active in congregational and provincial Women in Missions organizations. Both worked on the 50th anniversary history of the Bergthal Mennonite Church and wrote short history papers, including Henry’s published history of the Namaka Mennonite Church. They helped organize the first [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee]] (MCC) Relief Sale in Didsbury. Henry also served on the board of [[Rosthern Junior College (Rosthern, Saskatchewan, Canada)|Rosthern Junior College]] and was involved in local community affairs. <br />
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In those positions Goerzen collected conference records, historical papers, and was named conference archivist. He secured the records of Menno Bible Institute and the [[Swift Current Bible Institute (Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada)|Swift Current Bible Institute]] when they closed. He stored these records in his basement, and later in a steel grain bin on the farm. Henry and Erna also collected stories, interviewed and transcribed recollections of old-timers, and translated German historical papers. Henry was fascinated by the work and witness of conscientious objectors. He helped organize and participated in CO reunions and contacted and interviewed most Alberta COs. Original drafts, correspondence, and carefully rewritten copies of these interviews were donated to the [[Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta]] archives, as were other textual records and photographs comprising the Henry D. Goerzen and Erna Goerzen fonds.<br />
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Henry was a founding member of the Mennonite Historical Society of Saskatchewan and Alberta, created in 1974. When the two-province structure proved difficult, he relentlessly promoted creation, in 1986, of the Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta (MHSA). He served as its first chairperson from 1986 to 1999 and as vice-chair until 2003, and strongly supported the establishment of the MHSA archives and library in a rented space in Calgary. He also designed the logo of the MHSA. In recognition of his contributions in the preservation and writing of Alberta Mennonite history, Henry received the Award of Excellence of the [[Mennonite Historical Society of Canada]] in 2018. <br />
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Henry, with Erna’s support and active participation, left a legacy of service to his family, the Bergthal Mennonite Church, the Didsbury community, and the MHSA.<br />
= Bibliography =<br />
Harder, Katie. "MHSA Tribute - Henry David Goerzen." ''The MHSA Chronicle'' (March 2019). https://mennonitehistory.org/wp-content/uploads/Chronicle-No.-1-March-2019.pdf.<br />
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Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta. "Goerzen, Henry David." 21 January 2019. https://mennonitehistory.org/goerzen-henry-david/.<br />
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Neufeldt, Dave. "MHSC Award of Excellence - Nomination." ''Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta Newsletter''. (March 2018). https://mennonitehistory.org/wp-content/uploads/Newsletter-No.-1-March-2018-1.pdf.<br />
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The Cobbtown Mennonite Church, Cobbtown, [[Florida (USA)|Florida]], USA, had its roots in a [[Summer Bible School]] held in 1946 at the local schoolhouse, led by Alvin and Katie Weaver. They were sent by the [[Eastern Mennonite Missions (Lancaster Mennonite Conference)|Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities]] of the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]]. <br />
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Beginning in 1949, workers began to hold [[Sunday School|Sunday school]] and preaching services on Sunday afternoons, first at the school and later in a tent. The mission board broke ground for a permanent building on donated land on 14 November 1950; it dedicated the building on 29 January 1951.<br />
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Wilbur and Ada Martin began working in the area in 1946. Paul and Verna Shelly moved to the area in December 1950. By use of the lot, it was determined that Wilbur would provide pastoral leadership at Cobbtown.<br />
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In 2000 the Lancaster Mennonite Conference "released" the 14 churches it had established in the southeast United States to form a new network called [[Good News Fellowship]] (GNF). Cobbtown Mennonite became part of this new fellowship.<br />
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In 2002, the congregation had an average attendance of 23 or so.<br />
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Sometime between 2002 and 2007, the congregation changed its name to Cobbtown Christian Church.<br />
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The church appeared to be inactive by 2020.<br />
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= Bibliography = <br />
"A closer look ... Cobbtown Mennonite Church." ''The Good News Messenger'' (November/December 2002).<br />
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"A new church building...." ''Gospel Herald'' 44, no. 9 (27 February 1951): 212.<br />
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Dagen, Paul L. ''Seedtime and Harvest, 1942-1987: History of Alabama Northwest Florida District Mennonite Churches''. [Atmore, Alabama]: P. L. Dagen, 1987: 32-35.<br />
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[[File:Rempel, Dietrich and Dorothy.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Dietrich "Dick" and Dorothy Rempel'']]<br />
Dietrich "Dick" F. Rempel: teacher, pastor, conference leader; born in Osterwick, [[Chortitza Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Chortitza Mennonite Settlement]], Ukraine on 11 April 1935 to Franz Rempel (2 January 1905, Osterwick, Chortitza, South Russia – 13 July 1986, [[Chilliwack (British Columbia, Canada)|Chilliwack]], British Columbia, Canada) and Helena (Klassen) Rempel (20 October 1907, Vasilyevka, Naumenko, South Russia – 28 June 2008, [[Abbotsford (British Columbia, Canada)|Abbotsford]], British Columbia). He was the third of seven children. On 14 June 1957 Dietrich married Dorothy Anna Bergman (29 November 1937, Dundurn, [[Saskatchewan (Canada)|Saskatchewan]], Canada – 23 August 2022, Delta, British Columbia), daughter of Heinrich Bergmann (1899-1980) and Margaret (Friesen) Bergmann (1904-1984) in [[Eden Mennonite Church (Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada)|Eden Mennonite Church]] in Chilliwack, British Columbia (BC). They had four children, one of whom, Ken, tragically died in mountain climbing accident in 1980. Dick died on 15 May 2023 in Abbotsford, BC.<br />
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The Rempel family was evacuated with a retreating German army from [[Ukraine]] in 1943 and arrived in war-ravaged Germany in January 1945. In the chaos of [[World War (1939-1945) - Germany|World War II]], Dietrich’s father survived 3 months incarceration in the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. After the war, the family immigrated to [[Canada]], sailing on the S.S. Samaria. They docked in Quebec City, Quebec, on 10 July 1949. Soon after the Rempels arrived in the [[Fraser Valley (British Columbia, Canada)|Fraser Valley]] just in time for the annual raspberry and hop picking rituals.<br />
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Dietrich completed high school in Chilliwack, BC, and then went on to complete a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of British Columbia. After ten years of teaching in the province, Dietrich felt called to ministry. In preparation, he earned his Bachelor of Divinity (1965) and Master of Divinity (1967) degrees at the [[Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Elkhart, Indiana, USA)|Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary]] in Elkhart, Indiana. <br />
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Rempel was baptised in the Eden Mennonite Church by [[Harder, Abraham A. (1893-1974)|A. A. Harder]] in June 1952 and subsequently ordained in this church in 1965. Dietrich pastored for 42 years, with assignments in Germany ([[Berlin (Germany)|Berlin]] Mennonite Church), the United States (Evangelical United Church, [[Goshen (Indiana, USA)|Goshen]], Indiana and [[Hoffnungsau Mennonite Church (Inman, Kansas, USA)|Hoffnungsau Mennonite Church]], Inman, Kansas) and Canada ([[West Abbotsford Mennonite Church (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)|West Abbotsford Mennonite Church]] in Abbotsford, BC, [[Eden Mennonite Church (Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada)|Eden Mennonite Church]] in Chilliwack, BC, and [[Clearbrook Mennonite Church (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)|Clearbrook Mennonite Church]] in Abbotsford, BC). He was also elected to senior conference executive positions, including Moderator, of [[Mennonite Church British Columbia]], and also served as Conference Minister. <br />
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In 1995 Dick and Dorothy located to Berlin, Germany, where for five years they cared for and comforted Mennonite immigrants arriving from the former [[Soviet Union]]. Back home in Canada again, the Rempels accepted a part-time chaplaincy assignment at [[Tabor Home Society (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)|Tabor Village]], in Abbotsford, a ministry that stretched to 12 years. <br />
