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mission of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ denomination. In October 1885 the first General Conference of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ noted God had

A., ed. History of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church. New Carlisle, Ohio: The Bethel Pub. Co, 1920: 151-152. Available in full electronic text at

sanctification experience in 1889, and her adherence to the Mennonite Brethren in Christ in Markham are not clear. However, in 1888 her sister Euphemia was

treatment of the Mennonite Brethren Church in Russia; the Mennonite Brethren Church in North America; and the Mennonite Brethren Church in other countries

of the Swiss Brethren with the representatives of the Zwinglian state church, held at Zofingen in 1532 and at Bern in 1538, the Brethren speakers continually

the Mennonite Brethren and Krimmer Mennonite Brethren taking responsibility for the western field in Szechwan-Kansu and the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren

Evangelical Mennonites in 1858 in Pennsylvania and the Mennonite Brethren in Christ (Evangelical Missionary Church in 1999) in 1874-75 in Indiana (Daniel

called Mennonite Brethren in Christ, founded in 1875). It was the oldest (1683 ff.) and largest (77,369 baptized members in 1956) Mennonite body in North

know Christ except one who follows Him in life." Denck and the Lutheran Osiander were in sharp disagreement in spiritual matters. Osiander was, in fact

Press, 1967. Mennonite World Conference. "2000 Asia/Pacific Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches." Web. 2 March 2011. [Broken Link]. Mennonite World Conference

[broken link]. Mennonite World Conference. World Directory = Directorio mundial = Répertoire mondial 2012: Mennonite, Brethren in Christ and Related Churches

office of Ältester is used in the Mennonite churches in the Soviet Union and in the Federal Republic of Germany. Mennonite churches in the United States have

Omnia Theologica (1681). In America the first complete edition of Menno Simons appeared in 1871 in English and in 1876 in German. In 1956 a new enlarged English

historian Everek Storms one of the three great evangelists in the first generation of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ with Eusebius Hershey and Andrew Good, Noah

prevailed for a long period, not only in groups like the Mennonite Brethren and Evangelical Mennonite Brethren, but also in the older churches. The American

leadership in the charismatic movement in the Mennonite Church until his death in 1987. The official response of the church came in several ways. In 1972 a

preachers languished in prison in Augsburg, until, broken in body and soul, they recanted in order to gain their release, as was the case with Jakob Dachser

Mennonite Brethren Mission in the Congo was the result of the interest of the Mennonite Brethren Conference (MB) in doing mission work in Africa evidenced

African Brethren in Christ members there. In 1985 some 200 Christians (13 congregations) in Malawi asked to become part of the Brethren in Christ church

transferred to the American Mennonite Brethren Mission in 1898. From the beginning the various Mennonite and Brethren in Christ missions focused on planting

Evangelical Mennonite Brethren. The original composition of the group was Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, Evangelical Mennonite Brethren, Mennonite Brethren

evident in developments within the General Conference Mennonite Church since 1950. Alongside the Mennonite Church (MC) and the Mennonite Brethren, it is

Conference. In 1957 its membership in Pennsylvania was 4,041 in 27 congregations. The fourth division, the Mennonite Brethren in Christ, occurred in 1858, ten

leaders in the Mennonite Church (MC), both in Elkhart County and in the church as a whole, was John F. Funk (1835-1930), who located in Elkhart in 1867 and

even as God is good, but in order to be good it must be in keeping with the nature of God as revealed most perfectly in Jesus Christ. Those authorities which

Mountain Lake, Minnesota. In 1914 this name was changed to The Defenceless Mennonite Brethren in Christ of North America. In 1937 the name was changed

125-29. Mennonite World Handbook Supplement. Strasbourg, France, and Lombard, IL: Mennonite World Conference, 1984: 27. "2003 Asia/Pacific Mennonite & Brethren

congregations of the various Mennonite and Brethren in Christ bodies in Ontario. The groups cooperate closely in Mennonite Central Committee, Ontario. Three

