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Meadows Mennonite Church (Chenoa, Illinois, USA) (category Mennonite Church USA Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at Meadows Mennonite Church)
Central Conference and the Defenceless Mennonites constructed the Mennonite Old People's Home, near the Meadows Mennonite Church, in 1922-1923. George Gundy

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Taufgesinnt
as an alternate for the name Mennonite. But in Germany, contrary to the development in Holland, it never displaced "Mennonite" and never became part of an

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Huebert, Helmut T. (1935-2016)
interest in researching various aspects of Mennonite history. He eventually published ten books, including the Mennonite Historical Atlas, which he wrote together

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Essingen (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)
Discipline of 1779,” Mennonite Quarterly Review XI (1937): 163-68. Correll, Ernst. “The Value of Family History for Mennonite History: With Illustrations

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Conrad Grebel University College (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) (section History and Sociology)
the Mennonite Conference of Ontario (Norman High), one United Mennonite (Henry H. Epp), one Mennonite Brethren (Henry H. Dueck), one Amish Mennonite (Orland

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Engel (Engle, Angle) family
represented in Europe and North America by a number of Mennonite families. Significant in Mennonite history was Ulrich Engel, who emigrated from the Canton of

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Toews, Gerhard (Georg de Brecht) (1897-1986)
Russian-Canadian Mennonites." Mennonite Life 1 (January 1946): 22-25. Reimer, Al. "The Russian-Mennonite Experience in Fiction." Mennonite Images: Historical

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Huizinga, Jacob Derks (1659-1736)
from my time 1672-1696," which gives some valuable information on Mennonite history. His Lyckreden op het Christelijk en zalig afsterven van . . . Albert

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Hopedale Mennonite Church (Hopedale, Illinois, USA) (category Illinois Mennonite Conference Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at Hopedale Mennonite Church)
and Mennonite History, 24. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1983: 62, 99, 362, 364, 366, 453, 546. Weber, Harry F. Centennial history of the Mennonites of

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Just, Roy (1921–1994)
Three Major American Mennonite Groups.” In 1950 Just was invited to Tabor College, where he taught sociology and Mennonite history until 1955. He was well

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Greuwel der vornahmsten Haupt-Ketzeren
information on Menno Simons, Dirk Philips, and their followers. For Mennonite history this book is of no value, but the 17 engravings by Christoffel van

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Literature, Russo-German Mennonite (To 1950s)
author relates incidents from his family history in fictional form. Tales from Ancient and Recent Mennonite History (1948), his only writing in English, is

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Osborne County (Kansas, USA)
of a Mennonite church (Mennonite Church), organized before 1880 under Bishop Abraham Newschwanger (Hartzler and Kauffman, Mennonite Church History). In

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Mennonite Brethren Church (section The Mennonite Brethren Church in Russia)
and Their Implications for Mennonite Brethren History. Hillsboro, KS: Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies, 1985. Mennonite World Handbook (1978): 337-43;

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Port Elgin Mennonite Church (Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada) (category Mennonite Church (MC) Congregations)
A Brief History of the Mennonites in Ontario. Kitchener, ON: Mennonite Conference of Ontario, 1935: 122-123, 190. Horst, Isaac R. "1 Mennonite Settlement

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Waard, de, family
Pieterzijl (Grijpskerk) congregation and published a booklet on the Mennonite history of the area in which he lived: Aanteekeningen uit de Geschiedenis der

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Esch, Christian David (1883-1931)
administrator. Lapp, John Allen. The Mennonite Church in India, 1897-1962, Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, vol. 14. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press

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Snyder, Clifford A. (1914-1947)
became one of the "legends" of Ontario Mennonite mission history. Shantz, Merle. "Clifford Anson Snyder." Mennonite Yearbook and Directory 39 (1948): 28-29

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Genealogy (section Major Websites of Genealogical Interest to Mennonites)
Amish). Mennonite Historian (Mennonite Heritage Committee of Mennonite Church Canada and Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies in Canada). Mennonite Heritage

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Historical Writing
Committee of the Mennonite Church, and the Mennonite Historian (1976-), published by the History-Archives Committee of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada

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Rupp, Israel Daniel (1803-1878)
An Original History of the Religious Denominations . . . United States (1844), contains the first sketches of Mennonite and Amish history published in

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Dennis, John Stoughton (1856-1938)
most dramatic acts in Canadian Mennonite history David Toews signed the contract on 21 July as Chairman of the Mennonite Board of Colonization. Most likely

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Historiography: Anabaptist
Reconsidered." Mennonite Quarterly Review 60 (1986): 139-64. Martin, Dennis D. "Catholic Spirituality and Anabaptist and Mennonite Discipleship." Mennonite Quarterly

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East Bend Church (Fisher, Illinois, USA) (redirect from East Bend Mennonite Church (Fisher, Illinois, USA)) (category Illinois Mennonite Conference Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at East Bend Mennonite Church)
Illinois Mennonite Conference. This move was part of a larger realignment of Mennonite congregations in the 2010s that were formerly part of Mennonite Church

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Historiography: Russia
Ansiedlung (Berdyansk, 1910). The history of the Mennonite Brethren, in the framework of the total Mennonite history of Russia, was written in a nearly

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Occupations
Introduction to Mennonite History. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1967, 1981. Epp, Frank H. Mennonites in Canada, 1786-1920: the History of a Separate People

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Hoek, van, family
(deacons Adriaen van Hoek Azn 1674-1679, 1684-1689). Of importance for Mennonite history are Dirk van Hoek, his son Jan van Hoek and his grandson Jan van Hoek

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Jacobs, Eduard (1833-1919)
materials of Anabaptist history. Bender, Harold S. "Publication and Research Projects in Anabaptist-Mennonite History." Mennonite Quarterly Review (January

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Bible Schools: Manitoba Conference Mennonites
Bible, Exegesis, Doctrine, Ethics, Biblical Archaeology, Church History, Mennonite History, Missions, Hymnology (Das geistliche Lied), German Language, English

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Sonido de Alabanza (Cicero, Illinois, USA) (category Illinois Mennonite Conference Congregations)
Illinois Mennonite Conference Mennonite Church USA MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "Sonido de Alabanza (Cicero, Illinois, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia