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Characteristic of Dietrich, he was a willing volunteer. For 20 years he was on the board of the Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana. In retirement, Dietrich joined the book-binding enterprise at [[Clearbrook Golden Age Society (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)|Garden Park Tower]], contributing to this work for another dozen years. He and Dorothy were long-time, valued members of a Bible study group. In addition to the churches they pastored, Dietrich and Dorothy were members of [[Gathering Church, The (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)|Bakerview Church]] and later at [[Clearbrook Mennonite Brethren Church (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)|Clearbrook Mennonite Brethren Church]], where his memorial service took place. <br />
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The Rempels saw human need wherever they found themselves. It was not uncommon for Dietrich to carry a muffin with him on his walk about, always ready to engage with strangers along the way, which often became an occasion to offer personal warmth and something to eat for hungry souls. <br />
= Bibliography =<br />
Rempel, Dietrich. Interview by author. Abbotsford, BC (2019).<br />
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"Tribute to Dietrich Rempel." Garden Park Tower Newsletter (June 2023).<br />
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[[File:Bergen, Isaac.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Isaac "Ike" Bergen (1938-2023)'']]<br />
Isaac "Ike" David Bergen: teacher, pastor, and administrator; born 24 September 1938 in [[Rabbit Lake (Saskatchewan, Canada)|Rabbit Lake]], Saskatchewan, Canada. He was the second of five children of Isaac D. Bergen (2 January 1905, Vasilyevka, Naumenko, South [[Russia]] – 17 September 1993, [[Saskatoon (Saskatchewan, Canada)|Saskatoon]], Saskatchewan) and Maria (Rahn) Bergen (5 June 1907, South Russia – 26 October 1967, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan). His father had four children from a previous marriage to Anna (Pauls) Bergen (1905-1934). Ike married Shirley B. Andres, daughter of John P. Andres (1898-1973) and Anna (Peters) Andres (1903-1972) on 19 July 1963 in [[Central Mennonite Brethren Church (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada)|Central Mennonite Brethren Church]] in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Two sons, Andrew and D. James, were born to Ike and Shirley. Ike died on 14 August 2023 in [[Abbotsford (British Columbia, Canada)|Abbotsford]], British Columbia, Canada. His memorial service took place at [[King Road Mennonite Brethren Church (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)|King Road MB Church]] in Abbotsford on 1 September 2023.<br />
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Isaac grew up in rural Saskatchewan. After one year at the [[Mennonite Brethren Bible Institute (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)|Mennonite Brethren (MB) Bible Institute]] in Clearbrook (now Abbotsford), BC, Ike completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at Waterloo University in [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]]. Ike studied at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Saskatoon, at the California Graduate School of Theology in Glendale, and at the Denver Baptist Seminary in Colorado. He completed his Bachelor of Divinity degree at the [[Mennonite Brethren Bible College (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)|Mennonite Brethren Bible College]] in [[Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada)|Winnipeg]], Manitoba in 1967. <br />
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Between 1959 and 1963 Bergen taught at several elementary schools in [[Saskatchewan (Canada)|Saskatchewan]]. Thereafter, he invested his life in serving his church. Early in his life, in the summer of 1952, he was baptized in the [[Glenbush Mennonite Brethren Church (Medstead, Saskatchewan, Canada)|Glenbush MB Church]] in Saskatchewan. He was ordained to the ministry in [[Swift Current (Saskatchewan, Canada)|Swift Current]], Saskatchewan in 1969. He pastored three churches: [[Swift Current Mennonite Brethren Church (Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada)|Swift Current Mennonite Brethren Church]] (1967-1971), [[Cornerstone Community Church (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada)|Dartmouth Mennonite Brethren Church]] in Nova Scotia (1971-1974), and [[Yarrow Mennonite Brethren Church (Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada)|Yarrow Mennonite Brethren Church]] (interim pastor, 2004-2005; pastoral staff, 2007-2013). In retirement, he was a lay leader in King Road Mennonite Brethren Church in Abbotsford, British Columbia. <br />
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From 1974 to 1985, Ike was on staff at [[Bethany Bible Institute (Hepburn, Saskatchewan, Canada)|Bethany Bible College]] in Hepburn, Saskatchewan as dean and instructor, and later as president. <br />
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In addition to pastoring and teaching, from 1985 to 1987 Ike served as the Canadian liaison for [[Mennonite Brethren Missions/Services International (Mennonite Brethren Church)|Mennonite Brethren Missions (now Multiply)]] and as director of Manitoba MB Home Missions. From 1987-1993 he served as the Conference Minister for the [[Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches]]. From 1993 to 2003, he was the Conference Minister for the [[British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches|BC Conference of MB Churches]]. <br />
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Ike also was active on various committees of the Canadian Mennonite Brethren Conference. From 2006 to 2012 he chaired the board of Mennonite Brethren Missions (now Multiply). In this capacity he represented Canadian Mennonite Brethren to the [[International Community of Mennonite Brethren]] (ICOMB).<br />
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Ike was an enthusiastic cheerleader to many of his peers, and certainly to the younger generation. <br />
= Bibliography =<br />
Bergen, Shirley Andres. "Ike Bergen." Personal e-mail (20 November 2023).<br />
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"Isaac Jacob Bergen." Obituary. Wiebe & Jeske. https://www.wiebeandjeskefh.com/obituary/isaac-bergen/.<br />
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The Way of Life Community Church, Bayou La Batre, [[Alabama (USA)|Alabama]], USA, began in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Thi Nguyen, a [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee]] worker who came to the area as a post-hurricane service worker, remained in the area. A Vietnamese Way of Life Community Church eventually emerged in about 2009 at Bayou La Batre that continued to relate to the Mobile [[Way of Life Community Church (Mobile, Alabama, USA)|Way of Life Community Church]].<br />
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Thi Nguyen was ordained as the pastor in 2016 but gave leadership for many years. <br />
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= Bibliography = <br />
Dyer, Kim. "In the Bayou." ''The Good News Messenger'' (Spring 2008): 7.<br />
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Kim, Susan. "Ministry born out of Katrina." ''Anabaptist World'' 14 September 2015. Web. 27 December 2023. https://anabaptistworld.org/ministry-born-out-of-katrina/.<br />
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Landis, J. D. "Working together as GNF congregations." ''The Good News Messenger'' (Fall 2009): 6.<br />
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| Thi Nguyen || 2010?-<br />
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The Mobile Mennonite Church, Mobile, [[Alabama (USA)|Alabama]], USA, emerged in 1967 from the [[Voluntary Service]] unit that had been established in the city by the [[Eastern Mennonite Missions (Lancaster Mennonite Conference)|Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions]] earlier in the decade. The Board rented a storefront in the Birdville community in 1967, initially calling it the Friendship Center. In 1969, a hurricane destroyed the property. The Board then purchased and renovated a house on Cottrell Street that served as the church for 14 years. It dedicated a new meetinghouse, built with much volunteer help, on 25 March 1984. <br />
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The Voluntary Service unit, which had been a core of the congregation, closed in 1989. <br />
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In June 1969, the Friendship Center became the Mobile Mennonite Church. Visiting ministers and lay leaders served the congregation until July 1969, when John D. "J. D." Landis was licensed as a minister.<br />
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The congregation was affiliated with the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]]. In 2000, the Lancaster Mennonite Conference "released" the 14 churches it had established in the southeast United States to form a new network called [[Good News Fellowship]] (GNF). Mobile Mennonite became part of this new fellowship.<br />
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In the early 2000s, the congregation changed its name to Way of Life Community Church.<br />
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After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, an outreach to the Vietnamese community in Bayou La Batre through the efforts of Thi Nguyen, a [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee]] worker who came to the area as a service worker. A Vietnamese [[Way of Life Community Church (Bayou La Batre, Alabama, USA)|Way of Life Community Church]] eventually emerged at Bayou La Batre that continued to relate to the Mobile congregation.<br />
= Bibliography = <br />
