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joined the Central Plains Conference of Mennonite Church USA. In 2023 the congregation remained part of the Central Plains Conference of Mennonite Church USA

Bethlehem Mennonite moved to the North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church in 2000. That conference withdrew from Mennonite Church USA in 2015 and

2007 the congregation transferred from the Central Plains Mennonite Conference to the North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church. After the North

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

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

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

Valley Mennonite was part of the Dakota-Montana Conference of the Mennonite Church (MC). This later became the North Central Conference of the Mennonite

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

Fellowship withdrew from the North Central Conference and Mennonite Church USA, and became part of the Harvest Fellowship of Churches and the Anabaptist Native

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

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

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

commemorated the 125th anniversary of the founding of the General Conference Mennonite Church with a special issue. In February, 1998 The Mennonite merged with

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

own conference in the United States in 1879, with Canadian congregations included in a "Northern District" of the conference. The Mennonite Church (MC

Bethel congregation (Mennonite Church). Medina County also is the home of the Wadsworth First Mennonite Church (General Conference Mennonite Church), founded

to join the Central Conference and the General Conference Church. The following discussion will treat the history by settlements and branches. The first

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1907, the Northwest Conference of the Mennonite Church in 1971, and the Northwest Mennonite Conference in 1993. In 1998 17 Mennonite Church congregations

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

gave the following statistics of its congregations in the province: Conference of Mennonites in Canada Congregations: 1955 The 1954 Mennonite Brethren yearbook

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

sponsored by the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Church; (4) Mennonite Hospital at Beatrice, sponsored by the General Conference Mennonite churches of Beatrice;

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

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

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

Abbotsford population, with 15 Mennonite Brethren, 6 Mennonite Church, and one Church of God in Christ, Mennonite congregations. Mennonite entrepreneurs excel in

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

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

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

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

Island (Mennonite Church), 1932; First Mennonite Church, 73rd and Lafflin (General Conference Mennonite Church), 1914; Grace Mennonite Church, 4221 S.

General Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church convened every fall, holding its meetings in one of the larger churches of the constituency. The conference

e Church British Columbia, Mennonite Church Alberta, Mennonite Church Saskatchewan, Mennonite Church Manitoba, and the Mennonite Church Eastern Canada)

General Conference Mennonite churches, one Mennonite Brethren, and one Church of God in Christ, Mennonite church. In 1939 several of the churches in this

act of parliament, incorporating the Canadian Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church of North America as a charity. In the following year the conference

Eastern District Conference of the General Conference Mennonite Church. In 1950 there was also one congregation of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ in Bucks

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

Lancaster Mennonite Conference affiliated with the (Old) Mennonite Church. Mennonite Church USA was a merger of the (Old) Mennonite Church and the General

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

for the first year. The sponsoring Mennonites were affiliated with the Kansas Conference and the larger body, the General Conference Mennonite Church denomination

(sponsored by the Northern District of the General Conference Mennonite Church). General Conference Mennonites and the Mennonite Church (MC) have combined

35 with Mennonite Church British Columbia, the provincial level of the Mennonite Church Canada. There were four Church of God in Christ, Mennonite (Holdeman)

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

number the 31 congregations of the Virginia Mennonite Conference (MC) in the Shenandoah Valley with their 2,838 members constituted the heart of Virginia

Following the realignment of the General Conference Mennonite Church, the Mennonite Church (MC) and the Conference of Mennonites in Canada into Mennonite Church

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

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

later form the Rocky Mountain Mennonite Conference of the Mennonite Church. Through the efforts of the La Junta and East Holbrook churches Mennonite congregations

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

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

following the restructuring of the Mennonite Church and General Conference Mennonite Church into Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada, the Northern

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

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

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

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

transformation of the General Conference Mennonite Church and Mennonite Church into Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada. At that time the conference's

two congregations, Mount Zion (Mennonite Church) and Bethel (General Conference Mennonite Church), with 54 and 131 members respectively in 1956. The third

the Peaceful Sea; A History of the Pacific District Conference of the General Conference Mennonite Church of North America." MDiv thesis, Western Evangelical

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

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

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

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

district mission board of the Virginia Mennonite Conference sponsored the 1958 membership of 11. The same board sponsored the Mennonite Gospel Mission in Knoxville