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Plett, Delbert F. (1948-2004)
baptized on 7 June 1964 in the Ridgewood Evangelical Mennonite Church and in 1985 joined the Steinbach Mennonite Church. He graduated from the University of Manitoba

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Fretz, Joseph Winfield (1910-2005)
December 2014) Toews, Paul. "J. Winfield Fretz and the Early History of Mennonite Sociology." Mennonite Life 54, no. 2 (April 2005): 17-24. http://tools.bethelks

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Family (section Family in Mennonite History and Life in America)
extensive research on Mennonite settlements in Manitoba by E. K. Francis; and (6) the Mennonite family census conducted in 1950 by the Mennonite Research Foundation

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Spiritual Life
Evangelical Mennonite Church, 1980: 67-68. Liechty, Joseph C. "Humility: the Foundation of the Mennonite Religious Outlook in the 1860s." Mennonite Quarterly

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Inter-Mennonite Cooperation
the inter-Mennonite idea, having a board unofficially representing three Mennonite bodies (General Conference Mennonite, Evangelical Mennonite, and Central

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Colebrookdale (Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA)
Colebrookdale, and the Colebrookdale Mennonites until the mid-1950s were part of the Hereford Mennonite Church. "History of Colebrookdale Township." Web. 5

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South Washington Mennonite Church (Washington, Illinois, USA) (category Central Conference Mennonite Church Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at South Washington Mennonite Church)
Calvary Mennonite Church. John J. Kennel was pastor 1912-1932. Smith, Willard H. Mennonites in Illinois. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, 24.

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Halsey Mennonite Church (Halsey, Oregon, USA) (category Western Conservative Mennonite Fellowship Congregations)
Cords, Strengthen the Stakes: A History of the Tangent Mennonite Church 1950-2000. Tangent, OR: Tangent Mennonite Church History Committee, 2000. Address: 910

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Roanoke Mennonite Church (Roanoke, Illinois, USA) (category Western Amish Mennonite Conference Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at Roanoke Mennonite Church)
Roanoke Mennonite Church Denominational Affiliations: Western Amish Mennonite Conference Illinois Mennonite Conference Mennonite Church (MC) Mennonite Church

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Goerzen, Henry David (1928-2019) (category Mennonite Church Alberta Leaders)
anniversary history of the Bergthal Mennonite Church and wrote short history papers, including Henry’s published history of the Namaka Mennonite Church. They

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Hildebrand, Jacob J. (1880-1976)
newcomers through Mennonite Immigration Aid, a business-oriented agency that he helped establish to work in competition with the Mennonite Board of Colonization

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Ark Bible Chapel (Boyertown, Pennsylvania, USA) (category Mennonite Church USA Congregations)
Grant M. Mennonites of the Ohio and Eastern Conference; From the Colonial Period in Pennsylvania to 1968. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite history, no.

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Lapp, Esther Ebersole (1880-1917)
179-80. Lapp, John Allen. The Mennonite Church in India, 1897-1962, Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, vol. 14. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1972:

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Colonization
also Colonies, Colonists, Mennonite Correll, Ernst. "Canadian Agricultural Records on Mennonite Settlements" (1875-77) Mennonite Quarterly Review 21 (1947):

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Bethel Fellowship Church (Fortuna, Missouri, USA) (redirect from Bethel Mennonite Church (Fortuna, Missouri, USA)) (category General Conference Mennonite Church Congregations)
Bethel Mennonite Church. "Bethel Mennonite Church - History." Web. 30 December 2006. [broken link]. Garber, Twila. "History of the Mennonites of Moniteau

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Ecclesiology (section Four Distinctive Practices of an Anabaptist-Mennonite Ecclesiology)
19th century in almost all countries. In some Mennonite groups - e.g., the Mennonite Brethren and the Mennonite Church (MC) - the synodal idea conquered by

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Bowman, Menno Biehn (1837-1906) (category Mennonite Brethren in Christ Ministers)
on Bloomingdale Mennonite Church.” Ontario Mennonite History 15, no. 1 (April 1997): 28-31. Storms, Everek Richard. History of the United Missionary Church

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History, Theology of
Europe." Mennonite Quarterly Review 44 (1970): 141-58. Sawatsky, Rodney J. "History and Ideology: American Mennonite Identity Definition Through History. Ph

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Lapp, John A. (1933-2023)
passion for history, moving on from Kulpsville Elementary School to Eastern Mennonite School in Harrisonburg, Virginia and then to Eastern Mennonite College

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Rainbow Mennonite Church (Mountain City, Tennessee, USA) (category Mennonite Church (MC) Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at Rainbow Mennonite Church)
the new Mennonite Church USA. Rainbow Mennonite Church became an independent Mennonite congregation at that time. Stoltzfus, Grant M. Mennonites of the

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Suffering
Suffering Church." Mennonite Quarterly Review 58 (1984): 5-29. Kuhler, W. J. "Dutch Mennonite Relief Work in the 17th and 18th Centuries." Mennonite Quarterly Review

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Bossert, Gustav (1841-1925)
(February 1923). Correll, Ernst. "Gustav Bossert's Contribution to Mennonite History." Goshen College Record Review Supplement (May 1926): 28-34. Hege,

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Modernity (section Anabaptists, Mennonites, and Modernity)
Anabaptist and Mennonite Discipleship." Mennonite Quarterly Review 62 (1988): 5-25. Martin, Dennis D. "Nothing New Under the Sun? Mennonites and History." Conrad

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Museums
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society); Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster, PA (1958; Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society); Mennonite Heritage

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Freeport Mennonite Church (Freeport, Illinois, USA) (category Illinois Mennonite Conference Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at Freeport Mennonite Church)
charter member of the Illinois Mennonite Conference when it formed in 1872. Freeport Mennonite Church began supporting the Mennonite Central Committee's meat

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J. Janzen & K. Neufeld (Fürstenland Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)
Dyck, Cornelius J. An Introduction to Mennonite History: A Popular History of the Anabaptists and the Mennonites, 3rd ed. Scottdale, PA, Waterloo, ON:

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Archbold Evangelical Church (Archbold, Ohio, USA)
church at Wauseon, Ohio. Archbold Evangelical Mennonite Church. "History." http://www.archemc.org/history.php (accessed 24 March 2007) Address: 705 Lafayette