Dagen, Paul L. ''Seedtime and Harvest, 1942-1987: History of Alabama Northwest Florida District Mennonite Churches''. [Atmore, Alabama]: P. L. Dagen, 1987: 104-111.<br />
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Garner, David. "A 'Mobile' church." ''The Good News Messenger'' (September/October 2000): 2.<br />
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Kim, Susan. "Ministry born out of Katrina." ''Anabaptist World'' 14 September 2015. Web. 27 December 2023. https://anabaptistworld.org/ministry-born-out-of-katrina/.<br />
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"On Mar. 25,..." ''Gospel Herald'' 77, no. 18 (1 May 1984): 321.<br />
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"The Voluntary Service unit...." ''Gospel Herald'' 79, no. 33 (15 August 1989): 588.<br />
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== Pastoral Leaders at Way of Life Community Church ==<br />
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| David Neuenschwander || 1987-1988<br />
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| Reuben G. Sairs || 1989-1999<br />
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| Duane Longenecker || 1989-1993<br />
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| David J. Garner || 1994-2004<br />
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| Ryan Cain || 2016?-<br />
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| 1970 || 5<br />
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| 1980 || 5<br />
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| 1990 || 19<br />
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| 2000 || 22<br />
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True Vine Evangelical Outreach Ministries, Birmingham, [[Alabama (USA)|Alabama]], USA, began in 1997 as Discipling Men and Women for Christ, a one-year residential transitional life recovery program that helped men and women overcome drug and alcohol addiction.<br />
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= Bibliography = <br />
Garth, Kathleen. "True Vine finds unwanted cars!" ''The Good News Messenger'' (Winter 2005): 3.<br />
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"True Vine Church's story." True Vine Evangelical Outreach Ministries. <br />
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New Vision Ministries in Birmingham, [[Alabama (USA)|Alabama]], USA began in 1996 as a church plant by [[Eastern Mennonite Missions (Lancaster Mennonite Conference)|Eastern Mennonite Missions]]. Ron and Frederica Burt led the effort. Ron had been employed by the Birmingham Water Works for 17 years. The effort included after-school tutorial programs, tent revivals, and street witnessing, as well as [[Summer Bible School]].<br />
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In 2000 the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]] "released" the 14 churches it had established in the southeast United States to form a new network called [[Good News Fellowship]] (GNF). New Vision Ministries became part of this new fellowship.<br />
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In 2001, the small congregation launched a building program for its own facility in the Bessemer suburb of Birmingham. In 2004, it had an average attendance of 25-30.<br />
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= Bibliography = <br />
Burt, Ron. "New Vision Ministries." ''The Good News Messenger'' (July/August 2000): 2.<br />
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_____. "New Vision Ministries." ''The Good News Messenger'' (November/December 2001): 4-5.<br />
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"A closer look...at New Vision Ministries." ''The Good News Messenger'' (Summer 2004): 2.<br />
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= Additional Information =<br />
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'''Address:''' 302 4th Avenue North, Bessemer, Alabama 35020<br />
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'''Phone:''' 205-434-2793<br />
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'''Website''': https://www.newvisministries.com/<br />
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| Ronald "Ron" Burt || 1996-<br />
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The Freemanville Mennonite Church, Atmore, [[Alabama (USA)|Alabama]], USA, began from a [[Summer Bible School]] held in Freemanville by Richard and Gail Kling in July 1949 in a mission tent owned by the [[Eastern Mennonite Missions (Lancaster Mennonite Conference)|Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities]]. In October 1949, the Klings began [[Sunday School|Sunday school]] and preaching services in the tent. Richard and Gail then bought a two-acre plot near the tent location. They built a house and garage that was dedicated in April 1950, with the garage utilized for Sunday school and worship. <br />
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By the summer of 1951, the garage was no longer adequate. The Amos Horst district of the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]] built a 36'by 60' cement block building on a new site. The congregation dedicated the new facility on 10 May 1952.<br />
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The Freemanville Church sponsored a Christian school in rented facilities for two years. This property became unavailable after the 1981-82 school year, and no nearby land became available. The congregation purchased eight acres within the Atmore, Alabama, city limits to build a new worship and educational building. The basement was completed by the fall of 1982, allowing the school to begin. With the move to the new location, the congregation changed its name to Mennonite Christian Fellowship (MCF). It sold the former building to the Calvary Baptist Church.<br />
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In 2000, the Lancaster Mennonite Conference "released" the 14 churches it had established in the southeast United States to form a new network called [[Good News Fellowship]] (GNF). Mennonite Christian Fellowship became part of this new network.<br />
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MCF's school, called Atmore Christian School, in 2006 offered kindergarten to grade 12 classes. It had over 80 students and 11 staff members<br />
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= Bibliography = <br />
Dagen, Paul L. ''Seedtime and Harvest, 1942-1987: History of Alabama Northwest Florida District Mennonite Churches''. [Atmore, Alabama]: P. L. Dagen, 1987: 52-58.<br />
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Swartzendruber, Anthony and Tim Battles. "MCF promotes Christian education." ''The Good News Messenger'' (Fall 2006): 5.<br />
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Yoder, Dawn. "God has been faithful to Mennonite Christian Fellowship." ''The Good News Messenger'' (Summer 2004): 4.<br />
= Additional Information =<br />
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'''Address:''' 245 Tennant Drive, Atmore, Alabama 36502<br />
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'''Phone:''' 251-368-5499<br />
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'''Website''': https://www.visitmcf.com/home<br />
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| C. Richard Kling (1923-1993) || 1949-1982<br />
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| David Z. Weaver (1922-1997) || 1951-1956<br />
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| Howard W. Stevanus (1888-1968) || 1952-1956<br />1958-1961<br />
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| Oscar T. Schrock (1926-1989) || 1967-1972<br />
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| Edgar Sensenig || 1977-1980<br />
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| Steven Longenecker || 1979-1984<br />
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| Luke C. Weaver || 1984-1986<br />
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| James R. Weber || 1986-1999?<br />
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| Brian Bruley || 1989-1996?<br />
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| Gene I. King || 1998-2001<br />
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| Elder Team || 1999?-2004?<br />
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| Anthony Swartzendruber || 2004-2017?<br />
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| Carl Martin || 2009?-2010s<br />
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| Blaine Copenhaver || 2017-<br />
|}<br />
== Mennonite Christian Fellowship Membership ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"<br />
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! Year !! Members<br />
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| 1955 || 21<br />
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| 1960 || 21<br />
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| 1970 || 20<br />
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| 1980 || 42<br />
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| 1990 || 95<br />
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| 2000 || 102<br />
|}<br />
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[[File:Dave Wall - 1960.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''David Wall, 1960. Photo: Courtesy of Randy Klaassen.'']]<br />
David Wall: businessman; born 15 December 1927 on a farm near Graysville, [[Manitoba (Canada)|Manitoba]] to Frank and Katharine (Schellenberg) Wall. David was the youngest of three children, brother Jack and sister Agnes. In 1950 he married Lillian Schmidt. They had one daughter; Sharon. After Lillian’s death he married Helen Durksen in 1965. They had a son; Richard. David died 2 November, 2019 in Niagara Falls, [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]]. <br />