1920, Krimmer Mennonite Brethren 1920, Evangelical Mennonite (Defenceless) 1930, Church of God in Christ, Mennonite 1940, Brethren in Christ 1940, Conservative

produced in the Ukraine, 10 per cent was produced in Mennonite factories, while of the total output in Russia, 6.2 per cent was produced in Mennonite factories

1954); the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren 2 (297 members, 1955); Mennonite Church (MC) 13 (1,575 members, 1954); the Brethren in Christ 5 (240 members, 1955);

Mennonite Confession of Faith Adopted by Mennonite General Conference August 22, 1963 The Mennonite Church, begun in Switzerland in 1525, was a part of

one to the Krimmer Mennonite Brethren, and one to the Church of God in Christ, Mennonites. In 1911, Oklahoma had 33 Mennonite congregations with a membership

divisions in the second half of the 19th century; e.g., Old Order Amish, Old Order Mennonite, Mennonite Brethren in Christ, Defenseless Mennonite, and Oberholtzer-GCM

org/global-map. Mennonite World Conference. "Mennonite and Brethren in Christ Churches Worldwide, 2006: Africa." Web. 2 March 2011. [Broken Link]. Mennonite World

$660 in 1940 to $2,400 in 1956. Mennonite interest began in 1943, when the Mennonite Central Committee responded to an invitation of the Brethren Service

the Main Centre Mennonite Brethren Church, and his father was a farmer. Leo completed a three-year course at the Herbert Bible School in Herbert, Saskatchewan

(United Evangelical Church: Mennonite Brethren). In 1985, the church board requested official recognition as a Mennonite Brethren conference. Since 1971, with

developed. With the exception of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ and Grace Bible Institute, the other Mennonite congregations in the 1950s over the state were

early Brethren evangelistic efforts and many names in the Brethren Church of today are Mennonite in origin; e.g., Bowman, Moyer, Ziegler. The original number

Christ Churches." Web. 27 February 2011. [Broken Link]. Mennonite World Conference. "2003 Europe Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches." Web. 27 February

curriculum development in 1972 when leaders representing Mennonite, Church of the Brethren, and Brethren in Christ groups participated in a consultation at

of the Brethren in Christ. Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1978: 344-45. MLA style Kraybill, Donald B. "Motion Pictures." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia

Muli Kristo, Zambia (Brethren in Christ Church in Zambia), one of two Brethren in Christ churches in Africa. Claiming 4,395 members in 1985, the church operated

Los Hermanos in Cristo, Cuba (Brethren in Christ Church, Cuba). Serious consideration of Cuba as a Brethren in Christ mission field began in 1953 when several

the Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches in which, for a limited period of time, people live and work sacrificially in the name of Christ in a needy

which in 1883 became the Mennonite Brethren in Christ when the small Swank faction of the Brethren in Christ (River Brethren) in Ohio joined the Evangelical

Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, 1944- Website: Church of God in Christ, Mennonite Articles of Confession (Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, 1896) A Statement

(Brenneman and Mennonite Brethren in Christ, 1875) and equally vigorously resisted the reactionary type (Wisler, 1871). He guided the church in gradual change

segment of the Mennonites of Ukraine, but also led to schisms culminating in the establishment of the Mennonite Brethren, Krimmer Mennonite Brethren, Templers

Ontario-based United Mennonites in 1879 to form the Evangelical United Mennonites which four years later helped to form the Mennonite Brethren in Christ. Huffman,

Church of God in Christ, Mennonite. David Dyck was elder of the Mennonite Brethren group at Winkler. Johann Funk, elder of the Bergthal Mennonite Church, was

Evangelical United Brethren (EUB) Church was formed in November 1946 through the merging of the former Church of the United Brethren in Christ and the Evangelical

ed. Mennonite World Handbook. Lombard, IL: Mennonite World Conference, 1978:152-156. Mennonite World Conference. "MWC - 2003 Asia/Pacific Mennonite & Brethren

the Anabaptists in Thuringia came to its end in 1584 (Wappler, Täuferbewegung in Thüringen), that of the Palatinate in 1610 (Hege, Täufer in der Kurpfalz)

