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 The Shiloh Conservative Mennonite Church, St. Thomas, [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], [[Canada]] was organized 12 March 1995 by the [[Conservative Mennonite Church of Ontario]] as an outreach in the greater Aylmer, Ontario area. The outreach was particularly directed to the Low German Mennonite immigrant community in the area. Initially the group used the Avon-Crampton United Church in Avon. The congregation later built a church in the hamlet of Orwell, west of Aylmer on Highway 3.

 Deacon Tom Bender provided initial pastoral leadership. John Krahn was ordained in 1998 to provide pastoral leadership for the congregation. Both remained in leadership in 2016.
 =Bibliography=
 "Shiloh." ''Ontario Informer'' 23, no. 4 (April 1995): 5-6.
 =Additional Information=

 '''Address:''' 47334 Church Street, St. Thomas, Ontario N5P 3S7

 '''Phone:''' 226-980-6672

 '''Denominational Affiliations:''' [[Conservative Mennonite Church of Ontario]]

 == Shiloh Conservative Mennonite Church Pastoral Leaders ==
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of Service
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 | Tom Bender (Deacon) || 1995-present
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 | John Krahn (Minister) || 1998-present
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 | Daryl Good (Deacon) || 2007-present
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 == Shiloh Conservative Mennonite Church Membership ==
 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
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 ! Year !! Members
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 | 1996 || 7
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 | 2007 || 24
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 | 2016 || 32
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 The Gospel Light Conservative Mennonite Church, Flesherton, [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], [[Canada]], began as an outreach of the [[Calvary Conservative Mennonite Church (Elmira, Ontario, Canada)|Calvary Conservative Mennonite Church]] ([[Elmira (Ontario, Canada)|Elmira]], Ontario). It first service as a recognized congregation was on 26 April 2015. In 2016 the congregation was meeting in the Flesherton Kinplex on Sunday mornings.

 Brendan Martin was the first minister ordained for the congregation; Daniel Gerber was the first deacon. The congregation has been part of the [[Conservative Mennonite Church of Ontario]] since its beginning.
 =Bibliography=
 "Gospel Light." ''Ontario Informer'' 43, no. 6 (June 2015): 6.
 =Additional Information=

 '''Address:''' 2 Highland Drive, Flesherton, Ontario (meetingplace)

 '''Phone:'''

 '''Denominational Affiliations:''' [[Conservative Mennonite Church of Ontario]]

 == Gospel Light Conservative Mennonite Church Pastoral Leaders ==
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 | Brendan Martin (Minister) || 2015-present
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 | Daniel Gerber (Deacon) || 2015-present
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 | 2016 || 32
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 The Faith Haven Conservative Mennonite Church, Croton, [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], [[Canada]], held it first official service on 6 June 2004, and was a church plant of the [[Conservative Mennonite Church of Ontario]]. The congregation met in a former school renovated for its own purposes.

 John N. Martin was the first minister for the congregation, and continued in that role in 2016.
 =Bibliography=

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 '''Address:''' 22923 Oakdale Road, Croton, Ontario N0P 1K0

 '''Phone:''' 519-692-5305

 '''Denominational Affiliations:''' [[Conservative Mennonite Church of Ontario]]

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 | Matthew Horst (Deacon)
(Minister) || 2005-2012
2012-present
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 | Amsey Brubacher (Deacon) || 2013-present
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 == Faith Haven Conservative Mennonite Church Membership ==
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 ! Year !! Members
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 | 2007 || 40
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 | 2016 || 72
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 The second congregation to be known as the Ethel Conservative Mennonite Church, Ethel, [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], [[Canada]] was established in 2007 as a church plant of the [[Brookside Conservative Mennonite Church (Carthage, Ontario, Canada)|Brookside Conservative Mennonite Church]]. The earlier [[Ethel Conservative Mennonite Church (1969-1980)(Ethel, Ontario, Canada)|Ethel congregation]] had existed from 1969 to about 1980, and had also been part of the Conservative Mennonite Church of Ontario.

 The new congregation began services on 5 August 2007. The congregation's founding pastor was Delton Martin (11 January 1955-5 August 2008). David M. Gingrich was ordained in 2009 for the congregation. In 2016 Duane Bauman provided pastoral leadership for Ethel.

 In fall 2009 the congregation took over ownership of a building owned by the Listowel Missionary Church.
 =Bibliography=
 "Ethel." Ontario Informer 35, no. 9 (September 2007): 4.

 "Ethel." Ontario Informer 37, no. 10 (October 2009): 4.
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 '''Address:''' 44466 Brandon Road, Ethel, Ontario N0G 1T0

 '''Phone:'''

 '''Denominational Affiliations:''' [[Conservative Mennonite Church of Ontario]]

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 | Delton Martin || 2007-2008
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 | Edwin Martin
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 | David M. Gingrich || 2009-2015
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 | Duane Bauman || 2015-present
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 ==Ethel Conservative Mennonite Church Membership ==
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 | 2009 || 33
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 | 2016 || 42
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 The Dayspring Mennonite congregation, located approximately 17 km north of Belleville, [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], [[Canada]], began services in fall 2010 when six families from the [[Conservative Mennonite Church of Ontario]] located in the area. The congregation originated as a church plant. It utilized rented spaces until a new building was erected in fall 2013.

 Initially known as the Moira Conservative Mennonite Church, the Dayspring name was chosen in January 2011. Founding minister John Bearinger served in 2016 as a non-salaried congregational leader. It has been affiliated with the Conservative Mennonite Church of Ontario since its formation. The language of worship is English.

 =Bibliography=
 Conservative Mennonite Church of Ontario. ''Congregational Directory'' (2016): 76 ff.

 "Dayspring." ''Ontario Informer'' Vol. 41, no. 10 (October 2013): 4-5.

 "Moira." ''Ontario Informer'' Vol. 38, no. 11 (November 2010): 5-6.

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 '''Address:''' 172 Wilson Rd., Centre Hastings, Ontario K0K 3E0

 '''Phone:'''

 '''Website''' http://www.dayspringmennonite.ca/

 '''Denominational Affiliations:''' [[Conservative Mennonite Church of Ontario]]

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of Service
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 | John Bearinger || 2011-present
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 | Laverne Bauman
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 | Eli Wideman || 2016-present
 |}

 ==Dayspring Membership==
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 | 2016 || 40
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 The Cedarvale Conservative Mennonite congregation near Harriston, [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], [[Canada]] began Sunday morning services in October 1988, and was formally organized as a congregation on 8 January 1989. There were 21 charter members. It occupied its first building the same year. The congregation originated as a church plant of the [[Conservative Mennonite Church of Ontario]] in a more rural area north of the Region of Waterloo. Bishop Henry Martin served as the first pastor, and Aaron Martin as the first deacon. Minister Rodney Weber served in 2016 as a non-salaried congregational leader. It has been affiliated with the Conservative Mennonite Church of Ontario since its formation. The language of worship is English.

 On at least two occasions since its formation, the church as suffered vandalism to its building.
 =Bibliography=
 "Cedarvale." ''Ontario Informer'' Vol. 17, no. 3 (March 1989): 6-7.

 Conservative Mennonite Church of Ontario. ''Congregational Directory.'' (2016): 52 ff.

 "Vandals target Mennonite church near Harriston: Graffiti appears to target Mennonites for their faith." CBC News. 7 June 2016. Web. 28 July 2016. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/mennonite-church-vandalized-harriston-1.3620580.
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 '''Address:''' 5404 11th Line, R.R. 4, Harriston, Ontario

 '''Phone:''' 519-338-2290

 '''Denominational Affiliations:''' [[Conservative Mennonite Church of Ontario]]
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 | 1995 || 46
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 | 2007 || 91
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 | 2016 || 130
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 Glenn and Janice Davies arrived in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada in February 2009 and began working to establish a core group in the area. By September, The Rock Church was launched. By November 2010, with the support of [[Church Planting British Columbia (British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches)|Church Planting BC]] and Westside Church in Vancouver, enough funds were raised to purchase a building in downtown Squamish, and a ministry center and cafe was established.

 In 2016 the church met at the Eagle Eye Community Theatre in Squamish.
 = Bibliography =

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 '''Location:''' Eagle Eye Community Theatre, Howe Sound Secondary School, 38430 Buckley Avenue, Squamish, British Columbia

 '''Mailing Address:''' P.O. Box 1815, Squamish, BC V8B 0B3

 '''Phone:''' 604-849-1338

 '''Website''' [http://www.therocksquamish.com/ The Rock Church]

 '''Denominational Affiliations:'''

 [http://www.bcmb.org/ British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches]

 [http://www.mennonitebrethren.ca/ Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches]

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 [[File:Richert-George-MHC-603-1027.jpg|300px|thumbnail|''George Richert
Source: Mennonite Heritage Centre (Winnipeg)
[https://archives.mhsc.ca/george-richert 603-1027]'']]
 George Edward Richert: university professor, administrator and advocate for peace and justice, was born 27 January 1936 in [[Waldheim (Saskatchewan, Canada)|Waldheim]], [[Saskatchewan (Canada)|Saskatchewan]], [[Canada]] to Abram Richert (22 February 1896-26 December 1984) and Mathilda "Hilda" Schultz Richert (15 August 1896-19 June 1969); he was the youngest of one daughter and three sons. Abram Richert was a teacher in a local school; this may have influenced George's vocational choices. On 27 June 1957 he married Pearl Kathleen Janzen (5 January 1934- ), daughter of Isaac Leonard Janzen (23 August 1893-11 November 1970) and Nettie Mae Dirks Janzen (3 July 1907-25 June 2001); together George and Pearl had two sons, Colin and Dean.

 George obtained BEd and MEd (1965) degrees at the University of Saskatchewan, and later a PhD in Educational Administration (1968) at the University of Alberta. His thesis was on "Bureaucratic Characteristics in Educational Organizations and their Relationship to the Leader Behavior of the Superintendent."

 Although he began his teaching career in the 1950s in a one-room school in Saskatchewan, George Richert went on to major roles at two universities. He served at the University of Regina as a professor, and later Dean of Education, for 11 years, and taught internationally in [[Nigeria]] for several years. He was then President of Menno Simons College, affiliated with the University of Winnipeg, from 1992-2001, leading the college during a decade of significant growth, and directing it as it became a central part of the newly formed [[Canadian Mennonite University (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)|Canadian Mennonite University]] in 1999.

 During his tenure at Menno Simons College George also taught International Development Studies, was a friend and supporter of the Chair of Mennonite Studies, and served on the editorial board of the ''Journal of Mennonite Studies''.

 George Richert had a long association with [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee]]. He chaired [[Mennonite Central Committee Canada|MCC Canada]] beginning in 1993, also placing him on the joint MCC Canada and U.S. board from 1993-1999. He, with his wife Pearl, also served internationally with MCC. He worked as interim country representative for Iraq, Jordan, Palestine and [[Israel]] from 2004-2007; interim regional representative in the former [[Soviet Union]] from 2008-2009, and interim country representative for [[Ukraine]]-[[Russia]]-Kazakhstan in 2011.

 He was also active within his denomination, serving as assistant moderator of the [[Conference of Mennonites in Canada]] from 1987-1993.

 In addition, with his unwavering commitment to fostering peace and justice, George lived, worked and provided consulting services in a variety of countries around the world. In the 1970s he chaired the Ghanaian Task Force which was developed for teacher educators in [[Ghana]]. In the 1980s he did consulting on the [[Indonesia]] Teacher Education Project. In the 1990s he focused on [[China, People's Republic of|China]] and Iraq, and travelled to Iraq with medical supplies in 1999 in connection with his MCC duties.

 George also gave leadership to many educational councils throughout his career, that involved connections across education organizations and government agencies. This included roles such as Special Advisor to the federal Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development on Self-Government of First Nations peoples.

 George Richert was a big man who loved golfing, wore big shoes, and freely shared his generous heart and hearty laugh while making significant contributions to Mennonite post-secondary education and to the improvement of education around the world.
 = Bibliography =
 "Former MCC Canada Board Chair Passes." ''Canadian Mennonite'' 20, no. 12 (6 June 2016): 22.

 "George Edward Richert." GRANDMA (The Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry) Database, 16-01 ed. Fresno, CA: California Mennonite Historical Society, 2016: #95637.

 "George Richert." ''(in)edition (University of Winnipeg)'' 18, no. 8 (11 June 2001): 10. Web. 17 July 2016. http://inedition.uwinnipeg.ca/018/IE_018_12.pdf.

 Peachey, Dean. "George Richert (1936-2016)." ''Journal of Mennonite Studies'' 34 (2016): 357-358.

 "Remembering George Richert." Menno Simons College. June 2016. Web. 21 July 2016. http://mscollege.ca/about.php?s=blog&id=196.

 "Richert, George." Parkside Memorial Funeral Home. 11 April 2016. Web. 21 July 2016. http://parksidefuneralhome.com/2016/04/11/richert-george/.
 == Publications by George Richert ==
 Richert, George E. ''Teachers helping teachers : an evaluation of the international development assistance program of the Canadian Teachers' Federation''. Ottawa : The Canadian Teachers' Federation, 1986.
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 SamSteiner http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Christ_Impacting_Nations_(Winnipeg,_Manitoba,_Canada) Christ Impacting Nations (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) 2016-07-22T21:02:42Z
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 Christ Impacting Nations church in [[Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada)|Winnipeg]], Manitoba, Canada was founded in 2011, with Roger Salumu as the founding pastor.

 In 2016 the church, with members from seven nationalities, met at [[Eastview Community Church (East St. Paul, Manitoba, Canada)|Eastview Community Church]]'s One88 campus on Princess Street in Winnipeg.

 The church became a member of the Mennonite Brethren Church of Manitoba on 4 March 2016.
 =Bibliography=
 ''Mennonite Brethren Herald''. 1 May 2016. Web. 22 July 2016. http://mbherald.com/transitions-may-june-2016/.
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 '''Phone:''' 204-668-5835

 '''Denominational Affiliations:'''

 [http://mbcm.ca/ Mennonite Brethren Church of Manitoba] (2016-present)

 [http://www.mennonitebrethren.ca/ Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches] (2016-present)

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 Community Grace Church in Calgary, [[Alberta (Canada)|Alberta]], Canada, a [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]] congregation, began in 2015 in the Marda Loop neighborhood of Calgary with midweek home gatherings and Sunday morning services in Calgary Community Reformed Church. At that time the congregation had 40 regular attenders. The church was a church plant under the umbrella of the C2C Network. The church held a launch service on 20 March 2016. The founding pastor was Elroy Senneker.
 = Bibliography =
 ''Mennonite Brethren Herald''. 1 May 2016. Web. 22 July 2016. http://mbherald.com/transitions-may-june-2016/.
 =Additional Information=

 '''Address:''' 1638 30 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2T1P4

 '''Phone:''' 587-227-6935

 '''Website''' [http://www.communitygracechurch.org/ Grace Community Church]

 '''Denominational Affiliations:'''
 Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches

 Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches
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 RichardThiessen http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Schroeder,_David_Kehler_(1924-2015) Schroeder, David Kehler (1924-2015) 2016-07-19T13:37:54Z
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 [[File:Schroeder-David-1968.jpeg|300px|thumbnail|''David Schroeder, 1968.
Source: Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives 491.0675'']]
 David K. "Doc" Schroeder: theologian and college professor, was born 20 September 1924 near [[Altona (Manitoba, Canada)|Altona]], [[Manitoba (Canada)|Manitoba]], [[Canada]] to Heinrich H. Schroeder (8 January 1888-23 January 1974) and Maria Kehler Schroeder (3 August 1890-30 January 1978); he was the eighth child in a family of 11 children. The family was a member of the [[Sommerfeld Mennonites|Sommerfeld Mennonite Church]]. On 25 June 1949, David married Mildred Alice Bartel (17 June 1924- ), daughter of Hugo Bartel (17 September 1893-6 June 1982) and Maria Funk Bartel (6 December 1892-1 December 1958). David and Mildred had two daughters, Dorothy and Lynette, and one son, Alan. David died 27 September 2015 in [[Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada)|Winnipeg]], Manitoba; he is buried at the Mennonite Memorial Gardens in Winnipeg.

 As a teenager, David became active in the southern Manitoba [[Cooperatives|co-operative movement]] which instilled in him a vision for "practical" Christian faith worked out in daily life. During World War II, David, as a convinced [[Conscientious Objection|conscientious objector]], defended this position himself in court, rather than relying on his Sommerfelder bishop to speak for him. He performed his [[Alternative Service Work Camps (Canada)|alternative service]] during the war at the St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg.

 While working in Winnipeg, David became active in the [[Bethel Mennonite Church (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)|Bethel Mennonite Mission]], the first English-language Mennonite congregation in Winnipeg. It had attracted many Mennonites from rural southern Manitoba who had come to work and live in Winnipeg, and had grown to a congregation of over 200 members in the early 1950s. After earning a BTh degree at [[Mennonite Brethren Bible College (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)|Mennonite Brethren Bible College]] and a BA at [[Bethel College (North Newton, Kansas, USA)|Bethel College]], [[North Newton (Kansas, USA)|North Newton]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]] in 1951, David Schroeder became the pastor of the Bethel Mennonite Mission congregation and was ordained as a minister.

 David Schroeder's career as a pastor was cut short, however, when he contracted polio during an epidemic in Winnipeg in fall 1953. He was told by doctors he could not work for five years, so he diverted his focus in an academic direction. He completed a MDiv at [[Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Chicago, Illinois, USA)|Mennonite Biblical Seminary]] (then located in [[Chicago (Illinois, USA)|Chicago]]) in 1956, and a ThD at the University of Hamburg in 1959 where he studied with Leonhard Goppelt and Helmut Thielicke. His dissertation was titled "Die Haustafeln des Neuen Testaments : (ihre Herkunft und ihr theologisches Sinn)," a study of the household codes in the New Testament.

 David Schroeder then began a long career (1954-1994) at [[Canadian Mennonite Bible College (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)|Canadian Mennonite Bible College]] in Winnipeg (now part of [[Canadian Mennonite University (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)|Canadian Mennonite University]]). He was a popular and stimulating teacher who students affectionately called "Doc" Schroeder. He combined a gentle nature with the ability to reflect creatively on complex issues facing the church. He was also know as a revered mentor and counsellor of students. His ability to relate to persons from many educational levels made him a popular speaker in Mennonite congregations throughout Canada. In that spirit he wrote several popular Bible study guides for use in private study. His approach was rooted in a biblical theology that found a path outside the Fundamentalist-Liberal conflict, and had an affinity with the "recovery-of-the-Anabaptist-vision" movement within the larger Mennonite world.

 David Schroeder also cared about family. For over 50 years he lived in a four-generation household, and he published a genealogy of the Schroeder family in 2006.

 Harry Huebner, one of Schroeder's students and later a colleague, said, "[David] refused to give simple answers to difficult problems because he believed in the capacity of people to hear the voice of the Spirit…. Churches across the Mennonite world sought not only his biblical knowledge, but his wisdom in bringing issues of the times into interaction with the biblical narrative in ways that often resulted in that 'a-ha' moment."
 = Bibliography =
 "CMBC Bible Prof mentored many." ''Mennonite World Review'' 93, no. 21 (12 October 2015): 25.

 "David K. 'Doc' Schroeder." GRANDMA (The Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry) Database, 16-01 ed. Fresno, CA: " California Mennonite Historical Society, 2016: #427522.

 "David Schroeder." ''Winnipeg Free Press'' (30 September 2015). Web. 18 July 2016. http://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-228775/David_Schroeder.

 Kilbrei, Kevin. "Remembering the man who was 'Doc'." ''Canadian Mennonite'' 19, no. 21 (26 October 2015): 20.

 Sawatsky, Rodney. "Words becoming flesh: the life and thought of David Schroeder." In ''The Church as Theological Community: Essays in honour of David Schroeder'', edited by Harry Huebner. Winnipeg, Man.: Canadian Mennonite Bible College, 1990: 3-21.
 == Books by and about David Schroeder ==
 Huebner, Harry John, ed. ''The Church as theological community : essays in honour of David Schroeder''. Winnipeg : CMBC Publications, 1990.

 Schroeder, David. ''Learning to know the Bible''. Newton, Kan. : Faith and Life Press, 1966.

 Schroeder, David. ''Invited to faith''. Elgin, Ill. : Brethren Press, 1981.

 Schroeder, David. ''Anleitung zum Bibelstudium''. Winnipeg : CMBC Publications, 1984.

 Schroeder, David. ''Faith refined by fire : First Peter''. Newton, Kan. : Faith and Life Press, 1985.

 Schroeder, David. ''Getting to know Jesus : Mark''. Newton, Kan. : Faith and Life Press, 1992.

 Schroeder, David & Huebner, Harry John, eds. ''Church as parable : whatever happened to ethics?'' Winnipeg : CMBC Publications, 1993.

 Schroeder, David. ''How to read the Bible: building skills for Bible study : Bible-based explorations of issues facing youth''. Newton, Kan. : Faith & Life Press, 1996.

 Schroeder, David. ''Authority in the church and world''. Winnipeg : Mennonite Church Canada, 2000.

 Schroeder, David. ''The ancestors of Heinrich and Maria (Kehler) Schroeder 1888-1974''. Winnipeg : David Schroeder, 2006.
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 David Gerhard Rempel: early historian of the Mennonite experience in the Russian empire, was born in [[Nieder-Chortitza (Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Nieder-Chortitza]], [[Chortitza Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Chortitza]], [[Russia|South Russia]], on 17 November 1899 to Gerhard G. Rempel (2 August 1860-23 December 1919), a merchant, and Maria Pauls Rempel (28 June 1867-8 January 1920); David was the second youngest of eight children. David attended the village school and Chortitza high school. After high school he taught elementary school until 1922 when officials removed him from this position. In 1923 he immigrated to Canada with his brothers, [[Rempel, Johann G. (1890-1963)|John G. Rempel]] and Jacob G. Rempel.

 On 19 July 1930 David Rempel married Laura Kennel (19 January 1901-13 September 1950); they had two daughters. In 1963 he married a widow, Maria Ringelman Cavanaugh (12 January 1898-29 November 1984).

 Rempel attended [[Bluffton University (Bluffton, Ohio, USA)|Bluffton College]] in [[Ohio (USA)|Ohio]], and then earned a MA in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin. In 1933 he graduated with a PhD in history from Stanford University. His thesis was "The Mennonite Colonies in New Russia: A Study of their Settlement and Economic Development from 1789 to 1914." It continued to be a significant resource into the 21st century. David Rempel taught at San Mateo Junior College (later the College of San Mateo) from 1934 until his retirement in 1964, although for a period during and after World War II he served as a historian with the U. S. Air Force.

 David Rempel devoted most of his life to the study of so-called "Russian" Mennonite history. During the 1960s he gained access to Soviet archival collections in Leningrad and [[Moscow (Russia)|Moscow]] dealing with Mennonite-government relations from the early immigration period through the 19th century. Some of this material he incorporated into articles, including an extensive account of the Russian Mennonite commonwealth published in 1973-74 in the ''[[Mennonite Quarterly Review]]''.

 He donated his extensive collection of microfilms from the Soviet archives, manuscripts, and books to [[Conrad Grebel University College (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)|Conrad Grebel College]], [[Waterloo (Ontario, Canada)|Waterloo]], [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]]; and in 1983 the University of Waterloo awarded him an honorary doctorate for his contributions to Mennonite studies. The manuscript collection was transferred in the mid-1990s, at the request of the family, to the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto.

 David G. Rempel was the outstanding historian of the Russian Mennonite past of his era. He combined an incisive mind and a phenomenal memory with a broad understanding of the historical and cultural context of Mennonite life in the Russian empire. Without fear or prejudice he laid the foundations for a modern, critical investigation of Russian Mennonite history. He was particularly helpful to younger scholars and contributed generously to furthering Russian Mennonite studies. His writing and his collection of material were important legacies to a life devoted to scholarship and learning.
 = Bibliography =
 "David Gerhard Rempel." GRANDMA (The Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry) Database, 16-01 ed. Fresno, CA: " California Mennonite Historical Society, 2016: #158400.

 "Rempel, (David)." Thomas Fisher Rare Book Room. Web. 12 July 2016. http://fisher.library.utoronto.ca/sites/fisher.library.utoronto.ca/files/rempel.pdf.

 "Rempel, David G., 1899-1992." Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives. 2003. Web. 12 July 2016. http://www.mennonitechurch.ca/programs/archives/holdings/papers/Rempel,%20David%20G.%20fonds.htm.

 Rempel, David G. and Cornelia Rempel Carlson. ''A Mennonite Family in Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union, 1789-1923''. Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press, 2002.

 Urry, James. "David G. Rempel (1899-1992)." ''Mennonite Quarterly Review'' 67 (January 1993): 3. This GAMEO article is derived, with permission, from the MQR memorial article.
 == Book by and about David G. Rempel ==
 Schroeder, Gerhard P. ''Miracles of grace and judgment : a brief account of the personal contacts and experiences with some of the leaders and followers of the notorious Makhnovshchina during the civil war in the Ukraine, 1914-1923,'' edited by David G. Rempel, et al. Lodi, Calif. : G.P. Schroeder, 1974.

 Rempel, David G. ''A Mennonite family in Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union, 1789-1923''. Toronto Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 2002.
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 Marlin E. Miller: pastor, theologian and seminary president, was born 29 November 1938 in [[Iowa City (Iowa, USA)|Iowa City]], [[Iowa (USA)|Iowa]], USA to Marner Miller (24 June 1914-7 October 2007) and Lala Mae Hochstetler Miller (29 May 1917-27 June 2008). Marlin was the oldest of three sons and one daughter. On 12 June 1960 he married Ruthann Gardner (13 January 1940- ); together they had two daughters and a son. Marlin Miller died of a massive heart attack at his home in [[Goshen (Indiana, USA)|Goshen]], [[Indiana (USA)|Indiana]] on 3 November 1994. He is buried in the Violett Cemetery in Goshen. In November 2005 Ruthann Miller married George R. Brunk III.

 The Miller family moved to Goshen, Indiana in 1946, where Marlin grew up as part of a family engaged in small business. He attended [[Bethany Christian Schools (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Bethany Christian High School]], and graduated from [[Goshen College (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Goshen College]] with a BA in 1960. After attending [[Goshen Biblical Seminary (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Goshen Biblical Seminary]] for one year, Marlin and Ruthann moved to Europe in 1961 where he undertook graduate studies, first at the University of Basel and then at the University of Heidelberg where he received a summa cum laude doctoral degree in theology in 1968. His dissertation was published in 1970 as ''Der Übergang: Schleiermachers Theologie des Reiches Gottes im Zusammenhang seines Gesamtdenkens'', a study on the Kingdom of God in the theology of Friedrich Schleiermacher.