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First Mennonite Church (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) (category Mennonite Church Alberta Congregations) (section First Mennonite Church Calgary Leading Ministers)
First Mennonite Church Calgary Denominational Affiliations: Mennonite Church Alberta (1950-present) Conference of Mennonites in Canada / Mennonite Church

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Manuscripts
form the most important source material for the study of Anabaptist-Mennonite history. Only a little of this material is privately owned; most of it has

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Pilgrim Fellowship (Hattieville, Belize) (category Beachy Amish Mennonite Fellowship Congregations)
migration. Global Mennonite History series. Intercourse, Pa.: Good Books, 2010: 234-235. Yoder, Elmer S. The Beachy Amish Mennonite Fellowship Churches

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Historiography: Netherlands (section General and Local History)
(1884), which covers the history of all Mennonites in all countries. The need for a scholarly Dutch history of the Mennonites of the Netherlands grew more

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New Castle Bible Church (Mackinaw, Illinois, USA) (redirect from New Castle Mennonite Church (Mackinaw, Illinois, USA)) (category Illinois Mennonite Conference Congregations)
Bible Church. "History." New Castle Bible Church. 2023. Web. 25 March 2024. https://myncbc.org/about/history/. "The Illinois Mennonite Mission Board..

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Ethnicity
mutual aid) fostered by inter-Mennonite cooperation in Mennonite Central Committee, Mennonite Disaster Service, Mennonite mutual aid associations, and a

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Dramatic Arts
moralistic and anti-intellectual flavor. Mennonite history and other historical subjects have captured the attention of Mennonite playwrights. Plays have frequently

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Burgmann, Johann Christian (1697-1775)
in the [[Amsterdam Mennonite Library (Bibliotheek en Archief van de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente te Amsterdam)|Amsterdam Mennonite Library]]. By the

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Mennonite-Polish Studies Association
North Newton, Kansas, started a Vistula Mennonite Studies Project to promote publications about Polish Mennonite history and to collect archival documentation

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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)
helped launch many Amish Mennonite congregations. These included the Flanagan Mennonite Church in 1876, the East White Oak Mennonite Church in 1892, the Congerville

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Bilder aus der Kirchengeschichte für Mennonitische Gemeindeschulen
church history with a special emphasis upon those events of interest to Mennonites. The last part of the book gave a brief summary of Mennonite history and

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First Norwood Mennonite Church (Peoria, Illinois, USA) (category Illinois Mennonite Conference Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at First Norwood Mennonite Church)
Norwood Mennonite Church, Peoria, Illinois, USA, began in 1959 as an outreach of the Ann Street Mennonite Church and the Pleasant Hill Mennonite Church

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Tanneken Delmeere (d. 1561)
Flanders, 1530-1650: a century of struggle. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite history 9. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1961. Verheyden, A. L. E. "Het Mennisme

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Religious Studies
theology and history. Second, the content of Mennonite religious studies has changed. Going beyond Mennonite history and apologia, contemporary Mennonite religious

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Ethics
finest moments of Mennonite life are moments of sharing, especially in times of emergency. Since much of Mennonite history has been a history of persecution

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Uiterdijk, Menzo (1863-1944?)
) at Soestdijk, a Dutch Mennonite pastor, serving at Wolvega 1892-94 and Hoorn 1894-1932, wrote two papers on Mennonite history, one on Pieter Ris published

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Stucky, Harley J. (1920-2005)
person who worked to preserve the history of the Kansas Mennonite people. "Former Bethel College professor dies." Mennonite Weekly Review (21 Novmember 2005):

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Slee, Jacobus Cornelis van (1841-1929)
whose last term of service, at Deventer 1891-1913, is of interest for Mennonite history, was the author of De Rijnsburger Collegianten (Haarlem, 1895), a treatise

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Two Centuries of American Mennonite Literature (Monograph)
No.1 in the series “Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History.” Two Centuries of American Mennonite Literature: A Bibliography of Mennonitica Americana

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Siemelink, Tjaard Hendrik (1864-1928)
Dutch Mennonite pastor, serving at Workum 1890-1908 and at Vlissingen-Goes 1908-27. He was married to G. Gaastra. He was well versed in Mennonite history

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Bibliographies, Mennonite
the earlier period by Mennonite or non-Mennonite was (the Mennonite scholar) Marten Schagen's 1745 list (Naamlijst) of Dutch Mennonite writers and their writings

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Wiersum family
from 1904. He did not join the church, but was much interested in Mennonite history. In the Rotterdamsch Jaarboekje of 1910 he published a paper on Jan

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Lydens-Geschiedenisse van den Zaligmaker, De
sufferings. It contains many Mennonite martyrs both Dutch and Swiss. The book is of no special value for Mennonite history. The 51 pictures found in it

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Lootsma, Sipke (1888-1940)
meer speciaal Zaansche (Wormerveer, 1937). Of great interest for Mennonite history is the memorial volume which he wrote on the occasion of the 250th

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Hansen, Reimer (1853-1926)
famed for his research in the history of Schleswig-Holstein, and especially of his home Dithmarschen. For Mennonite history two of his articles, written

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Herzog, Johann Jakob (1805-1885)
having been published in three editions. In it Mennonite history is given authentic treatment by Mennonite and Protestant authorities (e.g., Prof. Cramer)

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Work Ethic
Hutterite colonies; Mennonite agriculturalists in Europe; Mennonite colonies in Russia, Canada, and Latin America; and the Mennonite settlements in various

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Lehman, Lydia Leichty (1884-1969)
1921): 301-2. Lapp, John Allen. The Mennonite Church in India, 1897-1962, Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, vol. 14. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press

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Weekly Echo (Periodical)
Stearns, articles on Mennonite history, and a few advertisements. The last five issues included the "Calendar of Meetings at all the Mennonite Congregations in

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Zijlstra, Samme (1953-2001)
historiography of religious history in the Netherlands. Unfortunately, hopes for a successive volume on later Mennonite history died with him. Zijlsta was

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Schroeder, William "Bill" (1933-2013)
childhood. One of Schroeder’s primary interests was Mennonite history. When the Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies first opened in Winnipeg in 1969,

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Sonnius, Franciscus (1506-1576)
Catholic bishop, first of 's Hertogenbosch, then of Antwerp, is known in Mennonite history as an inquisitor. He was born 12 August 1506 at Zon in Brabant. In