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In October of 1925 Frank and Katharine Wall departed the Mennonite Colony of [[Molotschna Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Molotschna]], and sailed with the SS Montnairn to Quebec City, Canada. The family settled on a farm near Graysville. In April of 1936 the family moved to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario where they were active with the [[Niagara United Mennonite Church (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada)|Niagara United Mennonite Church]]. Two years later father Frank died of a brain tumor. With insurance money Katharine was able to purchase a five acre fruit farm. With bother Jack dealing with asthma much of the farm work was left to David. <br />
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David was able to attend [[Rosthern Junior College (Rosthern, Saskatchewan, Canada)|Rosthern Junior College]], in [[Saskatchewan (Canada)|Saskatchewan]]. In 1950 he was baptized at Niagara United Mennonite Church, and later that year he married Lillian. With commitment to Christ and each other, David and Lillian considered becoming missionaries to [[South Africa, Republic of|South Africa]]. A doctor recommended not going overseas as Lillian had a heart valve issue. Instead they committed themselves to financially support other mission workers. <br />
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In 1953 David Wall and Elmer Penner began a partnership of “Penner and Wall Electric,” doing electrical contracting in the Niagara Region. In 1956 David sold his half share of the electrical business, and used the funds in May 1957 to establish a “Home Appliance Store” in Virgil, Ontario. Around this time they joined the English speaking congregation in St. Catharines, [[Grace Mennonite Church (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada)|Grace Mennonite Church]], where David taught [[Sunday School]] and was a leader with the youth group. <br />
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With Lillian’s heart issues, in 1961 David took up the role of Director of the local Heart and Stroke Foundation. For a number of years he and volunteers had top distinction of community donations on a per capita basis. In 1964 Lillian died during a heart surgery. A year later David married Helen Durksen, a teacher at Virgil Public School, and who was Sharon’s Grade 1 teacher. <br />
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Hearing the role of Silver Lake Mennonite Camp in faith testimonies of youth David became a fundraiser in support of the camp. Originally to raise funds for a cabin, David organized his hunting friends to host a “Silver Lake Smorgasbord Dinner.” Along with traditional Mennonite foods the group also prepared dishes of wild game, ingredients of which were donated by various volunteers. Over the years dinners were rotated between Niagara Mennonite Churches. The final Smorg was held in 2011, and had raised more than $320,000 in support of Silver Lake. <br />
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As the appliance business evolved David transitioned to furniture, and in May 1967 officially opened “Wall’s Furniture Store in Virgil.” </onlyinclude> Whenever possible David stocked Canadian made quality products. He noticed that most items were designed by men, but did not physically fit women. So, when he could he purchased items specifically for women. As an independent store David paid attention to the seasonal operations of manufacturers. He learned when warehouses were overstocked, or clearing out seasonal products, and was able to purchase stock at significantly reduced prices. During the Niagara fruit season his delivery trucks always took cases of fresh fruit to share with warehouse workers or customers. After serving the community and Greater Toronto Area for 60 years, Wall’s of Virgil closed in 2017. David said, “As an independent the store just could not compete with the big box outlets.” <br />
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In the 1960’s a group of business people formed the Virgil Business Association (VBA). In addition to serving as president for many years David gave leadership to two major projects. The Virgil Stampede (1966) has become an annual May long weekend community event, the proceeds of which have supported many community projects. The second major undertaking was the fundraising to build the Virgil Centennial Arena (1967). David received a telegram from Prime Minister, Lester Person, congratulating the VBA for the largest per capita centennial project in Canada. The Niagara Township Chamber of Commerce named David “Citizen of the Year (1967).” Later, son Richard was a key leader in the fundraising for the community’s second arena (2002). Months prior to his death in 2019 David Wall was inducted to the Niagara-on-the-Lake Sports Wall of Fame for his behind the scenes efforts of organization and fundraising.<br />
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= Bibliography =<br />
Klaassen, Randy. ''Wall’s of Virgil: Dave Wall’s Story.'' Niagara-on-the-Lake: People’s History Publications, 2018. <br />
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Grace Fellowship began in 2001, meeting on the upper floor of the original We Care Program building near Atmore, [[Alabama (USA)|Alabama]], USA. J. R. Yoder provided initial leadership until Gene King returned from studying at Rosedale Bible College. It has been part of the [[Good News Fellowship]].<br />
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In early 2004, the Grace Fellowship moved to its own church facility; this soon saw attendance grow from 90 to 130. The congregation completed a major addition in late 2009. At that time, attendance averaged 250.<br />
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= Bibliography = <br />
King, Gene. "Growing at Grace...." ''The Good News Messenger'' (Spring 2005): 4-5.<br />
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Penner, Lynette. "Growing at Grace." ''The Good News Messenger'' (Fall 2009): 3.<br />
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Robinson, Ruth. "Grace Fellowship celebrates." ''The Good News Messenger'' (Winter 2009): 2.<br />
= Additional Information =<br />
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'''Address:''' 1412 East Nashville Avenue, Atmore, Alabama 36502<br />
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'''Phone:''' 251-368-4463<br />
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'''Website''': https://www.gracefellowshipatmore.com/<br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
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[https://www.gnfonline.org/ Good News Fellowship]<br />
== Pastoral Leaders at Grace Fellowship ==<br />
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| J. R. Yoder || 2001<br />
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| Gene King || 2001-<br />
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| Glenn Weber || 2011-<br />
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The Birmingham Mennonite Church, Birmingham, [[Alabama (USA)|Alabama]], USA, began in 1973 with the establishment of a Birmingham Mennonite Church Council with Delmar Sauder identified as pastor. It dedicated a remodeled church building in mid-1974. Many of the early members had been participants in the [[Eastern Mennonite Missions (Lancaster Mennonite Conference)|Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions]]' [[Voluntary Service]] unit that had existed in Birmingham since 1963. Consequently, the congregation affiliated with the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]].<br />
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In about 1986, when two new Mennonite congregations in the Birmingham area began as a result of an interdenominational church planting effort, the Birmingham Mennonite Church changed its name to Southside Mennonite Fellowship.<br />
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In June 2001, the congregation moved to a new location, the renovated Ollie's BBQ restaurant on University Blvd. It again changed its name, this time to Grace & Truth Church.<br />
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= Bibliography = <br />
"Birmingham Church dedicates building." ''Gospel Herald'' (23 July 1974): 569.<br />
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"A Birmingham Mennonite Church Council...." ''Gospel Herald'' 66, no. 24 (12 June 1973): 496.<br />
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Horst, Doug. "I dare you...!" ''The Good News Messenger'' (July/August 2001): 2-3.<br />
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"The three Mennonite churches in Birmingham, Ala...." ''Gospel Herald'' 82, no. 51 (19 December 1989): 899-900.<br />
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'''Address:''' 515 University Boulevard, Birmingham, Alabama 35205<br />
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'''Phone:''' 205-974-1774<br />
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'''Website''': https://www.visitgtc.com/<br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
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== Pastoral Leaders at Grace & Truth Church ==<br />
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| Delmar L. Sauder (1947-2014) || 1973-1979<br />
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| John L. Verburg || 1979-1983<br />
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| Glen J. Yoder (1948-2013) || 1983-1986<br />
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| Larry S. Mitchell || 1986-1994<br />
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| Steven P. "Steve" Longenecker || 1995-<br />
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| Douglas Horst || 1996-<br />