 From 1968-1974 he served with the [[Mennonite Board of Missions (Mennonite Church)|Mennonite Board of Missions]] in [[France]], and was ordained in 1971 for pastoral ministry in the Chatenay-Malabry congregation near Paris. During these years he was also very engaged in ecumenical activities for the European Peace Section of [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee]] (1963-1974), which included participation in the [[Puidoux Conferences|Puidoux Theological Conferences]]. In later years he was further engaged in ecumenical discussions with other groups like the Lutheran Church.

 In 1974 Marlin Miller began to teach theology at [[Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Elkhart, Indiana, USA)|Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries]]. The following year he became president of Goshen Biblical Seminary, then "associated" with [[Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Chicago, Illinois, USA)|Mennonite Biblical Seminary]] (MBS), a [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] institution. In 1990 he became president of MBS as well, and in 1993 achieved the merger of the two seminaries into Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS, now [[Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Elkhart, Indiana, USA)|Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary]]).

 From 1986 until his death, Miller was co-chair of the Inter-Mennonite Confession of Faith Committee, which developed the widely-used ''Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective'' approved by both the [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] and General Conference Mennonite Church in 1995. He also served on the executive committee of the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada.

 Marlin Miller was often described as a person who "reached across walls," building bridges between the Mennonite Church and the General Conference Mennonite Church, between Mennonites in [[Canada]] and the [[United States of America|United States]], between Mennonites and other Christians. He was strongly supportive of women in church leadership. According to a tribute by J. Lorne Peachey, "Most often his goal seemed to be unity as much as anything else."

 After his death, Miller's tenure as seminary president came under severe criticism for the way in which he managed the sexual abuse scandal surrounding one of his faculty members, [[Yoder, John Howard (1927-1997)|John Howard Yoder]]. Miller was very protective of the seminary he was leading, and provided little or no support to female students or other women who complained to him about Yoder's behavior. Miller spent much energy trying to "contain" the scandal. Some colleagues later suggested the stress of dealing with the issue contributed to Miller's early death.

 Marlin Miller's impact on the Mennonite Church was great, because of the leadership positions he held, and especially through the confession of faith he helped to shepherd almost to its conclusion. He espoused a peace theology for the late 20th century, and was remarkably successful in bridging the theological diversity within the two largest North American Mennonite denominations that would allow them to merge and realign as Mennonite Church USA and [[Mennonite Church Canada]] within a decade of Miller's death.

 Marlin Miller sacrificed his academic and theological career to administration and the work of the church. He looked forward to retirement from administration so that he could pursue theological studies and writing. His early death ended this hope.

 The scar of the Yoder scandal at AMBS reflected both personal and institutional failure; it did not remove the other, positive, contributions Marlin Miller made to the Mennonite community.
 = Bibliography =
 Goossen, Rachel Waltner. "'Defanging the beast': Mennonite responses to John Howard Yoder's sexual abuse." ''Mennonite Quarterly Review'' 89 (January 2015): 7-80.

 "In Memoriam: Marlin Miller, 1938-1994" ''Mennonite Quarterly Review'' 69 (January 1995): 4.

 Kauffman, Richard A. "Miller, Marlin E." MennLex V. 2013. Web. 10 July 2016. http://www.mennlex.de/doku.php?id=art:miller_marlin_e.

 Kauffman, Richard A. "Opinion: Mistakes, regrets, lessons: John Howard Yoder's life is not the ultimate test of his theology." ''Mennonite World Review'' (2 March 2015). Web. http://mennoworld.org/2015/03/02/opinion/opinion-mistakes-regrets-lessons/.

 Klassen, Mary E. "Seminary president dies of heart attack." ''The Mennonite'' 100, no. 22 (22 November 1994): 15.

 "Marner Miller." Find a Grave. 2007. Web. 10 July 2016. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22202248.

 Peachey, J. Lorne. "Marlin E. Miller: AMBS President." ''AMBS Window'' (Fall 1994): 1.
 == Books by and about Marlin Miller ==
 Kauffman, Richard A. and Gayle Gerber Koontz, eds. ''Theology for the church : writings by Marlin E. Miller''. Elkhart, Ind. : Institute of Mennonite Studies, 1997.

 Miller, Marlin E. and Barbara Nelson Gingerich, eds. ''The church's peace witness''. Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, 1994.
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 John Stanley Oyer: [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] scholar and editor, was born 5 January 1925 in Hesston, [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]], USA to [[Oyer, Noah (1891-1931)|Noah Oyer]] (11 April 1891-25 February 1930) and Siddie King Oyer (30 October 1884-7 March 1963); he was the youngest child and only son among three children. His older sister, Mary, became a well-known musicologist. John grew in close association to [[Goshen College (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Goshen College]], [[Goshen (Indiana, USA)|Goshen]], [[Indiana (USA)|Indiana]] where his father served for a period of time as dean. In the summer of 1943, following a year of study at the college, John Oyer was drafted and spent the next seven years in [[Civilian Public Service]] and relief work in Europe. On 3 July 1949 he married Carol Schertz (31 December 1925- ), a relief worker from [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]] whom he had learned to know in Goshen. They had three daughters and one son. John Oyer died 4 May 1998 in Goshen, Indiana. He is buried in the Violett Cemetery in Goshen. After John's death, on 1 January 2001, Carol married Art Smucker, a former colleague of John's at Goshen College.

 In 1951, after finishing his BA at Goshen College, Oyer embarked on a master's program in history at Harvard, where he brought to his studies fresh memories of European cities smoldering in ashes and a keen awareness of the fragility of human civilization. This profoundly shaped his historical studies and his teaching. In his University of Chicago doctoral dissertation, for example, later published as ''Lutheran Reformers Against the Anabaptists'' (Nijhoff, 1964), Oyer recognized in the angry Lutheran polemics against the Anabaptists a deeper concern to preserve order in a society seemingly on the verge of chaos. And in his careful studies of Anabaptist [[Martyrdom, Theology of|martyrdom]], he painstakingly sought to interpret the worldview, not only of the heroic martyr, but of the executioner and the Anabaptist recanter as well.

 In the fall of 1955 Oyer began teaching in the Goshen College history department, a vocation that would continue for the next 38 years, interrupted only by several sabbatical leaves spent doing research in Europe. Appreciative students remember Oyer as a gifted lecturer who took an aesthetic delight in precise language, the carefully-framed sentence and the aptly-chosen story.

 Oyer was best-known internationally as the editor of ''[[Mennonite Quarterly Review]]'' (MQR) (1966-74 and 1977-92) and as a scholar of sixteenth-century Anabaptism. He also served as the director of the [[Mennonite Historical Library (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Mennonite Historical Library]] from 1975 to 1987.

 During his 25-year tenure as editor of ''MQR'', Oyer broadened the journal's inter-disciplinary scope and moved it beyond the self-affirming tone characteristic of the "[[Bender, Harold Stauffer (1897-1962)|Bender]] school" by opening pages to a new generation of scholars, even though their findings were occasionally critical of traditional Mennonite historiography. Throughout his career, Oyer's academic friendships always extended well beyond North American or Mennonite circles.

 Later in life, he collaborated with [[Kreider, Robert Stanford (1919-2015)|Robert Kreider]] in writing ''The Mirror of the Martyrs'' (Good Books, 1990). The book highlighted his efforts, along with Kreider, to purchase 23 of the original copper plates etched by Dutch artist [[Luiken, Jan (1649-1712)|Jan Luiken]] to illustrate the 1685 edition of the ''[[Martyrs' Mirror|Martyrs' Mirror]]''. The plates eventually became the centerpiece of a [[Mirror of the Martyrs, The -- The Bloody Theater of Nonresistant Christians (Exhibit)|traveling exhibit]] on Anabaptist martyrdom aimed at a popular audience.

 John S. Oyer was intensely curious about every aspect of life. He loved art, music, languages and the beauty of the natural world. To all of his later work as a teacher, editor and scholar, he brought an empathetic and irenic spirit, always seeking to understand the world from perspectives other than his own.
 = Bibliography =
 Roth, John D. "In Memoriam: John S. Oyer, 1925-1998." ''Mennonite Quarterly Review'' 72 (July 1998): 347-348. This GAMEO article is derived, with permission, from the MQR memorial article.

 Roth, John D. "Oyer, John Stanley. MennLex V. 2013. Web. 9 July 2016. http://www.mennlex.de/doku.php?id=art:oyer_john_stanley.
 == Books by and about John S. Oyer ==
 Oyer, John S. ''Lutheran reformers against Anabaptists : Luther, Melanchton, and Menius, and the Anabaptists of central Germany''. The Hague : M. Nijhoff, 1964.

 Wenger, J. C. ''They met God : a number of conversion accounts and personal testimonies of God's presence and leading in the lives of his children''. Scottdale, PA. : Herald Press, 1964. Includes a chapter by John S. Oyer.

 Loewen, Harry, ed. ''Why I am a Mennonite : essays on Mennonite identity''. Scottdale, Pa. : Herald Press, 1988. Includes a chapter by John S. Oyer.

 Oyer, John S. ''They harry the good people out of the land : essays on the persecution, survival and flourishing of Anabaptists and Mennonites''. Goshen, Ind. : Mennonite Historical Society, 2000.

 Kreider, Robert S. and John S. Oyer. ''Mirror of the martyrs''. Intercourse, PA : Good Books, 1990. Also issued in translation in French, German, Romanian, Russian, Indonesian, Hindi and Spanish.
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 Johannes (Hans) A. Oosterbaan: theologian, seminary professor, pastor and ecumenical Dutch Mennonite leader, was born in [[Hilversum (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Hilversum]], [[Netherlands]] on 15 May 1910 to Pieter Oosterbaan (17 October 1873-12 April 1941) and Juliana Leverland (24 January 1871-9 April 1945). Pieter was a Mennonite minister in [[Harlingen (Friesland, Netherlands)|Harlingen]], and descended from an old [[Frisian Mennonites|Frisian]] Mennonite family. In 1946 Johannes married Rensina Carolina Lugt (1910-2000). Johannes A. Oosterbaan died on 20 September 1998 in [[Haarlem (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Haarlem]].

 Oosterbaan studied law, and then theology, at the [[Amsterdam, University of (Amsterdam, Netherlands)|University of Amsterdam]], and led congregations for a number of years in [[Broek op Langendijk (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Broek op Langedijk]] (1938), [[Barsingerhorn (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Barsingerhorn]] and North and South [[Zijpe (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Zijpe]] (1940) and [[Haarlem (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Haarlem]] (1950). In 1954 the University of Amsterdam appointed him Professor of Theology and Ethics at its seminary.

 During the 23 years that Oosterbaan served in these roles, he not only taught content but also grappled with the tensions between philosophy and theology and the prevailing ideas in his own Mennonite brotherhood: at the university, the views of Hegel and Kierkegaard; at the seminary, Karl Barth and [[Menno Simons (1496-1561)|Menno Simons]]. He considered defunct the old liberalism with its inroads in the Mennonite Church. He regarded himself as a "Mennonite Barthian" and led the seminary into a more evangelical and Mennonite theology.

 While Oosterbaan felt called to assist the struggling congregations rather than to write books, he did produce several essays of a theological nature. Especially well known are his interpretations of Menno Simons, particularly his speech on the anniversary of Menno's death in 1961, which appeared in print in both Dutch and English. The Festschrift in his honor, ''De Geest in het geding'' (1978) indicates something of the unifying theme of his theology: an attempt to hold the Word and the Spirit in equal position and esteem. This emphasis on the Spirit helped Oosterbaan to communicate with and relate to the spiritualistic tradition of the Doopsgezinden.

 Oosterbaan's relation to the World Council of Churches (WCC) was of ongoing significance, as was his perspective on the role of the [[Radical Reformation]] churches in the ecumenical movement. Since his own denomination was a member of the WCC he had an open door to represent the common heritage of these churches. He was especially active following the meeting of WCC's Faith and Order Commission at in 1963 to gather support for his position. His experience as a lawyer helped him to gain entrance and respect in WCC circles. In all of his WCC activities, Oosterbaan called upon the Radical Reformation churches not only to participate but also to be aware of their common heritage and to understand better the theological implication of their corporate witness.

 Oosterbaan, for many years an honorary editor of the ''[[Mennonite Quarterly Review]]'', was an outstanding leader in the Dutch Mennonite community and in the world-wide Mennonite community. While he taught in the world of modem philosophy and theology, he intimately explored an understanding of Anabaptist/Mennonite thought and the work of the church in the late 20th century. Many will recall his North American visits to Mennonite communities with his wife, Renske: his interest in Mennonite colleges and seminaries; his concern about missions; and his presence at [[Mennonite World Conference|Mennonite World Conferences]] to which he was a delegate and served a term on the executive committee. In all of his wide-ranging activities Oosterbaan brought a spirit of optimism and love which communicated much encouragement and hope.
 = Bibliography =
 Hoekema, Alle G. "Oosterbaan, Johannes Arnoldus." MennLex V. 2013. Web. 4 July 2016. http://www.mennlex.de/doku.php?id=art:oosterbaan_johannes_arnoldus.

 Horst, Irvin B. "In Memoriam: Johannes Oosterbaan, 1910-1998." ''Mennonite Quarterly Review'' 73 (January 1999): 4-5. This GAMEO article is derived, with permission, from the MQR memorial article.

 "Pieter (Ds) Oosterbaan." Genealogieonline. Web. 4 July 2016. https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/stamboom-veen/I580.php.
 == Books by and about J. A. Oosterbaan ==
 Oosterbaan, J. A. ''Hegels Phænomenologie des Geistes en de theologische kenleer''. Haarlem, H.D. Tjeenk Willink, 1953.

 Oosterbaan, J. A., et al. ''So sende ich euch''. Basel : Agape-Verlag, 1964.

 Beek, M. A., J. A. Oosterbaan and W. F. Golterman. ''Spelregels : Een bundel essays over hermeneutische regels en hun toepassing in de theologie''.
 Amsterdam, Polak & Van Gennep, 1967.

 Meihuizen, H. W., J. A. Oosterbaan, et al. ''Broederlijke vereniging''. Amsterdam : Doopsgezinde Historische Kring, 1974.

 Horst, Irvin B., et al., red. ''De Geest in het geding : opstellen aangeboden aan J. A. Oosterbaan''. Alphen aan den Rijn : H.D. Tjeenk Willink, 1978.

 Hoekema, A. G. and S. Voolstra, red. ''Doordacht geloven : verspreide geschriften''. Zoetermeer : Uitgeverij Boekencentrum, 2000. Includes bibliography of Oosterbaan's works.
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 Covenant Mennonite Fellowship, [[Sarasota (Florida, USA)|Sarasota]], [[Florida (USA)|Florida]], USA emerged from a vision for a nontraditional [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] presence in the Sarasota community. Conversations began already in the early 1990s with members of local Mennonite congregations who felt called to a nontraditional Anabaptist witness in the community. The group became known as Covenant Mennonite Fellowship.

 In January 1992, the group met both with representatives from the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] and the local [[Southeast Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Southeast Mennonite Conference]] (part of the [[Mennonite Church (MC)]]. Discussion centered on an Anabaptist fellowship that found meaning in worship that utilized symbol and ritual to nurture a deep spiritual life, with a particular witness to a post-modern late 20th century culture. [[Peace]] and [[justice]] would be central to the discipleship and outreach ministries of the fellowship. The group did not see itself as emerging from seeds of anger, but rather saw changes in the Mennonite Church as an opportunity to offer something for those who were not comfortable with a traditional Mennonite experience. Conference leadership encouraged the group to attend a church planning conference in Orlando, which they did.

 From 1992 to 1996, the group met for worship and two small groups were formed among the membership. Covenant Mennonite Fellowship approached two established churches in the area (Bayshore Mennonite Church and [[Bahia Vista Mennonite Church (Sarasota, Florida, USA)|Bahia Vista Mennonite Church]]) for financial support, but neither agreed to provide such support. With no pastoral leadership and limited resources, the group disbanded in the fall of 1996 and turned over its financial assets to the Southeast Mennonite Conference.

 However, the desire for a nontraditional Anabaptist presence continued, and discussion took place in spring 1999 with the Southeast Mennonite Conference to re-energize the Sarasota church planting effort. The conference was undergoing considerable change at the time, and was not able to offer this support. By the fall of 1999, previous participants met to discuss how to move forward.

 In January 2000, a remnant of the original group met to re-start the effort. In February they began meeting regularly on Sunday evenings for worship, sharing their spiritual pilgrimages and beginning to define their vision and mission statements. The group sought to confirm financial support and re-initiated conversation with the broader church, seeking counsel and support from both the General Conference and the [[Mennonite Board of Missions (Mennonite Church)|Mennonite Board of Missions]].

 By March the group had outlined its bylaws, mission and vision and were officially incorporated as of 6 March 2000. They met with Dave Kniss and Rocky Miller of Southeast Conference to share their vision for what the group could become. In April the group's documentation was submitted to the Conference. The group also called Barry Loop as a part-time minister.

 Barry Loop accepted the call in May with a 1 June 2000 start date. By consensus the group agreed to be called Covenant Mennonite Fellowship. Dialogue continued with the Southeast Conference process the fellowship's application for membership. On 18 June 2000 the church held its first public worship service at South Gate Community Center. Pastor Loop officiated at the service and preached on the parable of the prodigal son. More than 30 persons were in attendance.

 During Pastor Loop's year-long tenure, Covenant met Sunday evenings at South Gate Community Center in its large meeting room.

 In 2003 Randall Spaulding was called to be a full-time pastor to the group, and the fellowship was accepted into full membership in the Southeast Mennonite Conference. The group began meeting on Sunday mornings at 3205 South Gate Circle in the Creekside Room. Pastor Spaulding served as full-time pastor from 2003 to 2009, and then three-quarters time from 2009 to 2011.

 During his time with Covenant, Randall Spaulding made Covenant a safe place for persons who felt uncomfortable in traditional church settings. Persons who had questions about their faith, lived alternative lifestyles, were divorced, or otherwise considered outcasts in traditional congregations were welcomed into the fellowship. The following message appeared on the church sign: "God loves everyone—no exceptions." Spaulding was also very active in community outreach, volunteering time at Resurrection House and encouraging the congregation to attend peace events and donate to Bethesda House Ministries. Covenant also took part in Family Promise, a ministry focused on homeless families; helped work on a Habitat for Humanity house (as a member of the Gulfcoast Affirming Interfaith Network (GAIN), and provided a major peace and social justice presence in the community as part of the Southeast Florida Coalition for Peace and Justice.

 When Randall Spaulding came out in 2009 as a gay pastor, the Southeast Mennonite Conference removed his ministerial credentials and put the church on notice about its status. After several years of discussion with the conference, Covenant Mennonite Fellowship withdrew from the conference in July 2011 and became an independent Mennonite church. Spaulding left shortly thereafter to attend Yale Divinity School. In July 2014 the congregation became part of the [[Central District Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Central District Conference]] of Mennonite Church USA.

 The group then called Jim Miller II, a member of the church community, to serve as part-time minister. Pastor Miller was installed in March of 2012. He provided overall leadership to the congregation as it discerned a vision for the future. He resigned in 2014, and was followed by interim leadership.

 In 2016 Covenant Mennonite Fellowship has continued to be a welcoming church. Church attendance has fluctuated with the seasons, but averaged 25-30 each week, with nearly that number on the membership rolls. Members were active in the local community, volunteering with various charitable organizations and working to promote peace and justice.
 =Bibliography=
 Pentz, Gail. "A Brief History of Covenant Mennonite Fellowship." Covenant Mennonite Fellowship. 2012. Web. 4 July 2016. http://covenantmennonite.com/.
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 '''Address:''' 3205 South Gate Circle, Sarasota, FL 34239

 '''Phone:''' 941-315-6927

 '''Website:''' http://covenantmennonite.com/

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 [http://mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA]

 [http://www.mcusacdc.org/ Central District Conference]

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 | Tara Hartman || December 2014-April 2016
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 | Ann Krehbiel
(Interim)|| April 2016-present
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 | 2010 || 30
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 Henry Jake Schmidt: minister, evangelist, and seminary instructor and president; born 2 July 1940 in Grande Prairie, [[Alberta (Canada)|Alberta]], Canada, the youngest of seven children of Peter John Schmidt (29 September 1906, Omsk, [[Asiatic Russia]] – 7 May 1967, Grande Prairie, Alberta) and Margaretha (Unger) Schmidt (19 May 1910, Kleefeld, [[Barnaul Mennonite Settlement (Siberia, Russia)|Barnaul]], Asiatic Russia – 2 April 1988, Grande Prairie, Alberta). Henry married Elvera Agnes Langemann, daughter of Peter Abram Langemann (1914-1984) and Elizabeth (Richert) Langemann (1914-1994) on 27 August 1960 in [[Coaldale (Alberta, Canada)|Coaldale]], Alberta; they had two daughters: Debra and Laura. Henry died on 8 February 2011 in [[Reedley (California, USA)|Reedley]], California, USA.

 Henry grew up on a family farm near Grande Prairie and graduated from Grande Prairie High School in 1957. He was baptized in the [[La Glace Bible Fellowship (La Glace, Alberta, Canada)|La Glace Mennonite Brethren Church]] in 1958. Henry went on to study at [[Coaldale Bible School (Coaldale, Alberta, Canada)|Coaldale Bible School]] in Coaldale, Alberta (1957-1958) and [[Bethany Bible Institute (Hepburn, Saskatchewan, Canada)|Bethany Bible Institute]] in [[Hepburn (Saskatchewan, Canada)|Hepburn]], Saskatchewan (1958-1960), before earning a Bachelor of Theology from [[Mennonite Brethren Bible College (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)|Mennonite Brethren Bible College]] in [[Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada)|Winnipeg]] (1961-1964).

 After graduation Henry and Elvera and their daughter Debra moved to Onida, [[South Dakota (USA)|South Dakota]], where between 1964 and 1969 Henry served the [[Emmanuel Mennonite Brethren Church (Onida, South Dakota, USA)|Emmanuel Mennonite Brethren Church]] as pastor. A second daughter, Laura was born during this time.

 In 1970 the family moved to [[Fresno (California, USA)|Fresno]], California, where Henry pursued a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from [[Fresno Pacific University (Fresno, California, USA)|Fresno Pacific College]]. Upon completion, he continued his education across the campus at [[Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary (Fresno, California, USA)|Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary]] (MBBS), where he received a Master of Divinity degree. Henry distinguished himself while at MBBS, receiving the Academic Award, as well as the Sermon Award from ''Decision Magazine''. While at MBBS, he also served as Interim Pastor at [[Neighborhood Church (Visalia, California, USA)|Neighborhood Church]] in Visalia and [[Rosedale Bible Church (Bakersfield, California, USA)|Rosedale Bible Church]] in Bakersfield.

 Henry always assumed that after graduation he would return to the pastorate, but instead was asked to become Executive Director of Evangelism for the United States Conference of Mennonite Brethren. He served in this capacity, as well as Conference Evangelist, between 1972 and 1977, traveling widely throughout North America and beyond. During this time he remained connected to the classroom as well, serving as an adjunct professor in evangelism at MBBS from 1972 to 1978.

 In 1977 Henry began doctoral studies at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, graduating in 1981 from the Religion and Social Ethics department. Upon the completion of his studies, he returned to teaching at MBBS fulltime.

 Henry began his tenure at MBBS in 1978. His areas of teaching included missions, urban studies, culture, and social ethics. In 1985, Henry was appointed as Director for the Center for Training in Mission/Evangelism, and until 1992 convened a variety of consultations related to the global mission of the church. Teaching and ministry assignments took him to churches throughout North America as well as Europe, Asia, South America, and Africa.
 Henry served as president of Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary from 1993 to 2003 – the longest serving president in the Seminary's history. During Schmidt's tenure as president, the Seminary's educational delivery system changed from that of a single campus in Fresno to multiple campuses throughout North America (Fresno, CA; Langley, BC; Winnipeg, MB).

 Between 1982 and 1985, Henry served as part of a church planting team for Fig Garden Bible Church in Fresno. Beyond the local church, his contributions to denominational and community work were wide and varied. Among his involvements are the following: Board member of the Cabana Recreation Association in Fresno; Vice-Chairman of Planning Committee for the Inter-Mennonite Evangelism Alive 1985 Conference; chairman of the US Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches; member and President of the Board of Directors for Habitat for Humanity Fresno; and member of the Fresno Area Mission Network Commission.

 Henry's Alzheimer's disease shifted retirement plans from doing further ministry to building relationships with family and praying for them. His wife Elvera, who supported him throughout his career while pursuing her own career as a kindergarten teacher, cared for him at home until his death.

 Henry was widely known and respected in [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]] constituencies in North America and beyond. His 6'3" (1.9 m.) frame, angular gait, and trademark white wavy hair set him apart from his peers. Schmidt taught with energy and passion, with a vision to connect education to real life, mission, and outreach. He often met consistently with a group of three to five handpicked students on a weekly basis for mentoring, prayer, interaction, support and study. He also invited students to accompany him in local church and constituency ministries, or even to the gym, court, or ice rink for a vigorous game of volleyball or hockey. His life was marked by a love for people of all ages, a witty sense of humor, a zest for life, a commitment to mentoring students and church planters, powerful vision for the church's role in a changing world, and a deep commitment to the Lord and to Christian service.
 = Bibliography =
 Faber, Connie. "Henry Schmidt: A Giant in our Midst." ''Christian Leader'' (1 February 2011).

 Steffen, Wayne. "Henry Schmidt: A Life of Mission and Ministry." Fresno Pacific University. 18 December 2002. Web. 2 July 2016. http://www.fresno.edu/news/06/21/2004/henry-schmidt-life-mission-and-ministry.

 === Books and Articles by Henry J. Schmidt ===
 Schmidt, Henry J., ed. ''Conversion: Doorway to Discipleship''. Hillsboro: Board of Christian Literature, 1980.

 Schmidt, Henry J., ed. ''Witnesses of a Third Way: A Fresh Look at Evangelism''. Elgin: Brethren Press, 1986.

 Schmidt, Henry J. "Realizing the Vision Through Evangelism" in ''The Seminary Story: Twenty Years of Education in Ministry''. Edited by A. J. Klassen. Fresno, CA: Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary, 1975.

 Schmidt, Henry J. "The Mennonite Brethren Peace Witness" in ''The Power of the Lamb''. Edited by John E. Toews and Gordon Nickel. Winnipeg, MB: Kindred Press, 1986.

 Schmidt, Henry J. "Global Urbanization: The New Frontier in World Mission" in ''Reflection and Projection: Missiology at the Threshold of 2001''. Edited by Han Kasdorf and Klaus W. Mueller. Bad Liebenzell, Germany: Verlag der Liebenzeller Mission, 1988.
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 Delbert Leroy Gratz: historian and genealogist of the Swiss Anabaptist-Mennonite immigration to the United States, was born 5 March 1920 on a farm in the Swiss settlement of [[Bluffton (Ohio, USA)|Bluffton]] and [[Pandora (Putnam County, Ohio, USA)|Pandora]], [[Ohio (USA)|Ohio]], USA, son of Harvey Gratz (8 April 1896-2 August 1988) and Fannie (Lauby) Gratz (11 August 1895-18 April 1988). On 6 September 1943 Delbert married Thelma Dailey (1 May 1919-12 January 2012); they had five children. Delbert Gratz died after a brief illness on 24 August 2000 in Bluffton, Ohio. Delbert, Thelma and an infant daughter are buried in the Ebenezer Cemetery in Bluffton.

