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White Chapel Mennonite Church (Glendive, Montana, USA) (category North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at White Chapel Mennonite Church)
joined the Central Plains Conference of Mennonite Church USA. In 2023 the congregation remained part of the Central Plains Conference of Mennonite Church USA

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Bethlehem Mennonite Church (Bloomfield, Montana, USA) (category North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at Bethlehem Mennonite Church)
Bethlehem Mennonite moved to the North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church in 2000. That conference withdrew from Mennonite Church USA in 2015 and

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Swiss Mennonite Church (Alsen, North Dakota, USA) (category North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at Swiss Mennonite Church)
2007 the congregation transferred from the Central Plains Mennonite Conference to the North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church. After the North

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Strawberry Lake Mission Church (Becker County, Minnesota, USA) (category North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church Congregations)
Mission Church (Mennonite Church), located on the White Earth Indian Reservation, Becker County, Minnesota, is a member of the North Central Conference. In

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Coalridge Mennonite Church (Dagmar, Montana, USA) (category North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church Congregations)
Denominational Affiliations: North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church Mennonite Church USA Map:Coalridge Mennonite Church (Dagmar, Montana) MLA style

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Lakeview Mennonite Church (Wolford, North Dakota, USA) (category North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church Congregations)
Affiliation: North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church Mennonite Church USA MLA style Kauffman, Floyd E. "Lakeview Mennonite Church (Wolford, North Dakota

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Casselton Mennonite Church (Casselton, North Dakota, USA) (category North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at Casselton Mennonite Church)
Valley Mennonite was part of the Dakota-Montana Conference of the Mennonite Church (MC). This later became the North Central Conference of the Mennonite

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Exeland Mennonite Church (Exeland, Wisconsin, USA) (category North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church Congregations)
Affiliations: North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church Mennonite Church USA MLA style Sinclair, Frank A. "Exeland Mennonite Church (Exeland, Wisconsin

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Morson Community Bible Fellowship (Morson, Ontario, Canada) (category North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church Congregations) (section Pastoral Couples at Morson Community Bible Church)
Fellowship withdrew from the North Central Conference and Mennonite Church USA, and became part of the Harvest Fellowship of Churches and the Anabaptist Native

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Lake Region Mennonite Church (Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, USA) (category North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church Congregations)
Affiliations: North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church Mennonite Church USA MLA style Hershberger, Elmer H., Mrs. "Lake Region Mennonite Church (Detroit

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Fargo-Moorhead Faith Mennonite Fellowship (Fargo, North Dakota, USA) (category North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at Fargo-Moorhead Faith Mennonite Fellowship)
joined the Northern District and the General Conference Mennonite Church in 1992, as well as the North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church. The Fargo-Moorhead

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Mennonite Church (MC) (section Mennonite Church General Conferences and General Assemblies)
Amish body with the main body of the Mennonite Church, beginning with the adherence of Amish conferences to the Mennonite General Conference in 1898 ff. and

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General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM) (section Resolutions approved by the General Conference Mennonite Church)
commemorated the 125th anniversary of the founding of the General Conference Mennonite Church with a special issue. In February, 1998 The Mennonite merged with

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Kansas (USA) (category States of the United States) (section The Beginning of the Settlements of Mennonites from Russia, Poland, and Prussia)
founding the Emmaus Mennonite Church, the First Mennonite Church of Newton, and the Zion Mennonite Church at Elbing, began to come to Kansas in 1876 and the

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Canada (section Mennonite Membership in Canada by Conference Groups in 1951)
own conference in the United States in 1879, with Canadian congregations included in a "Northern District" of the conference. The Mennonite Church (MC

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Ohio (USA) (category States of the United States) (section Statistical Summary of Mennonite and Amish Congregations in Ohio by Conferences (1958))
Bethel congregation (Mennonite Church). Medina County also is the home of the Wadsworth First Mennonite Church (General Conference Mennonite Church), founded

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Indiana (USA) (category States of the United States) (section Mission Churches (Mennonite Church))
to join the Central Conference and the General Conference Church. The following discussion will treat the history by settlements and branches. The first

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Pennsylvania (USA) (category States of the United States) (section Characteristic Mennonite Names)
came nearly all of the Mennonites and most of the other Germans, together with the arbitrary rule of many of the Palatine counts through the 18th century

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Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA) (category Counties/Regional Governments in the United States)
groups, the Church of the Brethren and the Brethren in Christ, also had numerous strong congregations in the county in 1954, the former having 21 congregations

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Amish Mennonites (section North America)
from the canton of Bern to the area of the Bishopric of Basel (Jura-Porrentruy) began, the Amish joined the movement establishing two congregations, La

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United States of America (section Baptized Membership of Mennonites in the United States by Bodies: 1957)
in the United States by schism, three from the Mennonite Church (MC) - (2) the Church of God in Christ (CGC), Mennonite (1859) with 4,300, (3) the Evangelical

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Mennonite Church USA
Mennonite Church USA was born 1 February 2002, merging the U.S. congregations of the General Conference Mennonite Church (GCMC) and Mennonite Church (MC)

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Mennonite Brethren Church (section The Religious Awakening Which Led to the Beginning of the Mennonite Brethren Church)
presentation of the MB Church therefore calls for a treatment of the Mennonite Brethren Church in Russia; the Mennonite Brethren Church in North America; and

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Mexico
stores in the rural villages. The Mennonites engaged in industry and businesses were members of the General Conference Mennonite group. The Church of God in

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India (section Description of Mennonite and Brethren in Churches in India)
are the Mennonite Church in India and the Bharatiya General Conference Mennonite Kalisiya in Madhya Pradesh at a distance of 150 mi. (240 km.). The Mennonite

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Ontario (Canada) (category Provinces and Territories of Canada) (section Map of Mennonite Churches in Ontario)
outstanding trait in the life of the Mennonites. The Pennsylvania shareholders now became the possessors of lands in Canada. The first installment of $20,000 was

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Belgium
solely to the Belgian Mennonites. One great handicap is the absence of any written church records for any of the Belgian congregations. In the prolonged

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Alberta (Canada) (category Provinces and Territories of Canada) (section Mennonite Encyclopedia Article, 1955)
1907, the Northwest Conference of the Mennonite Church in 1971, and the Northwest Mennonite Conference in 1993. In 1998 17 Mennonite Church congregations