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Boreel, Adam (1602-1665) (section Original Mennonite Encyclopedia Article)
the young Mennonite preacher Galenus Abrahamsz began attending the meetings of the Collegiants around 1649 or 1650, the numbers of Mennonite in the Amsterdam

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Gieseler, Johann Karl Ludwig (1792-1854)
in 1718." On the whole, this history shows clearly what great progress research had made in the field of Mennonite history. Hege, Christian and Christian

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Mennonites in Asia (section Original 1955 Mennonite Encyclopedia Article)
Tanah Jawa (History of the [Mennonite] Evangelical Church of Java). Pati, Indonesia: Evangelical Church of Java History Commission, 1980. Mennonite World Conference

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Friesen, Johann Isaak (1860-1941)
22, 1941, at the age of 81 years. Johann Friesen was interested in Mennonite history and was very gifted in tracing back various relationships, for over

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Wenger, Carolyn Charles (1943-2020)
the Lord's, a history of Lancaster Mennonites by John L. Ruth. During Carolyn Wenger's time as its executive director, the Lancaster Mennonite Historical

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Ramer, Henry Brubaker (1876-1960)
Alberta-Saskatchewan Mennonite Conference representative on the Mennonite Publication Board of the General Conference of the Mennonite Church. During the

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Roth, Lorraine Marie (1930-2013)
to preserving the history of Amish and Mennonite families in Ontario. “Award of Excellence to Lorraine Roth.” Ontario Mennonite History (June 2010): 5. Web

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Handelinghe der Doopsgesinde
1666, published by Geleyn Jansz, is of great importance for Dutch Mennonite history, because in the same volume are inserted a number of other documents

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Wisler family
Mahoning-Columbiana counties of eastern Ohio, and in Elkhart County, Indiana. For Mennonite history the most significant branch of the family goes back to Christian Wisler

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Institutions, Church
Proliferation of Mennonite institutions during the 20th century reflects the vitality of Mennonite life and the breadth of Mennonite concern. That Mennonites should

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Der Waffenlose Wächter
clearly was directed primarily to Mennonites as the name would indicate. It carried some articles on Mennonite history. Ernst, E. Z. A Condensed Genealogical

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Peters, Victor (1915-1998)
one on Low German and the other on Mennonite names, and he had a strong interest in Anabaptist and Mennonite history. His wife, Elizabeth, also pursued

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Zijpp, van der, family
1940-1946, and Rotterdam 1946-?. In 1946 he began teaching Mennonite history in the Amsterdam Mennonite Seminary, and in 1954 he became a lector (professor)

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Vries, Cornelis de (1740-1812)
1802). De Vries was also interested in Mennonite history and possessed a good collection of about 1500 Mennonite books, which he contributed to the Enschede

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Vernon County Amish Mennonite Church (Vernon County, Missouri, USA)
Amish Mennonite Church was listed by Hartzler and Kaurfman (Mennonite Church History) in 1905 as a congregation of 18 members in the Amish Mennonite Western

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Vincent Mennonite Church (Spring City, Pennsylvania, USA) (category Mennonite Church (MC) Congregations) (section Ordained Leaders at Vincent Mennonite Church)
"Vincent Mennonite Church history." Vincent Mennonite Church. 2010. Web. 17 November 2016. http://www.vincentmc.org/about-us.html. Wenger, J. C. History of the

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Ramer, Jacob S. (1846-1925)
the Northwest Mennonite Conference. Kitchener, ON : Pandora Press, 2003. "Duchess Mennonite Church History." 25 May 1997. Unpublished manuscript made available

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Église évangélique mennonite d’Orodara (Kénédougou, Burkina Faso) (category Église évangélique mennonite du Burkina Faso Congregations) (section Église évangélique mennonite d’Orodara Pastoral Leaders)
illuminate the history of the larger Mennonite church in Burkina Faso. In 1978, the first missionaries were sent by AIMM (Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission) to

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Yoder, Elmer S. (1925-2007)
Volume 5 of The Mennonite Encyclopedia. Elmer began writing congregational and community histories around 1980. Having taught world history and geography

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Canal Winchester (Fairfield County, Ohio, USA)
the Hartzler and Kauffman Mennonite Church History in 1905. This was possibly the Bowman congregation. Kauffman, Daniel. Mennonite Cyclopedic Dictionary.

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Barker Street Amish Mennonite Church (St. Joseph County, Michigan, USA) (category Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference Congregations)
and Daniel Kauffman. Mennonite Church History. Scottdale, PA: Mennonite Book and Tract Society, 1905. Kauffman, Daniel. Mennonite cyclopedic dictionary:

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Filmmaking
documentaries featured specific Mennonite communities, histories of immigrations, overseas mission and relief work, and Mennonite meetings and conferences, These

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Mississauga Mennonite Fellowship (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) (category Conference of United Mennonite Churches in Ontario Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at Mississauga Mennonite Fellowship)
"Mississauga Mennonite Fellowship." MCEC Reflections (1988): 48. _____. "Mississauga Mennonite Fellowship - History." 1988, 3 pp. Mennonite Historical Society

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Association of Mennonite University Students
MCC." The Canadian Mennonite 4 (6 March1956): 1. "AMUS Visits Churches." The Canadian Mennonite 8 (26 February 1960): 3. "Mennonite Student Group Strives

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Springer, Nelson Paul (1915-2004)
member of College Mennonite Church. Nelson Springer died 16 June 2004 in Goshen, Indiana. His ashes were scattered at the College Mennonite Church Scattering

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Pauls, Henry B. (1904-1995)
was born. While operating the farm Henry's mind was often on Russian Mennonite history as demonstrated by his frequent correspondence with Dr. David Rempel

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Mennonisten-Lexikon
works and authors had been previously discussed in Hermann Schijn's Mennonite history, which was almost in every case cited as source. Since the discussions

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Pati Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Pati, Indonesia)
the Javanese Mennonite church established the Biblical Seminary in Pati. The expenses of this project were shared equally by the Mennonite Central Committee

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Elim Bible School (Yarrow, British Columbia, Canada)
with 26 students in attendance. Courses taught included Theology, Mennonite History, Sunday School Methodology and German. Owing to the large enrollment

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Commemorative Medals
gold. These medals are also important for Mennonite history. Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1916): 75f, 95-98. Mennonite Brethren Herald (21 Jan 1977): 23. Mevius