 Gratz attended the public schools of Bluffton and graduated in 1942 from [[Bluffton University (Bluffton, Ohio, USA)|Bluffton College]] where he majored in history under the tutelage of [[Smith, C. Henry (1875-1948)|C. Henry Smith]]. As a youth he was baptized in the [[First Mennonite Church (Bluffton, Ohio, USA)|First Mennonite Church]] of Bluffton, where he was a lifetime member. A [[Conscientious Objection|conscientious objector]] during World War Il, Gratz served for three and a half years (1942-1946) in [[Civilian Public Service]]. For two of those years he and his wife, Thelma, served with [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee]] as relief workers in war-devastated [[Germany]]. In Ludwigshafen they directed a school-feeding program for 8,000 children, where one of the recipients was Helmut Kohl, decades later to be the Chancellor of the new unified Germany.

 In 1950 Gratz completed two years of doctoral study at the University of Bern that led to a PhD and the publication in 1953 of ''Bernese Anabaptists''. In 1950 he returned to Bluffton College to be librarian of Musselman Library and professor of Mennonite history where he served for 38 years.

 From his youth, Delbert Grab was intensely interested in Mennonite and Swiss family history and in the lore of the Swiss settlement where he had lived all of his life. His childhood mentor—educator and storyteller Wilhelm Amstutz—lived on an adjoining farm. In his ''Bernese Anabaptists'' Gratz drew upon the studies and research of [[Müller, Ernst (1849-1927)|Ernst Müller]], [[Fluri, Adolf (1865-1930)|Adolf Fluri]], [[Geiser, Samuel Henri (1884- 1973)|Samuel Geiser]] and Christian Lerch, integrating the Swiss Mennonite migration story with a wealth of detailed oral history. With his encyclopedic command of the data, he has aided scores of scholars, congregations and families in recovering the strands of this Swiss stream of Anabaptist-Mennonite history. Among his many significant contributions to Mennonite studies and peoplehood identity has been his leadership of more than thirty Mennonite study tours to [[Switzerland]] and [[Europe]]. In recognition of these contributions to international understanding, Gratz received honors from both the Swiss and German governments, including the Service Cross First Class from the Federal Republic of Germany.

 An important contribution in church ministries was his series of unpublicized fraternal visits with [[Neutäufer (Gemeinschaft Evangelisch Taufgesinnter)|Neutäufer]] (Apostolic Christian Church) congregations in the Balkan countries who were meeting in secret during the postwar years of Communist control.

 Delbert Gratz will be remembered as a keeper of the Mennonite memory, attentive helper to many seeking to recover their family's history, a bridge-building in Mennonite peoplehood between Old World and New, one who has rekindled in the hearts of many an affection for their Anabaptist heritage, a dear friend, and a humble disciple of Jesus Christ.
 = Bibliography =
 "Dr Delbert Leroy Gratz." Find a Grave. Web. 2 July 2016. https://secure.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Gratz&GSfn=Delbert&GSmn=L&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=37&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=33082225&df=all&.

 Kreider, Robert. "In Memoriam: Delbert Gratz, 1920-2000." ''Mennonite Quarterly Review'' 74 (October 2000): 499-500. This GAMEO article is derived, with permission, from the MQR memorial article.

 "Thelma Gratz Obituary." Chiles-Laman Funeral and Cremation Services. Web. 2 July 2016. http://www.chiles-lamanfh.com/obituary/Thelma-Gratz/Bluffton-OH/1022241.
 == Books by Delbert Gratz ==
 Gratz, Delbert L. ''Bernese Anabaptists and their American descendants''. Scottdale, Pa. : Herald Press, 1953. Reissued in 1994.

 Gratz, Delbert L. ''Schumacher : the history and kinship of a Bernese Anabaptist family : a preliminary report''. Bluffton, Ohio : D.L. Gratz, 1991.
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 George Huntston Williams: foundational scholar of the [[Radical Reformation]], was born 7 April 1914 in Huntsburg, [[Ohio (USA)|Ohio]], USA to David Rhys Williams (1890-1970) and Lucy Adams Pease Williams (1890-1969). He was the oldest of two sons and one daughter. David Williams was a socially radical Unitarian minister, which influenced Williams' theological and historical perspectives.

 Williams studied at St. Lawrence University (BA, graduated 1936), and Meadville Theological School (BD, graduated 1939). After studies in Paris and [[Strasbourg (Alsace, France)|Strasbourg]] he became assistant minister of a Unitarian church in Rockford, [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], where he married Marjorie Derr (14 April 1918-7 January 2004). George and Marjorie had four children. George H. Williams died 6 October 2000 in Belmont, Massachusetts.

 George H. Williams started his academic life as a teacher in church history. From 1941 he taught church history at the Unitarian affiliated Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley, [[California (USA)|California]], and at the nearby Pacific School of Religion, while studying for his ThD completed at Union Theological Seminary, New York in 1946. He moved to Harvard Divinity School in 1947, where he taught for 33 years until his retirement in 1980.

 George Williams was the model of a Christian scholar, measured not so much by the number of his publications, although there were many, as by their intellectual range, the depth of their perception, and the generosity of spirit toward his subjects regardless of their ecclesiastical label. His ecumenical credentials ranged from being Director of the Unitarian Historical Society to being made a Decorated Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope John Paul II. He was a member and supporter of numerous historical societies.

 He was a friend and mentor of Mennonites and Mennonite scholars, giving much of his time to the recording of [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] history and theology. In his edition of ''Spiritual and Anabaptist Writers'' (1957) he identified the [[Radical Reformation]] (he coined the term) as a distinctive and "major expression of the religious movement of the 16th century." His work as chairman of the North American Committee for the Documentation of Free Church Origins stimulated research in the history of what he called the free churches: [[Baptists|Baptist]], Mennonite, [[Schwenkfelder Church|Schwenkfeldian]], and [[Society of Friends|Quaker]]. Together with Franklin H. Littell he promoted two volumes of ''Documents in Free Church History'' in 1974 and 1975, in both of which Anabaptists were liberally represented.

 His Menno Simons Lectures at Bethel College of 1958 appeared in 1962 as ''Wilderness and Paradise in Christian Thought'', a book with astounding intellectual sweep, which, in a review worthy of the book, Gabriel Vahanian described as "not so much a theological clarification of a biblical or even mythological category as it is an assessment of Western civilization from the point of view of the Christian idea of culture." His most important work was his monumental ''The Radical Reformation'', first published in 1962 and in revised versions in 1983 and 1992. This work is the most comprehensive account of 16th century dissent, written with profound understanding and elegance.

 George H. Williams described his view of Christian scholarship in ''Wilderness and Paradise in Christian Thought'':

 :The Christian scholar or poet still lives in an enclosed and fertile part of that garden [the university], sustained by the grace mediated through the fellowship of research, prayer, and kindled imagination. Disciplined by his Christian duty and opportunity to come face to face with the many before him in the vast communio sanctorum of the centuries, he may strengthen others who find themselves planted where the soil is exhausted and join with them in the never ending task of holding back the moral and spiritual wilderness on the frontier of which man precariously maintains his hold upon the life that God created and called good (8).

 "Grace," he wrote in the conclusion, "may operate not only in the realm of behavior and redemption but also in the realm of knowledge" (229).

 = Bibliography =
 Church, Forrest. "George Huntston Williams: Historian of the Christian Church, 1914-2000." Harvard Square Library. Web. 2 July 2016. http://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/biographies/george-huntston-williams/.

 Hutchison, William R., Peter J. Gomes and C. Conrad Wright. "Memorial Minute for George H. Williams." ''Harvard University Gazette'' (20 March 2003). Web. 2 July 2016. http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/2003/03.20/18-mm.html.

 Klaassen, Walter. "In Memoriam: George Hunston Williams, 1914-2000." ''Mennonite Quarterly Review'' 75 (January 2001): 3-4. This GAMEO article is derived, with permission, from the MQR memorial article.

 Wikipedia contributors. "George Huntston Williams." ''Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia''. 2 May 2016. Web. 2 Jul. 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Huntston_Williams.
 == Books by and about George H. Williams ==
 Williams, George Huntston. ''Rethinking the Unitarian relationship with Protestantism; an examination of the thought of Frederic Henry Hedge (1805-1890)''. Boston, Beacon Press, 1949.

 Williams, George Huntston. ''The Norman anonymous of 1100 A.D.; toward the identification and evaluation of the so-called Anonymous of York''. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1951.

 Williams, George Huntston and Angel M. Mergal, eds. ''Spiritual and Anabaptist writers : documents illustrative of the Radical Reformation''. Philadelphia : Westminster Press, 1957. Also published in Korean in 2011.

 Williams, George Huntston. ''The theological idea of the university''. New York, Commission on Higher Education of the National Council of Churches, 1958.

 Williams, George Huntston. ''Wilderness and paradise in Christian thought; the Biblical experience of the desert in the history of Christianity & the paradise theme in the theological idea of the university''. New York: Harper, 1962.

 Williams, George Huntston. ''The Radical Reformation''. Philadelphia, Pa. " Westminster Press, 1962. Issued in revised form in Spanish in 1983.

 Williams, George Huntston. ''American Universalism." [Boston] : Universalist Historical Society, 1971. Appeared in multiple editions.

 Williams, George Huntston, ed. ''Thomas Hooker : writings in England and Holland, 1626-1633''. Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1975.

 Church, F. Forrester and Timothy George. ''Continuity and discontinuity in church history : essays presented to George Huntston Williams on the occasion of his 65th birthday''. Leiden : Brill, 1979.

 Williams, George Huntston, trans. and ed. ''The Polish brethren : documentation of the history and thought of Unitarianism in the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth and the diaspora, 1601 - 1685'', 2 vols. Missoula, Mont.: Scholars Press, 1980.

 Williams, George Huntston. ''The mind of John Paul II : origins of his thought and action''. New York : Seabury Press, 1981.

 Williams, George Huntston. ''The law of nations and the book of nature''. Collegeville, Minn. : Christian Humanism Project, St. John's University, 1984.

 Williams, George Huntston. ''Protestants in the Ukrainian lands of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth''. Cambridge, Mass. : Ukrainian Studies Fund, Harvard University, 1988.

 Williams, George Huntston and Thanasĕs Papathanasiou. ''P. Geŏrgios B. Phlŏrophsku : eisagŏgĕ stĕ skepsĕ tou''. Athĕna : Ekdoseis Parousia, 1989.

 Williams, George Huntston. ''The Radical Reformation'', 3rd ed. Kirksville, Mo. : Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, 1992.

 Boston Theological Institute. ''George Hunston Williams : biographical statement and bibliography for the period 1940-1994 : presented to him on the occasion of his 80th birthday, 7-8 April 1994''. [Cambridge, MA] : [Mt. Auburn Press], [1994].

 Lubieniecki, Stanislas. ''History of the Polish Reformation : and nine related documents'', translated and interpreted by George Huntston Williams. Minneapolis : Fortress Press 1995.

 Petersen, Rodney L. and Calvin Augustine Pater. ''The contentious triangle : church, state, and university : a festschrift in honor of Professor George Huntston Williams''. Kirksville, Mo. : Thomas Jefferson University Press, 1999.

 Williams, George Huntston and Rodney L. Petersen. ''Divinings: religion at Harvard : from its origins in New England ecclesiastical history to the 175th anniversary of the Harvard Divinity School, 1636 - 1992. 3, Calm rising : through change and through storm ; the contours of religion and commitment in an age of upheaval and globalization'', 3 vols. Göttingen : Vandenhoeck et Ruprecht [u.a.], 2014.
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 Source: [https://apps.carleton.edu/reason_package/reason_4.0/www/displayers/image.php?id=307752. Carleton College website]''.]]
 Gordon Dester Kaufman: theologian; born 22 June 1925 in [[Newton (Kansas, USA)|Newton]], Kansas, the second of three children of [[Kaufman, Edmund G. (1891-1980)|Edmund G. Kaufman]] (26 December 1891, [[Moundridge (Kansas, USA)|Moundridge]], Kansas, USA – 19 February 1980, Newton, Kansas) and Hazel Stella (Dester) Kaufman (5 May 1896, Deer Creek, [[Oklahoma (USA)|Oklahoma]], USA – 21 October 1948, Newton, Kansas). Gordon married Dorothy Mae Wedel (9 May 1922, Moundridge, Kansas – 27 January 1998, Boston, Massachusetts, USA), daughter of Edwin Amos Wedel (1895-1948) and Frances "Freni" Graber (1900-1980), on 11 June 1947 in [[North Newton (Kansas, USA)|North Newton]], Kansas; they had four children: David, Gretchen, Anna, and Edmund. Gordon Kaufman died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on 22 July 2011.

 Gordon grew up in Newton, Kansas, where his father, Edmund, was president of [[Bethel College (North Newton, Kansas, USA)|Bethel College]] from 1932 to 1952. Gordon's college years were interrupted by World War II, when as a [[Conscientious Objection|conscientious objector]] he performed [[Alternative Service (USA)|alternative service]] in [[Civilian Public Service]]. This experience changed the direction of his life. He had begun college studying mathematics but after the war decided to pursue theology as it seemed much more relevant in face of the crises of the world.

 Kaufman earned a B.A. degree from Bethel College in 1947, his M.A. in sociology from Northwestern University in 1948, a B.D. from Yale Divinity School in 1951, and a Ph.D. in philosophical theology from Yale University in 1955. One of his major professors was the renowned theologian H. Richard Niebuhr.

 Beginning in 1953, Kaufman taught at Pomona College in Claremont, California. In 1958, he moved to Vanderbilt Divinity School and in 1963 joined the faculty at Harvard Divinity School, where he remained for the rest of his career until he taught his last course in 2009.

 Kaufman completed postdoctoral fellowships as a Fulbright Fellow in Tübingen, Germany, 1961–62; a Guggenheim Fellow in Oxford, England, 1969–70; an Association of Theological Schools Fellow in Bangalore, India, 1976–77; a Japan Foundation Fellow in Kyoto, Japan, in the fall of 1983; and a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, 1990–91.

 Beginning in 1960, Kaufman published a series of important theology books, mostly notable for their brevity and clarity of expression. Each of his books focused on the challenge of sustaining faith convictions in the face of modernity and of embodying those convictions in ways that furthered human wellbeing. His first book, ''Relativism, Knowledge, and Faith'', updated his Yale dissertation, exploring the possibilities for belief in light of the modern world that has challenged so many traditional bases for belief. For a brief time, early in his teaching career, Kaufman pursued the task of creating a doctrinal system following a traditional outline. Eventually, he had decided he needed to ask more radical questions of the theological tradition, focusing on the most fundamental issue of all—how do we understand God?

 With the publication of his ''God the Problem'' in 1972, Kaufman established himself as a major figure on the cutting edge of academic Christian theology. He distanced himself from standard comfortable ways of thinking about God and proposed that modern Christians must work more seriously at rethinking what they mean when they affirm God's reality in the actual world in which they live.

 Kaufman's approach asserted that all theology is human work, based on human questions, and pursued through human rationality. He challenged any notion of associating theologizing (including the formation of creeds and confessions) with special divine warrant. In clearing out of the way mystifying notions of authoritarian theological absolutes, Kaufman believed he was creating space then for creative, humanly constructed theology that could serve what he came to call "humanization" – the work of furthering human well-being.

 His work reached its culmination in his expansive ''In Face of Mystery: A Constructive Theology'' in 1993. This book, a thorough, carefully presented exercise in developing a Christian theology on the bases of modern human experience, won an American Academy of Religion award of excellence in 1995. Kaufman surprised more than a few readers with his conclusions in this book that hold up the model of Jesus and his way of suffering love as the best image of God for sustaining Christian faith and humane living.

 A central source for Kaufman's thought was modern science, and he took evolutionary theory as a key given. He did not make claims for a uniquely Christian hold on the truth, instead arguing that whatever might be truthful for Christian theology must be borne out in fruitful living alongside those of other faiths and no faith.

 Kaufman's final two books, ''In the Beginning . . . Creativity'' (2004) and ''Jesus and Creativity'' (2006) serve as extended footnotes expanding on the main themes of his 1993 book. He suggests in these books that the term "god" is best understood in terms of "serendipitous creativity" —- not as signifying belief in an all-powerful, person-like being who controls the universe.

 Though he spent his career in academic settings far removed from his early Mennonite context, Kaufman remained committed to that tradition. He served on boards of trustees both for Bethel College and [[Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Chicago, Illinois, USA)|Mennonite Biblical Seminary]]. His on-going interest in Mennonite themes may be seen in his book, ''Nonresistance and Responsibility: And Other Mennonite Essays'' as well as in numerous autobiographical essays he published in later recent years. He wrote, "Mennonite convictions go to the deepest levels of my sense of self-identity and have in many ways informed my thinking and behavior throughout my life; I affirm what seems to me to be a basically Mennonite stance in my living and in my work as a Christian theologian."

 Kaufman's concern with the integration of ethics with theological reflection was probably the most distinctively Mennonite element of his theology. He was not a biblicist and he did not spend much time focusing on the Christian community, two central elements of most North American Mennonite theological writing. However, throughout his career he focused on making theology relevant. Kaufman often credited his Mennonite roots for his deep commitments to practical concerns, to issues such as war and [[nonviolence]], the environment, social justice, and inter-religious understanding.

 Kaufman's theology elicited strongly mixed responses from other Mennonite theologians throughout his career. His approaching theology more through science and other academic disciplines than through scripture and the church separated him from most Mennonite thinkers who have been affiliated with church-related schools. He only occasionally spoke or published in Mennonite settings. However, especially after the publication of ''In Face of Mystery'', his work came to be recognized as nonetheless an expression of a Mennonite sensibility that views the life and teaching of Jesus as the core model for embodied Christian faith.

 Gordon served as president of both the American Academy of Religion (1871-1982) and the American Theological Society (1979-1980). He taught and lectured widely, not only within the United States, but also internationally, holding numerous visiting professorships and lectureships, including at Chung Chi College, Chinese University of Hong Kong (1991), University of Oxford (1986), University of South Africa, Pretoria (1984), Doshisha University in Kyota, Japan (1983), United Theological College in Bangalore, India (1976–77), and the Institute for Teachers of Systematic Theology, also in Bangalore (1988).

 In the early 1950s, Gordon was ordained for the ministry in the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|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 1960s and served several times for a year as the congregation's pastor in their rotating system.

 Gordon Kaufman was one of the most prominent American Mennonite theologians of the modern era and a major proponent of theological liberalism. His research, writing, and teachings had a profound influence on constructive and systematic theology.
 = Bibliography =
 ''American Journal of Theology and Philosophy'' 29.1 (January 2008) [special issue devoted to Gordon Kaufman's final two books].

 Davaney, Sheila Greeve, ed. ''Theology at the End of Modernity: Essays in Honor of Gordon D. Kaufman''. Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1991.

 Dorrien, Gary. ''The Making of American Liberal Theology: Crisis, Irony, & Postmodernity, 1950-2005''. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2006 [see pages 307-324].

 James, Thomas A. ''In Face of Reality: The Constructive Theology of Gordon D. Kaufman''. Pickwick Publications, 2011.

 Kaufman, Gordon D. ''An Essay on Theological Method''. 3rd edition. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1995.

 Kaufman, Gordon D. God the Problem. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972.

 Kaufman, Gordon D. ''God—Mystery—Diversity: Christian Theology in a Pluralistic World''. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1996.

 Kaufman, Gordon D. ''In Face of Mystery: A Constructive Theology''. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1993.

 Kaufman, Gordon D. ''In the beginning . . . Creativity''. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2004.

 Kaufman, Gordon D. ''Jesus and Creativity''. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2006.

 Kaufman, Gordon D. ''Nonresistance and Responsibility and Other Mennonite Essays''. Newton, KS: Faith and Life Press, 1979.

 Kaufman, Gordon D. ''Relativism, Knowledge, and Faith''. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1960.

 Kaufman, Gordon D. ''Systematic Theology: A Historicist Perspective''. 2nd edition. New York: Scribners, 1978.

 Kaufman, Gordon D. ''The Theological Imagination: Constructing the Concept of God''. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1981.

 Kaufman, Gordon D. ''Theology for a Nuclear Age''. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1985.

 ''Mennonite Life'' 52.1 (March 1997) [special issue devoted to Gordon Kaufman's theology].

 Nordgren, Kenneth. ''God as Problem and Possibility: A Critical Study of Gordon Kaufman's Thought Toward a Spacious Theology''. Uppsala: University Press, 2003.

 Weaver, Alain Epp. ''Mennonite Theology in Face of Modernity: Essays in Honor of Gordon D. Kaufman''. North Newton, KS: Bethel College, 1996.
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 Cornelius J. "C. J." Dyck: professor of historical theology; born 20 August 1921 in Lysanderhoeh, [[Am Trakt Mennonite Settlement (Samara Oblast, Russia)|Am Trakt Mennonite Settlement]], Russia, to Johannes J. Dyck (16 April 1885, Lysanderhoeh, Am Trakt, Russia - 11 April 1948, [[Rosthern (Saskatchewan, Canada)|Rosthern]], Saskatchewan, Canada) and Renate (Mathies) Dyck (2 March 1885, Hohendorf, Am Trakt, Russia - 29 May 1963, Rosthern, Saskatchewan). He was the second youngest of a family of nine children, including [[Dyck, John R. (1913-1988)|John R. Dyck]] and [[Dyck, Peter J. (1914-2010)|Peter J. Dyck]]. Cornelius married Wilma Louise Regier, daughter of Cornelius W. Regier (1882-1973) and Johanna (Funk) Regier (1886-1969), on 12 August 1952 in Tiefengrund, Saskatchewan; they had three daughters: Mary, Jennifer, and Suzanne. Cornelius died on 10 January 2014 in Normal, [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], USA at the age of 92.

 After the communist [[Russian Revolution and Civil War|revolution]] in 1917, the Dyck family lost most of its land, experienced the famine due to grain requisitions, and only survived because of relief supplies from [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)]]. In the 1920s, Dyck's father became the leader of a farmer's cooperative in the Am Trakt settlement, through which he tried to re-establish productive agriculture in the area. By 1927, Johannes Dyck realized that the more left-leaning communists were taking control, and the family immigrated to [[Saskatchewan (Canada)|Saskatchewan]], Canada.

 The Dyck family first settled at Hawarden, south of Saskatoon, and then Tiefengrund, north of Saskatoon where they had better farm land. After elementary and high school education in the Hawarden and Laird areas, Cornelius graduated in 1940 from [[Rosthern Junior College (Rosthern, Saskatchewan, Canada)|Rosthern Junior College]].

 During World War II, Cornelius served as a [[Conscientious Objection|Conscientious Objector]] (CO) on the family farm. At the end of War, Dyck volunteered for service with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), serving in [[England]], the [[Netherlands]], and the British Zone of [[Germany]], where he initiated the daily feeding of about 100,000 children in northern Germany with food supplies sent by Mennonites in North America via MCC.

 From 1949 to 1951, Dyck worked with MCC to assist in resettling Mennonite refugees from Germany and the [[Soviet Union]] in [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]], and [[Brazil]]. One of the achievements he was most pleased about was working with Mennonites in Paraguay to find a location for, and initiate the founding of, a hospital and treatment centre for lepers at Kilometer 81.

 In 1951 Dyck returned to North America. He became pastor at the [[Zion Mennonite Church (Elbing, Kansas, USA)|Zion Mennonite Church]] in Elbing, Kansas. In the following year he married Wilma Regier, who came from his home community in Tiefengrund.

 Dyck was pastor in Elbing until 1955. During these four years he also completed a degree in history at [[Bethel College (North Newton, Kansas, USA)|Bethel College]] in North Newton, Kansas, and a Masters degree in history at the University of Wichita. From 1955 to 1959 he completed a Bachelor of Divinity and a Ph.D. in history at the University of Chicago, while serving as business manager at the [[Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Chicago, Illinois, USA)|Mennonite Biblical Seminary]] in Chicago. As business manager, he planned and oversaw the seminary's move to [[Elkhart (Indiana, USA)|Elkhart]] in 1958.

 Upon completing his Ph.D. in 1959, Dyck was appointed to teach historical theology at the Mennonite Biblical Seminary, and taught until 1989 when he retired. He was appointed director of the Institute of Mennonite Studies, the seminary's research and publishing agency, serving for 21 years. During these years he organized many conferences, encouraged Mennonite scholars to write and publish, and facilitated approximately 50 publications, including ''The Politics of Jesus'' by [[Yoder, John Howard (1927-1997)|John Howard Yoder]] and ''Yahweh is a Warrior'' by Millard Lind.

 In 1961 Dyck was appointed executive secretary of [[Mennonite World Conference]] (MWC) and served until 1973. He played a crucial role in articulating MWC's global vision. As the only Mennonite observer at the Vatican II sessions in the early 1960s, Dyck reported his observations in the ''[[Mennonite Weekly Review (Periodical)|Mennonite Weekly Review]]'' and helped to change Mennonite views towards Catholics.

 Dyck's facility in languages, including English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish, and Low German, enriched his teaching, made him an ideal representative at Vatican II, allowed him to communicate with Mennonites world-wide as MWC executive secretary, and enabled him to include ideas and research from these various cultures in his own writings.

 During his years as professor at the seminary, Dyck also wrote and edited a significant number of books, and wrote many articles and book reviews. Two of his best known books are Twelve Becoming: Biographies of Mennonite Disciples from the sixteenth to twentieth centuries, and Introduction to Mennonite History, which has been used as a text book by high schools and colleges for many years. Together with Dennis Martin, he edited volume V of the [[Mennonite Encyclopedia, The|''Mennonite Encyclopedia'']].

 In addition to his regular teaching schedule and heavy administrative work, Dyck found time to be involved in local church and community affairs. He was on the founding board for Oaklawn Psychiatric Centre in Elkhart, Indiana, and served on the Elkhart YMCA board. He was also on the board of the Elkhart Urban League, whose mission was to enable African Americans to secure economic self-reliance. He helped start Church Community Services in Elkhart, an ecumenical organization that provides assistance for low income families. Dyck was a member of a number of Mennonite historical committees, both nationally and internationally, and served on conference committees.

 Dyck was an excellent teacher, making history come alive for his students. He had a wealth of personal experiences from which he could draw, was deeply committed to the [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]]/Mennonite faith heritage, and had a love for the church. He had an engaging style of lecturing and a great sense of humor. Cornelius J. Dyck made a significant contribution to the Mennonite community, and beyond, as teacher, scholar, and churchman.