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Netherlands (section Attempts by the State Church to Suppress the Mennonites in Spite of General Toleration)
important place, in the first place by their numbers. Originally they comprised a large segment of the population of the provinces of North Holland, Friesland

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Saskatchewan (Canada) (category Provinces and Territories of Canada)
gave the following statistics of its congregations in the province: Conference of Mennonites in Canada Congregations: 1955 The 1954 Mennonite Brethren yearbook

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Russia (section Period of Growth and Achievement (1850-1917))
in four years (H. Quiring, Mennonite Life, April 1951, 37). Thus the reasons for the great interest of the Mennonites of the Vistula River in emigration

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Nebraska (USA) (category States of the United States)
sponsored by the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Church; (4) Mennonite Hospital at Beatrice, sponsored by the General Conference Mennonite churches of Beatrice;

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Germany (section Literature of the German Mennonites)
Frankfurt, these last 24 congregations having a total of 2,100 members. Of the congregations in North Germany 9 were refugee congregations of former Danzig-West

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Oklahoma (USA) (category States of the United States) (section Mennonite Churches in Oklahoma in 1911)
belonged to the General Conference Mennonite Church, twelve to the Mennonite Brethren, three to the Mennonite Church (MC), two to the Old Order Amish, one

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Central Conference Mennonite Church
from "Central Illinois Mennonite Conference." In 1945 the group joined the General Conference Mennonite Church in a body as a district conference, retaining

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Abbotsford (British Columbia, Canada) (section The Ten Most Common Names in the Maclure Road Mennonite Cemetery)
Abbotsford population, with 15 Mennonite Brethren, 6 Mennonite Church, and one Church of God in Christ, Mennonite congregations. Mennonite entrepreneurs excel in

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Manitoba (Canada) (category Provinces and Territories of Canada) (section The Coming of the Mennonites)
Reserve located north of the boundary and west of the Red River extending toward the Pembina Mountains. After this inspection four of the delegates proceeded

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British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (category Area/Regional Conferences) (section British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches Executive)
school in North Abbotsford. The conference was active in the resettling of European refugees and in the support of the relief program of the Mennonite Central

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Michigan (USA) (category States of the United States)
organized the Mennonites of the area into a congregation. In the late summer of 1925 the Comins Mennonite Church was accepted as a member of the Central Conference

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Paraguay
however, i.e., the part east of the Paraguay River, lies south of the line. Most of the Paraguayan Chaco, that part of the country west of the Paraguay River

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Chicago (Illinois, USA) (category Cities, Towns, and Villages in the United States)
Island (Mennonite Church), 1932; First Mennonite Church, 73rd and Lafflin (General Conference Mennonite Church), 1914; Grace Mennonite Church, 4221 S.

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General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (section The Development of the Conference in the First Half of the Twentieth Century)
General Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church convened every fall, holding its meetings in one of the larger churches of the constituency. The conference

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Mennonite Church Canada (section Mission Statement of Mennonite Church Canada)
e Church British Columbia, Mennonite Church Alberta, Mennonite Church Saskatchewan, Mennonite Church Manitoba, and the Mennonite Church Eastern Canada)

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North Dakota (USA) (category States of the United States)
General Conference Mennonite churches, one Mennonite Brethren, and one Church of God in Christ, Mennonite church. In 1939 several of the churches in this

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Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (section The Beginning and Early History of the Conference (1910-1924))
act of parliament, incorporating the Canadian Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church of North America as a charity. In the following year the conference

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Bucks County (Pennsylvania, USA) (category Counties/Regional Governments in the United States)
Eastern District Conference of the General Conference Mennonite Church. In 1950 there was also one congregation of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ in Bucks

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California (USA) (category States of the United States)
earlier. The Reedley MB Church grew to be not only the largest Mennonite congregation in California, but also became the largest church in the North American

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LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches (category Area/Regional Conferences) (section LMC Congregations)
Lancaster Mennonite Conference affiliated with the (Old) Mennonite Church. Mennonite Church USA was a merger of the (Old) Mennonite Church and the General

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West Prussia
came to the region of Thorn, Graudenz, and the Duchy of Prussia. They constituted the initial core of the Anabaptist congregations in the lowlands of the Vistula

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Bethel College (North Newton, Kansas, USA) (section Mennonite Higher Education)
for the first year. The sponsoring Mennonites were affiliated with the Kansas Conference and the larger body, the General Conference Mennonite Church denomination

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Minnesota (USA) (category States of the United States)
(sponsored by the Northern District of the General Conference Mennonite Church). General Conference Mennonites and the Mennonite Church (MC) have combined

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British Columbia (Canada) (category Provinces and Territories of Canada) (section Conference and Educational Institution Websites)
35 with Mennonite Church British Columbia, the provincial level of the Mennonite Church Canada. There were four Church of God in Christ, Mennonite (Holdeman)

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Brazil
Curitiba the chief function of the co-operative was to furnish feed for the dairy herds of the Mennonites without the service of the middleman. The most important

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Virginia (USA) (category States of the United States) (section Virginia Mennonites by Branches, 1957)
number the 31 congregations of the Virginia Mennonite Conference (MC) in the Shenandoah Valley with their 2,838 members constituted the heart of Virginia

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Western District Conference (Mennonite Church USA) (category Area/Regional Conferences)
Following the realignment of the General Conference Mennonite Church, the Mennonite Church (MC) and the Conference of Mennonites in Canada into Mennonite Church

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Congo, Democratic Republic of (section Mennonite Activity in Congo)
important center of the Communauté Mennonite au Congo (Congo Mennonite Church). With the end of World War I and the arrival of new missionaries, high priority

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Saskatoon (Saskatchewan, Canada)
center of central Saskatchewan and site of the provincial university, had five Mennonite churches in the late 1950s (3 General Conference Mennonite (GCM)

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Colorado (USA) (category States of the United States) (section History of Mennonites/Anabaptists to World War II)
later form the Rocky Mountain Mennonite Conference of the Mennonite Church. Through the efforts of the La Junta and East Holbrook churches Mennonite congregations

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Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches
editor of the conference paper form the Conference Executive Committee which determines the direction of the conference. In 1956 the conference headquarters

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Iowa (USA) (category States of the United States)
when the Pulaski Mennonite Church joined the Middle District Mennonite Conference (GCM), they had discarded all of the distinctive teachings of the Amish

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Northern District Conference (General Conference Mennonite Church) (category Area/Regional Conferences)
following the restructuring of the Mennonite Church and General Conference Mennonite Church into Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada, the Northern