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

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

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

united Amsterdam Mennonite church; it was formed by the gradual union of eleven congregations. In spite of many divisions the Mennonites of Amsterdam have

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

The Illinois Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church), was organized in 1921 by the merger of the earlier Mennonite Conference (MC) of the State of Illinois

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

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

the Peaceful Sea: A History of the Pacific District Conference of the General Conference Mennonite Church of North America." M.Div. thesis, Western Evangelical

Amish Mennonite Church near Topeka, Indiana on 7 April 1888. Thereafter the Amish Mennonite Conference was the "Spring Conference," and the Mennonite Conference

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

integral part of First Mennonite Church. The Ontario Mennonite Bible School and Institute, started in 1907 by the Mennonite Conference of Ontario, was held

Clearbrook MB Church Denominational Affiliations: British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1936-present) Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren

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

Elmwood Mennonite Brethren Church Denominational Affiliations: Mennonite Brethren Church of Manitoba (1929-present) Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren

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

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

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

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

seven General Conference Mennonite churches in the state. The one Mennonite Brethren (MB) church in Washington is the Whitehorn MB Church, near Blaine,

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

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

Bible School) (Mennonite Church) developed from an appeal to the Kansas-Nebraska Conference in 1907 for a Mennonite Church school west of the Mississippi

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

solely of churches in the United States. In 1987 the Central District Conference (Mennonite Brethren) consisted of 28 churches in the states of Nebraska

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

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

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

(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;

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

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

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

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

churches in the town: Maple Grove (Unaffiliated) and the Topeka Mennonite (General Conference Mennonite). The Emma Mennonite (Mennonite Church) Church is located

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

1919-1925: American Mennonite relief operations under the auspices of Mennonite Central Committee. Scottdale, Pa. : Mennonite Central Committee, 1929. Kühhler

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

of Mennonite refugees from West Prussia settled in the neighborhood of Neuwied. With the help of the Mennonite Central Committee the congregation was built

place in the life of the Molotschna Mennonites. With the increase of the population, the improvement of agricultural machinery, and the introduction of the

approval of conference, founded The Mennonite, which became the General Conference English periodical. In 1895, conference published the first Mennonite Yearbook

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

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

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

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

viz., the China Mennonite Mission Society, the China Mission of the General Conference Mennonites, the South China and West China Missions of the Mennonite

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

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

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

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

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

arrangements with the United States Conference of the Mennonite Brethren and the General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches in North America. The records

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

almost all of whom belonged to the Central Conference, later a district of the General Conference Mennonite Church. Mennonite congregations in the county were

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

affiliated congregation in the Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference of the Mennonite Church and the Central District Conference of the General Conference Mennonite

2022 the congregation was part of the Central District Conference of Mennonite Church USA. Rich, Elaine Sommers, ed. Walking Together in Faith: The Central

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

moderator of the Ontario Mennonite Brethren Conference, 1932-46, and was on the executive committee of the Canadian Mennonite Brethren Conference, 1946-49

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:

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

one of celebration as Wanner and Preston congregations jointly planned events in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the arrival of Mennonite settlers

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

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.

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

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

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

Mennonite Church (initially known as the Chilliwack Mennonite Church) by the Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church, the establishment in the same year of Ministerio

represented the North American Mennonite Brethren conference at the Mennonite World Conference three times. P. C. Hiebert helped organize the Mennonite Central

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

General Conference Mennonite Church, the Mennonite Church (MC) and the Conference of Mennonites in Canada into Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Histories of the Congregations. Moundridge KS, Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, 1999: 144-145. Marr, Lucille. "A lonely outpost: the Mennonites Maison

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

Through the wider church Eden has supported the ministries of Mennonite Central Committee (including the Kansas Mennonite Relief Sale), Mennonite Disaster

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches joined the Saskatchewan MB Conference in the sponsorship of the school in 1968.This provided Bethany with

assignments in the Mennonite Conference of Ontario (Mennonite Church) included: conference executive committee (1925, 1930-33, 1936-30); bishop of the Toronto

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

organization. He was pastor of the Bethel College Mennonite Church, North Newton, Kansas (1925-1930), and the Eden Mennonite Church, Moundridge, Kansas (1965-1971)