 = Bibliography =
 Dyck, Johannes J. ''Am Trakt; A Mennonite Settlement in the Central Volga Region''. Winnipeg: CMBC Publications and Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society, 1995.

 Dyck, Johanness J. ''A Pilgrim People, Diary of Johannes J. Dyck 1885-1948, Diary of Johannes J. Dyck, Memoirs of Johannes D. Dyck'' Edited by C. J. Dyck and Peter J. Dyck. Winnipeg: Renata and George Kroeker, 1994.

 Friesen, John J. "Dyck, Cornelius J." MennLex V. http://www.mennlex.de/doku.php?id=art:dyck_cornelius_j.

 Klaassen, Walter, ed. ''Anabaptism Revisted: Essays on Anabaptist/Mennonite Studies in Honor of C. J. Dyck''. Scottdale, PA and Waterloo, ON: Herald Press, 1992.

 Klassen, Mary E. "C. J. Dyck, Professor Emeritus, Died Jan. 10." Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. 13 January 2014. Web. 4 December 2014. http://www.ambs.edu/news/CJ-Dyck-professor-emeritus-died-Jan-10.cfm.

 Mennonite World Conference. "In Memoriam: Cornelius J. Dyck (1921-2014)." 26 February 2014. Web. 1 July 2016. https://www.mwc-cmm.org/content/memoriam-cornelius-j-dyck-1921-2014.
 === Books authored by Cornelius J. Dyck ===
 Dyck, Cornelius J. ''Hans de Ries: Theologian and Churchman, a Study in Second Generation Anabaptism''. Thesis (Ph. D.), University of Chicago, 1962.

 Dyck, Cornelius J. ''Mutual Aid in a Changing Economy''. Bluffton, OH: Association of Mennonite Aid Societies, 1963.

 Dyck, Cornelius J. ''Spiritual Life in Anabaptism''. Scottdale, PA and Kitchener, ON: Herald Press, 1995.

 Dyck, Cornelius J. ''They Gave Themselves: Lessons in Christian Stewardship''. Newton, KS: Faith and Life Press, 1964.

 Dyck, Cornelius J. ''Twelve Becoming: Biographies of Mennonite Disciples from the Sixteenth to Twentieth Centuries''. Newton, KS: Faith and Life Press, 1973.

 ''Harold S. Bender: Educator, Historian, Churchman''. By John C. Wenger, Carl Kreider, Cornelius J. Dyck, Erland Waltner, Guy F. Hershberger, Melvin Gingerich and others. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1964.
 === Books edited by Cornelius J. Dyck ===
 Dyck, Cornelius J. and Willard Swartley, eds. ''Annotated Bibliography of Mennonite Writings on Peace and War, 1930-1980''. Scottdale, PA and Kitchener, ON: Herald Press, 1987.

 Dyck, Cornelius J. and Wilma L. Dyck, eds. ''Johannes D. Dyck: the Dyck, Isaac, Quiring, and Wiebe Story''. Saskatoon, SK: Renata & Allan Klassen, 1987.

 Dyck, Cornelius J., ed. ''Introduction to Mennonite History: a Popular History of the Anabaptists and the Mennonites''. Scottdale, PA and Kitchener, ON: Herald Press, 1967, 1981, and 1993.

 Dyck, Cornelius J., Dennis Martin, eds. ''Mennonite Encyclopedia'', Vol. V. Scottdale, PA and Kitchener, ON: Herald Press, 1990.

 Dyck, Cornelius J., ed. ''A Legacy of Faith: the Heritage of Menno Simons; a Sixtieth Anniversary Tribute to Cornelius Krahn''. Newton, KS: Faith and Life Press, 1962.

 Dyck, Cornelius J., ed. ''From the Files of MCC''; with Robert S. Kreider, and John A. Lapp. Scottdale, PA and Kitchener, ON: Herald Press, 1980.

 Dyck, Cornelius J., ed. ''Responding to Worldwide Needs''; with Robert S. Kreider, and John A. Lapp. Scottdale, PA and Kitchener, ON: Herald Press, 1980.

 Dyck, Cornelius J., ed. ''Something Meaningful for God''; with Robert S. Kreider, and John A. Lapp. Scottdale, PA and Kitchener, ON: Herald Press, 1981.

 Dyck, Cornelius J., ed. ''Spiritual Life in Anabaptism''. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1995.

 Dyck, Cornelius J., ed. ''The Lordship of Christ: Proceedings of the Seventh Mennonite World Conference, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, August 1-7, 1962''. Elkhart, IN: Mennonite World Conference, 1962.

 Dyck, Cornelius J., ed. ''Witness and Service in North America''. Scottdale, PA and Kitchener, ON: Herald Press, 1980.

 Dyck, Cornelius J., ed. ''Jesus Christ Reconciles: Proceedings of the Ninth Mennonite World Conference, Curitiba, Brazil, July 18-23, 1972''. Elkhart, IN: Mennonite World Conference, 1972.

 Dyck, Cornelius J., ed. ''The Witness of the Holy Spirit: Eighth Mennonite World Conference, Amsterdam July 23-30, 1967''. Elkhart, IN: Mennonite World Conference, 1967.

 Dyck, Cornelius J., trans. ''Confessions of Faith in the Anabaptist Tradition, 1527-1660''; edited by Karl Koop. Kitchener, ON: Pandora Press, 2006.

 Dyck, Cornelius J., William E. Keeney, Alvin J. Beachy, eds. ''The Writings of Dirk Philips 1504-1568''. Classics of the Radical Reformation, Vol. 6. Scottdale, PA and Kitchener, ON: Herald Press, 1992.
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 Source: Lawrence Warkentin.'']]
 Elmer R. Warkentin: missionary, church planter, Bible School founder, and teacher; born on 30 January 1923 in [[Hepburn (Saskatchewan, Canada)|Hepburn]], Saskatchewan, Canada to David H. Warkentin (2 October 1900, [[Goessel (Kansas, USA)|Goessel]], Kansas, USA – 9 October 1981, [[Abbotsford (British Columbia, Canada)|Abbotsford]], British Columbia, Canada) and Anna (Ewert) Warkentin (4 November 1901, [[Einlage (Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Einlage]], Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, South Russia – 27 October 1958, Abbotsford, BC). Elmer was the oldest of seven children, with four sisters and two brothers. In 1950 he married Ruth Barbara Froese (12 January 1927, Creston, [[Montana (USA)|Montana]], USA – 13 May 2000, Abbotsford, BC), daughter of David D. Froese (1881-1949) and Helen (Bergen) Froese (b. 1886), in the Chilliwack Alliance Church in [[Chilliwack (British Columbia, Canada)|Chilliwack]], British Columbia, Canada. They had five children: Loren, Janet, Ellen, James, and Douglas. Elmer passed away on 16 October 1993 in Abbotsford, BC.

 In 1936 Elmer and his parents left [[Saskatchewan (Canada)|Saskatchewan]] to settle on a farm on Huntingdon Road in Abbotsford. The Warkentins attended the [[South Abbotsford Mennonite Brethren Church (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)|South Abbotsford Mennonite Brethren (MB) Church]], where Elmer was baptised on 30 July 1939. In 1950 Elmer became a charter member of the [[Central Heights Church (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)|Abbotsford MB (now Central Heights) Church]].

 Elmer left home in 1945 to attend Prairie Bible Institute in Three Hills, Alberta, where he completed his high school equivalency and then a four-year Bible school programme, graduating in 1949.

 Elmer's life-long interest in missions was nurtured in his parent's home, who often extended hospitality to visiting missionaries. A world map flagging global mission work adorned the Warkentin residence. As a young adult, Elmer helped establish Sunday school in the South Otter area (later Hillside Community Church). For a time he served with the West Coast Children's Mission of BC, sailing up the British Columbia coast in a 36 foot motor vessel, ministering to families and children in isolated areas. These itinerant visits resulted in the beginning of Camp Homewood on Quadra Island.

 During his studies at Prairie Bible Institute (PBI), Elmer felt God's call to mission service. A widowed missionary, Sylvia Sirag, representing the Regions Beyond Missionary Union (RBMU), was visiting PBI. In pleading her case for the Dayak people of [[Indonesia]], she appealed for commitment, stating "We need men, not just women." When she let it be known that a driver was needed for the mission, Elmer was hooked because he loved trucks. After Ruth completed her Bible School studies, the couple left for Borneo, Indonesia in February 1951. It was here that four of their children were born.

 Elmer and Ruth grew up speaking [[German Language|German]] and English, to which they added Indonesian as their ministry language. Mission work for the Warkentins involved frequent treks to remote villages, establishing churches and doing medical work. Initially the Dayaks were unmoved by the Christian gospel. Since they were head-hunters, Elmer was considered an attractive conquest. However, by March 1954 some 160 local Dayak congregations had been planted, resulting in the establishment of the Fellowship of Gospel Proclaiming Churches, in effect a national church.

 An expanding network of churches required trained leaders. To satisfy these needs, Elmer and Ruth become involved in giving birth to the Berea Bible School (later Berea Theological Institute) in Ansang, Kalimantan. On 11 August 1957 some two dozen young people became charter students of this institution. For the next 34 years, Elmer and Ruth dedicated their energies to serving this school, which eventually expanded to include a theological seminary. To their great joy, graduates of this institution matured into spiritual leaders.

 When the Warkentins retired from the Berea school in 1989, Elmer and Ruth relocated to Anik, Indonesia, where they refocused on mentoring and nurturing national church leaders. Elmer and Ruth's legacy is the more remarkable considering formidable threats they faced, including the Communist coup in 1965, the Dayak uprising in 1967, and the Muslim edict in 1978 that all Christian influence in Indonesia was to be terminated.

 In 1993 Elmer was diagnosed with cancer, forcing retirement to Abbotsford. After Elmer's death in 1993, Ruth continued translating Bible stories and lessons for use in the Kalimantan churches. Between 1994 and 1997 Ruth visited Indonesia several times. She died in 2000 and is buried in the Hazelwood Cemetery in Abbotsford.
 = Bibliography =
 Austring, Elmer. "Words about the Warkentins." Kalimantan. Unpublished Tribute, 1980.

 Conley, Joseph F. Drumbeats That Changed the World: A History of the Regions Beyond Missionary Union and The West Indies Mission 1873-1999. Pasadena: William Carey Library, 2000.
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 Jarold (Jaroslav) Knox Zeman: scholar of the [[Anabaptism|Anabaptists]] and [[Bohemian Brethren]], and a Canadian Baptist minister and leader, was born on 27 February 1926 and raised in Semonice near Jaroměř, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic). After World War II he enrolled in Charles University in [[Prague (Czech Republic)|Prague]], first in philosophy and then in theology. In 1948 he received a scholarship to continue his studies at Knox College, University of Toronto, [[Toronto (Ontario, Canada)|Toronto]], [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], [[Canada]]. He earned degrees at Charles University and Knox College, and a ThD at the University of Zurich. Zeman married a Canadian wife, Lila (Lillian) Koncicky (27 April 1933-July 2002); they raised a family of one son and three daughters--Tim, Janice, Miriam and Dagmar. Jarold Zeman died in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada on 18 September 2000.

 Jarold Zeman was active both in his church and in academia. He served as a Baptist minister in Toronto to his fellow Czech-speaking compatriots for six years as well as in a rural church where he continued his contacts with Czech immigrants. He also provided leadership to the Department of Canadian Missions of the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec. After receiving his doctorate he assumed the chair of Church History at Acadia Divinity College, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, where he taught for 23 years.

 His doctoral dissertation ''The Anabaptists and the Czech Brethren in Moravia, 1526-1628: A Study of Origins and Contacts'' (Hague/Paris, 1968) and his book entitled ''The Hussite Movement and the Reformation in Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia (1350-1650), a Bibliographical Study Guide'' (Ann Arbor, 1977) were definitive in their fields. He also published a number of studies concerning the history of [[Waldenses|Waldensians]] and the Bohemian Brethren, spearheaded new interest in archival history in the Baptist church, and initiated the publication series ''Atlantic Baptist Heritage''.

 In addition to his doctoral dissertation, Zeman's most significant publication for Anabaptist studies included "The Rise of Religious Liberty in the Czech Republic," ''Central European History'' 6 (1973), 128-47 and a significant survey of sixteenth-century Anabaptist communities in eastern Europe, "Historical Topography of Moravian Anabaptism," ''[[Mennonite Quarterly Review]]'' 40 (Oct. 1966), 266-78; 41 (Jan. 1967), 40-78; and 41 (April 1967), 116-60.

 His students remember him for his listening ear and caring heart as much as for his gift of teaching and academic expertise. Zeman served as advisor and mentor to many younger scholars who were interested in Czech history. He was awarded honorary degrees by McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario) and Acadia University and received the Comenious medal from his alma mater in Prague.
 = Bibliography =
 "Dr. Jarold Zeman, Hon. 1994." ''Acadia Bulletin'' 85 (Fall 2000): 16. Web. 30 June 2016. http://openarchive.acadiau.ca/cdm/compoundobject/collection/AAB/id/1886/rec/3.

 Klassen, John Martin. "In Memoriam: Jarold K. Zeman, 1926-2000." ''Mennonite Quarterly Review'' 76 (July 2000): 259. This GAMEO article is derived, with permission, from the MQR memorial article.
 == Books by Jarold Knox Zeman ==
 Zeman, Jarold Knox. ''Historical topography of Moravian baptism''. Goshen, Ind. : Mennonite Historical society, [ca.1967].

 Zeman, Jarold Knox. ''The Anabaptists and the Czech Brethren in Moravia 1526-1628. A study of origins and contacts''. The Hague, Paris, Mouton, 1969.

 Zeman, Jarold Knox. ''The Hussite movement and the reformation in Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia (1350-1650) : a bibliographical study guide (with particular reference to resources in North America)''. Ann Arbor : Michigan Slavic Publications, 1977.

 Zeman, Jarold Know. ''Baptist roots and identity''. Ontario, Canada : Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, 1978.

 Zeman, Jarold Knox and Walter Klaassen, eds. ''The Believers' Church in Canada : addresses and papers from the study conference in Winnipeg, May 15-18, 1978''. Brantford, Ont. : Baptist Federation of Canada ; Winnipeg : Mennonite Central Committee (Canada), 1979.

 Zeman, Jarold Knox, ed. ''Baptists in Canada : search for identity amidst diversity''. Burlington, Ont. : G.R. Welch 1980.

 Zeman, Jarold Knox, ed. ''Costly vision : the Baptist pilgrimage in Canada''. Burlington, Ont. : Welch Publishing 1988.

 Griffin-Allwood, Philip G.A, George A. Rawlyk and Jarold K. Zeman. ''Baptists in Canada, 1760-1990 : a bibliography of selected printed resources in English''. Hantsport, N.S. : Lancelot Press for Acadia Divinity College and the Baptist Historical Committee of United Baptist Convention of the Atlantic Provinces 1989.

 Knox, Jarold Knox. ''Open doors : Canadian baptists 1950-1990 : popular addresses and articles''. Hantsport, N.S. : Published by Lancelot Press for Acadia Divinity College and The Baptist Historical Committee of the United Baptist Convention of the Atlantic Provinces 1992.
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 SamSteiner http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Janzen,_Jacob_(1900-1997) Janzen, Jacob (1900-1997) 2016-06-29T07:05:19Z
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[[File:JacobJanzen.jpg|300px|thumbnail|right|''Jacob Janzen (1900-1997).

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 Jacob Janzen: community leader; born 23 May 1900 in Sergeyevka, [[Fürstenland Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Fürstenland Mennonite Settlement]], South Russia, to Johann D. Janzen (1 October 1871, [[Burwalde (Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Burwalde]], Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, South Russia - 1938, USSR) and Helene (Janzen) Janzen (15 April 1879, Sergeyevka, Fuerstenland, South Russia – 4 May 1917, South Russia). Jacob married Elisabeth "Lise" Neufeld (23 October 1904, Reinfeld, Russia – 31 July 1994, Clearbrook, British Columbia, Canada), daughter of [[Neufeld, Heinrich Dietrich (1884-1919)|Heinrich D. Neufeld]] (1884-1919) and Maria (Walde) Neufeld (1885-1967) on 7 May 1923 in Altonau, Sagradovka, South Russia. Jacob and Elisabeth had four children: Edwald, Katherine, Helen, and Ernie. Jacob died on 8 March 1977 in Clearbrook, [[British Columbia (Canada)|British Columbia]].

 Jacob was the eldest son of the general manager of the [[J. Janzen & K. Neufeld (Fürstenland Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Janzen & Neufeld Factory]] and eldest grandson of the owner, Jakob Wilhelm Janzen (1845-1917). He had a privileged childhood in stark contrast to his later teen years and early adulthood, as the [[World War (1914-1918)|First World War]] and then the [[Russian Revolution and Civil War|Russian Revolution]] resulted in chaos and starvation. Jacob was conscripted into the Red Army and severely wounded, resulting in his assignment to a desk job. He was soon assigned to the [[Molotschna Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Molotschna]] region to oversee the census ordered by the new Communist Government. Here he met Elizabeth Neufeld. They were married in 1923 and shortly thereafter, were baptized into the [[Mennonite Brethren Church]].

 In 1925, Jacob and Elisabeth and their infant son moved to [[Canada]], along with his widowed mother-in-law and her children. The Janzens farmed for 20 years in [[Saskatchewan (Canada)|Saskatchewan]] and [[Alberta (Canada)|Alberta]], during which time Jacob also managed a cheese factory in Alberta and spent significant time collecting the travel debt (''Reiseschuld'') incurred with the [[Canadian Pacific Railway Company|Canadian Pacific Railway]] by Mennonite immigrants of the 1920s. Jacob and his family moved to Clearbrook, British Columbia in 1945.

 Jacob's interest in community life, both in business and church activity, was soon evident. He served as secretary-treasurer of the [[Clearbrook Mennonite Brethren Church (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)|Clearbrook Mennonite Brethren Church]] for many years, and as secretary-treasurer on the [[Mennonite Educational Institute (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)|Mennonite Educational Institute]] board during the construction of its new building at the corner of Old Yale Road and Clearbrook Road.

 In 1948 Jacob was a founding member of the [[Abbotsford Growers Co-operative Union (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)|Abbotsford Growers Co-op]], and General Manager during its formative years. This co-op eventually became the largest processor of raspberries in Canada. He was also instrumental in creating Consolidated Coast Marketing, an agency created to jointly market all of the raspberries for the growers in the [[Fraser Valley (British Columbia, Canada)|Fraser Valley]] during that time.

 In 1958 Jacob was a founding member of the [[Clearbrook District Mennonite Savings Credit Union (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)|Clearbrook District Mennonite Savings Credit Union]]. Jacob served as secretary-treasurer during its early years, and proudly utilized his account, which was #1.

 Jacob was also involved with the formation of Clearbrook Waterworks. Jacob's talents where utilized as he designed the early stages of the utility and supervised the construction. He operated and managed the water utility from its beginning in 1954 until he relinquished the position in 1966.

 Jacob was the first president of the Clearbrook Chamber of Commerce and worked hard to recruit businesses, doctors, and other professionals into the area. Among these where the music teachers [[Neufeld, Walter Roland (1924-2004)|Walter]] and Menno Neufeld, who taught in a portion of Jacob Janzen's home that he had converted temporarily into a studio.

 Since Clearbrook was not an incorporated entity there was no post office, which did not sit well with Jacob. Jacob initiated a campaign to obtain a Clearbrook Post Office, which he eventually succeeded in doing.

 In 1959 Jacob successfully campaigned for a seat on the Matsqui Municipal Council, where he remained for nine years until his retirement in 1968. During much of this time he represented the Municipality on the Board of the MSA General Hospital Society. In 1967 Jacob was awarded the Centennial Medal and in 1971 he was honored as a "Freeman" of the Municipality.

 Jacob was a visionary, and action followed dreams very closely. He could have used his considerable foresight and managerial skills to amass personal wealth but he consistently chose to pursue the common good. He generally avoided the limelight but chose rather the position of secretary-treasurer in any organization as it afforded him a more active involvement in the operations of any organization he served.
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 Mary Ann (Hallman) Simmons was a preacher and evangelist of the [[Ontario Mennonite Brethren in Christ|Canada]] and [[Michigan Conference of the Missionary Church|Michigan]] conferences of the [[Mennonite Brethren in Christ|Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church]], the second woman of the church to be licensed as a minister of the gospel after [[Hall, Janet Douglas (1863-1946)|Janet Douglas Hall]].

 Mary Ann ("Maria A. C. Hallman" in the family Bible) was born 8 June 1867 about four kilometres (2.5 miles) north of New Dundee, Wilmot Township, [[Waterloo County (Ontario, Canada)|Waterloo County]], [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]] to John Strome Hallman (8 June 1829-10 December 1893) and Mary Shantz Clemens (11 September 1834-17 January 1915). She was the seventh of 12 children (6 boys and 6 girls). Her sister Lydia Ann Hallman married MBiC elder Daniel Schultz of Baden, Waterloo County, eventually serving in [[Michigan (USA)|Michigan]], USA.

 On 27 September 1892, Mary Ann Hallman married Rev. William Simmons of Port Huron, Michigan. He was converted at 21 years of age, experienced sanctification and joined the [[Evangelical Association]], later being ordained by them. William was born in Shakespeare, [[Perth County (Ontario, Canada)|Perth County]], Ontario, on 16 July 1849 to English-born Henry Simmons (born about 1816) and Elizabeth Shirk (15 May 1816-1891). In the 1861 Canada census, the family, including William and five siblings, were recorded as members of the Church of England, but Elizabeth at least died as a member of the Evangelical Association. William had previously been married (8 July 1877) to Paulina Pleiter (21 Aug 1853-7 February 1890), and had two daughters, one of whom had died at 8 years of age.

 With William, Mary Ann Simmons raised four sons. William died 29 August 1920 at Cedar Springs, [[Kent County (Michigan, USA)|Kent County]], Michigan and Mary Ann Hallman Simmons on 17 December 1948 at Grant, Newaygo County, Michigan. They are buried in the Elmwood Cemetery in Cedar Springs, Michigan.

 Mary Ann Hallman described her younger self as a "wild misch[i]e[v]ous girl." Although Mary Ann's parents were members of the [[Mennonite Conference of Ontario and Quebec|Mennonite Conference of Ontario]], her conversion at 16 on 24 February 1884 was through the MBiC at the [[Bethel Evangelical Missionary Church (New Dundee, Ontario, Canada)|Bethel Church]], New Dundee, when Wesley Schlichter preached on the text, "How long halt ye between two opinions (I Kings 18: 21)?" Shortly after experiencing [[sanctification]] about one year later, she felt a "go or lose her soul" call to public work at age 18 (1885). Her parents were scandalized and bitterly opposed the thought of women preaching and she herself "fought" the call for a while as impressions from the devil. A few years later she was reconciled with her mother.

 Many Ontario Mennonites and [[Amish]] were migrating to Michigan in the last decades of the 19th century, and Mary Ann Hallman found it easier to began preaching in 1885 in connection with MBiC settlers in Greenwood Township, St Clair County, Michigan. She had an experienced co-worker for a time in Harriet "Hattie" Bates, at first a Free Methodist evangelist who married Allen Schlichter in 1888, (another son of [[Schlichter, Samuel (1821-1873)|Samuel Schlichter]], [[New Mennonite Church of Canada West|New Mennonite]] preacher at New Dundee). Some tent meetings she conducted in Michigan resulted in churches. She also preached as an evangelist in Ontario, [[Indiana (USA)|Indiana]] and [[Ohio (USA)|Ohio]]. In 1887 Hallman approached the Canada Conference for recognition as a probationer, and was appointed an evangelist the next year. She wrote reports to the ''[[Gospel Banner (Periodical)|Gospel Banner]]'' from central Michigan. In 1891 she was appointed as a helper to Oliver B. Schneider/Snyder in Greenwood. When marriage to William Simmons approached (in Berlin in the home of her parents), she declared herself "conditional" (i.e. she had a restriction to accepting certain appointments). After her marriage she was again appointed as an evangelist in Michigan, and she reported from places such as Gettysburg, Ohio; [[Hespeler Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church (Hespeler, Ontario, Canada)|Hespeler]] and Kilsyth, Ontario; and Fort Gratiot, St Clair County. In March, 1895, Mary Ann and William were appointed to [[Huron County (Michigan, USA)|Huron County]], Michigan. For several years she continued as an evangelist after 1896 under the newly formed MBiC Michigan Conference.

 The couple settled at Cedar Springs, [[Kent County (Michigan, USA)|Kent County]], where the Michigan Conference (now Michigan Region, Missionary Church) developed a camp meeting site, and reported on occasional evangelistic meetings around Michigan. Overwork in evangelism left Mary Ann Simmons ill a number of times, but she reported healings after anointing and prayer. On the other hand, about 1890 she recovered from typhoid through 12 weeks of dedicated nursing in the home of MBiC evangelist Andrew Good at New Carlisle, Ohio. In later years, she was concerned that the church's commitment to [[Dress|plainness in clothing]] was losing out to worldly interests. ''Gospel Banner'' editor Ray Pannabecker recalled, "As a young boy I first remember seeing and hearing Sister Simmons as she gave her never-to-be-forgotten testimonies and exhortations. She had come up the hard way and had known what it meant to work for the Lord and sacrifice...May her rich life continue to testify to a needy world...."
 = Bibliography =
 Canada census 1861, 1881.

 "Deaths—[Rev. William] Simmons." ''Gospel Banner'' (16 September 1920): 14-15.

 Eby, Ezra E., Joseph Buchanan Snyder, and Eldon D. Weber. ''A Biographical History of Early Settlers and Their Descendants in Waterloo Township''. Kitchener, Ont: Eldon D. Weber, 1971: family number 1797 & 3523. Available online at http://ebybook.region.waterloo.on.ca/ or in multiple electronic formats at http://www.archive.org/details/biographicalhist02ebyeuoft.

 FamilyHart Online Database, The. 14 February 2016. Web. http://www.familyharttng.com/getperson.php?personID=I138086&tree=FamilyHart.

 Hallman, Mary Ann. "Testimony." ''Gospel Banner'' (15 January 1889): 4. Written Nov 23 1888 from Greenfield Mills, Lagrange County, Michigan.

 Huffman, Jasper A., ed. ''History of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church''. New Carlisle, Ohio: The Bethel Pub. Co, 1920: 151-152. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/historymennonit00huffgoog.

 "In Memoriam—[Mary Ann] Simmons." ''Gospel Banner'' (20 January 1949): 15.

 Pannabecker, Ray P. "An Appreciation." ''Gospel Banner'' (20 January 1949): 3.

 Sherk, Samuel. "Obituary [Elizabeth Shirk]." ''Gospel Banner'' (15 April 1891): 16.

 Simmons, Mary Ann (Hallman). "Testimony." ''Gospel Banner'' (1 August 1899): 15.
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 William Shantz was the first missionary approved and supported by a conference of the [[Mennonite Brethren in Christ|Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church]]. He gave 41 years' service in [[China, People's Republic of|China]] with the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA), 35 of those years with his wife Mary Davidson.