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Uruguay
Uruguay (Conference of Mennonite Churches in Uruguay), and is affiliated with the General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM) in North America and the Vereinigung

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Kentucky (USA) (category States of the United States) (section Anabaptist/Mennonite Groups in Kentucky, 2010)
membership of 143. Seven of these were churches and missions of the Mennonite Church (MC) with a membership of 90, and three of the Conservative Mennonite Church

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Voluntary Service (section General Conference Mennonite Church)
especially the Mennonite Church (MC) and the General Conference Mennonite Church. Voluntary Service arose initially early in 1943 in the Mennonite Church (MC)

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Rosedale Network of Churches
these congregations. -- Ivan J. Miller The Conservative Mennonite Conference was organized in 1910 as the Conservative Amish Mennonite Conference. The word

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Oregon (USA) (category States of the United States)
the Peaceful Sea; A History of the Pacific District Conference of the General Conference Mennonite Church of North America." MDiv thesis, Western Evangelical

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Mennonite Church British Columbia (category Area/Regional Conferences) (section Mennonite Church British Columbia Executive)
transformation of the General Conference Mennonite Church and Mennonite Church into Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada. At that time the conference's

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Missouri (USA) (category States of the United States)
two congregations, Mount Zion (Mennonite Church) and Bethel (General Conference Mennonite Church), with 54 and 131 members respectively in 1956. The third

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Church of God in Christ, Mennonite (CGC) (section Church of God in Christ, Mennonite Congregations in the United States, 2020)
from the time of the apostles to the end of the world. He taught that the church was established on the day of Pentecost and continued through the centuries

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North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church (category Area/Regional Conferences)
The North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church (MC) was a part of the Missouri-Iowa Conference until the merger in 1920 of all Mennonite (MC) and

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New York (USA) (category States of the United States)
Pennsylvania to the south, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario to the north. The area of the state

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Ukraine (section Mennonite Settlements)
large segment of the Mennonites of Ukraine, but also led to schisms culminating in the establishment of the Mennonite Brethren, Krimmer Mennonite Brethren,

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Tennessee (USA) (category States of the United States)
district mission board of the Virginia Mennonite Conference sponsored the 1958 membership of 11. The same board sponsored the Mennonite Gospel Mission in Knoxville

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Switzerland
history of Anabaptism the early decades of the 16th century were of decisive significance. Of all the Anabaptist brotherhoods in Europe at the time of the Reformation

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Indonesia (section The Nation State)
brought about the formation of a mission church among the Javanese in the area near the Muria mountain along the coast of north central Java. Jansz and

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Holmes County (Ohio, USA) (category Counties/Regional Governments in the United States)
fellowship. Out of the controversy arose the Amish Mennonite and the Old Order Amish. Leaders of the opposing groups in Holmes County were "Big" Mose Miller

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Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands) (category Netherlands Congregations) (section The Rise of the Church (1530-1578))
united Amsterdam Mennonite church; it was formed by the gradual union of eleven congregations. In spite of many divisions the Mennonites of Amsterdam have

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Argentina
lacked all church privileges, the Mennonite Central Committee, at the request of the various interested Mennonite mission boards of North America, established

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Illinois Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA) (category Area/Regional Conferences)
The Illinois Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church), was organized in 1921 by the merger of the earlier Mennonite Conference (MC) of the State of Illinois

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Fellowship of Evangelical Churches
cooperation with the Central Conference of the Mennonite Church, and in later years expanded its operations to include two other Mennonite conference representatives

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Belize
daughters to marry Mennonite men because of the economic and domestic stability evident in the Mennonite community. Most of the couples in the mixed marriages

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Idaho (USA) (category States of the United States) (section Anabaptist / Mennonite Groups in Idaho)
the Peaceful Sea: A History of the Pacific District Conference of the General Conference Mennonite Church of North America." M.Div. thesis, Western Evangelical

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Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA) (category Area/Regional Conferences)
Amish Mennonite Church near Topeka, Indiana on 7 April 1888. Thereafter the Amish Mennonite Conference was the "Spring Conference," and the Mennonite Conference

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Middle District Conference (General Conference Mennonite Church) (category Area/Regional Conferences)
Iowa. In the course of the years other Mennonite churches within the area came into the district conference. The Middle District Conference, in its constitution

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First Mennonite Church (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada) (category Mennonite Conference of Ontario and Quebec Congregations) (section Table 1: First Mennonite Church Congregational Leaders*)
integral part of First Mennonite Church. The Ontario Mennonite Bible School and Institute, started in 1907 by the Mennonite Conference of Ontario, was held

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Clearbrook Mennonite Brethren Church (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada) (category British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches Congregations) (section Clearbrook MB Church Pastors)
Clearbrook MB Church Denominational Affiliations: British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1936-present) Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren

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Mississippi (USA) (category States of the United States)
Mississippi had one Mennonite (Mennonite Church) congregation, Gulfhaven, located about five miles (8 km) north of Gulfport in the far south of the state, founded

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Elmwood Mennonite Brethren Church (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) (category Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches Congregations) (section Elmwood MB Church Leading Ministers)
Elmwood Mennonite Brethren Church Denominational Affiliations: Mennonite Brethren Church of Manitoba (1929-present) Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren

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Japan
Konohana-ku section of the city of Osaka. In December of the same year the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities (Mennonite Church) sent two missionary

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Bluffton (Ohio, USA) (category Cities, Towns, and Villages in the United States)
located in the 1950s the solid Mennonite Swiss community of some 2,000 members of four congregations of the General Conference Mennonite Church, one Reformed

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Honduras
Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea. The total area of Honduras is 112,492 km2

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Guatemala
under 60% of the population, while the vast majority of the remainder of the population is composed of various indigenous Maya people including the K'iche

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Washington (USA) (category States of the United States) (section Anabaptist / Mennonite Groups in Washington)
seven General Conference Mennonite churches in the state. The one Mennonite Brethren (MB) church in Washington is the Whitehorn MB Church, near Blaine,

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Nonresistance
Christ the righteous judge." (Minutes and reports of the 29th session of the General Conference of the Mennonite Church of N.A., 1941, p. 164.) As a positive

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France
newly arrived group of Swiss Mennonites before the Prevost of the valley with the aim of reminding the government of the privileges previously granted concerning