Website: Zion Mennonite Church Denominational Affiliations: Western District Mennonite Conference (1883-present) General Conference Mennonite Church (1883-2002)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Muria (Muria Conference of the Chinese Mennonite Church) the conference consisted of eight Malay-speaking Chinese congregations in the towns of Kudus, Jepara

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

College Mennonite Church Denominational Affiliations: Mennonite Church (MC) (1903-2002) Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference (1903-present) Mennonite Church

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

part of Mennonite Church USA), the Church of God in Christ, Mennonites, and the Mennonite Brethren. In Newton are the General Conference Mennonite headquarters

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

The Carlock Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church USA) was established because a number of families belonging to the North Danvers Mennonite Church had moved

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

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

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

Jawa (GITJ; Evangelical Church of Java), the predominately Javanese Mennonite conference of the north central part of the island of Java, Indonesia, was formed

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

Affiliations: Mennonite Church British Columbia (1939-present) Conference of Mennonites in Canada / Mennonite Church Canada (1939-present) General Conference Mennonite

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

567 members, the Mennonite Church (General Conference Mennonite) with 350 members, and the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren, also known as the Allianzgemeinde

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

supported by funds from the Mennonite Brethren Conference, proceeded to the Cameroons of North Africa to a field of the North American Baptist Mission

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

national, and international Mennonite conference activities. Most of the leaders in the 44 churches are graduates of Mennonite Bible schools, high schools

the General Conference Mennonite Church and Mennonite Church which led to the formation of Mennonite Church Canada and Mennonite Church USA, AMBS remained

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

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

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

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

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

Mennonite Church withdrew from the Illinois Mennonite Conference and the Central District Conference. The congregation stated it planned to join a region

affiliation to Mennonite Church USA from the Central District Conference to the Ohio Conference of Mennonite Church USA. "Apostolic Mennonite Church,..." The Mennonite

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

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

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

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

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

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

Website: Lustre MB Church Denominational Affiliations: Central District of Mennonite Brethren Churches US Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches General Conference

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

couple supported by Mennonite Board of Missions (Mennonite Church) was working in leadership training. The Argentine Mennonite Church was growing toward

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

committee included one member of the Mennonite Conference of Ontario (Norman High), one United Mennonite (Henry H. Epp), one Mennonite Brethren (Henry H. Dueck)

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

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

(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

The McClusky Mennonite Brethren Church in McClusky, North Dakota, a member of the Mennonite Brethren Central District Conference, was organized in 1903

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

Clinton Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), located two miles (three km) southeast of Pettisville, Fulton County, Ohio, began as an outgrowth of the Central

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

(General Conference Mennonite), a member of the Central District Conference (formerly known as Central Conference of Mennonites), located about two miles southwest

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

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

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

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

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

of the formation of Mennonite Church USA the congregation switched its affiliation to the Evangelical Mennonite Church (renamed Fellowship of Evangelical

respects similar to the Mennonite Central Committee of North America. Some of the problems and tasks consistently confronting the conference during its first

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

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

Chilliwack Central Mennonite Brethren Church (now Central Community Church), Cedar Valley Mennonite in Mission, and South Abbotsford Mennonite Brethren 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

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

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

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

members of the Central District Conference of the General Conference Mennonite Church and the Illinois Mennonite Conference of the Mennonite Church (MC) in

built a new church that it dedicated on 6 July 1958. As part of the realignment of the Mennonite Church (MC) and General Conference Mennonite Church into Mennonite

for the promotion of faith in the individual and in the brotherhood. On 2 August 1917 the first Gemeentedag of the Mennonites met in the church at Utrecht

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

by the Fernheim Mission Association that the Mennonite Brethren Conference of North America assume the responsibility. The formal acceptance of the mission

Pennsylvania (Mennonite Church), in 1876; the city of Kitchener (Berlin) grew up around the First Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church, 1813) of that city.

member of the South Central Mennonite Conference The Mennonites that formed the Herold Mennonite Church had all come from many different parts of Imperial

three Mennonite congregations of that conference in Kudus. There are also two congregations of the Gereja Injili di Tanah Jawa (Evangelical Church of Java)