 The parents of William Shantz were Enoch D. Schantz (6 August 1841-3 April 1920) and his first wife Catharine Ruthig/ Ruedich (31 May 1844-28 March 1875). William was born in Mannheim, Wilmot Township, [[Waterloo County (Ontario, Canada)|Waterloo County]], [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], [[Canada]] on 8 July 1866, the second oldest of five brothers and one sister, although two brothers died in infancy. The family moved to the Walkerton, Ontario, area where William's mother died when William was eight years old. From Enoch's second marriage on 11 February 1879 to Angeline Shoemaker (16 November 1854-1927), there were at least three other children.

 William Shantz met Mary Deborah Davidson from Peterborough, Ontario, (20 September 1873-2 April 1948) in China and married her on 24 December 1901 at the C&MA central base at Wuhu in Anwei (Anhui) Province. She had been a Baptist. The couple had four children, three daughters and a son. William died 30 September 1936 in [[Toronto (Ontario, Canada)|Toronto]], two years after retiring from China. They are both buried at the [[Breslau Mennonite Church (Breslau, Ontario, Canada)|Breslau Mennonite Cemetery]], [[Breslau (Ontario, Canada)|Breslau]], Ontario.

 William Shantz completed primary school and one year of a business college and worked as a clerk in the general store in Breslau. He was converted during revival meetings under the pastor Moses Weber and evangelist Christian Wismer "C. W." Ruth in 1890, at age 24, not 14, as many accounts say. He was baptized in the summer in the creek that flows through the village. That year the veteran evangelist of the MBiC, [[Hershey, Eusebius (1823-1891)|Eusebius Hershey]], sailed to Liberia and died from malaria after six months. His journey was well publicized in the denominational magazine, the ''[[Gospel Banner (Periodical)|Gospel Banner]]''. William was among several MBiC young people who decided to prepare for foreign mission service as a consequence. He studied at the C&MA Training Institute (then in New York City) 1892-1895, and was accepted for service in the C&MA China mission from 1895. At that time many leaders in the MBiC were urging the church to send its missionaries through the Alliance rather than develop a denominational mission. The Canada Conference accepted William's application for their approval and support, thus making him the MBiC's first officially designated missionary. His Conference ordained him in Breslau on 11 March 1906 on his first furlough from China.

 After the year of language study and two years at Wuhu, William Shantz, along with another MBiC member in the C&MA, Calvin F. Snyder from [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], volunteered in 1898 to Tao Cheo (Chow), Kansu (Gansu) Province, on the Tibetan (Qinghai) border. Mary Davidson reached Wuhu, after studies at the C&MA school, in 1899. Mary joined William at Wuchang in central China in 1902 after their wedding. They opened a station at Siangtan (Xiangtan), Hunan, about 1909; oversaw ministries and rebuilding at Wuchang (now part of megacity Wuhan) in Hupeh (Hubei) in the 1920s; and oversaw work at Tatong, Anhui, among other responsibilities. When Mary returned early in 1922 to settle their children in Canada, William helped open a new station while training eight inexperienced Chinese evangelists at Taiping Hsien, Anhui.

 They each lived through the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 (21 out of 38 C&MA missionaries perishing), the revolution of 1911, warlord chaos of 1927, and numerous robberies, mob attacks (e.g. at Lukiang, Anhui in 1929) and deadly sicknesses. They buried a daughter at Xiangtan. In other words, they simply experienced what thousands of other pioneer missionaries and Chinese Christians experienced in a land much abused by foreigners and local powers.

 Matthew Brown Birrel, a co-worker of William Shantz', wrote that Shantz won the confidence of the Chinese. Through a selfless life and characteristic humility, his colleagues compared him in that regard to Moses.
 = Bibliography =
 Birrel, M. B. "A Pioneer Worker." ''The Alliance Witness'' (21 November 1936): 747.

 Blake, Delbert, Ted Losch, Ira Zeller and Mrs Garfield [Reta] Mader. ''Breslau Missionary Church 1882-1982: 100th Anniversary''. (Breslau, Ontario: Breslau Missionary Church, 1982).

 Huffman, Jasper A. ed., ''History of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church''. New Carlisle, Ohio: Bethel Publ. Co., 1920: 265. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/historymennonit00huffgoog.

 [Pannabecker, Ray P.] "Shantz." ''Gospel Banner'' (6 May 1948): 3.

 Shantz, Mary D. "China." ''UMS Yearbook'' (1930): 80-83.

 Shantz, William A. "China." ''Gospel Banner'' 20 March 192[4]): 11.

 Shantz, William A. "Letter." ''Gospel Banner'' 29 July 1929.

 Shantz, William A. "[Report]." ''Proceedings of the Ontario Conference of the MBiC'' (1910): 36-37.

 Shantz, William A. "Shepherding Weak Flocks in Troubled China." ''UMS Yearbook'' (1930): 84-86.

 Storms, Everek R. ''What God Hath Wrought: The Story of the Foreign Missionary Efforts of the United Missionary Church''. Springfield, Ohio: The United Missionary Society, 1948: 21-24.
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 Gerhard Hein: pastor and editor; born 30 November 1905 in Golyschevo, [[Ufa (Bashkortostan, Russia)|Ufa]], Russia to Dietrich Jacob Hein (11 February 1869, Neuhoffnung, Alt Samara, Russia - 15 April 1920, Davlekanovo, Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia) and Katharina (Harder) Hein (24 February 1867, Muravyevka, Alt Samara, Russia - 29 October 1939, Nikolayevka, Ignatyevo, South Russia). He was the 8th child in a family of 3 sons and 8 daughters. In 1936 Gerhard Hein married Lydia Hege (29 August 1908, Oberbiegelhof, Hasselbach, Germany - 13 January 1997, Deutschhof, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany), daughter of Philipp Hege (1877-1941) and Elisa (Funck) Hege (1881-1943), in [[Ibersheim (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Ibersheim]], Germany. They had two sons, Eckart and Wilfried. Gerhard Hein died 7 October 1990 in [[Bad Bergzabern (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Bad Bergzabern]], Germany.

 After graduating from high school in [[Davlekanovo (Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia)|Dawlekanowo]], Russia in 1924 and being baptized a year later at the Ufa [[Mennonite Brethren Church]], Gerhard Hein emigrated from the Soviet Union to [[Germany]] in 1925.

 Unlike many Mennonite emigrants from the Soviet Union, Gerhard remained in Germany, where he studied theology (1925-1931). After spending a year at a Bible school in Wernigerode, he studied at universities in Goettingen, Tuebingen, Muenster and Leipzig. Among his appreciated professors were Adolf Schlatter, Karl Heim, and Karl Barth. Following his graduation, Hein worked as an intern (1931-1935) under the well-known pastor, historian, and editor, [[Neff, Christian (1863-1946)|Christian Neff]]. It was during this time that Hein began writing articles for the ''[[Mennonitisches Lexikon]]''.

 During his semester vacations, Gerhard visited many Mennonite families in southwest Germany. On one of these visits at the Mueckenhaeuserhof, near [[Worms (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Worms]], he met his future wife, Lydia Hege. Lydia supported and assisted Gerhard in many congregational visits, and was actively involved in women's ministries, serving several times as speaker at women's conferences. During their time in [[Berlin (Germany)|Berlin]], she also served as manager of the Menno Home.

 Gerhard was ordained as a pastor for the Mennonite communities of [[Sembach (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Sembach]], Berlin, and [[Monsheim (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Monsheim]] in Germany. His ministry in Sembach, in the Palatinate, started in December 1935. It included serving the neighboring communities of [[Altleiningen/Pfalz Mennonitengemeinden (Altleiningen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Altleiningen]] and [[Neudorferhof (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Neudorferhof]] and later also [[Enkenbach (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Enkenbach]] (1935-1940 and 1945–1958).

 During World War II Hein served as a secretary in France and as an interpreter in Russia (1940–1945). After the war, Hein devoted much time and energy to youth ministry, organizing many well-attended youth retreats. He also initiated the conversion of an old barn adjacent to the pastor's residence into a multi-purpose meeting center that was used for many functions, including those arising from the influx of refugees coming from East and West Prussia. His ministerial responsibilities increased with the newly acquired care home for refugees in Enkenbach.

 Hein was editor of the ''[[Mennonitische Jugendwarte (Periodical)|Mennonitische Jugendwarte]]'' (1932–1938), the ''[[Junge Gemeinde (Periodical)|Junge Gemeinde]]'' (1948–1956), and ''[[Mennonit, Der|Der Mennonit]]'' (co-editor from 1952-1954 and editor from 1954–1965). When Hein was asked to complete the fourth volume of the ''Mennonitisches Lexikon'', he moved to Berlin to take on a three-fold ministry: serving as pastor to the Mennonite Berlin congregation (1958-1965), editing the monthly journal ''Der Mennonit'', and editing the ''Mennonitisches Lexikon''. Hein concluded his pastoral ministries in Monsheim / Obersuelzen (1965-1973). During this period, he was able to complete his work on the ''Mennonitisches Lexikon'', just in time to be introduced at the 8th [[Mennonite World Conference]] in [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]] in 1967. Hein also served as editor of the ''Mennonitischer Gemeindekalendar'' (1968-1970). Gerhard Hein wrote more than 250 articles and contributed to about 175 editorials, many of them dealing with [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] and Mennonite history in southwest Germany.

 Gerhard held the following positions: Vice-Chairman (1963-1968) and Chairman of the [[Mennonitischer Geschichtsverein (Germany)|Mennonitischer Geschichtsverein]] (Mennonite Historical Society) (1968-1975), Chairman of the [[Deutsches Mennonitisches Missionskomitee]] (German Mennonite Missions Committee; DMMK), and Chairman of the Rhineland-Palatinate and Hessen Mennonite congregations (1968–1972).

 Gerhard Hein's ministry was focused on spiritual edification and creating an awareness among Mennonites of their rich Anabaptist history.
 = Bibliography =
 GRANDMA (The '''G'''enealogical '''R'''egistry '''an'''d '''D'''atabase of '''M'''ennonite '''A'''ncestry) Database, 16-01 ed. Fresno, CA: [http://calmenno.org/index.htm" California Mennonite Historical Society], 2016: #1027548.

 Hein, Gerhard. ''Ein Russland-Deutscher Erlebt Ost und West'' (Experiences of a Russian-German in the East and the West). Unpublished manuscript.

 Hein, Gerhard, ed. ''Ufa, Die mennonitische Ansiedlung bei Ufa am Uralgebirge 1894-1938''. 1975.

 Hein, Gerhard. ''Vertrauen, Freuen, Danken''. Weisenheim am Berg, Germany: Agape Verlag, 1992.

 Hein, Wilfried, trans. ''A Witness in Times of War and Peace: The Story of Gerhard Hein, a Mennonite Pastor who served in the Wehrmacht During World War II''. Victoria, BC: www.friesenpress.com, 2015.

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 This article is based on the original English essay that was written for the [http://www.mennlex.de/doku.php Mennonitisches Lexikon (MennLex)] and has been made available to GAMEO with permission. The German version of this article is available at http://www.mennlex.de/doku.php?id=art:hein_gerhard.
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 Margaretha Klippenstein Enns: housekeeper: deacon and [[Midwives|midwife]]; born 19 April 1888 in [[Alexanderwohl (Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Alexanderwohl]], Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, South Russia to Johann P. Klippenstein (1 May 1945 - 11 December 1913) and Helena (Wall) Klippenstein (28 December 1855, [[Lichtfelde]], Molotschna, South Russia - 17 December 1932, [[Tashkent (Toshkent Province, Uzbekistan)|Tashkent]], Uzbekistan). Margaretha was the seventh child in a family of nine. She married Heinrich A. Enns (6 January 1883, Saribasch, [[Crimea (Ukraine)|Crimea]], South Russia - 18 March 1976, [[Abbotsford (British Columbia, Canada)|Abbotsford]], British Columbia, Canada), son of Abraham and Anna (Derksen) Enns, on 14 February 1908 in the village of [[Donskoye (Neu-Samara, Samara Oblast, Russia)|Donskoye]], Neu-Samara Mennonite Settlement, Russia. The couple had eleven children: Helena (died in infancy); [[Neufeldt, Henry Peter (1909-2001)|Margaret]], [[Neufeldt, Peter P. (1911-1961)|Helena]], [[Martens, Jacob P. (1911-1984)|Sarah]], Henry, Johann, Peter, Ann, Jacob (died in infancy), Jacob, and George. Margaretha died 5 February 1977 in Abbotsford, British Columbia (BC), having outlived her husband by eleven months. She was buried alongside her husband in [[Yarrow (Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada)|Yarrow]], BC.

 Margaretha Klippenstein's family moved from Alexanderwohl to Logovsk, Neu-Samara, in 1891. There Margaretha was educated and baptized into the [[Mennonite Brethren Church]]. It was in the Logovsk church that she met Heinrich Enns. Shortly after their marriage, the couple moved to the burgeoning Mennonite settlement of [[Slavgorod Mennonite Settlement (Siberia, Russia)|Slavgorod]], where they homesteaded in the village of Petrovka/Lichtfelde. Margaretha bore eight children here, one of whom died young. During the [[World War (1914-1918)|First World War]], Heinrich served in [[Forestation|forestry camps]] as an alternative to military service. Margaretha, a strong and confident young woman, managed the farm in his absence.

 In 1923 Margaretha and her family moved to Blumenort, Slavgorod Mennonite Settlement, where she began studying [[Midwives|midwifery]]. She had for some time felt a strong passion for serving as a midwife, and Heinrich somewhat reluctantly approved. After her studies concluded in Riga, Latvia, Margaretha worked as a midwife for two years, some of that time being spent under the direction of the well-known [[Tavonius, Erich A. (1872-1927)|Dr. Erich Tavonius]] in the [[Muntau Hospital (Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Muntau Hospital]] in Molotschna. The state of political affairs in Russia was worsening, however, and the Enns family immigrated to Canada in 1926, settling in Zeneta, [[Saskatchewan (Canada)|Saskatchewan]]. In this isolated village, Margaretha worked as midwife and medical care provider, and gave birth to another son.

 Life in the warmer climate of [[British Columbia (Canada)|British Columbia]] was calling the Ennses and in 1929 the family moved to Yarrow, where they immediately purchased a farm. Margaretha gained a reputation as a trusted midwife in Yarrow, even acting as a medical assistant, giving injections, and providing medication to patients in the absence of their medical practitioners. Her career as a midwife was somewhat disruptive to family routine; when Margaretha was called to assist at a birth, children were quickly lodged with the Enns' neighbours. Both Heinrich and Margaretha were long-time [[Deacon|deacons]] in the [[Yarrow Mennonite Brethren Church (Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada)|Yarrow Mennonite Brethren Church]].

 In that career which was such a major component of her life, Margaretha Klippenstein Enns was rather exceptional among Mennonite women of her era. Her husband, Heinrich, was supportive of her choices, but it was her own self-assurance that was critical to her working career.
 = Bibliography =
 Epp, Irma, Lillian Harms and Lora Sawatsky. "Midwifery: A Ministry." In ''Village of Unsettled Yearnings'', Leonard N. Neufeldt, ed. Victoria, BC: TouchWood Editions, 2002: 13-27.

 Harder, Esther Epp, Edwin Lenzmann, and Elmer Wiens, ed. "Enns, Margaretha (Margreth)." Yarrow's Pioneers and Settlers. 1977. Web. 7 May 2016. http://www.yarrowbc.ca/biographies/ennsmargaretha.html.
 === Archival Records ===
 Family documents are stored in the archives of Mennonite Historical Society of BC, Abbotsford.
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[[File:AnnieEDyckBuhler.jpg|300px|thumbnail|right|''Annie E. Dyck Buhler.

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 Anna "Annie" E. Dyck Buhler: mission worker in [[Colombia]] and [[Panama]]; born 19 October 1918 in [[Winkler (Manitoba, Canada)|Winkler]], [[Manitoba (Canada)|Manitoba]], [[Canada]] to Jacob Peter Dyck (1890-1977) and Bertha (Bauman) Dyck (1895-1987). She was the second of eight children in the family. On 31 July 1982, she married Samuel E. Buhler in [[Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada)|Winnipeg]], Manitoba. She died of cancer in [[Saskatoon (Saskatchewan, Canada)|Saskatoon]], [[Saskatchewan (Canada)|Saskatchewan]], Canada on 16 March 2007.

 As a child, Annie lived with her parents and seven siblings near the town of Winkler, Manitoba, where the family owned land. She attended school in Winkler, completing her elementary and secondary education there. For several years, she also took music lessons, which she later put to use in her work in [[South America]].

 Annie became a Christian at a young age and was [[Baptism|baptized]] on 2 August 1935 in a pond near Winkler. Soon, she began to consider getting into mission work after hearing a report from people who had been working in Colombia, South America. In the meantime, she began to help the church in various ways, distributing religious [[Tracts|tracts]] for an [[Evangelism|evangelistic]] mission, teaching [[Sunday School|Sunday school]] and [[Summer Bible School|summer Bible school]], and [[Singing|singing]] at hospitals.

 In 1944, Dyck applied for service with [[Mennonite Brethren Missions/Services International (Mennonite Brethren Church)|Mennonite Brethren Mission]] and was accepted to go to South America. On 25 March 1945, she was ordained in Winkler for missionary service before going to [[Hillsboro (Kansas, USA)|Hillsboro]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]], [[United States of America|USA]] for further studies. She left for [[Colombia]] via the United States at the end of January 1946 and spent some time in language study in Medillin before leaving at the beginning of October for her assignment in the Choco, a rainforest on the west coast of Colombia.

 For much of the next 40 years, Annie worked in teaching, literature distribution, and [[Bible Study|Bible study]]. She worked in both Colombia and Panama, with a short time of working in the United States and some teaching in Mexico. She taught the Spanish language to other workers, as well as music, history, and other subjects to students of various ages. In addition, she helped with church services, where she used her musical talents.

 Dyck completed several terms of service in South America before she moved back to Manitoba in 1968 to study. She graduated from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Arts in 1970 and then taught in [[British Columbia (Canada)|British Columbia]] and Manitoba before leaving for [[Panama]] in 1972. She worked with New Tribes Mission in Panama City as a teacher of mathematics and other subjects, but she soon returned to Colombia to teach in Cali, the Choco, and Medillin. She left for her final term in 1980. On 31 July 1982, she married a widower, Samuel E. Buhler, from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. After their wedding in Winnipeg, they made their home in Saskatchewan.

 For the next few years, Annie Dyck Buhler and her husband visited family, volunteered in the church, and spent their time helping in a variety of capacities. In 1998, Sam began to experience health problems that eventually made it necessary for him to move to a care home. He died on 9 August 2001 in Dalmeny, Saskatchewan. Annie also became ill, and she died of cancer in Saskatoon on 16 March 2007.

 Anna "Annie" Dyck Buhler was a dedicated mission worker who spent her career in helping the people of Colombia, Panama, Mexico, and the United States. Through her versatility and commitment to her work, she was an example for others to follow.

 = Bibliography =
 Buhler, Annie E. (Dyck). ''My Story''. Canada: Annie E. (Dyck) Buhler, 2007.

 GRANDMA (The Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry) Database, 5.00 ed. Fresno, CA: California Mennonite Historical Society, 2006: #117251, 465715, 535629.

 MB Mission. "Vision for Mission." Web. 15 June 2016. http://www.mbmission.org/news/vision-for-mission/may-2008.

 ''Missionary Album of Missionaries Serving Under the Board of Foreign Missions, The Mennonite Brethren Conference, Inc.'' Hillsboro, Kan. Board of Foreign Missions of the Conference of Mennonite Brethren Church of North America, 1954.

 Obituary. ''Mennonite Brethren Herald''. Web. 15 June 2016. http://www.mbherald.com/46/07/deaths.en.html.

 Obituary. ''Saskatoon Star Phoenix''. Web. 15 June 2016. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestarphoenix/obituary.aspx?n=annie-dyck-buhler&pid=86810931.

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 Sieghard Hans "Hardy" Klassen: churchman and businessman; was born 31 October 1930 in [[Kitchener-Waterloo (Ontario, Canada)|Kitchener]], [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], [[Canada]], the elder son and the fourth of five children of John Klassen (9 March 1895-12 October 1971) and Elizabeth (Friesen) Klassen (29 November 1889-7 June 1971). Two brothers and one sister died of diphtheria in [[Russia]] before his parents came to Canada. On 8 May 1954 Hardy married Ella Thiessen (15 June 1931-13 February 2008), also of Kitchener. They had three children, Ann, Bruce (1967-November 2007) and Gord, as well as five grandchildren. Hardy Klassen died 21 October 2003 in Kitchener, Ontario.

 Always a cheerful and friendly person, Hardy became a Christian at an early age. Already in his early years he was active in his home church, [[Kitchener Mennonite Brethren Church (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)|Kitchener Mennonite Brethren]]. Hardy and Ella were in charge of the New Seekers and Believers Sunday School class and also did youth work. Hardy was one of the founders of the mission Sunday School in Puslinch Lake where he and Ella served on Sunday afternoons for a number of years. Hardy and Ella entertained often, especially the newcomers in the church. Later they were founding members of the [[Glencairn Mennonite Brethren Church (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)|Glencairn Mennonite Brethren Church]]. However, Hardy is perhaps best remembered as a pioneer in the [[Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches|Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren]] camping ministries.

 Hardy grew up on the outskirts of Waterloo of that time, on a farm adjoining the old airport on what is now Lexington Road in the city of Waterloo. The presence of the airfield as well as his technical classes at the Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate & Vocational School influenced him in the choice of his occupation. He established an auto repair business in Kitchener, Hardy Klassen Motors Ltd. Soon he became a well known and well liked businessman. In his garage, he took on apprentices for auto mechanics and hired youth and mentored them. Ella worked in the business as well as doing office work. However, in the upstairs office, as much church, conference and camping ministry was carried on as was auto business. Hardy often led the way with his construction skills as well as in fundraising for the camp board.

 From the beginning of his career, church work was a priority for Hardy. As he grew older, Hardy's leadership in the area of camping ministry blossomed. Thus, the Ontario Mennonite Brethren church camp work progressed rapidly, from early camping programs at [[Eden High School (Virgil, Ontario, Canada)|Eden Christian High School]], to the establishment of Camp Crossroads in northern Ontario at Torrance near the town of Bala. Hardy's enthusiasm and skills contributed greatly to the formation of one of the largest Mennonite Brethren camps, which ministered effectively to youth and adults from all regions of Ontario.

 Hardy also served on various boards and committees. For a number of years he was on the board of the Alisa Craig Boys Farm administered by the Mennonite Central Committee offices in Ontario. Hardy was a founding member and president of the Birchcrest Cottage Association at Chesley Lake and also served on the automotive apprenticeship board. But the practical construction leadership skills stand out as the highlight of Hardy Klassen's life as building after building and camp programs resulted. Hardy passed away just as the last phase of a construction project at the chapel at Camp Crossroads was progressing.
 = Bibliography =
 "Ella Klassen." ''Mennonite Brethren Herald'' 47, no. 5 (1 May 2008): 34.

 "Hardy Klassen." ''Mennonite Brethren Herald'' 42, no. 16 (5 December 2003): 26.

 "Sieghard Hans 'Hardy" Klassen.' GRANDMA (The '''G'''enealogical '''R'''egistry '''an'''d '''D'''atabase of '''M'''ennonite '''A'''ncestry) Database, 16-01 ed. Fresno, CA: [http://calmenno.org/index.htm" California Mennonite Historical Society], 2016: #897010.
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 Carlin Eugene Weinhauer: pastor, educator and mission leader; born 31 October 1939 in Wellsville, [[New York (USA)|New York]], U.S.A. to Frank and Thelma Weinhauer. He was oldest of two children. On 11 August 1962, he married Marcia Watne at the Christian Fellowship Church in Hannaford, [[North Dakota (USA)|North Dakota]], U.S.A. They had three daughters. Carlin died 19 April 2014.

 Carlin Weinhauer gave his life to Christ at a conference in 1957 and was baptized in July of the same year. After a year at Buffalo Bible Institute, he graduated from Briercrest Bible College in Caronport, [[Saskatchewan (Canada)|Saskatchewan]] in 1962. During Weinhauer's graduate studies in Religious Education at Columbia Bible College (now Columbia International University) in [[South Carolina (USA)|South Carolina]], Carlin and Marcia pastored Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, where he was ordained in 1964. After Weinhauer graduated from Columbia in 1966, the couple moved to Montana where they had been invited to lead three rural churches with the American Sunday School Union.

 In 1969, Weinhauer joined the staff at Briercrest Bible College where he served for fifteen years in various capacities as Professor of Biblical Studies and Pastoral Studies, Director of Public Ministries, and Vice President. During his time with Briercrest, Weinhauer pursued further studies in Pastoral Theology from the Chicago Graduate School of Theology (MA in 1971) and in Christian Education from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Chicago (MA in 1974). Later, in 1979, he received a PhD in Educational Administration from University of Alberta.

 In 1983, the Weinhauer family travelled to West [[Germany]], [[Switzerland]], and [[Hungary]] with Word of Life Mission, which was the first of many such ministry trips.

 In 1984 Weinhauer accepted a call to pastoral ministry from [[Willingdon Church (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada)|Willingdon Church]] in Burnaby, BC, where he spent the next twenty years in faithful service of the church and its mission locally, nationally and globally. Among his greatest accomplishments at Willingdon was the planting of a church in the Chechen Republic among Chechen people in 1997.

 After retiring from Willingdon in 2004, Weinhauer joined [[Mennonite Brethren Missions/Services International (Mennonite Brethren Church)|MB Mission]]'s lead team, serving in mobilization and media. During his nine years with MB Mission, he led numerous teams to [[Thailand]], [[Brazil]], [[Burkina Faso]], and [[India]]. Wherever God called him, Carlin Weinhauer served with joy and a deep love for God's work among God's people.

 Carlin Weinhauer's wife, Marcia, was his constant companion and cherished friend who accompanied him on many international trips. Anyone who knew the couple well was acutely aware of the love and admiration that they shared for one another.