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Hesston College (Hesston, Kansas, USA) (section Original Article from Mennonite Encyclopedia)
Bible School) (Mennonite Church) developed from an appeal to the Kansas-Nebraska Conference in 1907 for a Mennonite Church school west of the Mississippi

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Austria
prince, one church"). The shortcomings of government and church, however, in allowing all the corruption in the parishes such as absence of priests, and

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Communion
time in the seat, This was the practice of the Amsterdam Mennonite Church to the 1950s. The widespread practice in certain groups of Mennonites in South

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Central District of Mennonite Brethren Churches (United States Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches) (category Area/Regional Conferences)
solely of churches in the United States. In 1987 the Central District Conference (Mennonite Brethren) consisted of 28 churches in the states of Nebraska

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Evangelical Mennonite Conference (Kleine Gemeinde)
himself, but because of the urgency of the matter his case was presented to the church a week prior to the arranged time and the church voted to excommunicate

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Charismatic Movement
with the Spirit and the exercise of spiritual gifts, often speaking in tongues. In the Mennonite Church (MC), in 1906 the Pacific Coast Conference resolved

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Mennonite World Conference (category Inter-Mennonite Boards and Organizations) (section Mennonite World Conference Assemblies)
(3) the work of the church and its expression in missions and evangelization; (4) the church and the world; (5) the Mennonite Church and the rest of Christendom;

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Hutterian Brethren (Hutterische Brüder) (section Persecution of the 18th Century)
ground the principle of community of goods. Also with the Prussian Mennonites around Elbing and Danzig contacts were obtained around the turn of the century

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Puerto Rico
divisions. One of the .causes of these divisions was the Pentecostal character of some of the churches. The Pentecostally-influenced Mennonite churches in Arecibo

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Nigeria (section Mennonite Activity in Nigeria)
vocational trainers. Eventually, 10 congregations joined to become the Mennonite Church of Nigeria. Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) began its program in

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Philippines
such as the Conservative groups from the Nationwide Fellowship Churches. There was also a Mennonite Brethren mission in the north. The Peace Church Network

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Topeka (Indiana, USA) (category Cities, Towns, and Villages in the United States)
churches in the town: Maple Grove (Unaffiliated) and the Topeka Mennonite (General Conference Mennonite). The Emma Mennonite (Mennonite Church) Church is located

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Old Order Amish
uniform order of worship service, the use of the genuflection at the conclusion of the benediction, silent prayer, and the use of prayer-books by the ministers

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Fonds voor Buitenlandsche Nooden (Dutch Relief Fund for Foreign Needs)
1919-1925: American Mennonite relief operations under the auspices of Mennonite Central Committee. Scottdale, Pa. : Mennonite Central Committee, 1929. Kühhler

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Northern Light Gospel Mission Conference (NLGMC)
established in the area either were organized as congregations of the North Central Mennonite District Conference, or were placed under the jurisdiction of an organized

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Neuwied (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany) (category Germany Congregations)
of Mennonite refugees from West Prussia settled in the neighborhood of Neuwied. With the help of the Mennonite Central Committee the congregation was built

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Molotschna Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine) (category Mennonite Settlements in Russia) (section Villages of the Molotschna Settlement in 1860 based on Isaac, Molotschnaer Mennoniten, pp. 72-73)
place in the life of the Molotschna Mennonites. With the increase of the population, the improvement of agricultural machinery, and the introduction of the

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Eastern District Conference (Mennonite Church USA) (category Area/Regional Conferences)
approval of conference, founded The Mennonite, which became the General Conference English periodical. In 1895, conference published the first Mennonite Yearbook

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Fulton County (Ohio, USA) (category Counties/Regional Governments in the United States)
congregation of the Reformed Mennonite Church; one of the Church of God in Christ Mennonites with 33 members; and two congregations of the Conference of Evangelical

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Yarrow Mennonite Brethren Church (Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada) (category British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches Congregations) (section Yarrow M.B. Church Pastors)
Northern District conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church, and became a founding member of the B.C. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches in 1931. In

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Orphanages
purpose. The Mennonite Church (MC) established three orphanages: the Mennonite Orphans' Home at West Liberty, Ohio (1896-1947), operated by the Mennonite Board

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Colombia (section 2015 Low German Mennonite Colonization Efforts)
missionary staff of 16 members in October 1949. The General Conference Mennonite Church was doing mission work in central Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca

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China, People's Republic of (section The General Conference Mennonite Mission)
viz., the China Mennonite Mission Society, the China Mission of the General Conference Mennonites, the South China and West China Missions of the Mennonite

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World War (1939-1945) - Germany
(5) The Mennonite World Conference fostered a desire to take part in the worldwide Mennonite fellowship. (6) The urbanization of most Mennonites caused

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Denominationalism
example of this type; yet also the Church of England, the Reformed Church in the Netherlands, and the Lutheran churches in Germany or Scandinavia are in

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Kenya (section Original Mennonite Encyclopedia Article)
Ethiopia and Sudan to the north. The name is derived from the Gikuyu word for Mt. Kenya (Kere-Nyaga). Much of the north and eastern part of the country is semiarid

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Zaandam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands) (category Netherlands Congregations) (section VI. United Mennonite Church (Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente) Congregation)
rather than by the brethren of the church. The church board at this time was chosen by the male members, but in the early 18th century the church board became

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Cuba
growth of the church, especially the evangelical wing of the churches. Various groups came to Cuba as a result of this change. In 2020 the Brethren in

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Southern District of Mennonite Brethren Churches (United States Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches) (category Area/Regional Conferences)
arrangements with the United States Conference of the Mennonite Brethren and the General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches in North America. The records

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West Abbotsford Mennonite Church (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada) (category General Conference Mennonite Church Congregations) (section West Abbotsford Mennonite Church Leading Ministers)
Soon after, the name was changed to the United Mennonite Church of Abbotsford when it joined the Conference of United Mennonite Churches of British Columbia

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McLean County (Illinois, USA) (category Counties/Regional Governments in the United States)
almost all of whom belonged to the Central Conference, later a district of the General Conference Mennonite Church. Mennonite congregations in the county were

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Bethel Mennonite Church (Mountain Lake, Minnesota, USA) (category Central Plains Mennonite Conference Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at Bethel Mennonite Church)
both in North America and abroad. In 2023 the congregation was part of the Central Plains Conference of Mennonite Church USA. Schmidt, Diena, ed. The Northern