Synod in 1948 and also lectured at the Waldensian Theological Seminary in that same year. In 1950 Waldensian preachers in Uruguay were helpful in establishing

approved and supported by a conference of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church. He gave 41 years' service in China with the Christian and Missionary Alliance

numbered as follows: Mennonite Church 17, General Conference Mennonite 18, Mennonite Brethren 12, and Brethren in Christ 2. A Mennonite church has arisen

Beachy Amish Mennonite Fellowship (156); Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church (104); Reformed Mennonite Church (40); Mennonite Brethren (including former

Gospel of Christ by word as well as deed." In 1954 the Mennonite Brethren Church at its General Conference session also adopted a statement in which it

were accepted by the Mennonite Brethren in Christ (United Missionary Church) 1875 and following, and continued to be held annually in every conference district

Handbook. Lombard, IL: Mennonite World Conference, 1978: 85-90. Mennonite World Conference. "MWC - 2003 Africa Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches." Accessed

names: the Mennonite Brethren Church of India, the Mennonite Church in India, the Bharatiyah General Conference Mennonite Church, and the Brethren in Christ

seminary level three Mennonite groups (Mennonite Church, General Conference Mennonite Church, and Mennonite Brethren Church) have participated in the interdenominational

considerable periods in their history. When the Russian Mennonite church divided in 1860, the new branch, called the Mennonite Brethren, sang almost exclusively

practice in the 1950s on this point in various North American groups was as follows: Mennonite Church, Mennonite Brethren, Church of God in Christ, Mennonite

characteristics in its program. Listing Mennonite and Brethren in Christ leadership training programs covering Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean in 1986

became the sole Mennonite Brethren Bible school in Saskatchewan and the Mennonite Brethren Bible school with the largest enrollment in western Canada. 

Beaverdale Rd. in 1829. This meetinghouse had two Mennonite and two Tunker (Brethren in Christ) trustees, and was also used as a school from 1829-1848. In 1837,

Churches in Taiwan located in three major cities of Taiwan. In addition the Mennonite Christian Hospital was located on the east coast. In 1948, Mennonite Central

was ordained in the Mennonite Church (MC), then for a time (1850-60) joined the Oberholtzer group and finally the Mennonite Brethren in Christ, introduced

was read in most of the Mennonite families of these areas. It was also read in the Palatinate and in Bavaria, and was to some extent read in North Germany

account of the Mennonites in Alsace is found in the work of Ph. A. Grandidier (d. 1787), Oeuvres inedites: "The Mennonites always live in the country, on

of Ross's youth, the Bertie Brethren in Christ Church, until Fallsview Brethren in Christ Church was organized in 1958. In 1950, Ross and Roxena had joined

a part of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church. He spent 43 years in evangelistic work mostly among non-Mennonites in the eastern part of the United

of as brethren or brotherhoods; he himself came to speak of them as Confessors of the Glory of Christ. There never was an organization of them in Europe

Schwenckfelders, and Brethren or Dunkards as well, now includes only Mennonites, Amish, and Brethren in Christ (formerly called River Brethren or Tunkards in Canada)

Ohio, Bethel Publishing, 1922.  Huffman, J. A. History of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church. New Carlisle, Ohio, 1920.  Lambert, Rose. Hadjin and

Church of God in Christ, Mennonite community. E. M.'s formal schooling included two grades in a rural school in Nebraska, five grades in Hesston, one year

"The Mennonite Colony in Turkestan." Mennonite Quarterly Review 4 (1930): 282-289. MLA style Krahn, Cornelius and Alf Redekopp. "Aulie-Ata Mennonite Settlement

authorities. As for the attitude of the Swiss Brethren toward Hoffman, they declared in the debate held in Bern in 1538 not only that he was not of their brotherhood

the Zollikon "Brethren in Christ," as they called themselves (Heini Hottinger, Felix Kienast, and Hans Murer), were among the soldiers in the army of Zürich

Ecuador." Mennonite World Conference. Web. 27 March 2021. https://mwc-cmm.org/global-map. Mennonite World Conference. "Mennonite and Brethren in Christ Churches