 In his tribute to Weinhauer at the Memorial Service at Willingdon Church on 2 May 2014, Randy Friesen, General Director of MB Mission, recalled many of his mentor's one-liners for which he was well known. Friesen quoted one of his favorites: "Let's keep big things big and little things little." Friesen then commented, "For Carlin, things like the Gospel, the Scriptures, family, and prayer were big things. Every day, he reminded us of the importance of living and sharing these commitments."
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 Siegfried Wilhelm Bartel: farmer and Mennonite Central Committee leader; born 6 January 1915 in [[Reichfelde (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Reichfelde]], Klein Werder, Prussia, the sixth of nine children of Heinrich Johannes Bartel (19 May 1883, [[Gross Lubin (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Gross Lubin]], Graudenz, Prussia - 14 August 1957, [[Karlsruhe (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)|Karlsruhe]], Baden-Württemberg, Germany) and Agathe Andres (23 September 1881, [[Einlage (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Einlage]], Gross Werder, Prussia - 17 May 1922, [[Elbing (Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)|Elbing]], Prussia). On 23 December 1939, Siegried married Erna Siebert (22 June 1919, [[Markushof (Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)|Marcushof]], Klein Werder, Prussia - 22 July 2009, Agassiz, [[British Columbia (Canada)|British Columbia]], Canada), daughter of Emil Siebert (1882-1958) and Klara Marie (Friesen) Siebert (1881-1945), in Thiensdorf, Klein Werder, Prussia. Their first born Siegfried, died at the age of three. The family grew to include Gerd, Reinhard, Christoph, Alex, Dietrich, and Martin. Siegfried died on 11 February 2016 in [[Abbotsford (British Columbia, Canada)|Abbotsford]], British Columbia (BC) and was buried in Agassiz, BC alongside his wife.

 In 1922 Siegfried's mother and brother Walter died in a tragic train accident. Three years later Heinrich married Johanna (Wiehler) Andres, a widow with one daughter, in 1925. Two children were born from this union (one died in infancy).

 Siegfried grew up on several farms throughout Prussia, beginning in Elbing. Siegfried's father Heinrich excelled in farming. After he had completed his grade eleven equivalent, Siegfried took agriculture management courses in hopes of continuing his own interest in farming. Siegfried was baptised in the [[Thiensdorf and Preußisch Rosengart Mennonite Church (Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)|Thiensdorf Mennonite Church]] on 15 May 1932.

 Siegfried's plans to farm were interrupted in 1936 when he joined a non-combatant military training program. Bartel ended up serving seven years as a Captain in the German army, including during World War II. It was during this time that the spark of peace and justice began to emerge in his world view.

 [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee]] workers connected with the Bartel family, who had been displaced at the conclusion of World War II, and the Bartels decided to immigrate to [[Canada]] in 1951. Upon arriving in British Columbia, they took up residence in the Sumas Prairie and later in Agassiz, where Siegfried was recognized as a very successful dairy farmer until his retirement. He spent the final years of his life at [[Mennonite Benevolent Society (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)|Menno Home]] in Abbotsford, where he celebrated his 100th birthday in 2015.

 Bartel demonstrated a strong commitment to the church, beginning in Prussia and in several congregations upon arriving in Canada, including [[Agassiz Mennonite Church (Agassiz, British Columbia, Canada)|Agassiz Mennonite Church]], [[Harrison Gospel Chapel (Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada)|Harrison Gospel Chapel]], and [[Eden Mennonite Church (Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada)|Eden Mennonite Church]] in Chilliwack. In the later he was a senior Sunday school teacher for many years and congregational chair. Siegfried was also engaged in and supportive of the Conference of Mennonites in British Columbia.

 Beyond being a churchman, Bartel generously participated in community life, including serving as chair of the Agassiz-Harrison School Board for nine years, a member of the [[Mennonite Benevolent Society (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)|Mennonite Benevolent Society Board]] (1966-1971), and a member of the BC Parole Board.

 In 1970 Bartel began two decades of leadership with Mennonite Central Committee British Columbia. He began his initial involvement on the MCC BC board and eventually became chair. Under his leadership MCC BC went through a time of significant growth, beginning with the move of MCC BC from the Yarrow clothing center to offices in Abbotsford. During his tenure, new programs emerged including ministries for mentally challenged people, leading to the formation of MCC Supportive Care Services (now [[Communitas Supportive Care Society (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)|Communitas]]). In addition, local relief sales were launched, thrift stores were established, the [[More Than A Roof Mennonite Housing Society|MCC BC Housing Society]] was started, and personnel were added to develop ministries for and with aboriginal neighbors. During his time with MCC, Bartel also served on the boards of [[Mennonite Central Committee Canada|MCC Canada]] in Winnipeg and [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|MCC Bi-National]] in [[Akron (Pennsylvania, USA)|Akron]], PA.

 Siegfried Bartel will be remembered for his commitment to peace. This journey began as a young boy in Prussia when he observed his father extended grace to a man whose drunken negligence caused a train accident that resulted in the death of his mother and oldest brother. His years as an officer in the German army led to his conclusion that pacifism was the only sane response to killing and war. This discovery only became stronger in the following years. Through his involvement in the church and MCC, Bartel was a tireless advocate for the needy and disadvantaged, whether the refugee, the homeless, or the oppressed. His witness was one of expressing care for fellow human beings, firmly rooted in his understand of the Mennonite faith and convictions.
 = Bibliography =
 Bartel, Siegfried. ''Journey to Pacifism: Siegfried Bartel's Story''. Video recording. Ontario: MCC Ontario and Rogers Cable TV, 1989.

 Bartel, Siegfried. ''Living with Conviction: German Army Captain Turns to Cultivating Peace''. Winnipeg, MB: CMBC Publications, 1994.

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 J. Howard Kauffman: sociologist of Mennonite family life, was born in [[West Liberty (Ohio, USA)|West Liberty]], [[Ohio (USA)|Ohio]], USA on 4 October 1919 to Earl Vernon Kauffman (29 May 1894-4 June 1976) and Mary Ann Smucker Kauffman (4 November 1893-29 September 1987); he was the oldest of three children. He grew up on a farm near West Liberty, and went to [[Goshen College (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Goshen College]] (Indiana) in the fall of 1939, interested in math education. Halfway through his college career Howard was drafted and left for the first of four [[Civilian Public Service]] (CPS) sites, in [[Civilian_Public_Service_Camp_(Marietta,_Ohio,_USA)|Marietta]], Ohio. A year and half later he moved to [[Civilian Public Service Camp (Luray, Virginia, USA)|Luray]], [[Virginia (USA)|Virginia]], before his transfer to [[Ypsilanti State Hospital (Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA)|Ypsilanti]], [[Michigan (USA)|Michigan]], and then to [[Civilian Public Service Camp (Powellsville, Maryland, USA)|Powellsville]], [[Maryland (USA)|Maryland]]. On 26 November 1944, just before moving to Maryland, Howard married Verda P. Lambright (9 March 1921-22 December 2011), a college friend from Shipshewana, [[Indiana (USA)|Indiana]]. J. Howard and Verda had four daughters, Lois, Ruth, Alice and Carol. Howard died 21 November 2003 at his home in Goshen, Indiana. J. Howard and Verda Kauffman are buried in the Violett Cemetery in Goshen.

 In the fall of 1945 Howard and Verda Kauffman returned to Goshen College where he shifted his focus of study to sociology. In his words, "When I got out of CPS I was more interested in human problems than math problems." Howard had been exposed to sociology as a student assistant for [[Hershberger, Guy F. (1896-1989)|Guy F. Hershberger]] for a year prior to his CPS service. By the end of junior year, Howard had so impressed the two sociologists on campus, Hershberger and [[Bender, Harold Stauffer (1897-1962)|H. S. Bender]], that Dean Carl Kreider suggested that he complete his degree in sociology, continue for a master's degree and then return to teach at his alma mater. Like many in his generation, Howard followed the advice of his mentors. He graduated from Goshen in 1947.

 Howard earned his master's degree in rural sociology from Michigan State University in 1948 and in the same year began his teaching career at Goshen College.

 In 1954 Howard took a leave of absence from Goshen to begin doctoral studies at the University of Chicago. He initially studied urban sociology with faculty in the renowned "Chicago School," serving as a research assistant to Ernest W. Burgess, before shifting his interest to family issues. After two years of course work he resumed teaching at Goshen College and completed his doctorate in 1960. His dissertation—a study of 149 representative Mennonite families—was the first major research project on Mennonite families.

 Howard taught at Goshen College until his retirement 1984. He taught the Marriage and Family course to thousands of students, and many others learned basic social science research methods from him. He also introduced students to many of his other interests such as cultural anthropology, African societies and cultures, and social geography.

 Howard is perhaps most well known for his contributions more generally to the Mennonite church and to Mennonite studies. He worked closely with the ''[[Mennonite Quarterly Review]]'' and served as treasurer of the [[Mennonite Historical Society (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Mennonite Historical Society]] for many years. In addition to numerous journal articles Howard published two landmark studies of Mennonites based on a comprehensive "Church Membership Profile" survey. He wrote the 1975 publication, ''Anabaptists Four Centuries Later'', in collaboration with Leland Harder and then co-authored ''The Mennonite Mosaic'', which appeared in 1991, with Leo Driedger.

 He was also active in many professional organizations, including the Indiana Council on Family Relations, the National Council on Family Relations, and the National Council of Churches. He conducted family life seminars on behalf of the World Council of Churches in Barbados, [[Ghana]] and [[Botswana]].

 In his work, Howard was always gracious and humble, remembered by all who knew him for his winsome smile. He cared deeply about the Mennonite church and had unwavering commitment to the mission of Goshen College.
 = Bibliography =
 "J. Howard Kauffman." SAGA (Swiss Anabaptist Genealogical Association) Genealogical Website. Web. 17 June 2016. http://www.saga-omii.org/TNG10/getperson.php?personID=I325&tree=sss-project.

 "J. Howard Kauffman, Goshen College professor emeritus of sociology, dies." Goshen College. 2003. Web. https://www.goshen.edu/news/2003/11/18/j-howard-kauffman-dies/.

 Meyers, Tom. "In Memoriam: J. Howard Kauffman (1919-2003)." ''Mennonite Quarterly Review'' 78 (January 2004): 3-4. This GAMEO article is derived, with permission, from the MQR memorial article.
 == Books by J. Howard Kauffman ==
 Kauffman, J. Howard. ''Toward a sociology of Mennonites''. Scottdale, Pa. : Mennonite Pub. House, 1956.

 Kauffman, J. Howard and Leland Harder. ''Anabaptists four centuries later : a profile of five Mennonite and Brethren in Christ denominations''. Scottdale, Pa. : Herald Press, 1975.

 Kauffman, J. Howard and Leo Driedger. ''The Mennonite mosaic : identity and modernization''. Scottdale, Pa. : Herald Press, 1991.

 Harder, Leland and J. Howard Kauffman. ''Doors to lock and doors to open : the discerning people of God''. Scottdale, Pa. : Herald Press, 1993.

 Kauffman, J. Howard. ''The descendants of Levi and Fanny Byler Kauffman''. Goshen, Ind. : J.H. Kauffman, 2000.
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 Samme Zijlstra, a leading Dutch scholar of [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] history, was born 23 July 1953 in Haulerwijk, [[Friesland (Netherlands)|Friesland]], [[Netherlands]]. He went through the Gymnasium in [[Drachten en Ureterp (Friesland, Netherlands)|Drachten]] and then studied at Jura, followed by the study of history at the University of Groningen and theology in Utrecht. He died through an accident on 10 November 2001 in [[Leeuwarden (Friesland, Netherlands)|Leeuwarden]], Friesland.

 In 1983 Zijlstra completed his PhD under A. F. Mellink at the University of Groningen. His dissertation, ''Nicolaas Meyndertsz. van Blesdijk. Een bijdrage tot de geschiedenis van het Davidjorisme'' (Assen, 1983), was a masterpiece of research that reappraised the reputation of not only [[Blesdijk, Nikolaas Meyndertsz van (ca. 1520-1584)|Blesdijk]], but also Blesdijk's father-in-law and teacher, the Anabaptist/spiritualist [[David Joris (ca. 1501-1556)|David Joris]]. Zijlstra's study broke new ground on several fronts, firmly establishing Joris' standing as the principal Anabaptist leader in the [[Netherlands]] between 1535 and the early 1540s. It also revealed many of Blesdijk's motivations for eventually leaving Joris' side and becoming one of his profoundest critics.

 Through several influential articles on Joris, [[Anabaptism]], [[Menno Simons (1496-1561)|Menno Simons]], Mennonites and religious tolerance, Zijlstra enjoyed a growing reputation as an important and productive historian of the Dutch Reformation, epitomized by his position as editor-in-chief of the ''[[Doopsgezinde Bijdragen]]'', the major Dutch journal for studies of Anabaptist and Mennonite history. Fittingly, it was Zijlstra who completed the editing job of the seventh volume of the ''Documenta Anabaptistica Neerlandica'', on the later Anabaptist court records of [[Friesland (Netherlands)|Friesland]] and [[Groningen (Netherlands)|Groningen]] (to 1601), left unfinished at the death of his mentor, Mellink.

 A quiet, unassuming person, Samme was ideally suited to the research environment. In 1990 he became a senior researcher with the Fryske Akademy, Leeuwarden, working on various funded research projects, including an impressive book on the history of higher education in Friesland (1380-1650), ''Het geleerde Friesland—een mythe?'' (1996). Among projects left unfinished was his part of a national study on Mennonite elites in the Dutch Republic, for which his contribution was to be a study encompassing southwest Friesland.

 A suitable tribute to his tragically shortened scholarly career was his last major work, a history of the Anabaptist and Mennonite movements in the Netherlands from 1531 to 1675, ''Om de ware gemeente en de oude gronden'' (Hilversum, 2000). Quickly supplanting the older studies by [[Kühler, Wilhelmus Johannes (1874-1946)|W. J. Kuhler]] (1932) and [[Zijpp, Nanne van der (1900-1965)|N. van der Zijpp]] (1952), Zijlstra's book interweaved modern interpretations of the "doperse" tradition in the Netherlands with his own impressive research. In this magnum opus Zijlstra tackled all the big questions neatly tracing the developments, ideas and confessional conflicts of the Anabaptist/Mennonite movements both before and after the [[Münster Anabaptists|Münster]] debacle of 1535. Unlike previous histories, Zijlstra's study gave equal treatment to both conservative and liberal Mennonite wings and examined the influence of both non-dogmatical spiritualism and Calvinism on the Mennonites. Although its readership was restricted to a Dutch-reading audience, Zijlstra's tome greatly impacted the historiography of religious history in the Netherlands. Unfortunately, hopes for a successive volume on later Mennonite history died with him.

 Zijlsta was a generous scholar who gladly shared his research findings with others. He was also a fair and thorough editor and critic. He has left behind many who miss him greatly, both as a friend and a scholar.
 = Bibliography =
 Bosma, Jelle. "Zijlstra, Samme." MennLex V. 2013. Web. 17 June 2016. http://www.mennlex.de/doku.php?id=art:zijlstra_samme.

 Visser, Piet. "In memoriam Samme Zijlstra (1953-2001). ''Doopsgezinde Bijdragen'' 27 (2001): 9-14.

 Waite, Gary K. "In Memoriam: Samme Zijlstra, 1953-2001." ''Mennonite Quarterly Review'' 76 (January 2002): 3-4. This GAMEO article is derived, with permission, from the MQR memorial article.
 == Books by Samme Zijlstra ==
 Zijlstra, S. ''Nicolaas Meyndertsz. van Blesdijk : een bijdrage tot de geschiedenis van het Davidjorisme''. Assen : Van Gorcum, 1983.

 Mellink, A. F. and S. Zijlstra, eds. ''Friesland (1551-1601) and Groningen (1538-1601)''. (Documenta anabaptistica Neerlandica ; 7). Leiden : E.J. Brill, 1995.

 Zijlstra, S. ''Om de ware gemeente en de oude gronden : geschiedenis van de dopersen in de Nederlanden, 1531-1675''. Hilversum : Verloren ; Leeuwarden : Fryske Akademy, 2000.
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 John Gingerich Honderich: [[Reformed Mennonite Church|Reformed Mennonite]] minister and farmer, was born 22 December 1825 in Wilmot Township, [[Waterloo County (Ontario, Canada)|Waterloo County]], [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], [[Canada]], near present-day [[New Hamburg (Ontario, Canada)|New Hamburg]]. He was the eldest child of Christian Honderich (1788-1868) and Margaret Gingerich Honderich (1798-1862) and by family tradition the first child of European descent born in Wilmot Township. [[Amish]] immigrants, Christian and Margaret Honderich settled on lot 16, the concession north of Snyder's Road, in September 1825. John G. was followed by four siblings. He died 20 February 1907 and is buried in Hostetler's Reformed Mennonite cemetery across the road from the site of the church which he routinely served in Wilmot Township.

 On 22 September 1850, John G. Honderich married Veronica Roth (3 July 1828-1916), the daughter of a local Amish bishop, Rudolph Roth. Rudolph left the Amish church sometime in 1850 and joined the Reformed Mennonite congregation of Wilmot Township. John and Veronica also joined the Reformed Mennonite church around this time. John purchased the 200 acre lot from his parents in 1854 and over the course of his farming career, finished the work of clearing the land which his father had started.

 In 1860, John G. Honderich was elected as a probationary minister in the Reformed Mennonite church and was ordained in 1865. He preached in the [[Hostetler's Reformed Mennonite Church (Baden, Ontario, Canada)|Wilmot]], [[Kingwood Reformed Mennonite Church (Wellesley, Ontario, Canada)|Kingwood]] and [[North Easthope Reformed Mennonite Church (New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada)|North Easthope]] congregations. In 1877 John purchased 100 acres from the crown, the west half of lot 3, west concession 3, Wellesley Township. A Reformed Mennonite meetinghouse and cemetery were established on the front of this lot, just west of the village of Kingwood.

 John G. and Veronica had three sons and five daughters. The eldest son, Christian Honderich (1854-1928), purchased the west half of the home farm from John and Veronica in 1886. The second son, John, died in childhood. The youngest son, Abram Honderich (1873-1961), purchased the east half of the home farm in 1899 and also served as a minister in the Reformed Mennonite church. John G. Honderich's great grandson was [[Honderich, Beland Hugh (1918–2005)|Beland Honderich]], former publisher of the ''Toronto Star''.

 The story of John G. Honderich is significant not only because he was the first child of European descent born in Wilmot Township, but also because he played a key role in leading the fledgling congregations of Wilmot and North Easthope and helping to establish the Kingwood congregation.
 = Bibliography =
 ''The Descendants of Christian Honderich (1788-1868) and Margaret Gingerich (1798-1862)''. Genealogy prepared for 1991 family reunion.

 ''Directory of Bishops, Ministers and Deacons: Reformed Mennonite Church''. Published 1995 by the Reformed Mennonite Church.

 "Honderich." Lorraine Roth fonds, Hist.Mss.1.117.1/63, Mennonite Archives of Ontario.
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Source: [http://www.paulabels.nl/2008/10/sjoukevoolstra/ Paul. H.A.M. Abels]'']]
 Sjouke Voolstra: leading scholar of Dutch Anabaptist-Mennonite history and theology, was born 26 March 1942 to Anne Wolters Voolstra (21 April 1904-29 April 1972) and Antje Gerbens Sipma (19 May 1904-20 March 1961), a Mennonite farming family in a hamlet near [[Akkrum (Friesland, Netherlands)|Akkrum]], [[Friesland (Netherlands)|Friesland]], [[Netherlands]]. Sjouke was the oldest of four children. Sjouke Voolstra attended the Openbaar Lyceum in [[Heerenveen (Friesland, Netherlands)|Heerenveen]]. He subsequently enrolled in the [[Amsterdam, University of (Amsterdam, Netherlands)|University of Amsterdam]], studying theology, and in the [[Amsterdam Mennonite Theological Seminary (Kweekschool)|Amsterdam Mennonite Seminary]] for his pastoral training. He was married to Trynke Bottema, who gave birth to their two daughters, Gerbrich and Anna. Sjouke Voolstra died suddenly of drowning while sailing his boat "Gratia" near [[Enkhuizen (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Enkhuizen]] on 12 October 2004.

 Even before graduation Voolstra started his career as a pastor of a newly-founded ecumenical congregation the province of Flevoland (1970-1972). He then served the Mennonite congregations of [[Goes (Zeeland, Netherlands)|Goes]], [[Middelburg (Zeeland, Netherlands)|Middelburg]] and [[Vlissingen (Zeeland, Netherlands)|Vlissingen]] (1972-1978), [[Eindhoven (Noord-Brabant, Netherlands)|Eindhoven]] (1978-1982) and Amsterdam ([[Singel Mennonite Church (Amsterdam, Holland)|Singelkerk]]; 1982-1984). Along the way Voolstra completed his PhD under [[Horst, Irvin Buckwalter (1915-2011)|Irvin B. Horst]] and J. A. Oosterbaan at the University of Amsterdam. His dissertation, ''Het woord is vlees geworden: de melchioritisch menniste incarnatieleer'' (Kampen, 1982), was a masterpiece of research that reappraised a previously neglected feature of Mennonite "orthodoxy," the incarnation theology of [[Hoffman, Melchior (ca. 1495-1544?)|Melchior Hoffman]], the father of Dutch Anabaptism.

 In 1981, Voolstra was appointed as a part-time lecturer in Christian theology and ethics at the Amsterdam Mennonite Seminary. In 1984 his appointment became a full professorship in philosophy of religion and ethics at both the Seminary and the University of Amsterdam, as the successor of J. A. Oosterbaan. With I. B. Horst's retirement in 1988, he also became a full professor in Mennonitica (the history of Dutch Anabaptism-Mennonitism). From 1990 until 1995 Voolstra served as dean of the Mennonite Seminary. He took an early retirement from his seminary and university positions in 2004.

 Talented and passionately devoted to the spiritual well-being of his Dutch fellowship, Voolstra acted simultaneously on many fronts: as an ordinary church member of his local congregation, as a skillful theologian and visionary church leader, and as a widely esteemed scholar of Anabaptist-Mennonite history.

 As a nationally-recognized theologian and church leader, Voolstra was an ardent promoter of a biblically-rooted Mennonitism, which had been rather oppressed since the days of 19th and 20th century Mennonite liberalism and latitudinarianism. In a variety of popular articles, theological tracts and policy papers, as well as in his seminary classes and public lectures, he pleaded for a confessional form of Mennonitism, characterized by a modern interpretation of the Gospel and historically inspired by the work of [[Menno Simons (1496-1561)|Menno Simons]]. Voolstra, like Menno, took up the "sword of the Word" against postmodern and pseudo-religious Mennonitism, which had also been affected by secularization and individualism. To his frustration, however, positive responses to his visions and opinions became gradually overruled by growing opposition. He therefore could not hide undertones of skepticism and cynicism in his later pastoral writings.

 As a Mennonite historian, Sjouke Voolstra's reputation steadily grew over the years, although he modestly claimed to be primarily a theologian, who dealt with history as "only a hobby." His relevance for Mennonite historiography can hardly be overestimated. Among his many accomplishments, Voolstra was a co-founder of the Doopsgezinde Historische Kring (DHK, the Dutch Mennonite Historical Society) in 1974 and an editorial board member of its new series of ''[[Doopsgezinde Bijdragen]]'', until his death (editor in chief from 1988-1994). From 1983 to his death he was a vice president of the committee that published the renowned Brill series "Documenta Anabatistica Neerlandica." He was also an editorial board member of two series, one focused on local/congregational Mennonite historiography and the other on post-1600 Mennonite manuscript and archival sources.

 Sjouke Voolstra also edited or co-edited four older Anabaptist-Mennonite sources in the "Doperse Stemmen" (Anabaptist Voices) series, which were reworked into a more popular style to suit a wide readership of church members. This was fully in line with one of the main goals of the DHK: to sharpen contemporary Mennonite identity by encouraging a true dialogue with tradition, as shaped by early church leaders and their writings. Voolstra never gave up this goal, which also marked the consistency of his main historiographical paradigm, for which the Bible ultimately set the norm. Not only as a theologian, but also as a historian, he criticized the liberal, normative approaches of predecessors like [[Kühler, Wilhelmus Johannes (1874-1946)|Kühler]], [[Zijpp, Nanne van der (1900-1965)|Van der Zijpp]] and [[Meihuizen, Hendrik Wiebes (1906-1983)|Meihuizen]], who had favored spiritualistic, non-confessional and individualistic tendencies in Dutch Anabaptism-Mennonitism.

 Voolstra's scholarly output numbers more than 60 titles. His scope was twofold. A majority of his articles dealt with Menno Simons and his theology. Particularly groundbreaking were his essays on Menno's views of penance, [[Justification|justification]] and restitution, as well as on related subjects like ''[[Gelassenheit]]'' and [[spiritualism]], all thoroughly analyzed and explained in the broad context of early Reformation theology, the tradition of the [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic Church]] and [[Erasmus, Desiderius (1466-1536)|Erasmian]] criticism.

 Two of those articles were published in ''[[Mennonite Quarterly Review]]'' (1983 and 1988). To a lesser extent, Voolstra also published on topics related to Dutch Mennonite history of the 19th century, mainly analyzing the shift from biblical confessionalism to bourgeois liberalism. As such he was one of the most inspiring contributors to ''From Martyr to Muppy'' (Amsterdam, 1994). Perhaps the best results of this twofold focus were presented during the Menno Simon lectures in 1996 at Bethel College, which were published in ''Menno Simons: His Image and Message'' (North Newton, Kansas, 1997). During his last years Voolstra studied former conservative branches, like the [[Danzig Old Flemish Mennonites]], with great eagerness.

 Scholars of Dutch Anabaptist-Mennonite theology and history are greatly indebted to Sjouke Voolstra's major contributions to these fields of scholarship. The Dutch "Doopsgezinde" community owes much to this man of visionary views and outspoken opinions that were, paradoxically enough, both conservative and radical at the same time.
 = Bibliography =
 Abels, Paul. "De orde en tucht van Sjouke." Gouds Kerkhistoricus. 2008. Web. 15 June 2016. http://www.paulabels.nl/2008/10/sjoukevoolstra/.

 Bosma, Jelle. "Voolstra, Sjouke." MennLex V. 2013. Web. 15 June 2016. http://www.mennlex.de/doku.php?id=art:voolstra_sjouke.

 Visser, Piet. "In Memoriam: Sjouke Voolstra, 1942-2004." ''Mennonite Quarterly Review'' 79 (April 2005): 147-149. This GAMEO article is derived, with permission, from the MQR memorial article.

 Visser, Piet. "In memoriam professor dr. Sjouke Voolstra (1942-2004)." ''Doopsgezinde Bijdragen'' 30 (2004): 13-36.
 == Books by Sjouke Voolstra ==
 Voolstra, Sjouke. ''Voortrekkers en stilstanders : vijftien generaties Dopers leven in Zeeland ; tentoonstelling in het Rijksarchief in Zeeland, St. Pieterstraat 38 te Middelburg van 10 november 1975 t/m 17 januari 1976''. [Middelburg] : Rijksarchief in Zeeland, 1975.

 Voolstra, Sjouke. ''Vreemdelingen en bijwoners : vredesgetuigenissen uit het Nederlandse doperdom''. Amsterdam : Doopsgezinde Historische Kring, 1979.

 Voolstra, Sjouke. ''Het woord is vlees geworden : de Melchioritisch-Menniste incarnatieleer''. Kampen : J.H. Kok, 1982.