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Community (section Social Science Definition of Community)
roots of the Mennonite community are clearly discernible in the 16th-century genesis of the Mennonite Church which emerged in the "left wing" segment of the

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El Salvador
priority. As some of the local churches began to recognize the long-term nature of the war, they began to see ways to address the root causes of the conflict in

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Ohio Mennonite Conference (1843-1927) (category Area/Regional Conferences)
total of 16 congregations with 23 meeting places and a membership of 1,526. At the time of the merger two of the congregations of this conference were in

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Champaign County (Ohio, USA) (category Counties/Regional Governments in the United States)
in the fertile agricultural section in the west-central part of the state. The county seat is Urbana. An Amish Mennonite settlement founded on the northern

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Louisiana (USA) (category States of the United States)
Sawatzky In 2000 the two Church of God in Christ, Mennonite congregations had 380 members and the four Mennonite Church USA congregations had 216 members

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Deacon
qualifications for the office. Although Acts 6:2-5 does not use the title of deacon, it marks the beginning of the office of deacon in the early church. In later

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Oak Grove Mennonite Church (Smithville, Wayne County, Ohio, USA) (category Eastern Amish Mennonite Conference Congregations) (section Oak Grove Mennonite Church Leading Ministers)
affiliated congregation in the Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference of the Mennonite Church and the Central District Conference of the General Conference Mennonite

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Soviet Central Asia
were of German background and mostly Mennonites. The Mennonites had previously worshiped separately. The leader of the eight ministers of the church is a

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First Mennonite Church (Wadsworth, Ohio, USA) (category Mennonite Church USA Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at First Mennonite Church)
2022 the congregation was part of the Central District Conference of Mennonite Church USA. Rich, Elaine Sommers, ed. Walking Together in Faith: The Central

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Zambia (section Mennonite/Anabaptist Activity in Zambia)
affected the country. The sustained drop in the price of copper from the highs of the 1970s resulted in the economic decline of Zambia, adding to the shortage

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Europe
was in spite of the loss of one third of the Russian Mennonite population (18,000) by emigration to the prairie states and provinces of the United States

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Krefeld (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany) (category Germany Congregations)
was under the sovereignty of the House of Orange, was also of benefit to the city. In 1695 the Mennonites built a church in a new addition to the city. The

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Costa Rica
Map: Costa Rica." Mennonite World Conference. Web. 27 March 2021. https://mwc-cmm.org/global-map. Mennonite World Conference. "Mennonite and Brethren in

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Kirchliche Mennoniten
they began to refer to the members of the Mennonite Church of Russia as Kirchliche and their congregations as Kirchen-Gemeinden. The above-mentioned term

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Reiseprediger
delegates of the church conference of this or that group and of the General Conference. Much information concerning the Reisepredigt in the Mennonite Church

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North Danvers Mennonite Church (Danvers, Illinois, USA) (category Mennonite Church USA Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at Yoder Amish Mennoniteand North Danvers Mennonite Church)
part of the Central District Conference of Mennonite Church USA. Centennial anniversary of the North Danvers House of Worship : 1872-1972, anniversary observance

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Civilian Public Service
each in CPS camps. Following the Mennonites in number of men in the camps were the Church of the Brethren, Friends, and the Methodists, who ranked second

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Janzen, Henry H. (1901-1975) (category Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches Ministers)
moderator of the Ontario Mennonite Brethren Conference, 1932-46, and was on the executive committee of the Canadian Mennonite Brethren Conference, 1946-49

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Wanner Mennonite Church (Cambridge, Ontario, Canada) (category Mennonite Conference of Ontario and Quebec Congregations) (section Wanner Mennonite Church Pastoral Leaders)
one of celebration as Wanner and Preston congregations jointly planned events in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the arrival of Mennonite settlers

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Jamaica
In 2009 the Jamaica Mennonite Church had 13 congregations with a total membership of 704. Five of the churches are on the southwest part of the island:

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Elbing (Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland) (section Elbing Mennonite Church Elders)
revolted against the Teutonic Knights in 1454. After the defeat of the Teutonic Knights and the destruction of the castle by the inhabitants, the city became

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Stuckey, Joseph (1825-1902)
outstanding leader of the Central (Illinois) Conference of Mennonites, was born in Alsace 12 July 1825, the oldest of the eight children of Peter Stuckey and

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South Africa, Republic of (section Mennonite and Brethren in Christ Activity in South Africa)
background. Most of the Grace congregations are in the Karoo in central South Africa. Grace became a member of Mennonite World Conference in the late 1990s.

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Yoder Amish Mennonite Church (Rock Creek, Illinois, USA) (category Central Conference Mennonite Church Congregations)
The Yoder (Rock Creek) Amish Mennonite Church, the mother church of the Central (Illinois) Conference, was organized by the members of the Mackinaw congregation

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Zimbabwe
branch of the Zulu tribe, moved north in the first half of the 19th century, partly because of the intransigence of Zulu leadership, partly because of the

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Old Colony Mennonites (section Old Colony Mennonite Church, 1958)
raising the requirement in the curriculum, and making the educational system of the Mennonites subject to the Department of Education of Russia. The self-government

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Waterloo-Kitchener United Mennonite Church (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) (category Conference of United Mennonite Churches in Ontario Congregations) (section Waterloo-Kitchener United Mennonite Church Leading Pastors)
UM Church in the southwest, the Reesor UM Church in the north and the Waterloo-Kitchener UM Church in central Ontario. Initially the Waterloo-Kitchener congregation

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Chilliwack (British Columbia, Canada) (section Mennonite / Anabaptist Congregations in Chilliwack, 2014)
Mennonite Church (initially known as the Chilliwack Mennonite Church) by the Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church, the establishment in the same year of Ministerio

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Dirk Philips (1504-1568) (section Original Mennonite Encyclopedia Article)
abode, and again the major issue was the ban, along with the question of marriage outside the church, the bearing of arms, recourse to the courts, and unauthorized

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Hiebert, Peter C. (1878-1963)
represented the North American Mennonite Brethren conference at the Mennonite World Conference three times. P. C. Hiebert helped organize the Mennonite Central

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Mennonite, The (1885-1998) (Periodical)
General Conference Mennonite Church, the Mennonite Church (MC) and the Conference of Mennonites in Canada into Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada

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Clinton Frame Church (Goshen, Indiana, USA) (category Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at Clinton Frame Church)
leave Mennonite Church USA on 30 June 2015. It considered joining the South Central Mennonite Conference in order to remain part of Mennonite Church USA