A., ed. History of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church. New Carlisle, Ohio: The Bethel Pub. Co, 1920: 39-40, 269 Available in full electronic text at

Wadsworth, Ohio, in 1852; and in Pennsylvania Bowmansville in 1852, First Philadelphia in 1865, Souderton in 1893, Pottstown in 1895, Quakertown in 1899, Allentown

maintaining a peace witness. A "Mennonite Methodist," his influence was felt by his family, the Ontario Mennonite Brethren in Christ (Evangelical Missionary)

Dinuba Mennonite Brethren Church in Dinuba, California (1963-1967). He returned to teaching in 1967, becoming an instructor at Mennonite Brethren Bible

the various unions of Mennonite groups that formed the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church. He did attend the first United Mennonite regular General Conference

formerly the Mennonite Brethren in Christ. Settlers of this group from Ontario first located at Didsbury, Alberta, in 1894, then at Carstairs in 1900, and

as the Mennonite Brethren in Christ (which name was still retained in the Pennsylvania Conference of the group), and in the Brethren in Christ, commonly

Botswana." Mennonite World Conference. Web. 29 March 2021. https://mwc-cmm.org/global-map. Mennonite World Conference. "Mennonite and Brethren in Christ Churches

merger of the (Old) Mennonite Church and the General Conference Mennonite Church, which occurred in 2001. In 2010 Lancaster Mennonite Conference included 170

of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ; John M. Brenneman of Ohio, who was a bishop and author, as well as a champion of Sunday schools, church literature,

with the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren to form the Evangelical Mennonite Conference. In 1954 the combined Evangelical Mennonite Church consisted of 19

Fresno, CA: Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies, 1995. Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies (Fresno, California): "Johann A. & Margaretha Toews Papers."

Story of the Brethren in Christ. Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1978. Yoder, Michael. "Findings From the 1982 Mennonite [MC] Census." Mennonite Quarterly Review

of the Bethany Mennonite Brethren Church. In 1959 the Board of Foreign Missions sent J. H. Lohrenz to visit Mennonite Brethren churches in South America

without cease until death"—in confidence in God's assurance, who in the sacrament "unites Himself with you and becomes one with you in a merciful comforting

The Story of the Brethren in Christ. Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1978 :15-36 passim, 129, 551-54; Schrag, Martin H. Brethren In Christ Attitude toward

Bayern, AMBOB). The first Mennonite Brethren congregation in western Europe was organized in 1950. About 30 Mennonite Brethren refugees from Russia and

large and active Mennonite Brethren community in Coaldale in which he heard some of the most gifted and compelling Mennonite Brethren preachers at the

entered the ministry of the Brethren in Christ Church in 1870, and transferred to the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church in 1885, continuing his ministry

A. Willems, pastor of the Brotherfield Mennonite Brethren (MB) Church, in the North Saskatchewan River, and in fall, entered Bethany Bible School. After

Amish Mennonite Aid, 1980. Mennonite World Handbook Supplement. Strasbourg, France, and Lombard, IL: Mennonite World Conference, 1984: 72. Mennonite World

helped to establish Mennonite Central Committee Canada in 1963; and represented the Brethren in Christ on the Presidium of the Mennonite World Conference

org/details/historymennonit00huffgoog: 254. Mennonite Archives of Ontario. New Mennonite Folder, Mennonite Brethren in Christ Fonds. “Obituary.” Gospel Banner (31

identified with the Brethren in Christ in North America, the Yamaguchi Brethren in Christ Conference was inaugurated in September 1971. In November 1983 a

Inspiring Story of the First Brethren in Christ Missionaries. Grantham, PA: Brethren in Christ World Missions; Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 2007. Schrag

congregational ministry in 1943. C. N. Good also served the Ontario Mennonite Brethren in Christ conference in many capacities. In 1913 he became President

two of whom died in infancy. Cober was converted at the age of 21 and the following year he united with the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church (now the

was converted in 1886 at meetings led by evangelist Janet Douglas, and in 1888 he entered the ministry of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church (now the

continued as a Mennonite. The Mennonite group in Germantown was in the minority for some years and was in danger of being swamped by the Quakers. In 1690 it finally