 Voolstra, Sjouke. ''Waarvoor stierf Jezus? : Inleidingen van de bijbelstudiedagen 12-15 mei 1983 te Elspeet''. [Elspeet?] : Doopsgezinde Historische Kring : Doopsgezind Seminarium : Doopsgezinde Vredesgroep : Doopsgezinde Zendingsraad, 1983.

 Voolstra, Sjouke. ''Het laat je niet koud : Doperse leergang''. [Amsterdam] : Doopsgezinde Jongeren Bond in samenwerking met de Doopsgezinde Jeugd Centrale, [1983].

 Voolstra, Sjouke. ''Een gemeente van heiligen : de kenmerken van de ware kerk volgens Menno Simons''. Amsterdam : Doopsgezinde Historische Kring, 1994.

 Hamilton, Alastair, S. Voolstra and Piet Visser, eds. ''From martyr to muppy (Mennonite urban professionals) : a historical introduction to cultural assimilation processes of a religious minority in the Netherlands, the Mennonites''. [Amsterdam, Netherlands] : Amsterdam University Press, 1994.

 Voolstra, Sjouke. ''Menno Simons (1496-1561) : leven, beeld en boodschap''. Landsmeer : Sjouke Voolstra, 1996.

 Voolstra, Sjouke. ''Menno Simons : his image and message''. North Newton, Kan. : Bethel College, 1997.

 Hoekema, Alle and Sjouke Voolstra. ''De doopsgezinden : geschiedenis, geloofsleer, organisatie''. Kampen : Kok, 1999.

 Duin, Kees van, Sjouke Voolstra, et al. ''Balanceren op de smalle weg : opstellen aangeboden aan Kees van Duin, Alle Hoekema en Sjouke Voolstra bij hun afscheid van het Doopsgezind Seminarium''. Zoetermeer : Boekencentrum, 2002.

 Hoekema, A. G. and Piet Visser, eds. ''Beeldenstormer uit bewogenheid : verzamelde opstellen van Sjouke Voolstra''. Hilversum : Verloren, 2005.
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 Donald Floyd "Don" Durnbaugh: historian, scholar, ecumenist and peacemaker, and a member of the [[Church of the Brethren]], was born in Detroit, [[Michigan (USA)|Michigan]], USA on 16 November 1927 to Floyd Devon Durnbaugh (9 September 1892-31 March 1950) and Ruth Tombaugh Durnbaugh (11 February 1895-16 November 1965); he was the middle of five children. Don met his wife, Hedwig (Hedda) Raschka (5 June 1929- ), a native of [[Vienna (Austria)|Vienna]], [[Austria]], during Brethren Volunteer Service work in Austria. They married in 1952, and had two sons and a daughter, and two grandchildren. Donald Durnbaugh died 28 August 2005 in Newark, [[New Jersey (USA)|New Jersey]]. He is buried in the Old Stone Church Cemetery in Marklesburg, [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]].

 Growing up in Flint, Michigan, Don attended Manchester College and graduated in 1949 with a major in history. During his senior year, he met Gladdys Muir, founder of the peace studies program there, who influenced Don profoundly. In 1949, while serving in Austria as a postwar relief worker, he met the other great mentor in his life, [[Zigler, Michael Robert (1891-1985)|M. R. Zigler]], director of Brethren Service in Europe. Zigler's energetic leadership, commitment to peace and ecumenical interests all contributed significantly to Don's career.

 Don's vocation was that of historian. Following an MA degree from the University of Michigan (1952) he earned a PhD in history at the University of Pennsylvania (1960). Encouraged by Zigler, Don and Hedda spent time researching the early history of the Brethren in various European archives in the 1950s. Don published many of these documents in ''The European Origins of the Brethren'' (Brethren Press, 1958). For the first time in 250 years, Brethren once again had access to records of the thought and lives of their early Brethren history. This achievement was symbolic of his career in the Church of the Brethren. In the course of his long career, Don gave back to the Brethren much of their history. In 1997 he completed ''Fruit of the Vine'', a summary history of the Brethren. In the same year he was honored with a conference at Bridgewater College that produced a ''Festschrift'', titled From ''Age to Age: Historians and the Modern Church''.

 Don taught history at Juniata College from 1958-1962. In 1962 he was ordained by the Church of the Brethren and called to join the faculty at Bethany Seminary, soon to become [[Bethany Theological Seminary (Richmond, Indiana, USA)|Bethany Theological Seminary]], in Oak Brook, [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]]. Although Don was trained as a secular historian, he took up the new challenge of teaching the history of Christianity, and Brethren history, in a seminary setting. The fruit of his teaching and writing, however, showed that scholarship could be a ministry within and beyond the church. He was elected to serve as moderator of the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference for the year 1986.

 Don taught at Bethany until 1988. He then served as the J. Omar Good Distinguished Visiting Professor at Juniata College (1988-89). In 1989 Don began to serve at the Young Center for the Study of Anabaptist and Pietist Groups at Elizabethtown College in [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]], Pennsylvania. He and Hedda were instrumental in giving further shape to the newly emerging Young Center and its program. After several years, Don and Hedda settled near Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, where they served on a volunteer basis in the archives of the Juniata College library. Don was instrumental in the decision of the Snow Hill German Seventh Day Baptists to donate their printed and manuscript material to the collection. At the time of his death, Don was organizing the material for cataloging.

 Don was a historian of more than the Brethren. He developed a theoretical model for studying free church movements, titled ''The Believers' Church'' (Macmillan, 1968). His prolific writing and publication added depth and breadth to the study of [[Pietism]]. He served on publication committees for the Pennsylvania German Society and the Communal Studies Association, among others. In such settings he shared the fruit of his own research, encouraged young scholars and worked for the highest standards in publications in these fields.

 Don actively promoted better ecumenical relations and Brethren presence in such gatherings. He participated in the [[Puidoux Conferences]] (held in Europe between 1955-1962), publishing their documents in ''On Earth Peace'' (Brethren Press, 1978). These conferences reflect the peace dialogue between the magisterial churches of Europe and members of the historic peace churches. Along with [[Yoder, John Howard (1927-1997)|John Howard Yoder]], Don helped to initiate the Believers' Church conferences, and he played a key role organizing a series of Consultations on the Radical Reformation, which brought together denominations that are heirs of radical reform.

 One of his greatest ecumenical and scholarly achievements was his work as editor of the ''Brethren Encyclopedia'' project, beginning in 1977. Born from M. R. Zigler's dream to bring together members of the various Brethren bodies to create a publication about the tradition, the ''Brethren Encyclopedia'' (3 vols.) was completed in 1983. Don was editing the supplementary fourth volume at the time of his death.

 At times reserved, Don had a strong, dry humor. Usually working quietly, he was a superior scholar, a prolific writer and a talented teacher. In his service to God, to the church and to academic pursuits, he exemplified the motto of the eighteenth-century Pennsylvania German printer [[Saur, Christopher (1693-1758)|Christopher Saur]], whom he admired: "to the glory of God and my neighbor's good."
 = Bibliography =
 Bach, Jeff. "In Memoriam: Donald F. Durnbaugh (1927-2005)." ''Mennonite Quarterly Review'' 79 (October 2005): 437-438. This GAMEO article is derived, with permission, from the MQR memorial article.

 Slabaugh, Dennis L. "Durnbaugh, Donald F." MennLex V. 2013 Web. 14 June 2016. http://www.mennlex.de/doku.php?id=art:durnbaugh_donald_f.
 == Books by and about Donald Durnbaugh ==
 Durnbaugh, Donald F. ''European origins of the Brethren; a source book on the beginnings of the Church of the Brethren in the early eighteenth century, a two-hundred-fiftieth anniversary volume''. Elgin, Ill. : Brethren Press, 1958.

 Durnbaugh, Donald F. and Lawrence W. Schultz. ''A Brethren bibliography, 1713-1963''. Elgin, Ill. : Brethren Press, 1964.

 Durnbaugh, Donald F. ''The Brethren in colonial America : a source book on the transplantation and development of the Church of the Brethren in the eighteenth century''. Elgin, Ill : Brethren Press, 1967.

 Durnbaugh, Donald F. ''The believers' church; the history and character of radical Protestantism''. New York : Macmillan, 1968. Also published in Spanish.

 Durnbaugh, Donald F. ''Die Kirche der Brüder : Vergangenheit und Gegenwart''. Stuttgart : Evangelisches Verlagswerk, 1971.

 Durnbaugh, Donald F. ''The Church of the Brethren: past and present''. Elgin, Ill.: Brethren Press, 1971.

 Durnbaugh, Donald F., ed. ''Every need supplied : mutual aid and Christian community in the free churches, 1525-1675''. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1974.

 Durnbaugh, Donald F., ed. ''On earth peace : discussions on war/peace issues between Friends, Mennonites, Brethren, and European churches, 1935-75''. Elgin, Ill. : Brethren Press, 1978.

 Durnbaugh, Donald F., ed. ''The Brethren encyclopedia'', 4 vols. Philadelphia, Pa. : Brethren Encyclopedia, Inc., 1983-2005.

 Durnbaugh, Donald F. ''Meet the Brethren''. Elgin, Ill. : Brethren Press for the Brethren Encyclopedia, Inc., 1984.

 Durnbaugh, Donald F. ''Pragmatic prophet : the life of Michael Robert Zigler (November 9, 1891-October 25, 1985)''. Elgin, Ill. : Brethren Press, 1989.

 Durnbaugh, Donald F. ''Brethren beginnings : the origin of the Church of the Brethren in early eighteenth-century Europe''. Philadelphia, Pa. : Brethren Encyclopedia, 1992.

 Durnbaugh, Donald F. ''Fruit of the vine : a history of the Brethren, 1708-1995''. Elgin, Ill. : Brethren Press, 1997.

 Durnbaugh, Donald F., et al. ''Schwarzenau 1708-2008''. Philadelphia, Pa. : Brethren Encyclopedia, 2008. Festschrift in memory of Donald Durnbaugh.

 Eller, David B., et al. ''From age to age : historians and the modern church : a festschrift for Donald F. Durnbaugh''. Richmond, Ind. : Brethren Journal Association : Bethany Theological Seminary, 1997.
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 Nelson P. Springer, curator of the [[Mennonite Historical Library (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Mennonite Historical Library]] (MHL) in [[Goshen (Indiana, USA)|Goshen]], [[Indiana (USA)|Indiana]], USA for nearly 40 years, was born on 22 August 1915, in Minier, Illinois to Ben Springer (23 August 1881-25 November 1968) and Clara Hieser Springer (11 April 1883-12 August 1968); he was the third son, and fifth child in a family of seven children. Nelson grew up in the Hopedale, [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]] community.

 Following his graduation from [[Goshen College (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Goshen College]] in 1941, Nelson worked in various positions at the college before [[Bender, Harold Stauffer (1897-1962)|Harold S. Bender]] invited him, in 1949, to become curator of the MHL—a position he held until his retirement in 1986. Springer married Betty Weber (7 February 1917-11 October 2012) on 18 August 1951, and the couple had four children, including Joseph Springer, who succeeded Nelson as curator of the MHL. Throughout his adult life, Nelson was a faithful member of [[College Mennonite Church (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|College Mennonite Church]]. Nelson Springer died 16 June 2004 in Goshen, Indiana. His ashes were scattered at the College Mennonite Church Scattering Garden.

 Nelson Springer was a gentle and modest person. While others of his generation assumed the spotlight for their contributions to Anabaptist-Mennonite studies, he was more inclined to work behind the scenes, quietly supporting the scholarship of others. During his tenure as curator of the MHL, he oversaw the steady growth of the collection as it moved from the Memorial Library to the Seminary Building to its present location on the third floor of Good Library. Springer was tireless in his pursuit of acquisitions for the MHL, and his meticulous attention to detail as a cataloger became legendary.

 Along the way, he helped thousands of MHL patrons—college students, genealogists, pastors and scholars—locate sources for their projects, often pointing researchers to material they would have otherwise overlooked. His amazing memory of bibliographic references grew out of a deep love for Anabaptist-Mennonite history and a disciplined reading program that ranged across the continents and the centuries.

 In addition to authoring six articles in ''[[Mennonite Quarterly Review|The Mennonite Quarterly Review]]'', Springer also served informally as the journal's fact-checker, and he carefully compiled a series of supplementary indexes that served as the foundation for the ''MQR Cumulative Index, 1926-2000'' that appeared in 2001. Springer's foremost academic achievement, however, was his two-volume ''Mennonite Bibliography, 1631-1961'', a monumental work containing more than 28,000 entries that will likely never be surpassed.

 As a librarian, bibliographer and supporter of Anabaptist-Mennonite studies, Springer was without peer.
 = Bibliography =
 "Nelson P. Springer." SAGA (Swiss Anabaptist Genealogical Association) Genealogical Website. Web. 14 June 2016. http://www.saga-omii.org/TNG10/getperson.php?personID=I378980&tree=Hostetler.

 Roth, John D. "In Memoriam: Nelson P. Springer (1915-2004)." ''Mennonite Quarterly Review'' 79 (January 2005): 3. This GAMEO article is derived, with permission, from the MQR memorial article.
 == Books by Nelson Springer ==
 Springer, Nelson P. and A. J. Klassen. ''Mennonite bibliography, 1631-1961'', 2 vols. Scottdale, Pa. : Herald Press, 1977.
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 Beulah Mary Stauffer Hostetler: historian, college professor, and denominational leader was born on 8 July 1926, in [[Tofield (Alberta, Canada)|Tofield]], [[Alberta (Canada)|Alberta]], [[Canada]] the daughter of [[Stauffer, Ezra (1898-1955)|Ezra Stauffer]] (15 February 1898-1 August 1955) and Irene Lehman Stauffer (16 December 1899-18 February 1945); she was the youngest of two sons and three daughters. Beulah married [[Hostetler, John A. (1918-2001)|John A. Hostetler]] (1918-2001) on 14 February 1953, in Scottdale, Pennsylvania, where she worked for the Mennonite Publishing House as an editor. Throughout her life, she supported and collaborated with her husband in his voluminous research on [[Amish]], [[Hutterian Brethren (Hutterische Brüder)|Hutterites]] and Mennonites. Together they had three children—Ann Elizabeth, Mary Irene and Laura Elaine—and seven grandchildren. Beulah Hostetler died 30 April 2005 at her home in [[Goshen (Indiana, USA)|Goshen]], [[Indiana (USA)|Indiana]]. Beulah and John Hostetler are buried in the Violett Cemetery in Goshen.

 Beulah came to the United States to attend [[Hesston College (Hesston, Kansas, USA)|Hesston College]] (Kansas). In 1947 she received a BA from [[Goshen College (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Goshen College]] (Indiana). From 1949-1950 she attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

 Later Beulah went on to further graduate work, and in 1977 received a PhD in Religious Thought from the University of Pennsylvania. Her doctoral thesis, substantially revised and expanded, appeared in the Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History (SAMH) series with the title ''American Mennonites and Protestant Movements: a Community Paradigm'' (Herald Press, 1987). In addition to this seminal work on the history and theology of Mennonites in eastern [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], she also copy-edited ''The Complete Writings of [[Menno Simons (1496-1561)|Menno Simons]]'' and published numerous articles on Amish, [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] and [[Pietism|Pietist]] groups, including six essays in the ''[[Mennonite Quarterly Review]]'' (''MQR'').

 From 1986-1989, Beulah Stauffer Hostetler was an assistant professor of sociology at Elizabethtown College (Pennsylvania) and associate director of the Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at that institution from 1987-1989.

 Hostetler served on the board of trustees of [[Eastern Mennonite University (Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA)|Eastern Mennonite University]] and [[Christopher Dock Mennonite High School (Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA)|Christopher Dock Mennonite High School]]. She was active in leadership in the [[Mennonite Church (MC)]], serving on the Council on Faith, Life and Strategy, the Mennonite Confession of Faith Committee, the [[Historical Committee of the Mennonite Church]], the Task Force on Principles of Biblical Interpretation and the [[Mennonite World Conference]]-Baptist World Alliance Interfaith Dialogue. She was an active member of the editorial council of ''[[Mennonite Encyclopedia, The|Mennonite Encyclopedia]]'' V, an editor of the Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History series and a consulting editor of ''MQR''.

 During the 1990s she researched and wrote a manuscript detailing her family's history as it intersected with Mennonite migration and movement westward in the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Hostetler received Goshen College's "Culture for Service" award in 1996.

 Among the first Mennonite women in North America to receive a PhD, Beulah Stauffer Hostetler was a gifted scholar, deeply committed to her teaching, her service to the Mennonite Church and to the broader cause of Anabaptist-Mennonite studies.
 = Bibliography =
 "Beulah Mary Stauffer." SAGA (Swiss Anabaptist Genealogical Association) Genealogical Website. Web. 13 June 2016. http://www.saga-omii.org/TNG10/getperson.php?personID=I174134&tree=Hostetler.

 "Beulah S. Hostetler." ''The Elkhart Truth''. Web. 16 June 2016. http://www.elkharttruth.com/obituaries/2005/05/03/BEULAH-S-HOSTETLER-1.html.

 "Hostetler, Beulah Stauffer (1926-2005)." Biographical Wiki - Mennonite Library and USA Archives. 2011. Web. 13 June 2016. https://mla.bethelks.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Hostetler,_Beulah_Stauffer_(1926-2005).

 Roth, John D. "In Memoriam: Beulah Stauffer Hostetler (1926-2005)." ''Mennonite Quarterly Review'' 79 (July 2005): 544. This GAMEO article is derived, with permission, from the MQR memorial article.
 == Books by Beulah Hostetler ==
 Cross, Harold E. and Beulah Stauffer Hostetler. ''Index to selected Amish genealogies''. Baltimore : Division of Medical Genetics, Dept. of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1970?

 Hostetler, Beulah Stauffer. ''American Mennonites and Protestant movements : a community paradigm''. Scottdale, Pa. : Herald Press, 1987.
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 William Echard "Bill" Keeney: historian, university administrator and peace activist, was born 12 July 1922, in [[Fayette County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Fayette County]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], USA to William Leroy Keeney and Kathryn Olive Echard Keeney. On 12 October 1947 he married Willadene Hartzler (24 September 1924- ); they had two daughters and two sons. William Keeney died 12 November 2006 in [[Bluffton (Ohio, USA)|Bluffton]], [[Ohio (USA)|Ohio]].

 Bill grew up in a coal mining family, one of 50 families selected to participate in Penncraft, a community development program founded by [[Society of Friends|Quakers]]. At Penncraft the family was befriended by a Mennonite pastor Carl Landes, who helped Bill to attend [[Bluffton University (Bluffton, Ohio, USA)|Bluffton College]] (Ohio). There in 1941 he encountered Mennonite peace teaching, which led to his becoming a Mennonite and finding in Willadene Hartzler, his life partner.

 Bill Keeney served three years as a [[Conscientious Objection|conscientious objector]] in [[Civilian Public Service]] including mental hospital service. Bill helped launch the National Mental Health Foundation focused on energizing public concern for the mentally ill. He and Willadene also served with the [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee]] in [[Germany]] and the [[Netherlands]], where he became director.

 In 1950 Keeney returned to pursue a BTh degree (1953) at [[Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Chicago, Illinois, USA)|Mennonite Biblical Seminary]] in [[Chicago (Illinois, USA)|Chicago]]. There he helped establish [[Woodlawn Mennonite Church (Chicago, Illinois, USA)|Woodlawn Mennonite Church]], where he served as assistant pastor, and was ordained to ministry by the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]]. In 1953 Bill went to Bluffton College as Assistant to the President. Bill took a leave from this position to earn a PhD (1959) in historical theology from Hartford Theological Seminary. His dissertation, "The Development of Dutch Anabaptist Thought and Practice from 1539-1564," was published in 1968.

 In addition to writing numerous book reviews for ''[[Mennonite Quarterly Review]]'', Bill published several essays in ''MQR'' on the life and thought of [[Dirk Philips (1504-1568)|Dirk Philips]], and he played a significant role in the translation and publication of ''The Writings of Dirk Philips'' (1992) that appeared in the Classics of the Radical Reformation series.

 In 1962 he succeeded [[Bender, Harold Stauffer (1897-1962)|Harold Bender]] as chair of the [[Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section|MCC Peace Section]]. He served on peace delegations to [[Vietnam]], Iran, Europe and Middle East.

 In 1968 Keeney became Academic Dean at [[Bethel College (North Newton, Kansas, USA)|Bethel College]], where he gave innovative leadership in programs of experiential learning and helped to launch a [[Peace Studies|department of peace studies]]. He became deeply engaged in the field of peace studies, both at national and international levels. In 1979 Bill moved to Kent State University in Ohio to teach and direct the national office of COPRED (Consortium on Peace Research, Education and Development).

 In 1989 the Keeneys retired in Bluffton, where Bill continued to pursue multiple interests, including leadership in establishing the Mennonite-sponsored Chicago Learning Center. In 2005 Bill reflected thus on his life: "My decision to become a Christian and, therefore, a conscientious objector led me to become a Mennonite." In this he sought "to remain faithful to biblical principles and to being a follower of Jesus Christ."
 = Bibliography =
 "Keeney, William E. (1922-2006)." Biographical Wiki - Mennonite Library and USA Archives. 2011. Web. 6 June 2016. https://mla.bethelks.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Keeney,_William_E._(1922-2006).

 Kreider, Robert S. "In Memoriam: William E. Keeney (1922-2006)." ''Mennonite Quarterly Review'' 81 (January 2007): 3-4. This GAMEO article is derived, with permission, from the MQR memorial article.

 "William Echard Keeney." SAGA (Swiss Anabaptist Genealogical Association) Genealogical Website. Web. 13 June 2016. http://www.saga-omii.org/TNG10/getperson.php?personID=I23893&tree=sss-project.

 "William Echard Keeney." Prabook. Web. 13 June 2016. http://prabook.org/web/person-view.html?profileId=584952.
 == Books by William Keeney ==
 Keeney, William E. ''The development of Dutch Anabaptist thought and practice from 1539-1564''. Nieuwkoop : B. de Graaf, 1968.

 Keeney, William E. ''Lordship as servanthood : thirteen lessons on the biblical basis for peacemaking''. Newton, Kan. : Faith and Life Press ; Scottdale, Pa. : Mennonite Publishing House, 1975. This was also issued in Spanish and Portuguese.

 Dyck, Cornelius J., William E. Keeney and Alvin J. Beachy, trans, and ed. The writings of Dirk Philips, 1504-1568. Scottdale, Pa. : Herald Press, 1992.
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 Olga Pries Dueck Schmidt: missionary to [[Brazil]] and [[Ecuador]]; born on 11 February 1925 in Orenburg, Russia, to David D. (8 September 1898 to 29 July 1982) and Susanna (Kroeger) (10 March 1900-4 March 1993) Pries. She was the second of eight children in the family. Olga served as a missionary in Brazil, where she met her first husband, Jacob Dueck (1927-1981), with whom she had three children. In 1994, she married John M. Schmidt (1918-2008). In her later years, Olga developed Parkinson's disease and died on 31 March 2010 in [[Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada)|Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba (Canada)|Manitoba]], [[Canada]].

 Together with her parents and older brother, Olga Pries immigrated to Canada in 1927, arriving in Saint John, New Brunswick. The family settled in Alexander, Manitoba, where Olga went to school. She became a Christian at the age of 18, was [[Baptism|baptized]] on 27 August 1944 in Griswold, Manitoba, and joined the [[Alexander Mennonite Brethren Church (Alexander, Manitoba, Canada)|Alexander Mennonite Brethren Church]] (later called the Griswold Mennonite Brethren Church). She helped with [[Sunday School]], [[Summer Bible School|summer Bible School]], and other programs while finishing high school at [[Winkler (Manitoba, Canada)|Winkler]] Collegiate.

 Olga Pries studied at [[Winkler Bible Institute (Winkler, Manitoba, Canada)|Winkler Bible School]], receiving diplomas in Biblical studies and teacher training at her graduation in 1948. Next, she enrolled in a nursing program in Brandon, Manitoba, and received her qualifications in February of 1953 before taking classes at [[Tabor College (Hillsboro, Kansas, USA)|Tabor College]] in [[Hillsboro (Kansas, USA)|Hillsboro]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]], [[United States of America|USA]]. She was [[Ordination|ordained]] as a missionary by the Griswold Mennonite Brethren Church and left New Orleans, [[Louisiana (USA)|Louisiana]] on 31 December 1953. She arrived in Brazil at the end of January 1954 and settled into her first term of service in [[Curitiba (Paraná, Brazil)|Curitiba]].

 At the [[Orphanages|orphanage]] where Olga Pries worked, she met her first husband, Jacob Dueck, who was also serving there. They married in Curitiba on 23 March 1957 and eventually had a girl and two boys. For six months in 1967, Jacob and Olga worked in the German department of the Mennonite Brethren [[Radio Broadcasting, Mennonite|radio]] station in Quito, Ecuador, temporarily replacing the regular workers there. They returned to Canada later that year and settled in Winkler, Manitoba. Jacob died in 1981, but in the meantime, Olga worked for several years at the Salem Personal Care Home in Winkler. She retired in 1989 and moved to Winnipeg.

 On 29 December 1994, Olga Dueck married a widower, John M. Schmidt (1918-2008), and began attending the [[Eastview Community Church (East St. Paul, Manitoba, Canada)|Eastview Community Church]], where they continued to participate as long as they were able. For his last few years, John lived in the Donwood Manor Personal Care Home in Winnipeg. Olga lived for two more years following her husband's death, but she died on 31 March 2010 of Parkinson's Disease.

 Olga Pries Dueck Schmidt was a dedicated mission worker who used her skills to help the people of both Brazil and Canada. Through her work in churches, among children, and in other areas of life, she left an example of commitment for others to follow.

 = Bibliography =
 GRANDMA (The Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry) Database, 4.19 ed. Fresno, CA: California Mennonite Historical Society, 2005: #371471, #499124.

 Obituary. "Jacob Dueck." Mennonite Brethren Herald (25 June 1981): 33.

 Obituary. "David Pries." Mennonite Brethren Herald. (24 Sept. 1982): 31.

 Obituary. "David Pries." Die Mennonitische Rundschau 18 (22 Sept. 1982): 26.

 Obituary. "Susanna Pries." Mennonite Brethren Herald 9 (30 April 1993): 29.

 Obituary "Sarah Pries." Die Mennonitische Rundschau 7 (7 April 1993): 26.

 Obituary. "Olga Schmidt." Web. 08 June 2016. http://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-162841/Schmidt_Olga.

 Obituary. "Rev. John M. Schmidt." Web. 08 June 2016. http://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-137962/John_Schmidt.