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Theological Education by Extension
and church leadership, the TEE program also encouraged a sense of community and mutual support among the church leaders of Tanzania Mennonite Church. In

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Central Mennonite Church (Archbold, Ohio, USA) (category Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference Congregations)
The Central Mennonite Church (former Central Amish Mennonite Church), 21703 SR 2, Archbold, Fulton County, Ohio, is a member of Mennonite Church USA. The

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Lone Tree Church of God in Christ, Mennonite (Galva, Kansas, USA) (category Church of God in Christ, Mennonite Congregations) (section Ordained Pastors at the Lone Tree Church of God in Christ, Mennonite Church)
in 1971, the United Center congregation in 1974, and the Suncrest Mennonite Church in 2007. In 2020 the congregation was part of the Church of God in Christ

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Heubuden (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland) (section Elders of the Heubuden Mennonite Church)
deacons. From the ranks of the deacons the preachers were then chosen in the second stage of the election, and from among the preachers the elder was chosen

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Volendam Colony (San Pedro Department, Paraguay)
only ca. 1200. In 1950 the total church membership was 938--800 in the Mennonite Church and 138 in the Mennonite Brethren Church. -- Harold S. Bender Volendam

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Panama
Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The total area of Panama is 75

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Calcutta (India)
Missionary Church), are located in Calcutta. The latter is a member of Mennonite World Conference (the Missionary Church in North America is not). The India

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Montreal (Quebec, Canada) (section Mennonite Congregations in Montreal, 2017)
Histories of the Congregations. Moundridge KS, Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, 1999: 144-145. Marr, Lucille. "A lonely outpost: the Mennonites Maison

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Mennonite (The Name)
Mennonite Church. (The Swiss and South German elements in the General Conference Church can also rightly claim the simple name "Mennonite.") In North America

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Eden Mennonite Church (Moundridge, Kansas, USA) (category Mennonite Church USA Congregations) (section Ordained Pastors at Eden Mennonite Church)
Through the wider church Eden has supported the ministries of Mennonite Central Committee (including the Kansas Mennonite Relief Sale), Mennonite Disaster

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Dress (section European Mennonite Costume)
simplicity of attire. The Anabaptists took seriously the principle of simplicity of life and the avoidance of the ostentation, display, and luxury of the rich

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Burkina Faso (section Mennonite Activity in Burkina Faso)
1984). Mennonite World Conference. "2000 Africa Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches." Web. 2 March 2011. [broken link]. Mennonite World Conference. "2003

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Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany) (section From the immigration of Swiss Mennonites from the middle of the 17th century until the reorganization of the Palatinate ca. 1800)
from the beginning of the freedom of the 19th century to the present (150 years). The origin of Anabaptism in the Palatinate presumably precedes the formation

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Conscientious Objection
cost to the church of 70,000 rubles, not counting the original cost of the buildings. Later enrollment increased until in 1913, the year before the beginning

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Thiessen, Jacob Johann "J. J." (1893-1977)
led to the establishment of the Girls' Home in 1931, with the Thiessens as houseparents (1931-56), and to the organization of First Mennonite Church. J. J

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Inter-Mennonite Cooperation (section North America)
relations with the Dutch Mennonites. The development of the Mennonite World Conference (first meeting in Basel in 1925) under the leadership of the German pastor

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Emden (Niedersachsen, Germany)
gathered in Emden; a consequence of this meeting was the union of the Emden congregation with the Waterlander wing of North Holland (Doopsgezinde Bijdragen

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Snyder (Snider) family
five congregations. His grandson, William T. Snyder, was executive secretary of the Mennonite Central Committee starting in 1957. A branch of the Snyder

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Uganda (section Mennonite Activity in Uganda)
of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria

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Bethany College (Hepburn, Saskatchewan, Canada) (section Original 1956 Mennonite Encyclopedia Article)
Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches joined the Saskatchewan MB Conference in the sponsorship of the school in 1968.This provided Bethany with

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Derstine, Clayton Freed (1891-1967) (category Mennonite Conference of Ontario and Quebec Ministers)
assignments in the Mennonite Conference of Ontario (Mennonite Church) included: conference executive committee (1925, 1930-33, 1936-30); bishop of the Toronto

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Iglesia Evangélica Menonita, El Salvador
families in North America by the 1980s. The orphanage was moved into the capital in 1984 because of the increasing threat of violence resulting from the civil

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Fast, Henry A. (1894-1990) (category General Conference Mennonite Church Ministers)
organization. He was pastor of the Bethel College Mennonite Church, North Newton, Kansas (1925-1930), and the Eden Mennonite Church, Moundridge, Kansas (1965-1971)

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Home Mission Board (General Conference Mennonite Church) (section Newer Phases of Work)
One of the first acts of the small group that founded the General Conference Mennonite Church in 1860 was to adopt a resolution: "That hereafter Home and

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Zion Mennonite Church (Elbing, Kansas, USA) (category General Conference Mennonite Church Congregations) (section Pastors at Zion Mennonite Church)
Website: Zion Mennonite Church Denominational Affiliations: Western District Mennonite Conference (1883-present) General Conference Mennonite Church (1883-2002)

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Foreign Mission Board (General Conference Mennonite Church)
their own treasurer. At the fourth session of the conference in 1868, the Central Mission Society of the United Mennonites of America was created and instructed

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Disabilities
people began in the 1950s in several Mennonite churches in Pennsylvania. Scottdale Mennonite Church and First Deaf Mennonite Church of Lancaster offered

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Home Street Mennonite Church (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) (category Mennonite Church Manitoba Congregations) (section Home Street Mennonite Church Ministers)
Home Street Mennonite Church began out of a decision by the central authority (Lehrdiendst) of the Bergthaler Mennonite Church of Manitoba to found a congregation

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England
respecting the incarnation of the Lord." In June of the following year he said that the counties of Kent and Sussex were "troubled with the frenzy of the Anabaptists

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Hymnology (1989)
1983 when the General Conference Mennonite Church and the Mennonite Church (MC) agreed to work with the Church of the Brethren and the Churches of God General

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Persatuan Gereja-Gereja Kristen Muria Indonesia (GKMI; Union of Muria Christian Churches of Indonesia)
Muria (Muria Conference of the Chinese Mennonite Church) the conference consisted of eight Malay-speaking Chinese congregations in the towns of Kudus, Jepara

