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Institute helped prepare new leaders, and in following years it continued in various forms; in 1987 both residence and theological education by extension programs

both east and west, visiting congregations and groups of people who needed help, encouraging the work, ordaining bishops and ministers, and helping congregations

investment was to help small and young groups to grow in grace, faith, and numbers, so that in due time they might in turn be the ones to help furnish their

northern part of Saskatchewan for their own "Bible-centered school" that could help preserve the use of the German language, teach the Bible to their young people

first year. Then it became firmly established with the aid of the HDEB to help the settlers make the transition to independence and to form a basis for

City missions are a form of home mission work or church extension, practiced in one form or another by most Protestant and Catholic churches. In European

The Greek Orthodox Church invited Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) to help rebuild following the devastation of World War II and the guerrilla war which

board of directors. Leaders of the conference were trained through an extension Bible school, and some of the leaders had training in health services and

and teaching Sunday school. In 1949 he began teaching in Brookswood, an extension work of the East Aldergrove MB Church. Recognizing his need for further

Detweiler—arrived from Washington County, Iowa, to serve as mission workers and to help the Friesens with the congregation’s emerging ministry. The congregation

1955 in Taichong. Hugh Sprunger and his family were dispatched to Taiwan to help establish the church and later founded other churches. Lu Chun-Tiong, a Presbyterian

of the refugees from Russia and Prussia chose to stay in West Germany. To help them get established and also to prevent scattering, MCC provided funding

conversion at the age of 21 he assisted Jacob Burkhard in conducting an extension Sunday school at Antioch, about 30 miles (50 km) distant from their home

During further graduate studies at the Vancouver School of Theology and by extension education, he completed two masters degrees in theology.  He then served

church planting and evangelism, which resulted in Jake serving as Church Extension Director for the British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches

included in this change, the KG was left almost leaderless. However, with some help from the elder Abraham L. Friesen from the Nebraska group, they survived

important, but was not the only solution; they had to take of what they had, and help. It was not a pondered political move, but it has had serious implication

settling in the Dundurn district about 40 km south of Saskatoon. With the help of the Mennonite Board of Colonization they settled on already established

schools and other spiritual ministries and MCC's request for specialized help. Prior to 1971 special visits by Nelson Litwiller, Frank Byler, and Argentine

in 1960, and Salzburg in 1969. Finally, Mennonite Brethren missionary extension reached Bavaria. Work began in Traunreut, 1969; in Traunstein, 1982; and

Soviet Union. On a local level, Dr. Arnold W. Schlichting, president of the Extension Committee of RMBC, followed his vision of reaching out to the Hispanics

vision. Mission Sunday schools have been the most effective means of church extension in the second quarter of the 20th century. In the long perspective of a

cup, thus fostering Indigenous alternatives such as the Peyote religion. To help express the message in Indigenous languages, Mennonites have been involved

Evangelical emphases. These various expressions have sometimes been an extension of and sometimes in tension with the emphasis in Mennonite discipleship

neighbor who has not yet been served, asking with a silent nod for permission to help himself, to which the neighbor responds with a nod. The origin and full meaning

a result, outreach to the local Belizians began in place of continuing to help the colonies, which were now self-sufficient Emphasis was placed on evangelism

non-farm heirs and children choosing other careers. Many parents chose to help their children, if they could, when they needed it most -- acquiring an education

planting era in the 1960s and onward. During his 14 years as the BC Church Extension Director, 32 new churches were added to the BC MB Conference. His successors

furnace. It undertook major remodeling in 1917, adding a full basement and extension to the main structure. Another addition came in 1964/65. It built a new

in the churches, caring for the small groups in new settlements, doing extension work in new localities, and distributing Bibles and Christian literature

of the General Conference, held evening Bible studies in private homes to help those whom he had contacted in his house calls in that community and to draw

Committee BR - Bureau of Reclamation DA - Department of Agriculture EXS - Extension Service, U.S.D.A. FS - United States Forest Service FSA - Farm Security

The Mennonite Church body was at first, in the 1850's, more or less an extension of the Ohio Mennonite Conference and was called the Indiana Conference

Montezuma, Kansas, USA was established in 1982. The congregation started as an extension of the Montezuma Church of God in Christ, Mennonite when the latter's building

congregation in St. Joseph County near White Pigeon, established as an extension of the Conservative Amish Mennonite settlement in the vicinity of Middlebury

Mennonite Church Extension Society (Eine Mennonitische Kirchenerweiterungs-Gesellschaft) of the Western District Conference (General Conference Mennonite

began sponsoring refugees, and has continued to do so over the decades. An extension of this refugee engagement began in 1988 when the congregation began to

providing recruits for military service, urged the king to prohibit further extension of Mennonite landholdings. For this reason Friedrich Wilhelm II issued

undergraduate education at Mennonite institutions, were committed to the extension of theology based upon Anabaptist studies. Simultaneously, major Protestant

Brethren Churches Board of Church Extension (BOCE) and expressed their desire to call a pastor. John F. Klassen was willing to help start the church, and on 1

conferences. The new congregation, with the help of a loan from the General Conference's Church Extension Service, built a church that it dedicated on

Vanderhoof invited the Board of Church Extension of the British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches to help begin a Mennonite Brethren church

auditorium were ready for occupancy at a cost of $28,530. In 1954 a Junior High extension of four classrooms with a basement auditorium was built and in 1956 four

request to the Board of Church Extension of the British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches, asking for help with the process. From the beginning

originally began as the Swift Current Evangelical Mennonite Church (EMC), an extension of the Wymark EMC located at nearby Chortitz that was started through a

Canada in 1925. However, Henry felt compelled to remain in Soviet Russia to help build the country under a socialistic government. In 1921, Lenin had persuaded

Children’s Mission. Peter’s children would accompany him on Sunday afternoons, help clean up the often untidy sites, and participate in the worship and teaching

and Halbstadt. Access to northern markets was thus provided, and certainly helped the economy of the Mennonite colonies. But the policy of economic russification

With this, Jesus planted the seed for what would become his church, an extension of his life and will. Jesus made his intentions clear when he said: “I

their own sexual development and help young people better manage their own sexual problems. A third objective is to help the Mennonite people clarify their

California, USA was established in about 2000. The congregation started as an extension of the Winton church as that congregation became quite large in the 1990s

body of Christ; he called them to remove barriers and walk in fellowship, to help and encourage one another. In both awakenings Stauffer led the people in

For those who saw chaplaincy as a distinct calling rather than just an extension of congregational ministry, there was considerable advocacy for the area

provincial conference Missions Board became known as the Board of Church Extension (BOCE). The Conference was now ready for a director who would prioritize

attitude it yet happens now and then that neighboring groups oppose their extension and their land buying (Saskatchewan); the old suspicion and jealousies

philosophical theologians began to interpret the work of Yoder and others with the help of philosophers, while largely retaining the ethical orientation that Burkholder

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through outreach by the British Columbia MB Conference's Board of Church Extension. The congregation was established out of the desire of several families

an MCC Ten Thousand Villages Crafts Shop in Hagerstown; and a private self-help shop in Grantsville. Highland Association also opened a thrift shop in Grantsville

young farm families from Witmarsum located on this land. It was in fact an extension of Witmarsum itself and considered a part of that settlement in every way

often emphasizes the pitfalls and problems of marriage and the need of divine help to sustain a faithful marriage until death terminates the union. More modern