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Mulder family
Dutch family name, both Mennonite and non-Mennonite, the Dutch word mulder meaning miller. There have been a number of Mennonite ministers by this name

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Guengerich, Samuel D. (1836-1929)
Amish Mennonite church Services. Guengerich had a great interest in Mennonite history and wrote a number of important manuscripts on Amish history, particularly

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Journalism
Glaubenslehre (A Brief Church History and Primer of Belief), a successful book on Mennonite history and doctrine. In 1953 The Canadian Mennonite was begun in Winnipeg

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Williamsburg Mennonite Church (Williamsburg, Virginia, USA) (category Virginia Mennonite Conference Congregations)
Jan Lehman. Williamsburg Mennonite Church. "History." Web. 5 April 2014. http://williamsburgmennonitechurch.org/About_Us/History. Address: 7800 Croaker Road

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Patkau, Esther (1927-2017) (category Mennonite Church Canada Ministers)
scholarly about Mennonite History and wrote a number of books including: J.J. Thiessen's Ministry in Saskatoon (M.S.T., thesis, 1979); First Mennonite Church in

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Bowman, Edna Hunsperger (1912-2002)
2003: 56-59, 61, 99. Shantz, Marcus. “Edna Hunsperger Bowman.” Ontario Mennonite History. Vol. 13 (September 1995): 17-19. MLA style Cressman, Miriam. "Bowman

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Keim, Albert N. (1935-2008) (category Eastern Mennonite University Faculty and Staff)
the recently compiled "The Essential Anabaptist-Mennonite History Reading List" published in the Mennonite Historical Bulletin (April 2008). Keim was attracted

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Ramer, Clarence J. (1905-1987)
1980: 343-350. "Duchess Mennonite Church History." 25 May 1997. Unpublished manuscript made available by Mary Burkholder. Mennonite Reporter (14 September

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Shtatsky, Max (1987-2024)
conducting research on the history of the former Mennonite colonists of Chortitza. His interest in researching Mennonite history was cultivated during his

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Rural Life
the Polish kings are noteworthy. The Mennonites in Russia constitute an extraordinary segment of Mennonite history in so far as their manner of settlement

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Duerksen, Jacob Arthur (1895-1986)
National Archives on various aspects of Mennonite history and genealogy. Several papers were printed in Mennonite publications. He especially focused his

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Welcome to GAMEO (section To learn more about GAMEO, click the link. See at YouTube video about GAMEO produced by Mennonite World Conference at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDfwQecdM70.)
Board include: Mennonite Historical Society of Canada, Mennonite Church USA Archives, Mennonite Brethren Historical Commission, Mennonite Central Committee

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Schlabach, Theron Frederick (1933-2021)
treatment of the Old Order Mennonite and Amish groups in the 19th and early 20th centuries and in his history of the (Old) Mennonite mission movement titled

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Beaverdam Mennonite Church (Corry, Pennsylvania, USA) (category Ohio Mennonite Conference Congregations) (section Beaverdam Mennonite Church Ministers)
Beaverdam Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church USA) is located near Corry, Erie County, Pennsylvania. In the fall of 1940, members of Britton Run Mennonite Church

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Community Health Work
Lena and Arvelia Lehozky. History and Modern Nursing. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Co., 1967. Lapp, John Allen. The Mennonite Church in India, 1897-1962

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Mission Schools
agencies. On the seminary level three Mennonite groups (Mennonite Church, General Conference Mennonite Church, and Mennonite Brethren Church) have participated

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Epp, Peter (1915-1995) and Epp, Helen Tiessen (1916-2001)
later worked in the apple orchards and fields. Peter's interest in Mennonite history and archival preservation was evident already prior to their marriage

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Betzner, Samuel (1738-1813)
Foundation: The Mennonites of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and Washington County, Maryland, 1730-1970. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite history, no. 42.

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Warkentin, Jakob (1938-2012)
and archivists began to meet on a sporadic basis to debate issues of Mennonite history in Paraguay. In 1999, after several meetings, the group decided to

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Ramer, Jacob David (1902-1967)
1903-2003: Centennial History of the Northwest Mennonite Conference. Kitchener, ON : Pandora Press, 2003. Stauffer, Ezra. History of the Alberta-Saskatchewan

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Miami County (Indiana, USA)
the Beachy Amish one with 49 members. Troyer, Glenn L., et al. Mennonite Church History of Howard and Miami Counties. Scottdale, PA, ca. 1917. MLA style

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Headcovering
copy at Mennonite Historical Library (Goshen, Indiana). Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective (Mennonite Church/General Conference Mennonite Church

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Friesland (Netherlands) (section History)
1954 there were 46 Mennonite congregations in Friesland and 9 fellowship groups (Kring) in towns where there was no organized Mennonite church. All congregations

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Poland
undergone many changes in its history as a "buffer state" and played a significant role in the history of the Mennonites who moved eastward from the Netherlands

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St. Jacobs Mennonite Church (St. Jacobs, Ontario, Canada) (category Mennonite Church (MC) Congregations) (section St. Jacobs Mennonite Church Pastoral Leaders)
known as Mennonite Church Eastern Canada. Brubacher, David. "A History of the St. Jacobs Mennonite Church." Research paper, Canadian Mennonite Bible College

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Restitutionism
throughout Mennonite history. Mennonite renewal movements from the Kleine Gemeinde through the Mennonite Brethren and the Church of God in Christ Mennonite, to

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North America
Country, 1956 & 2006 Merged to form Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada in 2002. Became part of Mennonite Brethren Church in 1960 1956 number

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Acculturation
finer concepts can be further illustrated from Mennonite history by reference to two indices of Mennonite social change. The first has to do with changes

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Goertz, Adalbert (1928-2011)
Mennonitische Geschichtsblätter, Ostdeutsche Familienkunde, Mennonite Quarterly Review, and Mennonite Family History; and also on websites such as GAMEO and mennonitegenealogy

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South Pekin Mennonite Church (Pekin, Illinois, USA) (category Illinois Mennonite Conference Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at South Pekin Mennonite Church)
Denominational Affiliations: Illinois Mennonite Conference Mennonite Church (MC) MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "South Pekin Mennonite Church (Pekin, Illinois, USA)