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Chile
dialogue the group in Chile was officially recognized as a part of the Mennonite Church by action of the General Board of the Mennonite Church. The Hostetlers

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College Mennonite Church (Goshen, Indiana, USA) (category Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at College Mennonite Church)
College Mennonite Church Denominational Affiliations: Mennonite Church (MC) (1903-2002) Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference (1903-present) Mennonite Church

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Prayer Veil
In the section in 1 Corinthians 11 dealing with the practice of the Lord's Supper in the church and the exercise of the gifts of the Spirit in the assembly

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Newton (Kansas, USA) (category Cities, Towns, and Villages in the United States)
part of Mennonite Church USA), the Church of God in Christ, Mennonites, and the Mennonite Brethren. In Newton are the General Conference Mennonite headquarters

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Central America
City and the Pacific Coast Mennonite Conference (MC) mission board opened work in Sinaloa in northeast Mexico. In the decade of the 1960s and the early 1970s

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Carlock Mennonite Church (Carlock, Illinois, USA) (category Central District Conference Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at Carlock Mennonite Church)
The Carlock Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church USA) was established because a number of families belonging to the North Danvers Mennonite Church had moved

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Revival Meetings
1950s the Church of God in Christ Mennonites and the Evangelical Mennonites (Kleine Gemeinde). In the General Conference Mennonite group some congregations

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African American Missions (USA)
The first mission among the African Americans in the USA was begun in 1898 by the Lancaster Conference Mennonites (Mennonite Church) when they established

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East White Oak Bible Church (Carlock, Illinois, USA) (category Central Conference Mennonite Church Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at East White Oak Mennonite Church)
church, which he served until 1928. R. J. Zehr was then called to serve as pastor. The church was a member of the Central Conference of Mennonites from

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Gereja Injili di Tanah Jawa (GITJ) (section Church Growth)
Jawa (GITJ; Evangelical Church of Java), the predominately Javanese Mennonite conference of the north central part of the island of Java, Indonesia, was formed

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Strasbourg (Alsace, France)
retained the practice of infant baptism, even though it scarcely corresponded to the practice of the early church and to the Scriptures. In December of that

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Yarrow United Mennonite Church (Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada) (category General Conference Mennonite Church Congregations) (section Yarrow United Mennonite Church Pastors)
Affiliations: Mennonite Church British Columbia (1939-present) Conference of Mennonites in Canada / Mennonite Church Canada (1939-present) General Conference Mennonite

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Bihar Mennonite Mandli (Bihar Mennonite Church) (section Bihar Mennonite Mission (1953 Article))
The Mennonite Church in Bihar has 1500 members in 19 congregations (2003). The congregations are located in Palamau and Ranchi districts. The conference

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Fernheim Colony (Boquerón Department, Paraguay)
567 members, the Mennonite Church (General Conference Mennonite) with 350 members, and the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren, also known as the Allianzgemeinde

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Carson Mennonite Brethren Church (Delft, Minnesota, USA) (category Central District of Mennonite Brethren Churches Congregations)
Voth. In 1879 the church joined the Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church of North America. The first meetinghouse was constructed in 1885 near a

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Communauté des Églises de Frères Mennonites au Congo
supported by funds from the Mennonite Brethren Conference, proceeded to the Cameroons of North Africa to a field of the North American Baptist Mission

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Diener-Versammlungen
later conference sessions and his congregation later became the nucleus of the Central Conference of Mennonites. Among the leading personalities in these

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Urbanization (section Table 1. Of Mennonites in Eleven Countries and Degree of Urbanization of These Countries, 1974-83)
national, and international Mennonite conference activities. Most of the leaders in the 44 churches are graduates of Mennonite Bible schools, high schools

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Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Elkhart, Indiana, USA) (section Mennonite Biblical Seminary Presidents)
the General Conference Mennonite Church and Mennonite Church which led to the formation of Mennonite Church Canada and Mennonite Church USA, AMBS remained

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Society of Friends (section Mennonite and Quaker Relations in North America Since World War I)
his followers Friends of Truth. His teaching was a vigorous attack on the Christianity of his day, the Church of England and the Presbyterians in particular

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Schowalter, Paul (1912-1984)
was a member of the Mennonite World Conference committee and in this capacity he twice visited North America. Schowalter also hosted many North American tour

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Credit Unions
employees of the Mennonite Church who live in Pennsylvania. Other Mennonite-related credit unions in North America are located in Hesston, Kansas (Central Kansas

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Refugees
large sums of money to aid in the migration of Swiss Brethren from the Palatinate to Pennsylvania. North American Mennonite assistance to people of their faith

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Friesland Colony (San Pedro Department, Paraguay) (category Mennonite Colonies in Paraguay)
responsible for the welfare of the colony were of the opinion that if the colony was to succeed friends in North America must assist it in stabilizing its economy

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United Mennonite Church (Peoria, Illinois, USA) (category Mennonite Church USA Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at United Mennonite Church)
Mennonite Church withdrew from the Illinois Mennonite Conference and the Central District Conference. The congregation stated it planned to join a region

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Erb, Paul (1894-1984) (category Mennonite Church (MC) Ministers)
prepared for the Gospel Herald work by extensive travel among Mennonite congregations on behalf of Hesston College. He was also a member of the Mennonite Commission

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Trenton Mennonite Church (Trenton, Ohio, USA) (category Mennonite Church USA Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at Apostolic Mennonite Church/Trenton Mennonite Church)
affiliation to Mennonite Church USA from the Central District Conference to the Ohio Conference of Mennonite Church USA. "Apostolic Mennonite Church,..." The Mennonite

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Salem Mennonite Church (Kidron, Ohio, USA) (category Central District Mennonite Conference Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at Salem Mennonite Church)
of 1887 to the Spring of 2014, Salem Mennonite Church was a member of the General Conference Mennonite Church (later Mennonite Church USA). Salem was first

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Lockport Mennonite Church (Stryker, Ohio, USA) (category Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference Congregations) (section Lockport Mennonite Church Pastors and Associate Pastors)
Lockport Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church USA) is located three miles (five km) north of Stryker, Williams County, Ohio; a member of the Ohio Mennonite Conference

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Fairview (Michigan, USA) (category Cities, Towns, and Villages in the United States)
County, in the north central part of the state. The village is the center of a farming area, largely surrounded by forests, settled by Mennonites in 1900-1912