Palatinate early in the 19th century. This union resulted in the organization of the church in Munich in 1892. In addition, three sons-in-law of Ulrich Hege

was formerly called the Mennonite Brethren in Christ) and the Brethren in Christ Church. Less than a decade after several Mennonite groups came together to

as a minister in the Mennonite Brethren Church. In 1923 Jacob and Sara immigrated to Canada with their children. They settled on a farm in Dalmeny, Saskatchewan

collective discipline any longer (Mennonite Church [MC], General Conference Mennonites, Mennonite Brethren, Evangelical Mennonite Church), have seen many of their

Harder, eds. Anabaptists Four Centuries Later: a Profile of Five Mennonite and Brethren in Christ Denominations. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1975: 248ff. Littell

of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ (MBiC) Church, church magazine editor, and a presiding elder for the Canada Northwest Conference of the MBiC in Alberta

1950: 89-115. Mennonite Brethren Herald (30 June 2006): 16. Peters, Gerhard Wilhelm. The Growth of Foreign Missions in the Mennonite Brethren Church. Hillsboro

Jasper A., ed. History of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church. New Carlisle, Ohio: The Bethel Pub. Co, 1920: 193. Available in full electronic text at https://archive

failed to prevent the death of his first four children. In 1948, soon after the Brethren in Christ Church had begun a ministry among the Santal people of

Junior was born in 1899 in Lancaster County, PA. His father, Christian Hostetter, was bishop of the Manor District of the Brethren in Christ Church and president

education in 1937 at the Catholic school in Panzi. He then attended the American Mennonite Brethren Mission (AMBM) teacher training school in Panzi. He

years, all in Kansas, and Dinuba Mennonite Brethren Church for 12 years. Baerg returned to Canada and pastored Central Mennonite Brethren Church in Saskatoon

revealed through Jesus Christ. Enss served various Mennonite communities in Manitoba during his first few years in Canada, as well as in other provinces of

scored the highest (Mennonite Brethren 87 percent; Brethren in Christ, 82 percent; and Evangelical Mennonite Church, 88 percent in the high category),

16.4; Brethren in Christ, 14.1; Evangelical Mennonite Church, 14.9 (Kauffman and Harder, 70). The higher age at baptism of the Mennonite Brethren and General

division of 1847 in Pennsylvania, of the Mennonite Brethren division of 1860 in Russia, of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ division of 1875 in Indiana and

refugees in the Windhoek area who relate to the Evangelical Church of Mennonite Brethren in Namibia. "Background Material on Mennonite, Brethren in Christ

spiritual home for Mennonite Brethren families in the community. With the support of other members, he led a fellowship group that originally met in homes, and

businessman, but in 1893 he began his missionary studies, first at St. Chrischona near Basel, Switzerland, then at Rotterdam in the Netherlands. In the meanwhile

was no longer possible in Ethiopia, the Tweedales returned to Canada and attended the Central Heights Mennonite Brethren Church in Abbotsford, British Columbia

remaining groups in the United States— General Conference, Mennonite Brethren, Evangelical Mennonites, Evangelical Mennonite Brethren, and most of the

Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Church (later Mennonite Brethren), was organized in 1930 out of members of the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren (EMB), Mennonite

1978: 168-172. Mennonite World Conference. "MWC - 2003 Asia/Pacific Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches." Accessed 9 May 2006. <http://www.mwc-cmm.org

ground.pdf. Mennonite World Conference. "2000 Africa Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches." Web. 2 March 2011. [Broken Link]. Mennonite World Conference

Oberholtzer in 1851) left the group with his followers in 1869 to join the later Mennonite Brethren in Christ. The Mennonite Brethren (formed in 1860 in Russia;

superintendent of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church (MBiC), a Bible translator and a Bible Society agent in West Africa. He was born in Quebec City, Quebec

a collection of Mennonite Brethren sermons. The radio, with its weekly sermon hour, has led to the printing of many Mennonite sermons in recent years. H