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| Joseph M. Kolb || 1996?-<br />
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| 1975 || 13<br />
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| 1980 || 17<br />
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| 1990 || 30<br />
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| 2000 || 64<br />
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The Evangelical Garifuna Church of New Orleans, [[Louisiana (USA)|Louisiana]], USA began in 2001 when the Evangelical Garifuna Church of Bronx, New York, sent Uvencio and Luisa Arzu to New Orleans to plant a church among the Garifuna people of South Louisiana. The New Orleans group joined the [[Good News Fellowship]] in December 2004.<br />
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The Garifuna people originated in the coastal Caribbean area of Central America and some Caribbean Islands. They are an ethnic group descended from a mix of Amerindian and African people. The African ancestors survived the wreck of a slave ship in the late 1600s. The survivors reached the island of Bequia. From this island, migration occurred to the coastal areas of [[Central America]] and other places, including the [[United States of America|United States]]. The group speaks the Garifuna language and often Spanish as well. <br />
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The Evangelical Garifuna Church of New Orleans is part of a larger network of Garifuna churches in North, Central, and South America and also relates to the Mennonite Garifuna Mission.<br />
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= Bibliography = <br />
"Evangelical Garifuna Church." LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches. 12 July 2017. Web. 9 December 2023. https://lmcchurches.org/2017/07/evangelical-garifuna-church/.<br />
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Guzman, E. Omar. "The Garifuna story." 12 July 2018. Web. 9 December 2023. https://lmcchurches.org/2018/07/the-garifuna-story/.<br />
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Landis, J. D. "Garifunas at Gulfhaven." ''The Good News Messenger'' (Fall 2004): 5.<br />
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'''Address:''' 8060 Crowder Blvd, New Orleans, Louisiana 70127-1063<br />
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'''Website''': <br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
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[https://www.gnfonline.org/ Good News Fellowship]<br />
== Pastoral Leaders at Evangelical Garifuna Church ==<br />
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! Name !! Years<br/>of Service<br />
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| Uvencio Arzu || 2001-?<br />
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| Felix Rocha || 2011?-<br />
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Straight Mountain Mennonite Church, Springville, [[Alabama (USA)|Alabama]], USA, began as a [[Summer Bible School]] program beginning in 1954. and held by the Itinerant Evangelism Committee of the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]]. In January 1956, Paul and Martha Metzler moved to Straight Mountain to lead the work. They purchased a small farm to support the family.<br />
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A new worship facility was built in 1956 and dedicated on 2 February 1957. Over the years there have been several additions.<br />
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In 1978, Straight Mountain helped to birth the [[Faith Chapel Mennonite Church (Cleveland, Alabama, USA)|Faith Chapel Mennonite Church]].<br />
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In 2000, the Lancaster Mennonite Conference "released" the 14 churches it had established in the southeast United States to form a new network called [[Good News Fellowship]] (GNF). Straight Mountain Mennonite became part of this new fellowship.<br />
= Bibliography = <br />
"A closer look ... Straight Mountain Mennonite Church." ''The Good News Messenger'' (September/October 2002): 2.<br />
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Dagen, Paul L. ''Seedtime and Harvest, 1942-1987: History of Alabama Northwest Florida District Mennonite Churches''. [Atmore, Alabama]: P. L. Dagen, 1987: 86-93.<br />
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"New congregation formed at Locust Fork, Alabama." ''Gospel Herald'' 71, no. 42 (24 October 1978): 829.<br />
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'''Address:''' 4860 County Highway 24, Springville, Alabama 35146<br />
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'''Phone:''' 205-274-7833<br />
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'''Website''': https://www.facebook.com/groups/143640589054062/<br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
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[https://www.gnfonline.org/ Good News Fellowship] (2000- )<br />
== Pastoral Leaders at Straight Mountain Mennonite Church ==<br />
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| Paul R. Metzler (1910-1986) || 1956-1975<br />1978-1986<br />
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| John J. Metzler || 1966-<br />
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| Robert E. Metzler || 1976-1978<br />
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| W. Buren Lindsey || 1982-1992<br />
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| J. Robert "Bob" Metzler || 1992-<br />
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| 1958 || 5<br />
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| 1960 || 8<br />
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| 1970 || 20<br />
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| 1980 || 31<br />
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| 1990 || 29<br />
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| 2000 || 35<br />
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Faith Chapel Mennonite Church, Cleveland, [[Alabama (USA)|Alabama]], began as an extension of the [[Straight Mountain Mennonite Church (Springville, Alabama, USA)|Straight Mountain Mennonite Church]] located in Blount County, Alabama. Robert Metzler began a Bible study in Locust Fork, Alabama in 1976.<br />
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On 10 September 1978, Faith Chapel Mennonite began in a new worship space with 14 charter members, and Robert and Sandra Metzler moved to a new home in the area. As the congregation grew, it added a large fellowship hall in 1989 and an addition to the auditorium in 1998.<br />
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In 2000, the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]] "released" the 14 churches it had established in the southeast United States to form a new network called [[Good News Fellowship]] (GNF). Faith Chapel Mennonite became part of this new fellowship. <br />
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= Bibliography = <br />
"2008, the Year for Remembrance and Celebration at Faith Chapel Mennonite Church." ''The Good News Messenger'' (Summer 2008): 3.<br />
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"A closer look ... Faith Chapel Mennonite Church." ''The Good News Messenger'' (May/June 2002): 2.<br />
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Dagen, Paul L. ''Seedtime and Harvest, 1942-1987: History of Alabama Northwest Florida District Mennonite Churches''. [Atmore, Alabama]: P. L. Dagen, 1987: 94-97.<br />
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Metzler, Robert. "Learning to know...Faith Chapel Mennonite Church." ''The Good News Messenger (Winter 2006): 2.<br />
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"New congregation formed at Locust Fork, Alabama." ''Gospel Herald'' 71, no. 42 (24 October 1978): 829.<br />
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'''Address:''' 980 Hollingsworth Road, Cleveland, Alabama 35049<br />
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'''Phone:''' 205-559-8161<br />
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'''Website''': https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083232702277<br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
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[https://lmcchurches.org/ Lancaster Mennonite Conference]<br />
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| Robert E. Metzler || 1978-<br />
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| Joseph Coin || 2008-<br />
|}<br />
== Faith Chapel Mennonite Church Membership ==<br />
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! Year !! Members<br />
|-<br />
| 1978 || 14<br />
|-<br />
| 1980 || 14<br />
|-<br />
| 1990 || 51<br />
|-<br />
| 2000 || 49<br />
|}<br />
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The Crestview Mennonite Church, Crestview, [[Florida (USA)|Florida]], had its origins in [[Summer Bible School|Summer Bible Schools]] held by the Itinerant Evangelism Committee of the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]] beginning in 1951. Crestview, with a population of 5,000 in 1950, was known for its army base. Two early workers were Benjamin and Esther Martin from [[Lancaster (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]]. They moved to Crestview in September 1952 and began to hold [[Sunday School|Sunday school]] and worship services in a refurbished auto repair shop. Benjamin Martin, Jr., and his wife, Esther, joined the senior Martins in 1959.<br />
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The small congregation dedicated a new church building on 20 January 1954. It sustained some damage from Hurricane Opal in 1995; [[Mennonite Disaster Service]] helped with reconstruction.<br />