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Exile (Banishment)
"The Value of Family History for Mennonite History Illustrated from Nafziger Family Material of the Eighteenth Century." Mennonite Quarterly Review 2 (1928):

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Schrock, Alta Elizabeth (1911-2001)
of Dr. Alta Schrock.” Mennonite Historical Library (term paper) 1961-1962, John Horsch Mennonite History Essay Contest, Mennonite Historical Library. Goshen

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Adshembet (Crimea, Ukraine)
Electronic map of Mennonite villages in Crimea (Schroeder, William. "Maps and Historical Notes related to Mennonite History." Winnipeg, Man.: Mennonite Heritage

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Interpretation and Information Centers
early meetinghouse setting. Mennonite Heritage Center, Harleysville, PA, displays three centuries of Mennonite life. Mennonite Heritage Center, Metamora

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Antwerp (Belgium)
But the peaceful Mennonites soon predominated. The history of the Anabaptists in Antwerp is hard to write. It is the very disturbed history of an extremely

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Sex Education
and the Mennonite heritage for direction and guidance. Though sexuality is not a major theme of the Mennonite witness, the Bible and the Mennonite heritage

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Reconstruction Work (France)
rebuilding the scattered Mennonite congregations in France. The conference then asked the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities (Mennonite Church at Elkhart)

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French-Speaking Mennonites
American Mennonite (Mennonite Church) missionaries. Maintaining the German language in a French environment was less difficult for the Mennonites in the

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Amish Mennonites (section History in Europe)
Eastern Amish Mennonite, Indiana-Michigan Amish Mennonite, and Western District Amish Mennonite, all of which later merged with the Mennonite Church (MC)

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Literature, North American Mennonite (1950-1985)
the faith and life of Mennonite farmers but also symbolizes Mennonite suffering throughout history. There are other Canadian-Mennonite writers who continue

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Akers Mennonite Church (Akers, Louisiana, USA) (category Mennonite Church (MC) Congregations)
South Central Frontiers: A History of the South Central Mennonite Conference. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, no. 17. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald

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Midway Mennonite Church (Pekin, Illinois, USA) (category Illinois Mennonite Conference Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at Midway Mennonite Church)
Illinois Mennonite Conference Mennonite Church (MC) By Melvin Gingerich. Copied by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia

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Inlet Mennonite Church (Wauseon, Ohio, USA) (category Mennonite Church USA Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at Inlet Mennonite Church)
Denominational Affiliations: Ohio Mennonite Conference Mennonite Church USA MLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "Inlet Mennonite Church (Wauseon, Ohio, USA)." Global

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Literature, Mennonites in -- Netherlands (section The Mennonite Theme in Literature)
portraits of Menno Simons. Among 20th century Mennonite authors of short stories, all dealing with Mennonite history, are to be mentioned Pastor Hermanus Schuurmans

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Switzerland
128-132. Mennonite World Conference. "2000 Europe Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches." Web. 27 February 2011. [broken link]. Mennonite World Conference

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Good, Mary Magdalene (1890-1982)
College, 1931 Lapp, John Allen. The Mennonite Church in India, 1897-1962, Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, vol. 14. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press

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Wiebe, Anne (1918-2013)
s-and-out-of-cambridge-s-history/ Wiebe, Anne. “Mennonite Brethren Beginnings in Ontario 1924-1932” Ontario Mennonite History 25, no. 1 (June 2007): 1-10

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Hutterite Chronicles
such books as Eusebius' Church History (see Eusebius), Sebastian Franck's Chronica, and other works in church history, then all the printed books by Hubmaier

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Berne (Indiana, USA)
area in the 1950s included the First Mennonite (Mennonite Church USA), in town; Evangelical (Defenseless) Mennonite, in the country; Amish Christian, in

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Mennonite Central Committee (International)
distinct Mennonite bodies or agencies (with years of adherence); viz., Mennonite Church (MC) 1920, General Conference Mennonite 1920, Mennonite Brethren

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Church of the Brethren
relation to the Mennonites. Sharp, S. Z. Educational History of the Church of the Brethren. Elgin, IL: Brethren Press, 1923. Winger, Otho. History and Doctrines

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Hutterian Brethren (Hutterische Brüder)
in Germany." Mennonite Historical Bulletin 41 (July 1980): 1-6. Mennonite World Handbook (MWH), ed. Paul N. Kraybill. Lombard, IL: Mennonite World Conference

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British Columbia (Canada) (section Original Mennonite Encyclopedia Article, 1955)
Provincial Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches and 35 with Mennonite Church British Columbia, the provincial level of the Mennonite Church Canada. There

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Franklin Mennonite Conference
Franklin Mennonite Conference. Mission work, both locally and internationally, became a highlight of Franklin Mennonite Conference’s history. A mission

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Discipline, Church
occurred in Mennonite history and not seldom led to schisms both in congregations and in larger groups including an entire body. In fact most Mennonite schisms

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Eastern Mennonite University (Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA) (section Overview and History)
programs ushered in the new name, Eastern Mennonite University, in 1994. From an education for Mennonites to a Mennonite education for all, EMU’s program integrates

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Roman Catholic Church
Anabaptist and Mennonite Spirituality." Mennonite Quarterly Review, 62 (1988): 5-25. Mennonite Weekly Review (19 February 1987): 6. Mennonite Reporter (25

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Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (section The Beginning and Early History of the Conference (1910-1924))
the "Mennonite Brethren" name. Church polity was becoming more presbyterial. Support for Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and other inter-Mennonite causes

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Ohio (USA) (section Mennonite Settlements in Ohio)
life of Mennonite congregations, both Mennonite Church. and General Conference Mennonite. The only one of the above-mentioned extinct Ohio Mennonite congregations

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Leiden (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)
Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, pp. 316-317. All rights reserved. ©1996-2024 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online

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Kansas (USA) (section The Beginning of the Settlements of Mennonites from Russia, Poland, and Prussia)
Anniversary History of Tabor Mennonite Church. Newton: Tabor Mennonite Church, 1983. "Pioneers, Wheat, and Faith. Centennial Photo Section." Mennonite Life 29

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Danzig, Free City of
Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, pp. 7-9. All rights reserved. ©1996-2024 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All

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Amsterdam, University of (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
that covered the Old and New Testaments, church history and history of doctrines, comparative history of religion, ethics, and philosophy of religion.