Jasper A., ed. History of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church. New Carlisle, Ohio: The Bethel Pub. Co, 1920. Available in full electronic text at http://www

of Five Mennonite and Brethren in Christ Denominations. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1975. Kauffman, J. Howard and Leo Driedger. The Mennonite Mosaic:

early gained prominence in the Brethren in Christ Church as an evangelist. He conducted numerous revival meetings each year in the United States and Canada

mission in the traditional sense. The Hope Rescue Mission in South Bend, Indiana, was begun by the Mennonite Board of Missions (MC) in 1954 but in 1987 was

from tuberculosis in December of that year. Maude Chatham remained in Alberta, taking assignments with the Mennonite Brethren in Christ around Didsbury as

Conference, 1978: 76-81. Mennonite World Conference. "Mennonite and Brethren in Christ Churches Worldwide, 2006: Africa." Web. 2 March 2011. http://www.mwc-cmm

Peachey, a Mennonite working in Japan, stating that a Nigerian church of about 3,000 members wanted to become Mennonite. After consulting with Mennonite Board

theology in Dillingen under Sailer, was in much contact with Protestants. Like Martin Boos he served as a Catholic priest in the same spirit in Dirlewang

which time he was also baptized in the Red River as a part of the North End Mennonite Brethren Church. After high school, his family moved to British Columbia

separation of the Mennonite Brethren in 1860, the Templer movement in 1863, and the Krimmer Mennonite Brethren in 1869. An attempt to mediate between the Mennonite

Instruments). The Brethren in Christ did not permit them until 1955, when approving conference action was taken. Choirs were still unknown in the Mennonite Church

reformers--or as they would become about 1800, in a quite different way, for Mennonites in North America. In North America, in the first three-quarters of the 19th

adopted the Dordrecht Confession in 1725. The more conservative Mennonite bodies in North America, including the Mennonite Church (MC) prior to 1963, recognize

population pool in the 1970s and 1980s. By the 1980s one out of three Mennonite Church (MC) youth was in a Mennonite high school. From 25 percent in 1961-62,

Lombard, IL: Mennonite World Conference, 1978: 173-177. Mennonite World Conference. "MWC - 2003 Asia/Pacific Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches." Accessed

studies at the Mennonite Brethren Bible College in Winnipeg. Following graduation with a Th.B. degree, Frank and Helen were called to serve in Winnipegosis

promoting work in the mountains of Maryland. In 1882 the Mennonite Evangelizing Committee was formed at Elkhart, Ind., becoming the Mennonite Evangelizing

was expressed for all time in a tangible form in Scripture. Debates over the interpretation of Scripture died down in Mennonite congregations during the

action by the congregation from which the candidate comes. In the Mennonite Brethren in Christ-United Missionary Church a candidate for the ministry may

incorporation of the Mennonite Brethren in 1900 under the name "American Brethren Mission Union," later revised to "Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church of

ed. Mennonite World Handbook. Lombard, IL: Mennonite World Conference, 1978: 216-217. Mennonite World Conference. "Mennonite and Brethren in Christ Churches

Map: Vietnam." Mennonite World Conference. Web. 12 April 2021. https://mwc-cmm.org/global-map. Mennonite World Conference. "Mennonite and Brethren in Christ Churches

Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1999-present) Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1999-present) General Conference of Mennonite Brethren

Dick (1894-1979), was born in Mechanicsburg, PA. His father, John Dick, was a minister in the Brethren in Christ Church. In 1916 Amos Dick married Nellie

born of Mennonite parents in New Danville, Pennsylvania. In 1885 he moved to Kansas, where he married Fannie Zook, a daughter of Brethren in Christ bishop

This independent mission had mainly Mennonite Brethren in Christ personnel. Funding came from Mennonite people in Europe and North America. Ada and a partner

serve the Brethren in Christ Church, located in Bihar State. During his 35 years of ministry, Roy was involved in all levels of Christian service. For many

Virgil. V. K. Snyder was converted in 1920 and joined his family’s church, the Didsbury Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church the following year. A personal