Affiliations: British Columbia Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches (1964-present) Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1964-present) General

local churches, including the Mennonite Brethren, General Conference Mennonite and Krimmer Mennonite Brethren churches as well as the Church of the Brethren

within the group. In 1911, the more progressive portion of the church established a Central Conference Mennonite Church (later General Conference Mennonite)

constitution it had the following aims: (1) support of the needy in the Mennonite congregations of the Conference in special cases; (2) care of the widows and children

end of August and a new church by the end of the year. On 24 October 2010, Comins Mennonite Church withdrew from the Central District Conference and Mennonite

which became the official statements of faith of the majority of North American Mennonite churches by the 1950s; the (Old) Mennonite Church and the Amish churches

1908 it joined the Central Conference. In 1914 the congregation added a rented church building in the town of Danvers, and in 1919 closed the country building

2020, First Mennonite Church withdrew from the Central District Conference of Mennonite Church USA and became an independent community church. In 2023 it

president of the Pacific and Central districts of the General Conference Mennonite Church, the General Board of the General Conference Mennonite Church, as chair

The arrival of the Mennonite Church in Kenya is a witness to the work of the Holy Spirit in spreading the good news. The Kenya Mennonite Church (KMC) is

Community of the Holy Spirit (Bender, 1962, 1-66). The image of the church as People of God connects the people of the Old Covenant with the church of the New

its use in the services of the church. Many Mennonites in Kyrgyzstan have found their way into other congregations, mostly Baptist congregations, but sometimes

in the north-central part of the state, is the location of three groups of Mennonites: the large Fairview Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), the small

South America and of the General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM) in North America. The stated purpose of AIMB is to nurture the faith and facilitate programs

served the Krimmer Mennonite Brethren Conference as chairman of the Board of Foreign Missions; and for some time he was secretary of the Mennonite Aid on

pastor, and during the following year the church had an average attendance of 35. "The Church of the Brethren, (Now the First Mennonite Church), 22nd and Kiowa

Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1987-2022) Mennonite Church British Columbia (1992-present) Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren

withdrew from the Indiana-Michigan Conference and the Mennonite Church (MC) and began an independent Mennonite congregation. The congregation had concerns

in Paraguay. The mission outreach of the congregation into a suburb of Buenos Aires led to the founding of another congregation in 1986, the Iglesia Evangelical

was part of the Techny conference and has been a member of the CPT Steering Committee since its inception. The Church of the Brethren joined the Mennonite

name to the Friedensberg Bible Church. As part of the realignment of the Mennonite Church (MC) and General Conference Mennonite Church into Mennonite Church

Commission and the Mennonite Church USA Historical Committee – became partners in the project. Mennonite Central Committee joined in early 2006, Mennonite World

became the pastor of the Woodrow MB Church. A new church building was a highlight of ministry there. He completed his Bachelor of Divinity from the Mennonite

accredited CPE program in the Valleyview Mennonite Church of London, of which he was pastor. This was one of only two congregations in North America to be so accredited

Classen accepted the call on 1 June 1953. The church membership was 300 in 1949. Plett, C. F. The Story of the Krimmer Mennonite Brethren Church. Hillsboro,

Mennonite Church (MC) and the cultural transitions for the Mennonite Brethren and General Conference Mennonite Church brought greater interaction with the larger

1959–1960, Abe served as pastor of Abbotsford Mennonite Brethren Church (now Central Heights Church). After two years in the pastorate, Abe accepted a call

leading elder in the Mennonite Brethren Church. The following is a list of some of the better-known representatives of the Yoder family in the early and mid

Academy. The congregation no longer exists. Denominational Affiliation: Central District Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches US Conference of Mennonite

The Puerto Rico Mennonite Church (MC), the result of mission work by the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities, was the outgrowth of the work of the

History of the Mennonites of the Franconia Conference. Telford, PA: Franconia Mennonite Historical Society, 1937: 192-199. Address: 590 North Broad Street

resented by the mother church, the CMZA. As a matter of fact, the Mennonite refugees of one clan chose not to identify with the new church preferring to wait

developed, and the church returned to the task of evangelism and church planting—with success. In 1986 2,225 members were added to the church. The social dislocation

worker under the Mennonite [[[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]] Board of Missions (MBM). Since then numerous MCC and MBM workers have served under

Martin Old Order Mennonite Church (now known as the Independent Old Order Mennonite Church). The language of worship is German. The congregation began services

Amish Mennonite Conference in 1920 and the inclusion of its congregations in a number of ongoing and newly formed Mennonite Church conferences. Jacob Heatwole

creation of two new church commissions in 1984. The Commission on Social Action, along with the support of Mennonite Central Committee, attempted to develop

Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1968-present) Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1969-present) General Conference of Mennonite

Conference of the Mennonite Church of North America 1931-45, then to the Handbook of Information of the General Conference the Mennonite Church of North America

dissatisfaction in the church, so Moses Jr. withdrew from the Amish church and joined the Mennonites for which he was excommunicated by the Amish Church. Moses Hartz

days. John was well-known at the larger gatherings of the Mennonite Brethren Church in North America. He was a promoter of the vision to establish an English

begin church planting in Loures, a suburb of Lisbon. The Mennonite Board of Missions (Mennonite Church), in the spring of 1987, investigated the possibility

The Anchor Mennonite Church was a member of the General Conference Mennonite Church. It started as a Sunday school at the Rockford schoolhouse, five miles

area. Krehbiel, secretary of the Home Mission Board of the General Conference Mennonite Church (1914-23) and member of the Mennonite Immigration Bureau which

co-operate and supported by the mission boards of the Mennonite Church and the General Conference Mennonite churches in North America, was established in

decided on the Bedford/Manns Choice area of central Pennsylvania. The first service was held in the Bedford Grange Hall north of Bedford on 20 April 2008. On

represented the A.D.S. on the board of the Netherlands chapter of the World Alliance for the Promotion of Friendship through the Churches. He co-founded

served in Mennonite mission outreach under the South Central Mennonite Conference in the Mexican border area of Mathis, Texas, during 1948-1951. The La Junta

in 1916. This church in 1955 was one of the four home churches of the Middle District of the Virginia Conference. In 1955 few Mennonites lived in this

dedicated it in the fall when he arrived. United Mennonite Church of Black Creek is one of the oldest churches affiliated with Mennonite Church British Columbia

community. The Old Order Amish Mennonites had 800 members in nine congregations or districts in the 1950s. The Arthur Mennonite Church (MC) under the Illinois

cooperation between Mission Mennonite, which represents the Church in Canada and the United States, and the Church of God in Christ Mennonite of Haiti. One missionary

and gilding the rewards of the afterlife. The commercialization of the funeral, the sale of the coffin, and the practice of embalming the body, and all

supported conjointly by the Argentine Mennonite Conference (Iglesia Evangélica Menonita), Mennonite Board of Missions (Mennonite Church) and the Commission on Overseas

Central Conference Mennonite Church, later a district conference of the General Conference Mennonite Church, the only other Mennonite conference to use

area where they joined the Manitou Mennonite Church or to the Albany, Oregon, area where they joined the Fairview Mennonite Church. Aaron Unternahrer was

Lancaster Mennonite Conference (MC) mission began at Colquitt (Miller County), followed by Virginia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church) churches at Hephzibah

leading from the hinterland into Cuauhtémoc. There was a General Conference Mennonite church in the town composed almost entirely of Mennonite refugees who

after the signing of the Peace of Flensburg in 1529. In the next year he joined the Anabaptist congregation in Strasbourg. About the middle of the 16th

Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches MLA style Dick, A. A. "Kief Mennonite Brethren Church (Kief

Sawyer Mennonite Brethren Church, located 7 miles west of Sawyer, North Dakota, a member of the Mennonite Brethren Conference (MB) Central District Conference

demands of church discipline. By the middle of the 19th century the political situation shifted in most European countries, and in some of the American colonies

original village of Silberfeld, directly north of Randolph and east of Niverville. The church served the people from the areas of Silberfeld, New Bothwell (Kronsthal)

Actually the major part of the student body and faculty were from the General Conference Mennonite Church. The Mennonite Seminary was an integral part of Bluffton

communion, church discipline, the separation of church and state, and avoidance of the oath were all important markers of the church. Military service was acknowledged

married Irene Loewen at the Steinbach Mennonite Brethren Church in Steinbach, Manitoba. They attended classes at the Mennonite Brethren Bible College in

sometimes the role of these Mennonite political leaders had more to do with the Mennonite ethnic community than with the Mennonite church. The coming of the

established for the training of ministers particularly among the General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Brethren, and the Mennonite Church (MC) denominations

Mennonite Church (MC) and the Central District Conference of the General Conference Mennonite Church in 1996. It merged with the Bellefontaine Community Fellowship

often. The  response was highest for the Mennonite Brethren and Evangelical Mennonite Church (96%) and lowest for the General Conference Mennonite Church