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In 2000, the Lancaster Mennonite Conference "released" the 14 churches it had established in the southeast United States to form a new network called [[Good News Fellowship]] (GNF). Crestview Mennonite became part of this new fellowship.<br />
= Bibliography = <br />
Dagen, Paul L. ''Seedtime and Harvest, 1942-1987: History of Alabama Northwest Florida District Mennonite Churches''. [Atmore, Alabama]: P. L. Dagen, 1987: 62-65.<br />
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"Hurricane Opal prompts MDS cleanup response." ''Gospel Herald'' 88, no. 42 (24 October 1995): 10.<br />
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Metzler, Paul R. "Crestview, Florida." ''Gospel Herald'' 47, no. 7 (16 February 1954): 163.<br />
= Additional Information =<br />
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'''Address:''' 385 Cobb Avenue East, Crestview, Florida<br />
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'''Website''': <br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
<br />
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<br />
[https://www.gnfonline.org/ Good News Fellowship]<br />
== Pastoral Leaders at Crestview Mennonite Church ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" <br />
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|-<br />
| Benjamin F. Martin, Sr. (1898-1964) || 1952-1976<br />
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| Benjamin F. Martin, Jr. (1932-2021) || 1976-2021<br />
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| Michael A. Martin || 2001-2013?<br />
|-<br />
| Harry C. Tomlin (1944-2022) || 2014-2021<br />
|-<br />
| Dick Arnold || 2022-<br />
|}<br />
== Crestview Mennonite Church Membership ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"<br />
|-<br />
! Year !! Members<br />
|-<br />
| 1955 || 3<br />
|-<br />
| 1960 || 4<br />
|-<br />
| 1970 || 8<br />
|-<br />
| 1980 || 10<br />
|-<br />
| 1990 || 10<br />
|-<br />
| 2000 || 10<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:United States Congregations]]</div>SamSteinerhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Byrneville_Mennonite_Church_(Century,_Florida,_USA)Byrneville Mennonite Church (Century, Florida, USA)2023-12-05T12:46:44Z<p>RichardThiessen: /* Additional Information */</p>
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The Byrneville Mennonite Church in Century, [[Florida (USA)|Florida]], USA, began as a [[Summer Bible School |Summer Bible School]] outreach by the [[Pleasant Grove Mennonite Church (Brewton, Alabama, USA)|Pleasant Grove Mennonite Church]] of Brewton, [[Alabama (USA)|Alabama]], located across the state line. <br />
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Mahlon and Ruth Glick moved from [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] in 1954 to provide leadership to a new [[Sunday School|Sunday school]] and home Bible study.<br />
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The [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]] built a new worship center that was dedicated on 16 February 1957.<br />
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In 2000, the Lancaster Mennonite Conference "released" the 14 churches it had established in the southeast United States to form a new network called [[Good News Fellowship]] (GNF). Byrneville Mennonite became part of this new fellowship.<br />
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By 2023, Byrneville Mennonite was no longer listed as a member of Good News Fellowship.<br />
= Bibliography = <br />
Dagen, Paul L. ''Seedtime and Harvest, 1942-1987: History of Alabama Northwest Florida District Mennonite Churches''. [Atmore, Alabama]: P. L. Dagen, 1987: 74-78.<br />
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Horst, Joseph. "A closer look at Byrneville Mennonite Church." ''The Good News Messenger'' (Fall 2004): 2.<br />
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Stuckey, Eleanor. "Byrneville Mennonite Church experiences change." ''The Good News Messenger'' (Spring 2006): 3.<br />
= Additional Information =<br />
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'''Address:''' 2360 County Road 4, Century, Florida 32535<br />
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'''Phone:'''<br />
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'''Website''': <br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
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Lancaster Mennonite Conference<br />
<br />
Good News Fellowship<br />
== Pastoral Leaders at Byrneville Mennonite Church ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" <br />
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! Name !! Years<br/>of Service<br />
|-<br />
| Mahlon R. Glick (1915-1994) || 1954-1969<br />
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| Joseph F. Horst (1938-2005) || 1968-1974<Br />1977-2005<br />
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| Paul R. Metzler (1910-1986) || 1975-1977<br />
|-<br />
| Marvin E. Bender || 2005-2017?<br />
|}<br />
== Byrneville Mennonite Church Membership ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"<br />
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! Year !! Members<br />
|-<br />
| 1958 || 12<br />
|-<br />
| 1960 || 12<br />
|-<br />
| 1970 || 10<br />
|-<br />
| 1980 || 15<br />
|-<br />
| 1990 || 11<br />
|-<br />
| 2000 || 13<br />
|-<br />
| 2011 || 13<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:United States Congregations]]</div>SamSteinerhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Celebration_Fellowship_(Atlanta,_Georgia,_USA)Celebration Fellowship (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)2023-12-03T13:53:07Z<p>SamSteiner: added text and bibliography</p>
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The Cellebration Fellowship (originally written as Cell-ebration) in the greater Atlanta, [[Georgia (USA)|Georgia]], area began in 1994. J. David Lambert provided leadership to this new congregation connected to the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]].<br />
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The congregation began as an outreach to refugees. It began by meeting in homes. By 2002 it rented space in the Clarkston Community Center. In 2005, it had members from [[Sudan]], Burma, [[Laos]], and West Africa.<br />
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In 2000, the Lancaster Mennonite Conference "released" the 14 churches it had established in the southeast United States to form a new network called [[Good News Fellowship]] (GNF). Cellebration became part of this new fellowship.<br />
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In 2009, the congregation lost the place it had rented for worship and split into four house churches, partially divided by language. Given this reality, Lambert recorded a sermon on a DVD that was played in each house church.<br />
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In 2010, one of the house churches, a Burmese background group, established the independent Myanmar Baptist Church.<br />
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In 2023, the group met in the Clarkston Community Center, Clarkston, Georgia, in a suburb of Atlanta.<br />
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= Bibliography = <br />
"A closer look ... at Cellebration Fellowship." ''The Good News Messenger'' (March/April 2003): 2.<br />
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Lambert, Dave. "Cellebration Fellowship" ''The Good News Messenger'' (Spring 2005): 5.<br />
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_____. "Good news and bad news." ''The Good News Messenger'' (Summer 2010): 1, 4.<br />
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_____. "House churches." ''The Good News Messenger'' (Summer 2009): 2-3.<br />
= Additional Information =<br />
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'''Meeting Address:''' Clarkston Community Center, 3701 College Avenue, Clarkston, Georgia 30021<br />
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'''Website''': https://www.cellebrationfellowship.com/<br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
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Lancaster Mennonite Conference (until 2000)<br />
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Good News Fellowship<br />
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{| class="wikitable" <br />
|-<br />
! Name !! Years<br/>of Service<br />
|-<br />
| J. David Lambert || 1994-<br />
|}<br />
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! Year !! Members<br />
|-<br />
| 2000 || 30<br />
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[[Category:United States Congregations]]</div>SamSteinerhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Calvary_Mennonite_Church_(Brewton,_Alabama,_USA)Calvary Mennonite Church (Brewton, Alabama, USA)2023-12-02T12:42:34Z<p>SamSteiner: /* Bibliography */</p>
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The Calvary Mennonite Church, northwest of Brewton, [[Alabama (USA)|Alabama]], USA, in the Appleton area began as an outreach of the Itinerant Evangelism Committee (IEC) of the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]]. The IEC's first exploration took place in 1943. It held [[Summer Bible School]] in Appleton in 1944, led by Mahlon and Mable Hess and Walter and Ruth Leatherman. These Bible schools continued for four years in the Friendship Holiness Church.<br />