Namevadi in the Belgian Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo). He attended the Shambungu Baptist mission school in 1931 and the next year accepted Christ. From

Portraits. Nappanee, IN, 1978: 308-336. Wittlinger, Carlton O. Quest for Piety and Obedience: The Story of the Brethren in Christ. Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press

diviner in Belgian Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo). He received his education at Kafumba, the first Mennonite Brethren mission station in Congo

Story of the Brethren in Christ. Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1978:204-205. MLA style Drescher, John M. "Altar Call." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia

title=Direction:_A_Mennonite_Brethren_Forum&oldid=172427. APA style Froese, Vic. (16 Sep 2021). Direction: A Mennonite Brethren Forum. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia

of Hagi in Japan's Yamaguchi Prefecture. She was already in her 60s when she responded to the first Brethren in Christ evangelistic effort in August of

Collingwood in 1896. The two women were Methodist and Brethren in Christ respectively. They invited Amos Eby, pastor of the nearby Shrigley Mennonite Brethren

of new believers started meeting in the basement of the building of the German-speaking Concordia Mennonite Brethren, a building later occupied by the

revival in his community, Huebert committed himself to fully serve Christ. He was ordained to the ministry on 27 May 1927 in the Lichtfelde Mennonite Brethren

Central Heights Mennonite Brethren Church in Abbotsford. Abe spent one year at Mennonite Brethren Bible Institute and then enrolled in Briercrest Bible

Wrought (Mennonite Brethren in Christ-United Missionary Church foreign mission work, 1948, pp. 164); The Love of Christ Hath Constrained Us (Mennonite Church

H. T. Foreign Missions in India: The American Mennonite Brethren Missions in India 1889-1948. Hillsboro, KS: Mennonite Brethren Publishing House, 1954

Calvary Mennonite Church (General Conference Mennonite) was located in the village of Mechanic Grove in southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The congregation

Out: Brethren In Christ Church in Zimbabwe and Southern Africa (2014). Barbara C. Nkala and Doris Dube. Growing and Branching Out: Brethren In Christ Church

fréquenté l’école des moniteurs de la American Mennonite Brethren Mission (AMBM—la mission des Frères mennonites de l’Amérique du Nord) à Panzi. Il a fréquenté

Hostetler, Freeman, SD, a minister in the General Conference Mennonite Church. Prominent in the Brethren in Christ Church was Bishop C.N. Hostetter, Jr

(1859-1895): proceedings of the Evangelical Mennonite Society, also known as the Mennonite Brethren in Christ, now known as the Bible Fellowship Church.

mentioned in this article are found in the Bethel College Library, Mennonite Historical Library (Goshen, Indiana, USA), and the Amsterdam Mennonite Library

while in service (theological education by extension [TEE]). Mennonites, Mennonite Brethren, and Brethren in Christ in Japan have participated in a variety

and in the inter-Mennonite bodies: the Council of East African Mennonite Churches, Africa Mennonite and Brethren in Christ Fellowship, and Mennonite World

Conference, Mennonite Brethren, Evangelical Mennonite Brethren, Krimmer Mennonite Brethren, and other groups made provision for this change. In many of the

Evangelical Mennonite Church (formerly Defenseless Mennonites), and the United Missionary Church (formerly Mennonite Brethren in Christ). The Mennonite Brethren

Conference became part of Mennonite Church USA as part of the merger of the Mennonite Church and General Conference Mennonite Church.) In 1988 Franconia Conference

published in the 1970s and 1980s by the Mennonite Church, General Conference Mennonite Church, and Brethren in Christ, with the Church of the Brethren joining

pietistic influence upon the Mennonites, first in Hamburg and then in the Palatinate in the 18th century, and soon also in West Prussia in certain sections, and

Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, twenty-two are of Mennonite origin, an unusually large number of hymns of Mennonite origin in a Mennonite hymnal. Among

Groffdale Mennonite Church in Lancaster County, in 1925, mute evidence of their early use there. That various non-Mennonite hymnbooks, in particular the Reformed