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Malawi
Christian, with the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of Central Africa, Presbyterian making up the largest Christian groups. There are also smaller

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Indian Ministries, North America
The first Mennonite ministries to First Nations peoples in North America were through the work of the General Conference Mennonite Church. The unifying

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Lustre Mennonite Brethren Church (Lustre, Montana, USA) (category Central District of Mennonite Brethren Churches Congregations)
Website: Lustre MB Church Denominational Affiliations: Central District of Mennonite Brethren Churches US Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches General Conference

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Lima Mennonite Church (Lima, Ohio, USA) (category Mennonite Church (MC) Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at Lima Mennonite Church)
part of the Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference (MC) and the Central District Conference, in 2017, the congregation decided to be a member only of the

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Iglesia Evangélica Menonita, Argentina (redirect from Argentine Mennonite Conference) (section Argentine Mennonite Conference)
couple supported by Mennonite Board of Missions (Mennonite Church) was working in leadership training. The Argentine Mennonite Church was growing toward

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East Holbrook Mennonite Church (Cheraw, Colorado, USA) (category Mountain States Mennonite Conference Congregations)
La Junta Mennonite Church decided to divide into two congregations, one of which would reorganize itself as the La Junta Mennonite Church and the other would

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Conrad Grebel University College (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) (section Institute of Anabaptist Mennonite Studies)
committee included one member of the Mennonite Conference of Ontario (Norman High), one United Mennonite (Henry H. Epp), one Mennonite Brethren (Henry H. Dueck)

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Peoria (Peoria County, Illinois) (category Cities, Towns, and Villages in the United States)
begun on 19 July 1914, by the Central Conference of Mennonites. The second was begun by the Mennonites (Mennonite Church) on the South Side, on 16 February

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San Joaquin Valley (California, USA)
Mennonite 769, Church of God in Christ, Mennonite 433, Krimmer Mennonite Brethren 238, Mennonite Church 75, a total of 5,114. In the Shafter-Wasco area near

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Peace (section The Peace Witness in the Life of the Churches)
(Friends) and the Church of the Brethren as "historic peace churches." On the other hand, the leadership of the Peace Problems Committee (MC) and the parallel

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McClusky Mennonite Brethren Church (McClusky, North Dakota, USA) (category Central District of Mennonite Brethren Churches Congregations)
The McClusky Mennonite Brethren Church in McClusky, North Dakota, a member of the Mennonite Brethren Central District Conference, was organized in 1903

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Toews, Jacob John "J. J." (1914-1995) (category Conference Workers)
Minister for the Central District of the Mennonite Brethren Conference in the United States. Following his retirement, J. J. and Lena returned to Winnipeg, where

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West Clinton Mennonite Church (Wauseon, Ohio, USA) (category Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference Congregations)
Clinton Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), located two miles (three km) southeast of Pettisville, Fulton County, Ohio, began as an outgrowth of the Central

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South America
in 1945, the former in the central part, and the latter in the Choco area on the Pacific Coast. In the same year the Mennonite Brethren Church began a mission

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Evangelism
Plymouth Brethren of the evangelistic type about the middle of the 19th century visited certain Mennonite areas and scattered the seed of the evangelistic spirit

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Flanagan Mennonite Church (Flanagan, Illinois, USA) (category Mennonite Church USA Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at Flanagan Mennonite Church)
(General Conference Mennonite), a member of the Central District Conference (formerly known as Central Conference of Mennonites), located about two miles southwest

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Archives
including the records of the Mennonite Publishing Company, certain records of the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities and the Mennonite Board of Education

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St. John Bible Church (Pandora, Ohio, USA) (category Mennonite Church USA Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at St. John Bible Church)
four miles north of the Ebenezer Mennonite Church. Before 1893 the organization of the church was rather informal and the only officers were the pastors and

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Kauffman, Nelson E. (1904-1981) (category Conference Leaders)
missions of the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities (MC), 1955-1970. As president of Mennonite Board of Education (1950-1970) he was one of the architects

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Bharatiya General Conference Mennonite Kalisiya
Congress had become the "Hindustani Conference of the General Conference Mennonite Congregations in India" with the adoption of a revised constitution in 1943

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Bethel Fellowship Church (Fortuna, Missouri, USA) (category General Conference Mennonite Church Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at Bethel Fellowship Church)
of the formation of Mennonite Church USA the congregation switched its affiliation to the Evangelical Mennonite Church (renamed Fellowship of Evangelical

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Allgemeine Bundeskonferenz der Mennonitengemeinden in Russland (category Inter-Mennonite Boards and Organizations)
respects similar to the Mennonite Central Committee of North America. Some of the problems and tasks consistently confronting the conference during its first

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Communauté Mennonite au Congo
Evangelical Mennonite Church of Congo, a name which would later be changed to the Mennonite Church of Zaire (CMZA). Before any of the envisioned structural

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Ecumenism
three Mennonite conferences: the Mennonite Brethren (MB), the General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM) and the Mennonite Church (MC). In Zaire the Institut

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Born, Henry C. (1920-2002) (category Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches Ministers)
Chilliwack Central Mennonite Brethren Church (now Central Community Church), Cedar Valley Mennonite in Mission, and South Abbotsford Mennonite Brethren Church

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Meadows Mennonite Church (Chenoa, Illinois, USA) (category Mennonite Church USA Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at Meadows Mennonite Church)
administrator of the home for 22 years. In 1965 the congregation explored a possible merger with the Flanagan Mennonite Church or the Waldo Mennonite Church. However

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Somerset County (Pennsylvania, USA) (category Counties/Regional Governments in the United States)
notably to the Church of the Brethren. A few who remained in the community and the Amish Church joined the Casselman River congregation. The last survivor

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Mozambique
religious beliefs. Mennonite involvement in Mozambique grew out of assistance given by Mennonite Central Committee and Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and

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Perryton Mennonite Church (Perryton, Texas, USA) (category South Central Mennonite Conference Congregations) (section Perryton Mennonite Church Pastors)
with a Mennonite church joined the La Junta Mennonite Church, more than 270 miles away. The 1922 report of the Missouri-Kansas Conference listed the presence

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Chicago Community Mennonite Church (Chicago, Illinois, USA) (category Mennonite Church USA Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at Chicago Community Mennonite Church)
members of the Central District Conference of the General Conference Mennonite Church and the Illinois Mennonite Conference of the Mennonite Church (MC) in

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