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Snow Hill Mennonite Church (Snow Hill, Maryland, USA) (category Biblical Mennonite Alliance Congregations) (section Ordained Pastors at Snow Hill Mennonite Church)
Anabaptist (Mennonite) Directory (2007): 43; (2009): 40; (2011): 39; (2012-13): 41. Miller, Ivan J. History of the Conservative Mennonite Conference. Grantsville

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United Missionary Church
000, and annual per capita giving was $142.07. For the history of the group before 1947 see Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church. The government of the United

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Haarlem (Noord-Holland, Netherlands) (section History)
worker; (2) a Mennonite nursing service with a district nurse; (3) a Mennonite family aid service with two family social workers; (4) a Mennonite school with

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Colorado (USA) (section History of Mennonites/Anabaptists to World War II)
1960s the General Conference Mennonite Church (Arvada Mennonite Church) and the Mennonite Brethren (Garden Park Mennonite Brethren Church) had established

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Discipleship (section Original 1959 Mennonite Encyclopedia Article)
now to influence the course of history toward peace: "For Sider, discipleship implies taking responsibility for history and demonstrating the love of God

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Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)
Conference: Lancaster Mennonite School (1942, Lancaster), two homes for the aged, i.e., Mennonite Home (1903, Lancaster) and Welsh Mountain Samaritan Home (1898,

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Catechism
Amish in America, but also of the Mennonite Church (MC), the General Conference Mennonite Church, the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren (now Fellowship of Evangelical

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Mennonite Brethren Bible College (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) (section Mennonite Brethren Bible College / Concord College Presidents)
Anniversary: Publication of Mennonite Brethren Bible College, 1944-1969. Winnipeg: Mennonite Brethren Bible College, 1969. Canadian Mennonite University MLA style

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Cemeteries
lined with large poplar trees. The location of Mennonite cemeteries in North America varies. The oldest Mennonite church in North America, at Germantown in

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Offer des Heeren, Het
Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 22. All rights reserved. ©1996-2024 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All

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Chaco (South America)
time in history, was definitely determined. Menno, the first Mennonite colony established in the Chaco, was founded in 1927 by Canadian Mennonites and is

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Mennonite Church Eastern Canada
and General Conference Mennonite Church into Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada (formerly Conference of Mennonites in Canada). Instead of

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Groningen (Netherlands)
Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, pp. 589-592. All rights reserved. ©1996-2024 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online

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Moravia (Czech Republic)
Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, pp. 747-750. All rights reserved. ©1996-2024 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online

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Belgium
Paul N., ed. Mennonite World Handbook. Lombard, IL: Mennonite World Conference, 1978: 288-289. Mennonite World Conference. "2000 Europe Mennonite & Brethren

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Farming and Settlement
the Polish kings are noteworthy. The Mennonites in Russia constituted an extra¬ordinary segment of Mennonite history in so far as their manner of settlement

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Abbotsford (British Columbia, Canada) (section Mennonite Congregations in Abbotsford, 2009)
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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Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches
Episode in the History of the Ontario Mennonite Brethren Churches." Mennonite Historian 13, no. 2 (1987): 1-2. Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches

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Baptists
for the division: unorthodox Mennonite views of the Incarnation; Mennonite laxity on Sabbath (Sunday) observance; Mennonite insistence on "succession" in

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Danzig (Poland) (section Original Mennonite Encyclopedia Article)
September 1664 another guild petition against Mennonite trade appeared, which referred to the 1636 order about Mennonite grain trade. In April 1666 the city council

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Rosenort Mennonite Church (Rosenort, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland) (section Elders of the Grosses Werder Mennonite Church)
of Russians. Four hundred years of history of the settlement and over three hundred years of congregational history found its close on these days. Of the

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Virginia (USA) (section Virginia Mennonites by Branches, 1957)
grown. In 1965 Eastern Mennonite Seminary was established, so that what was once Eastern Mennonite College was now Eastern Mennonite College and Seminary

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Michigan (USA)
The Mennonite Church in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan. Engadine: the author, 1986. Weaver, W. B. History of the Central Conference Mennonite Church

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Alsace (France) (section History)
of the history of the Mennonites and their martyrs was somewhat dubious, given as it is in the jeuilleton spirit of the journalist. True to history was his

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Krehbiel, Henry Peter (1862-1940)
Others were: "How Can Mennonite Doctrines Receive More Recognition," Bundesbote, 1895; "Mennonite Settlements in Kansas," Mennonite Yearbook, 1896; "Our

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Evangelical Mennonite Conference (Kleine Gemeinde)
to Evangelical Mennonite Church in 1952 and to Evangelical Mennonite Conference (EMC) in 1960. Recent research in Kleine Gemeinde history has provided additional

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Canadian Mennonite Bible College (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
place over the course of CMBC's history, especially in the 1980s and 1990s which led to the founding of Canadian Mennonite University (a federation of three

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Gingerich, Melvin (1902-1975)
Archivist of the Mennonite Church Archives at Goshen from 1947 until his retirement in 1970 and also served as editor of the Mennonite Historical Bulletin

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Moscow (Russia)
role in the history of the Mennonites of Russia. Occasionally young men attended the University of Moscow. During World War I, when Mennonite young men served

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

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Church-State Relations (section Mennonite Churches Outside North America and Europe)
effect the erection of Mennonite states. The first instance of this in Mennonite history is the autonomy granted to the Mennonite settlements (also to other

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Müller, Ernst (1849-1927)
Swiss church and cultural history has never been presented, and is intended to fill a gap not only here, but also in the history of the great spiritual movement

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Cedar Grove Mennonite Church (Greencastle, Pennsylvania, USA) (category Mennonite Church USA Congregations) (section Pastoral Leaders at Cedar Grove Mennonite Church)
Coast Conference and Mennonite Church USA. It subsequently joined the Franklin Mennonite Conference, which itself withdrew from Mennonite Church USA in 2016

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Hungary
the Nazarene movement. Mennonite Central Committee since 1979 has sponsored several young North Americans for studies (history, music, theology) and fraternal

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Mennonite Publishing Company (Elkhart, Indiana, USA)
in 1908 to the Mennonite Publication Board which had just created the Mennonite Publishing House as the publishing agency for the Mennonite Church (MC).