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Elam and Gertrude Hollinger began to form a church in Appleton in 1947. The following year the IEC built a 30'x 40' worship center three miles from Appleton that became the Calvary Mennonite Church. The first service in the new facility took place on 11 July 1948. The congregation added additional space in 1952 and 1966. It built a new sanctuary in 1975 and converted the old space into a fellowship hall. In 2000 it again added a new sanctuary, classrooms, and baptistry.<br />
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In 2000 the Lancaster Mennonite Conference "released" the 14 churches it had established in the southeast United States to form a new network called [[Good News Fellowship]] (GNF). Calvary Mennonite became part of this new fellowship.<br />
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In the early 2000s, most members worked in forestry, medical, educational, technical, institutional, and industrial fields.<br />
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= Bibliography = <br />
Dagen, Paul L. ''Seedtime and Harvest, 1942-1987: History of Alabama Northwest Florida District Mennonite Churches''. [Atmore, Alabama]: P. L. Dagen, 1987: 36-41.<br />
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Kautz, Bernard B. "Observation." ''Gospel Herald'' 42, no. 21 (24 May 1949): 490.<br />
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Martin, Kenneth. "Building complete, except for...." ''The Good News Messenger'' (November/December 2000): 5.<br />
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_____. "A panoramic view of Calvary Mennonite Church." ''The Good News Messenger'' (Spring 2004): 2-3.<br />
<br />
= Additional Information =<br />
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'''Address:''' 1891 Mason Mill Pond Road, Brewton, Alabama 36426<br />
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'''Phone:'''<br />
<br />
'''Website''': <br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
Lancaster Mennonite Conference (until 2000)<br />
<br />
Good News Fellowship<br />
== Pastoral Leaders at Calvary Mennonite Church ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" <br />
|-<br />
! Name !! Years<br/>of Service<br />
|-<br />
| Elam B. Hollinger (1917-2006) || 1947-1954<br />
|-<br />
| John J. Metzler || 1955-1966<br />
|-<br />
| Kenneth E. Martin (1936-2023) || 1966-1969<br />1972-2005<br />
|-<br />
| Harold Bucher (Interim) || 1970-1972<br />
|-<br />
| John Gehman (Associate) || 1982-1998<br />
|-<br />
| Mark Regehr (Associate)<br />(Lead)|| 1998-2005<br />2005-<br />
|}<br />
== Calvary Mennonite Church Membership ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"<br />
|-<br />
! Year !! Members<br />
|-<br />
| 1950 || 13<br />
|-<br />
| 1960 || 10<br />
|-<br />
| 1970 || 19<br />
|-<br />
| 1980 || 43<br />
|-<br />
| 1990 || 27<br />
|-<br />
| 2000 || 41<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:United States Congregations]]</div>SamSteinerhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Ambassadors_for_Christ_Church_(Birmingham,_Alabama,_USA)Ambassadors for Christ Church (Birmingham, Alabama, USA)2023-11-30T15:11:52Z<p>SamSteiner: updated article</p>
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The Ambassadors for Christ Church, Birmingham, [[Alabama (USA)|Alabama]], began in August 2007. Its initial leader was Bishop Sam Jones, who dedicated a new headquarters for the [[Good News Fellowship]] of the Birmingham District.<br />
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The Ambassadors for Christ Church has been a member of the [[Good News Fellowship]] since its formation. <br />
= Bibliography =<br />
''Anabaptist (Mennonite) Directory'' (2009): 59, (2011): 57.<br />
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Jones, Sam. "Good News Fellowship's new headquarters." ''The Good News Messenger'' (Fall 2007): 5.<br />
= Additional Information =<br />
<br />
'''Address:''' 6428 Madrid Avenue, Birmingham, Alabama 35206<br />
<br />
'''Phone:''' 205-956-3316<br />
<br />
'''Website''': <br />
<br />
'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
<br />
[https://www.gnfonline.org/ Good News Fellowship]<br />
== Pastoral Leaders at Ambassadors for Christ Church ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" <br />
|-<br />
! Name !! Years<br/>of Service<br />
|-<br />
| Sam J. Jones || 2007-2015?<br />
|-<br />
| ? || ?-<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:United States Congregations]]</div>SamSteinerhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Silent_Light_/_Stellet_Licht_(Film)Silent Light / Stellet Licht (Film)2023-11-29T22:40:15Z<p>AlfRedekopp: </p>
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[[File:Silent Light DVD cover picture.jpg|400px|thumb|right|''DVD Cover for Silent Light, Scene of Marianne About to Visit Esther. (Canada released DVD cover picture)''<br>Image: Courtesy of Victor Wiebe.]]<br />
=== Introduction ===<br />
''Silent Light'': original Spanish title: ''Luz Silenciosa''; [[Dialect Literature and Speech, Low German|Low German (Plautdietsch)]] language title ''Stellet Licht'', is a colour, 35 mm Mexican film, distributed by Palisades Tartan, released 22 May 2007, 136 minutes long. It was directed, written and produced by Carlos Reygadas and also released in DVD. It was filmed in the [[Cuauhtémoc Mennonite Settlement (Chihuahua, Mexico)|Mennonite colony]] in [[Cuauhtémoc (Chihuahua State, Mexico)|Cuauhtémoc]], Chihuahua State, northern [[Mexico]]. It has subtitles in English, French, Spanish and other languages. All the actors are nonprofessional and Mennonite with only the Canadian novelist Miriam Toews being well known. Toews, with a strong [[Kleine Gemeinde|Kleine Gemeinde Mennonite]] background used her knowledge as a successful author and experience in acting in ''Silent Light'' to structure film making into her 2011 novel ''Irma Voth'' (Toronto, Knopf Canada). The IMDB database (https://www.imdb.com) in 2023 notes ''Silent Light'' has won 30 international film awards including winning the 2007 Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize and in Mexico winning the 2008 Golden Ariel awarded best picture in Mexico. In addition ''New York Times'' lists ''Silent Light'' and one of "The 25 Best Films of the 21st Century So Far". <br />
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The director, Carlos Reygadas, is a very prominent and internationally recognized Mexican filmmaker. <br />
''Silent Light'' was his fourth film. His films are concerned with a metaphysical dimension and feature spiritual journeys into the inner worlds of his main characters, through which themes of love, suffering, death, and life's meaning are explored. Film critics comment that ''Silent Light'' shows several similarities to the 1955 film ''Ordet'' by Danish director Carl Dreyer.<br />
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=== The Setting ===<br />
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''Stellet Nicht'' is a somber and thoughtful film about a good man, Johan (played by Cornelio Wall Fehr) transfixed by love to a business woman, Marianne, (María Pankratz) which causes him to betray his faithful and loving wife, Esther (Miriam Toews). All three are unhappy and in pain. This is a thought provoking film with real Mennonites but not a happy one though it is beautifully filmed. The word "Mennonite" is never mentioned, there is no preaching or church services or pious displays and the characters seem to act from their hearts and not simply their teachings. The dialogue is clear and rather unemotional and the use of Plautdietsch can sound a little crude translated into English. There is no musical sound tract. The settings of home, farm, family and costumes seem very authentic as Mexican Mennonite, including the blond, blue eyed happy children. Reygadas style of filming is slow, gentle with long beautiful sequences as an example the opening scene begins in silence, is about six minutes of a tracking shot of starry sky becoming a beautiful bright noisy rural sunrise and it closes with a similar twilight merging into the night silence. However, moving from scene to scene can be puzzling. The scene of Johan confessing infidelity to his father is set in winter in Mexico with an amazing snow covering on the farm and this is followed with a scene of Esther driving a corn harvesting tractor. In reality there would have been eight- or nine-months time elapsed between the two scenes. As a warning the film shows an eloquent filming of the last sexual encounter between Johan and Marianne with high and close up camera angles. ''Silent Light'' shuns away from frontal nudity and sexual explicitness but the emphasis is on the sins of the flesh. The filmmaker, Reygadas has a reputation of making art films that are expressionistic with emotionally charged stories as is this one. Giving the world a film that depicts Mexico as place of Mennonites speaking Low Germans with deeply held Christian values that they try to keep yet not as zealots gives viewers a complex understanding of conservative Mennonites, Mexico and of the value of film. <br />
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=== Plot ===<br />
After the opening sunrise we see Johan, Esther, and their children sit silently at breakfast prayer. Then most of the family leave except for Johan who stops the wall clock and begins crying. Next Johan goes to a friend to get a repaired tractor part and tells him that he is having an affair with a woman by the name of Marianne and he makes it clear that his wife knows about this affair. Johan leaves after an interesting circular drive, meets Marianne in afield and they kiss. This is followed by the family playing in a riverbank pool with the parents washing a child and Esther unhappy. Next its winter and John discussed his affair with his father who warns him that it "is the work of the enemy" followed by the corn harvesting. Marianne and John now meet for sex and Marianne expresses concern for Esther. Johan’s children watch TV in a van. <br />