Aberdeen Evangelical Mennonite church (established 1956), located in the Winnipeg North End. Braeside’s location in the north-east sector of Winnipeg (known

merger of the Mennonite Church and General Conference Mennonite Church, the Convención merged in 2000 with the Association of Hispanic Mennonite Churches

General Conference Mennonite Church (GC) merged with the Mennonite Church (MC) to be transformed into Mennonite Church USA, the new conference for First Mennonite

selecting a new name. It became a full member of the Illinois Mennonite Conference of the Mennonite Church (MC) in about 1996. In 2001, a fatal drive-by

Northside Mennonite Church. After several years of discussion, in 1995 it merged with the First Mennonite Church of Lima (General Conference Mennonite) to form

organiza­tion of North German Mennonite congregations formed in 1951 and known as the "Gemeinden-ausschuss" was joined at once by the congregations in Bergisches

permission of his parents, Jesse joined the St. Jacobs Mennonite congregation of the Mennonite Conference of Ontario in his late teens. His attendance at

organized as a congregation in 1953 and joined the Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference of the Mennonite Church (MC). It became part of the Atlantic Coast Conference

members of the family in North America have included Henry A. Fast, who was a Bethel College professor and vice-chairman of the Mennonite Central Committee

who judges from the point of view of his church. Since one of the most important measures of the Counter Reformation was the sending out of papal nuncios

all part of the life and work of the church. The Brethren in Christ Church in Zambia is affiliated with the Africa Mennonite and Brethren in Christ Fellowship

father was the elder of the Mennonite (Kirchliche Mennoniten) Church at Karassan, Crimea, but Benjamin was baptized a member of the Mennonite Brethren Church

IL: Mennonite World Conference, 1984 :73. Mennonite Yearbook and Directory. Scottdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, 1988-89: 156, 164. Mennonite World

Elkhart Institute (Mennonite Church [MC]) 1894 (to Goshen in 1903), now Goshen College; Central Mennonite College (General Conference Mennonite [GCM]) at Bluffton

and music of the charismatic movement. In 1984 the Church of the Brethren, the General Conference Mennonite Church and the Mennonite Church (MC) began

reconsideration of the organizational structure of the church. In 1964 it changed the name of the conference from “Sureña Evangelical Church” to “Evangelical

forming a new church. While Makisa eventually returned to Angola, Moussongela continued on as the leader of the Namibian church. The church has developed

group of members from the Naumburg Mennonite Church in Castorland, New York. The Mennonite Son Light Mission Church had a total membership in 1987 of 300

teach, and heal in the name of Christ." The Mennonite Health Association has become one such evidence of this effort on the part of Mennonite health professionals

meeting room, a Mennonite family occupying the rest of the building. The purchase was made in the names of two members, Joseph Eicher of Pulvers­heim and

The Christian Fellowship Church in Birch River, Manitoba began in 1970, when the Mafeking Evangelical Mennonite Church, located 20 miles farther north

hearts to the gospel. The nature of the developing Brethren in Christ Church has also been shaped by the method of evangelism. Instead of churches pastored

was part of a larger realignment of Mennonite congregations in the 2010s that were formerly part of Mennonite Church USA. These congregations were unhappy

including the Christian Church, Newton; First Mennonite Church, Newton; Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, Goessel; and the First Presbyterian Church, Newton

The first mission board to be organized by North American Mennonites was established by members of the General Conference Mennonite Church in 1872. The

Chaplains Association, the Mennonite Nurses Association, the Mennonite Medical Association, the Inter-Mennonite Council on Aging, the Mennonite Council for Hospitals

they would remain in the Mennonite church. In addition, the Mennonite high schools were established as a reaction to the decline of the religious or moral

involvement of the laity in decision-making. Calvin Redekop's essay, The Church functions with purpose, is a good illustration of the focus and tone of the emphasis

Deer at the then Mennonite Brethren Church to check the feasibility of an Alberta-only society. On 1 November 1986 the Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta

The John's Lake Mennonite Brethren Church, a member of the Central District Mennonite Brethren Conference, formerly known as Johannesthal, located at Regan