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Brussels (Belgium)
Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, pp. 454-455. All rights reserved. ©1996-2024 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online

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Keller, Ludwig (1849-1915)
Mission." Mennonite Life 8 (October 1953): 159 f., 192 MLA style Neff, Christian. "Keller, Ludwig (1849-1915)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia

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Friedmann, Robert (1891-1970)
Goshen College Mennonite Historical Library. He became a baptized member of the Eighth Street Mennonite Church (General Conference Mennonite Church) during

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Oberholtzer, John H. (1809-1895) (category General Conference Mennonite Church Ministers)
Pennsylvania Mennonite Church." Mennonite Life 2 (October 1947): 33. Friedmann, Robert. Mennonite Piety Through the Centuries. Goshen: Mennonite Historical

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General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (section Merger with the Krimmer Mennonite Brethren)
of special interest and value for Mennonite Brethren. Included among these are John A. Toews, A History of the Mennonite Brethren Church (1975), and Peter

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Indonesia (section Mennonites in Indonesia)
Indonesia (Indonesian Protestant Mennonite Church), which interacted with the Mennonite churches in Java and Mennonite Central Committee. However, in the

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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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Germantown Mennonite Settlement (Pennsylvania, USA)
Martyrs' Mirror. For the history of the Germantown Mennonite congregation see that article. Bender, Harold S. "The Founding of the Mennonite Church in America

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Mennonite Brethren Missions/Services International (Mennonite Brethren Church) (section History and Ownership)
style Wiens, Victor. "Mennonite Brethren Missions/Services International (Mennonite Brethren Church)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online.

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Holdeman, John (1832-1900) (category Church of God in Christ, Mennonite Ministers)
Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 789; v. 5, p. 386. All rights reserved. ©1996-2024 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online

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Wooster Mennonite Church (Wooster, Ohio, USA) (category Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference Congregations) (section Wooster Mennonite Church Leading Ministers)
Wooster Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), formerly known as the Wooster Mennonite Mission, located in the city of Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio, is a

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Indiana (USA) (section Mission Churches (Mennonite Church))
Evangelical Mennonite (Grabill); Hope Fellowship (Wabash); Evangelical Mennonite (Lafayette); Evangelical Mennonite (Union City); Evangelical Mennonite (Upland);

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Mennonite Home Mission (Chicago, Illinois, USA) (category Illinois Mennonite Conference Congregations)
Mennonite Home Mission (Mennonite Church) was a congregation located at 1907 South Union Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, a member of the Illinois Conference

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Langnau im Emmental (Kanton Bern, Switzerland)
authoritative history of the Mennonites of Bern, was the pastor of the state church from 1884 to 1927. Langnau is the meeting place of the Swiss Mennonite conference

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Lammerenkrijgh
burst apart the recently won unification of the Mennonites in all Holland (see Amsterdam Lamist Mennonite Church). Conflicts at Rotterdam and Utrecht, like

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West Prussia
without a Mennonite congregation, or they changed their membership to another church. Some of the Mennonite refugees found new homes in largely Mennonite settlements

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Bohemian Brethren
Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 383. All rights reserved. ©1996-2024 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All

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Gospel Herald (Periodical)
Gospel Herald merged with The Mennonite of the General Conference Mennonite Church to form a new periodical called The Mennonite. This was an early step in

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Fellowship of Evangelical Churches (redirect from Defenseless Mennonite Church)
Must Be Born Again: A History of the Evangelical Mennonite Church. Fort Wayne: Evangelical Mennonite Church, 1979. An official history booklet intended for

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Pennsylvania (USA) (section Characteristic Mennonite Names)
under the Mennonite Church (MC). The General Conference Mennonites operate the Mennonite Home for the Aged (1896) at Frederick. The Mennonite Central Committee

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Troeltsch, Ernst (1865-1923)
become a classic in the area of interpretative church history. Although not too familiar with the history of Anabaptism, Troeltsch was able to describe and

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Mifflin County (Pennsylvania, USA)
Hartzler were outstanding Amish Mennonite leaders of the county. The four Mennonite churches belonged to the Mennonite Church branch. Of these, in 1956

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Covenant Mennonite Church (Winkler, Manitoba, Canada) (category Mennonite Church Manitoba Congregations) (section Ordained Pastors at Covenant Mennonite Church)
Garry. "Covenant Mennonite Church History." 18 February 2015. Web. 10 July 2016. http://covenantmennonitechurch.ca/history/. Mennonite Reporter (26 July

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Bolivia
Boliviana (Bolivian Evangelical Mennonite Church). It is related to both General Conference Mennonite Church and Mennonite Church (MC) mission agencies.

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Coaldale Bible School (Coaldale, Alberta, Canada) (redirect from Alberta Mennonite Brethren Bible Institute (Coaldale, Alberta, Canada))
established by the Alberta Mennonite Brethren between 1929 and 1933. B. B. Janz, a prominent member of the Coaldale Mennonite Brethren Church, was one of

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Chicago (Illinois, USA)
1907 S. Union (Mennonite Church), 1893; Bethel Mennonite Church, Loomis and 14th Place (Mennonite Church), 1950; Mennonite Mexican Mission, 1014 Blue Island

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Franklin County (Pennsylvania, USA)
Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 377. All rights reserved. ©1996-2024 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All

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Idaho (USA) (section Anabaptist / Mennonite Groups in Idaho)
1955. Thus the total Mennonite membership in Idaho in 1955 was 790, distributed as follows: General Conference Mennonite 389, Mennonite Church 369, Church

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Canadian Pacific Railway Company
in Canada the Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization were organized. In the early 1920s the Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization approached the CPR

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Texel (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)
congregation, called the Texel Mennonite congregation. For the early history, see Burg, Hoorn, Oosterend, and De Waal. The Mennonites of Texel, particularly in

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Bolsward (Friesland, Netherlands)
Frisians. Little is known of the history of the Mennonites of Bolsward. We know that in 1657 there were four Mennonite congregations in Bolsward, which

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Bluffton University (Bluffton, Ohio, USA)
originally known as Central Mennonite College, founded in 1898 by the Middle District of the General Conference Mennonite Church, and located at Bluffton

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Loserth, Johann (1846-1936)
the history of Bohemia 65 titles, for the Wycliffite and Hussite movements 63 titles, for the history of the Anabaptists 25 titles, for the history of the

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