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Johan and Esther are driving in a heavy rain down a rural road and Esther confronts Johan over Marianne then flees the car and begins crying then beside a tree she dies. Johan is devastated. A doctor later ascribes it to “Coronary Trama.” At home Esther is put in a coffin, the extended family and friends meet and sing. Marianne arrives and alone visits Esther. There she very slowly kisses Esther on the lips, and drops a tear on her cheek. After some time, Esther opens her eyes. Their young daughters visit their mother, Esther and tells Johan "Mum wants to see him." Marianne leaves silently. The sunset scene ends the film. <br />
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= Bibliography =<br />
Ebert, Roger, "The Agony of True Love" 18 March 2009, [Review of ''Silent Light'']. https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/silent-light-2009<br />
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"Irma Voth". Wikipedia. https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irma_Voth<br />
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Janzen, Rebecca. “Small Signs of Pluralism in Mexico: Identification Cards and Other Images of the Low German Mennonites.” 2016 C. Henry Smith Peace Lecture at Bluffton College. <br />
https://canadianmennonite.org/stories/janzen-explores-mennonite-representation-mexican-culture. [In this lecture Janzen comments that: "''Silent Light'' inaccurately portrays Low German Mennonite dress, customs and ways."]<br />
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Johnson, Reed. “Carlos Reygadas’ films search for authenticity beyond reality.” ''Los Angeles Times.'' 24 April 2009: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-silent24-2009apr24-story.html<br />
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Johnson, William. “Between Daylight and Darkness: Forever and Silent Light.” ''Film Quarterly''. Spring 2008; vol. 61, no.3, pp. 18-23.<br />
<br />
Manickam, Sam. “The Other Mexico through the Eyes of Carlos Reygadas [on Silent Light].” ''Journal of the Center for Mennonite Writing'' (January 2013). https://mennonitewriting.org/journal/5/1/other-mexico-through-cinematic-eyes-carlos-reygada/<br />
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New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/09/movies/the-25-best-films-of-the-21st-century.html<br />
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The Berean Conservative Mennonite Church began in 1963 as an outreach of the Bethel Mennonite Church in Blountstown, [[Florida (USA)|Florida]]. John and Edith Nissley moved to Tallahassee from Blountstown in December 1963. John Nissley, a surgical technician, provided leadership to the new worshipping group in a rented building. He was formally ordained on 10 July 1966.<br />
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The Tallahassee congregation built a church building in 1966 and became an independent congregation in the [[Rosedale Network of Churches|Conservative Mennonite Conference]] in 1968. The congregation completed an addition to the building in 1976, and a third addition in 2000. In about 1992, the congregation changed its name to Berean Mennonite Christian Fellowship; in 2005 it changed its name again to Berean Christian Fellowship. It noted the Mennonite name was unfamiliar in that part of Florida.<br />
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In the late 1970s, Berean was also affiliated with the [[Southeast Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Southeast Mennonite Conference]] of the [[Mennonite Church (MC)]]. It left this affiliation in the late 1990s. Sometime after 2011 the congregation left the Conservative Mennonite Conference and joined the [[Good News Fellowship]].<br />
=Bibliography=<br />
Berean Christian Fellowship. "History." Berean Christian Fellowship. Web. 29 November 2023. https://bcftally.com/history-and-beliefs.<br />
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Lehman, Martin W. ''Roots & Branches: a Narrative History of the Amish and Mennonites in Southeast United States, 1892-1992,'' 2 vols. Telford, Pa.: Cascadia Publishing Company, 2010-2011: v. 1: 185; v. 2: 29-30.<br />
=Additional Information=<br />
'''Address:''' 6214 Blountstown Highway, Tallahassee, Florida 32310<br />
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'''Phone:''' 850-574-6034<br />
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'''Website''': https://bcftally.com/<br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
<br />
[https://www.gnfonline.org/ Good News Fellowship]<br />
==Pastoral Leaders at Berean Christian Fellowship==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
!Name!!Years<br />
of Service<br />
|-<br />
|John E. Nissley (1939-2017)||1963-2009<br />
|-<br />
|Donovan D. Zook (Associate)||1995-2000<br />
|-<br />
|Steve Nissley||2009-2015<br />
|-<br />
|Doug Gingerich||2015-<br />
|-<br />
|Paul Padgett (Care)||2015-?<br />
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==Berean Christian Fellowship Membership==<br />
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!Year!!Members<br />
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|1970||13<br />
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|1980||43<br />
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|1990||41<br />
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|2000||61<br />
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|2009||58<br />
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[[Category:United States Congregations]]</div>SamSteinerhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Bethel_Community_Mennonite_Church_(Brewton,_Alabama,_USA)Bethel Community Mennonite Church (Brewton, Alabama, USA)2023-11-24T16:24:25Z<p>SamSteiner: </p>
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The Bethel Community Mennonite Church, southeast of Brewton, [[Alabama (USA)|Alabama]], USA, began as an outreach of the Itinerant Evangelism Committee (IEC) of the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]]. The IEC's first exploration took place in 1943. J. Wilbur and Ada Martin led Summer Bible School programs in the old largely unused Haveard Church facility beginning in 1947. They held Sunday school classes there on Saturday evenings beginning in 1946. <br />
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Wilbur was released as pastor of the [[East Brewton (Escambia County, Alabama, USA)|East Brewton church]] in 1950. He then led Sunday morning services and Sunday school in the Haveard meetinghouse. Paul and Verna Shelly joined the work in 1950, serving both at Bethel and at the [[Cobbtown Christian Church (Jay, Florida, USA)|Cobbtown Mennonite Church]]. After Paul was ordained in December 1951, he took over pastoral leadership at Bethel, and Wilbur served at Cobbtown.<br />
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The congregation used the Haveard facility until 1969. Some repair work sustained the building over the years. In 1969 the congregation built a new church about one mile from the Haveard church. It added an addition in 1976.<br />
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In 2000 the Lancaster Mennonite Conference "released" the 14 churches it had established in the southeast United States to form a new network called [[Good News Fellowship]] (GNF). Bethel Community Mennonite became part of this new fellowship.<br />
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= Bibliography = <br />
"A closer look ... at Bethel Mennonite Church." ''The Good News Messenger'' (November/December 2003): 2.<br />
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Dagen, Paul L. ''Seedtime and Harvest, 1942-1987: History of Alabama Northwest Florida District Mennonite Churches''. [Atmore, Alabama]: P. L. Dagen, 1987: 28-31.<br />
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= Additional Information =<br />
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'''Address:''' 4100 Fuqua Road, Brewton, Alabama 36426<br />
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'''Phone:'''<br />
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'''Website''': https://www.facebook.com/BethelCommunityMennoniteChurch/<br />
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':<br />
Lancaster Mennonite Conference<br />
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[https://www.gnfonline.org/ Good News Fellowship]<br />
== Pastoral Leaders at Bethel Community Mennonite Church ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" <br />
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! Name !! Years<br/>of Service<br />
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| Jacob Wilbur "J. Wilbur" Martin (1919-2002) || 1946-1951<br />
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| Paul Z. Shelly (1919-2010) || 1951-1986?<br />
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| Marion "Braxton" Rhodes (1935-2003) || 1979-2003<br />
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| John Kemp || 1999-<br />
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== Bethel Community Mennonite Church Membership ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"<br />
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! Year !! Members<br />
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| 1951 || 5<br />
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| 1960 || 12<br />
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| 1970 || 7<br />
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| 1980 || 12<br />
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| 1990 || 13<br />
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| 2000 || 25<br />
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