Goodrich Mennonite Brethren Church, now extinct, located at Goodrich, North Dakota, a congregation of the Central District Conference, was organized with

History of Kern Road Mennonite Church 1959-1984. South Bend, IN: Kern Road Mennonite Church, 1984. The Archives of the congregation are located at the Mennonite

Seibel. The latter was the leader of the Mennonite Brethren Church at McClusky. In 1924 the membership was 24. Its members joined other Mennonite Brethren

2023 the congregation remained part of the Illinois Mennonite Conference of Mennonite Church USA. "History of NSMC." North Suburban Mennonite Church. 2021

Affiliation: Conference of Mennonites in British Columbia / Mennonite Church British Columbia (1959-2017) Conference of Mennonites in Canada / Mennonite Church

left out." The mission is sponsored by congregations belonging to the Ontario Mennonite Brethren Conference and the Mennonite Conference of Eastern Canada

Affiliations: Mennonite Church USA Mountain States Mennonite Conference Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church MLA style Unrau, Harlan. "Mennonite Church of La Jara

member of the church with Bible Institute training, Juana Garcia, assumed leadership responsibilities. Under her guidance the church has weathered the difficulties

Mennonite Conference of the Mennonite Church (MC) and the Central District Conference of the General Conference Mennonite Church provided financial support. The

sponsored by Mennonite Brethren, Mennonite Church (MC), and General Conference Mennonites. The film library was turned over to the General Conference Mennonite

dominated the body of church historical writings far beyond the 16th century. The very titles of the books dealing with the origin and doctrine of the new brotherhood

joined progressive Mennonite congregations and denominations (such as Mennonite Church [MC], General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Brethren, Evangelical

Mennonite Church into Mennonite Church USA, Zion Mennonite was among the congregations that joined the new Central Plains Mennonite Conference in 2000. Zion

California Mennonite Historical Society, 2006. Jantz, Harold. "Heinrich Voth: Founder of the Mennonite Brethren Church in Canada." Profiles of Mennonite Faith

Plains Mennonite Conference and Mennonite Church USA. Schmidt, Diena, ed. The Northern District Conference of the General Conference Mennonite Church 1891-1991

The North Baltimore Mennonite Church began as a church plant by the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1985. Bob and Ruby Lehman initiated it; Frank and Evelyn

handled independently of the Swift Current Mennonite settlement located to the north, and the Durango Mennonite settlement located in the neighboring state

childhood on the family farm where he was born. The family attended the Deep Run Mennonite Church-West, a General Conference Mennonite congregation where his

period. In some instances the owners of the estates put rooms at the disposal of the Mennonite renters. Toward the end of the 18th century meetinghouses

another in 1986. The Chinese church affiliated with the Mennonite Brethren and the Vietnamese church affiliated with Conference of Mennonites in Manitoba.

Neufeld (elder). The General Conference Mennonite Church Handbook of Information, 1954. Newton, KS: The General Conference Mennonite Church, 1954. Reimer

congregation remained part of the Central District Conference of Mennonite Church USA. Miller, Kelly M. "'Church discipline': Behind Mennonite same-sex sexuality

within the church. He died 24 May 1963. Erb, Paul. South Central Frontiers : a History of the South Central Mennonite Conference. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press

was moderator of the Canadian Conference (1975-77) as well as the General Conference (1965-69) of the Mennonite Brethren. Frank was not only a popular speaker

president of Freeman College, and is the author of In the Name of Christ (Scottdale, 1952). H. T. Unruh was a General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM) minister

points east of Elkton on the south and Quincy to the north. The General Conference Mennonites had a small congregation in the south part of the county, known

To narrow the focus, this article concentrates on the economics of the North American Mennonite Church (MC) and General Conference Mennonites (GCM) during

Virginia Mennonite Conference. Largely because of a shift of the membership of the Brenneman church, it was decided in 1898 to build a church one mile north of

in Costa Rica. The Lehman family started a church planting ministry in the city of Heredia, located in the central plateau. The Schlabachs began work translating

common in most Mennonite colleges by the 1950s, though not in some of the schools of the Mennonite Church (MC). Youth groups in some congregations in some Mennonite

cooperative study of five Mennonite and Brethren in Christ bodies (Mennonite Church, General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Brethren, Brethren

life. Especially this last aspect was stressed as the true mark of the church; the true church is the church which ". . . holds only to [God's] words and seeks

Website: Methacton Mennonite Church Denominational Affiliations: Mennonite Church USA Mosaic Mennonite Conference Map:Methacton Mennonite Church (Norristown,

County. The congregation he organized here in 1851 became known as the Yoder church, and later as North Danvers was the mother church of the Central (Illinois)

Evangelical Mennonite Conference congregations. Barrett, Lois. The Vision and the Reality: The Story of Home Missions in the General Conference Mennonite Church

Liberty Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), located in southwestern McPherson County, Kansas, 4 miles west and 4 north of Inman, Kansas, a member of the South

Jesus’ rejection of the sword and nonresistance to evil. In the middle third of the 20th century, Kauffman’s influence in the Mennonite Church was gradually

Hunsberger was a central figure in the organization of the General Conference Mennonite Church 1859-1865. He was overseer of the erection of the Wadsworth School

who for many years was also the moderator of the Ontario Conference (MC) and was for some time the president of the Mennonite Publication Board; Benjamin

where he was involved in the ministry of the Yarrow United Mennonite Church (1979-1982) and the Kelowna First Mennonite Church (1983-1986). Henry H. Epp

attendance of 40. The congregation became a charter member of the Rocky Mountain Mennonite Conference in 1961. Eldo Miller served as pastor of the Limon Mennonite

to other parts of the Mennonite Church that were in conflict. This role indicates his ability, and the stature he had within the church's leadership. Heatwole

serving on boards in both the Eastern District and General Conference Mennonite Church. In the 1940s and 1950s he served on the Publication and Historical

representing six Mennonite branches (Mennonite Church, General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Brethren Church, Krimmer Mennonite Brethren, Evangelical

conform to the regulations and standards of the congregation to the point of "shunning" the marriage partner outside the fold. The body of Christ and its

Vineland United Mennonite Church. In 1947 the church received official recognition by the government as the United Mennonite Church of Erie View. Peter Pankratz

General Conference Mennonite Church, an ordination he kept current the rest of his life. He helped found the Mennonite Congregation of Boston in the early

342); W. B. Weaver, History of the Central Conference Mennonite Church (1926, pp. 254); J. H. Lohrenz, The Mennonite Brethren Church (1950, pp. 335); Walter

proportion of the population never even became members of the church. Thus the believers' church concept of the Anabaptist originators of the Mennonite church

church in the Chortitza settlement divided, with the formation of a Mennonite Brethren Church under German Baptist influence. The Mennonite Brethren asserted

especially in the light of the growth of the Anabaptist Network. The proceeds of the sale were invested to provide income future work in developing the Anabaptist

where Hugo became pastor of the Fort Garry Mennonite Brethren Church. During this pastoral stint, Hugo raised the eyebrows of colleagues and friends when

1984. The congregation joined both the Central District Conference of the General Conference Mennonite Church and the Illinois Mennonite Conference of the

The Raleigh Mennonite Church, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, began in 1986. The Virginia Mennonite Conference and the Durham Mennonite Church launched the

Lawrence congregation withdrew from the North Central Conference because of the conference's decision at that time to remain part of Mennonite Church USA.

Stark Mennonite Brethren (MB) Church was a substation of the McClusky MB Church, located 28 miles southeast of it. It was organized under the leadership

As part of the realignment of the Mennonite Church (MC) and General Conference Mennonite Church into Mennonite Church USA, Northside was among the congregations

imitate the forms and spirit of the primitive church. All of them favored the revival of preaching and the active participation of the congregation. Other

Bethel. Most of these members lived north of the Wayland railroad tracks. Bethel became part of the Iowa-Nebraska Conference of the Mennonite Church (MC). Sugar

member of both the North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church (MC) and the Northern District Conference of the General Conference Mennonite Church

The Akers Mennonite Church, situated 40 miles (65 km) north of New Orleans, Louisiana, was a member of the South Central Conference Mennonite Church, with

The Chinook Mennonite Brethren Church, now extinct, located north of Chinook, Montana, a congregation of the Central District Conference, was organized

Park joined the Central District Conference of Mennonite Church USA. In 2023 the congregation was part of the Central District Conference. "Keller Park

1873) as the Mennonite Conference of Missouri, Iowa, and eastern Kansas, later extended to include the few Mennonite (MC) congregations west of Illinois