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 Jean Séguy: pre-eminent scholar of French [[Anabaptism|Anabaptists]], was born 3 May 1925 to a Catholic family in Bône, [[Algeria]]. He attended high school in Annaba (St. Augustine's ancient Hippo), Algeria, where his father was in charge of the tobacco works. Jean Séguy never married. Early in his career he was a language teacher, before going to Paris, [[France]] to study at the École Pratique des Hautes Études. In 1956 he published his first paper on Protestant sects in France. Beginning in 1960 he worked at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), where he continued to focus on nonconformist groups. His 1970 doctorate at the Sorbonne (Paris), for which he became well known among Mennonites, concerned Anabaptists in France. Séguy died 9 November 2007 in Liancourt, France.

 A sociologist of religion by training, Séguy helped introduce the thought of Max Weber and [[Troeltsch, Ernst (1865-1923)|Ernst Troeltsch]] into French-language teaching, writing and scholarship. His doctorate on Anabaptism, published as ''Les assemblées-anabaptistes de France'' (Paris-La Haye, Mouton, 1977), is widely known and quoted. Written as a sociological and historical study of Mennonites in France, it began in the 16th century and finished in the 1970s. Most of what he wrote still stands up against later research. Séguy also reviewed more than 200 major works on Anabaptism in ''Archives de Sciences Sociales des Religions'', thereby introducing German, Italian and English-language scholarship into a world to where, Anabaptism had hitherto been largely unknown. His teaching has helped to train a new generation of French sociologists of religion.

 French Mennonites remember Séguy as someone who constantly came to meetings, looked for documents, asked questions and frequently wrote articles about Mennonites in ''[[Christ Seul (Periodical)|Christ Seul]]''. Largely through Pierre Widmer, he became a true friend to many French Mennonites, and in an important way helped them reclaim a history that was mostly forgotten or unknown. Any modern research on Anabaptist history or theology in French owes much to Jean Séguy. His research stimulated the beginnings the French Mennonite Historical Society (AFHAM) and its annual publication, ''Souvenance anabaptiste''.

 Claude Baecher has suggested that Séguy played a crucial role in helping French Mennonites move beyond a largely negative self-image—being the object of serious scholarly research helped many to understand that the Anabaptist past was not something of which to be ashamed. On a larger scale, Séguy's research on Protestant dissidents opened up new ecumenical possibilities concerning groups that had been seen, or saw themselves, as totally marginal.

 Within the highly secularized world of French scholarship, Jean Séguy used the categories of sociology to make Anabaptism understandable to both Catholics and Protestants. His contributions to French Mennonites were enormous.
 = Bibliography =
 Blough, Neal. "In Memoriam: Jean Séguy 1925-2007)" ''Mennonite Quarterly Review'' 82 (July 2008): 357-358. This GAMEO article is derived, with permission, from the MQR memorial article.

 Fath, Sébastien. "Décès de Jean Séguy (1925-2007)." Blog de Sébastien Fath. 2007. Web. 13 June 2016. http://blogdesebastienfath.hautetfort.com/archive/2007/11/22/deces-de-jean-seguy-1925-2007.html.

 Hervieu-Léger, Danièle. "In Memoriam Jean Séguy (1925-2007)." ''Archives de sciences sociales des religions'' 141 (janvier-mars 2008). Web. 13 June 2016. http://assr.revues.org/13102

 "Jean Séguy." Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. 13 June 2016 .http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jean_S%C3%A9guy&oldid=124008396.

 "Jean Séguy (Soziologe)." Wikipedia, Die freie Enzyklopädie. 13 June 2016. https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jean_S%C3%A9guy_(Soziologe)&oldid=153114690

 Pace, Enzo. "Séguy and the Monastic Utopia" in ''Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion'' 5 (2014): 277.
 == Books by Jean Séguy ==
 Séguy, Jean. ''Utopie coopérative et œcuménisme, Pieter Cornelisz Plockhoy van Zurik-Zee, 1620-1700 ...''. Paris : Moulton, 1968.

 Séguy, Jean. ''Les assemblées anabaptistes-mennonites de France''. Paris : Mouton, 1977.

 Séguy, Jean and Robert Baecher. ''Les mennonites dans la Revolution Francaise''. Montbéliard : Les Cahiers de Christ Seul, 1989.

 Séguy, Jean. ''Menno Simons 500 : Actes du colloque du 12 octobre 1996 à Hautefeuille''. Saint Maurice : Mission Mennonite Française, 1997.
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 Alfred Ewert: Rhodes Scholar, Medieval French expert and author, founder and editor of ''French Studies'', Curator of the Bodleian Library, Chair of Romance Languages and Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford; born 14 July 1891 in [[Halstead (Kansas, USA)|Halstead]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]], USA, the third of five children of [[Ewert, Henry H. (1855-1934)|Heinrich H. Ewert]] (1855-1934) and Elizabeth (Baer) Ewert (1858-1925). In 1920 Alfred married Irene Agnes Oldershaw (1891-1959) and they had two daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret. He died in Oxford, [[England]] on 22 October 1969.

 Alfred Ewert left the Mennonite Church after [[World War (1914-1918)|World War I]], but his background and life up to that point is an example of the impact of the assimilative forces on educated Mennonites of [[Manitoba (Canada)|Manitoba]] in the first decades of the 20th century. Born in Halstead, Kansas, Alfred came to [[Gretna (Manitoba, Canada)|Gretna]], Manitoba as a young child in 1891 when his father was recruited to become the school inspector of Mennonite schools in Manitoba, and principal of the newly established Normal School for Mennonites (later known as the Mennonite Educational Institute and then the [[Mennonite Collegiate Institute (Gretna, Manitoba, Canada)|Mennonite Collegiate Institute]]). He was educated in Gretna schools and graduated from the Mennonite Collegiate Institute. Thereafter he worked for a number of years in the printing trade while studying music and Latin. In 1909 he enrolled in Wesley College, then affiliated with the University of Manitoba, and graduated in 1912 with First Class Honours.

 Following graduation, Alfred was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and went to study at St. John's College, Oxford. This decision was the turning point in his life. In 1914, he took a First Class in German, and during these years in Oxford he also excelled at hockey, lacrosse, tennis, and football. When the World War I broke out he joined the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force (medical services) and went to [[France]] with the first contingent in 1915. In 1917, he was promoted to Lieutenant of the Canadian Infantry Battalion of the Western Ontario Regiment. On his enlistment form he still listed his religion as "Mennonite," but his actions and decisions during these years would eventually alienate him from both his father and the Mennonite Church. For his father, H. H. Ewert, the cultural crisis brought on by the war and school legislation in Manitoba changed his views on accommodation to Canadian society and the use of English, and he came to believe that he had made a mistake in sending his children to English language universities, and that if he had it to do over again he would send none of his sons to university. He regarded his son Alfred as a noble-minded young man, but was convinced that Oxford and English society during the war had alienated him from his Mennonite faith. For his part, Alfred would break completely with his father, both because he disagreed that German had to be kept alive in order to preserve the Mennonite faith, and because he believed that Canadian citizens and British subjects owed a service to the state.

 After the war in 1919, Alfred returned to Oxford and resumed his studies, this time in French and Spanish eventually becoming a University Lecturer in French at Oxford in 1921. In 1930 he was elected Chair of Romance Languages and was admitted to a Professorial Fellowship at Trinity College. During his long and distinguished career at Oxford (he would retire in 1958) he was best known for his promotion of French and Medieval studies, and the publication of medieval French texts and a history and historical grammar of the French language.

 At the onset of World War II, Ewert had another crisis of sorts. Wishing to take part in national service again, he found, to his dismay, that he was not a Canadian citizen. Somehow, in the move to Canada in 1891, he had not been naturalized and, despite having served Canada for four years during the World War I, he was now denied that right. He was terrifically upset and felt that his life had been "one long lie". He and his sister, Elma, both wrote Howard Winkler, the Member of Parliament for Lisgar, asking him to intervene to vindicate him and gain Canadian citizenship. Through Winkler's intercession, Alfred Ewert became a Canadian citizen in 1940.

 Despite his long career in Oxford, Ewert returned to Manitoba a number of times (1938, 1959, 1964, 1967) to visit old school chums and renew his acquaintance with the places of his youth. In 1967 he delivered the Hurd Memorial Lecture at Brandon University (Brandon, Manitoba) on the "The Indebtedness of English to French," in which he promoted a greater measure of English-French bilingualism in Canada. That same summer he visited the [[Mennonite Collegiate Institute (Gretna, Manitoba, Canada)|Mennonite Collegiate Institute]] and spent some time wandering through the halls of the school, but left without saying much except to comment that at least the library had the Oxford English Dictionary.
 = Bibliography =
 Alfred Ewert Service File, Library and Archives of Canada, B2962-S041

 Dean, Ruth J., Urban T. Holmes, and William J. Roach. "Alfred Ewert." ''Speculum'' 45 (1970): 519-20.

 Ens, Gerhard J. ''"Die Schule Muss Sein": A History of the Mennonite Collegiate Institute, 1889-1989''. Gretna: Mennonite Collegiate Institute, 1990.

 Francis, E.A. "Preface," to ''Studies in Medieval French Presented to Alfred Ewert in honour of his 70th Birthday''. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1961.

 Howard Winkler Papers, Archives of Manitoba (Winnipeg, Manitoba).

 H. H. Ewert Collection, [http://www.mennonitechurch.ca/programs/archives/holdings/papers/Ewert,%20Heinrich%20H.%20fonds.htm Mennonite Heritage Centre] (Winnipeg, Manitoba)

 John E. and Anna Linscheid Collection, [https://www.bethelks.edu/community/affiliate-organizations/mennonite-library-and-archives/ Mennonite Library and Archives] (North Newton, Kansas).

 Shackleton, R. "In memoriam Alfred Ewert (1891-1969)." ''French Studies'' 24 (1970):1-3.

 Ullman, S. "Alfred Ewert, 1891-1969." ''Proceedings of the British Academy'' 55 (1969): 377-89.

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 Troxelville Mennonite Church, Beaver Springs, [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], USA is affiliated with [[Hope Mennonite Fellowship]] (HMF) and was an outreach in the village of Troxelville by the [[Cocolamus Mennonite Church (McAlisterville, Pennsylvania, USA)|Cocolamus Mennonite Church]]. HMF purchased the Troxelville United Methodist church and held the first service there on Sunday evening, 14 August 2011. Troxelville Mennonite Church began holding regular Sunday services on 2 October 2011 after the fall communion at Cocolamus.

 Wendell K. Martin had been ordained on 3 June 2011 at Cocolamus for the Troxelville congregation. Harlan Martin, pastor of the Coclamus congregation, served as senior pastor for Troxelville for one year and assistant pastor for a second year. James Shirk, who had been ordained in 2009 as deacon for the Cocolamus congregation, transferred to serve as deacon at Troxelville. Bernell Zimmerman served as bishop.

 On 1 January 2016 the Troxelville Mennonite Church had 20 members.

 =Bibliography=
 Burkholder, Lester M., compiler. ''History of Hope Mennonite Fellowship 1981-2015''. Myerstown, Pa.: Little Mountain Printing, 2016.
 =Additional Information=

 '''Address:''' 9186 Route 235, Beaver Springs, PA 17812

 '''Phone:''' (570) 658-7487

 '''Website:'''

 '''Denominational Affiliations:''' [[Hope Mennonite Fellowship]]

 ==Troxelville Mennonite Church Pastoral Leaders==
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of Service
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 | Harlan Martin (Minister) || 2011-2013
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 | Wendell K. Martin (Minister) || 2011-present
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 | James Shirk (Deacon) || 2011-present
 |}

 ==Troxelville Mennonite Church Membership==
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 | 2016 || 20
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 = Map =
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 The Schaefferstown Mennonite Church had its beginnings in the [[Millbach Mennonite Mission (Kleinfeltersville, Pennsylvania, USA)|Millbach Meeting House]] in 1981 near Newmanstown, Pennsylvania when Bishop Earl Horst and Minister Edwin Gehman, along with 53 members, withdrew from the [[Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church]] (EPMC). The first Schaefferstown meeting house was constructed in the winter of 1982-1983. The first service in the Schaefferstown building was held on 27 February 1983 with 109 attendees. Although the congregation was commonly referred to as Schaefferstown, its official name was Hope Mennonite Fellowship until the year 2000. The name [[Hope Mennonite Fellowship]] (HMF) slowly evolved into a group name rather than a congregational name as more congregations were added to HMF.

 In December 1981, Elvin Horst was ordained as the first deacon for the Schaefferstown and [[Muddy Creek Mennonite Church (Denver, Pennsylvania, USA)|Muddy Creek]] congregations. Elvin was subsequently ordained minister in 1986, and bishop in 1989. In June 1983, James Weaver was ordained minister for Schaefferstown. He later served the HMF congregations at Muddy Creek (2004–2009) and [[Allegheny Valley Mennonite Church (Shellsburg, Pennsylvania, USA)|Allegheny Valley]] (2009–present). David G. Martin, ordained in 1995, transferred to serve as deacon at [[Rehrersburg Mennonite Church (Bethel, Pennsylvania, USA)|Rehrersburg]] in 2002. Others who have faithfully served in the ministry at Schaefferstown are listed in the table below.

 Early in the morning of 1 April 2000, a fire completely destroyed the original Schaefferstown church building. That story is told in the book ''Tried by Fire'', a photographic journal of the fire and subsequent rebuilding project. No definite cause of the fire has ever been determined. On 17 September 2000, the congregation met for their first service in the newly constructed building on the same site as the original building. The new building included an additional extension on the southeast side of the building to provide accessibility for handicapped persons.

 This congregation has been the source of members for the establishment of the [[Cocolamus Mennonite Church (McAlisterville, Pennsylvania, USA)|Cocolamus]], [[Rehrersburg Mennonite Church (Bethel, Pennsylvania, USA)|Rehrersburg]], and [[Allentown Mennonite Church (HMF)(Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA)|Allentown]] congregations of HMF. They have contributed much in finances and personnel for the HMF city mission in Allentown and for the services in the Lehigh County Prison in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

 [[File:Schaefferstown-Mennonite-School-2016.jpg|300px|thumbnail|''Hope Christian School, 2016.
Source: Lester M. Burkholder'']]
 Hope Christian School stands on the same property as the Schaefferstown Mennonite Church and serves this congregation. The school provides grades one through twelve to approximately 70 students.

 On 1 January 2016, Schaefferstown had a membership of 108.
 =Bibliography=
 Burkholder, Lester M., compiler. ''History of Hope Mennonite Fellowship 1981-2015''. Myerstown, Pa.: Little Mountain Printing, 2016.
 =Additional Information=

 '''Address:''' 625 North Market Street, Myerstown, PA 17067

 '''Phone:''' (717) 949-2310

 '''Website: '''

 '''Denominational Affiliations:''' [[Hope Mennonite Fellowship]]

 == Schaefferstown Mennonite Church Pastoral Leaders ==
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of Service
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 | Earl Horst (Bishop) || 1981-2010
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 | Elvin Horst (Deacon)
(Minister)
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1986-1989
1989-present
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 | James Weaver (Minister)|| 1983-2004
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 | Leon Horning (Deacon) || 1987-2000
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 | Jay Dieter (Minister) || 1993-2015
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 | David Martin (Deacon) || 1995-2002
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 | Melvin Stoltzfus (Deacon) || 2002-present
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 | Nevin Zimmerman (Minister) || 2006-present
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 | Earl Horning (Deacon) || 2012-present
 |}

 == Schaefferstown Mennonite Church Membership ==
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 ! Year !! Membership
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 | 2016 || 108
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 = Map =
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 [[Hope Mennonite Fellowship]] (HMF) had been conducting services in the [[Lehigh County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lehigh County]] Prison for 14 years until that ministry gave birth to the Allentown Mennonite Mission. The first Sunday afternoon [[Sunday School|Sunday schools]] were held in the homes of former inmates until the first Sunday school in the church building at 701 St. John Street, in [[Allentown (Pennsylvania, USA)|Allentown]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] rented from God's Missionary Church was held 11 November 2007. HMF purchased and completely renovated this building in 2009 and demolished the parsonage on the property to make room for more parking spaces. J. Elvin Horst was assigned by HMF to give bishop oversight in 2007.

 The Allentown congregation has held an adult Bible study every Tuesday evening since 2009. There had been an Overcoming Addictions class on Friday evenings from 2010 to 2013. Since 2008, [[Summer Bible School|Vacation Bible School]] has been held for one week in July with a normal attendance of about 200.

 The mission purchased two used school buses and several maxi-vans to bring 80 to 100 city children to Bible studies each Thursday evening since April 2008. Teachers, mostly unmarried youth, have been supplied from several HMF congregations. A committee of four members from Allentown, [[Rehrersburg Mennonite Church (Bethel, Pennsylvania, USA)|Rehrersburg]], [[Schaefferstown Mennonite Church (Myerstown, Pennsylvania, USA)|Schaefferstown]], and [[Muddy Creek Mennonite Church (Denver, Pennsylvania, USA)|Muddy Creek]] supervised the Thursday evening classes. Most of the finances for the children's classes and the cost of buildings and vehicles came from the HMF home missions fund to which all HMF congregations contribute. Vehicles owned by the mission fund were also used to provide transportation for attendees of all church services and Bible classes.

 Allentown Mennonite Mission became Allentown Mennonite Church when David G. Martin was installed as the first deacon in August of 2009, services were moved from Sunday afternoons to Sunday mornings, and the congregation was established with membership. The first Sunday morning service was held on 12 July 2009. Lester M. Burkholder was given charge as the first minister on 20 March 2010. On 13 April 2012, Shawn Martin was ordained to serve as the first resident deacon for the Allentown congregation.

 As of 1 January 2016, the Allentown Mennonite Church of HMF had 17 members. Ministry include: J. Elvin Horst, bishop; Lester M. Burkholder, minister; and Shawn Martin, deacon.

 The [[Franconia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Franconia Mennonite Conference]] had an [[Allentown Mennonite Church (Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA)|Allentown Mennonite Church]] at 811 South Sixth Street until January of 2000. The [[Vietnamese Gospel Mennonite Church (Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA)|Vietnamese Gospel Mennonite Church]] began meeting there in April 2004 after Franconia Conference deeded the property to the Vietnamese church.
 =Bibliography=
 Burkholder, Lester M., compiler. ''History of Hope Mennonite Fellowship 1981-2015''. Myerstown, Pa.: Little Mountain Printing, 2016.
 =Additional Information=

 '''Address:''' 701 St. John Street, Allentown, PA 18103

 '''Phone:''' (610) 810-1516

 '''Website'''

 '''Denominational Affiliations:''' [[Hope Mennonite Fellowship]]

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 | Lester M. Burkholder (Minister) || 2010-present
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 | Shawn Martin (Deacon) || 2012-present
 |}
 == Allentown Mennonite Church Membership==
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 | 2016 || 17
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 = Map =
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 In the spring of 2007, [[Hope Mennonite Fellowship]] (HMF) assigned several ordained men to search for a place to establish a new congregation. They decided on the Bedford/Manns Choice area of central [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]]. The first service was held in the Bedford Grange Hall north of Bedford on 20 April 2008. On 30 November 2008, the Allegheny Valley congregation began holding their services in the Quaker Meeting House in Fishertown, Pennsylvania.

 [[File:Allegheny-Valley-Mennonite-Church-Schellsburgjpg.jpg|300px|thumbnail|''Allegheny Valley Mennonite Church.
Source: Lester M. Burkholder'']]
 Since 1 August 2010 services have been held in the former [[Pleasant View Mennonite Church (Schellsburg, Pennsylvania, USA)|Pleasant View Mennonite Church]] building at 597 Hoover Road, Schellsburg, Pennsylvania which Hope Mennonite Fellowship purchased from the [[Allegheny Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Allegheny Mennonite Conference]] (AMC). Settlement on the building had been delayed a few weeks because, until settlement proceedings, no one remembered that the property was deeded to AMC, not to the local members who had withdrawn from AMC around 1991.

 Elvin Horst and James Stelfox shared bishop responsibility for the fledging congregation for two years until James Stelfox took full responsibility. Since the Allegheny Valley congregation had no resident ministry, other Hope Mennonite Fellowship ministers traveled from [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster]], [[Lebanon County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lebanon]], and [[York County (Pennsylvania, USA)|York]] counties to bring the Sunday sermons, On 29 January 2009 Steven Nolt was ordained to serve as the first resident deacon. James G. Weaver, minister of the [[Schaefferstown Mennonite Church (Myerstown, Pennsylvania, USA)|Schaefferstown congregation]], commuted from Lancaster County for two years to services at Allegheny Valley until moving to Bedford in June 2011 to become the first resident minister.

 [[File:Allegheny-Valley-Mennonite-School.jpg|300px|thumbnail|''Allegheny Valley Mennonite School, 2016.
Source: Lester M. Burkholder'']]
 The Allegheny Valley congregation conducts services in several prisons, a halfway house, and a retirement village. They have an active sewing circle. The Allegheny Valley Christian School opened in 2008 in the garage of one of the members. For the 2009-2010 school term, a section of the Fishertown Quaker Meeting House was partitioned off for the school. For 2010-2014 school terms school was held in a trailer on the church property near Schellsburg. The school finally found a permanent location when the Allegheny Valley congregation purchased the empty Lakeview Restaurant at 1461 Shawnee Road, Schellsburg, Pennsylvania and completely renovated the building.

 As of 1 January 2016, Allegheny Valley had 46 members.
 =Bibliography=
 Burkholder, Lester M., compiler. ''History of Hope Mennonite Fellowship 1981-2015''. Myerstown, Pa.: Little Mountain Printing, 2016.
 =Additional Information=

 '''Address:''' 597 Hoover Road, Schellsburg, PA 15559

 '''Phone:''' (814) 623-5332

 '''Website:'''

 '''Denominational Affiliations:''' [[Hope Mennonite Fellowship]]

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 | James G. Weaver (Minister) || 2009-present
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 ==Allegheny Valley Mennonite Church Membership==
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 Rehrersburg Mennonite Church is affiliated with [[Hope Mennonite Fellowship]] (HMF). It was established because the [[Schaefferstown Mennonite Church (Myerstown, Pennsylvania, USA)|Schaefferstown Mennonite Church]] of HMF had filled beyond its practical seating capacity. Erection of the Rehrersburg building was finished in early 2002. Bishop Earl Horst brought the first message on Easter Sunday, 31 March 2002. Bishop J. Elvin Horst preached at the dedication service on 5 May 2002.

 Bernell Zimmerman was ordained as minister for Rehrersburg on 28 April 2001. Bernell was ordained bishop for Rehrersburg and [[Cocolamus Mennonite Church (McAlisterville, Pennsylvania, USA)|Cocolamus]] on 6 November 2006. David G. Martin, who had been ordained as deacon for Schaefferstown, transferred to serve as the first deacon at Rehrersburg. Jay E. Horst (son of Elvin, and grandson of Earl) was ordained minister on 5 May 2005. On 13 December 2008 Jonathan Lehman was ordained minister. On 21 May 2010 David M. Martin (son of David G.) was ordained deacon. Clarence Kreider, Jr. was ordained minister on 13 May 2016.

 Members from Rehrersburg have given much support in finances and personnel for the HMF city mission in [[Allentown Mennonite Church (HMF)(Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA)|Allentown]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] and for the services in the Lehigh County Prison.

 On 1 January 2016, the Rehrersburg congregation consisted of 131 members. In early 2016, the Rehrersburg congregation purchased a vacant church building in Berrysburg, [[Dauphin County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Dauphin County]], Pennsylvania with plans to establish of a new congregation at that location.

 [[File:Rehrersburg-Mennonite-School-Bethel-PA.jpg|300px|thumbnail|''Rehrersburg Mennonite School, 2016.
Source: Lester M. Burkholder'']]
 The Rehrersburg Christian School began in 2004 in the basement of the Rehrersburg church building, In 2005 a new school building was erected next to the church. In 2015-2016 it offered grades one through twelve to 62 students. A pedestrian tunnel passing under the driveway connects the basements of the church and school.

 Rehrersburg Mennonite Church and Rehrersburg Christian School of HMF are near the village of Rehrersburg in [[Berks County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Berks County]], Pennsylvania. From 1969 to 1991, at the Ziegler Meeting House, just 2.5 miles (4 km) away, there had been an earlier Rehrersburg Mennonite Church affiliated with [[Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church]] (EPMC). That building was sold to the German Baptist Brethren. The Little Mountain Mennonite Church of EPMC and the [[Swatara Mennonite Church (Myerstown, Pennsylvania, USA)|Swatara Mennonite Church]] of [[Pilgrim Mennonite Conference]] formed from the members of the earlier Rehrersburg Mennonite Church of EPMC.
 =Bibliography=
 Burkholder, Lester M., compiler. ''History of Hope Mennonite Fellowship 1981-2015''. Myerstown, Pa.: Little Mountain Printing, 2016.
 =Additional Information=

 '''Address:''' 61 Strausstown Road, Bethel, PA 19507

 '''Phone:''' (717) 933-0151

 '''Website:'''

 '''Denominational Affiliations:''' [[Hope Mennonite Fellowship]]

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2006-present
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 | Jay Horst (Minister) || 2005-present
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 | Jonathan Lehman (Minister) || 2008-present
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 | David M. Martin (Deacon) || 2010-present
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 | Clarence Kreider, Jr. (Minister) || 2016-present
 |}
 ===Rehrersburg Mennonite Church Membership===
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 ! Year !! Members
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 | 2016 || 131
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 Muddy Creek Mennonite Church was the second [[Hope Mennonite Fellowship]] (HMF) congregation to be formed. The first HMF congregation was established at Millbach and later moved to [[Schaefferstown Mennonite Church (Myerstown, Pennsylvania, USA)|Schaefferstown]]. The Muddy Creek congregation formed from HMF members living in northern Lancaster County who attended Millbach. The first service on 3 January 1982 was attended by 137 people at the Grace Chapel, a vacant church building rented from the Lutherans. There were 21 charter members. Earl Horst served as bishop, Edwin Gehman and Harold Herr as ministers, and Elvin Horst as deacon.

 Edwin Gehman had been ordained in Lancaster Conference in 1961 at the age of 59 years. After transferring to HMF, he preached at Muddy Creek until just before his death at 96 years of age. He had transferred from [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]] to the [[Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church]] (EPMC) in 1969, and from EPMC to HMF in 1981. Another minister who transferred his ministry to HMF at Muddy Creek was Richard Hoover, who had been ordained at [[Blue Ball Mennonite Church (Blue Ball, Pennsylvania, USA)|Blue Ball Mennonite Church]] in 1988 in [[Mid-Atlantic Mennonite Fellowship]] and transferred to HMF in 2001. He was given ministerial charge at Muddy Creek in 2007. Four ordained men at Muddy Creek have resigned from their duties. They include Harold Herr, who became a missionary to [[Haiti]]; Lloyd Horst, who returned to EPMC; Clifford Stauffer, who was later given ministerial charge in the [[Leola Mennonite Church (Leola, Pennsylvania, USA)|Leola congregation]] of [[Pilgrim Mennonite Conference]]; and Carl Martin.

 [[File:Muddy-Creek-school-Denver-PA.jpg|300px|thumbnail|''Muddy Creek Mennonite School, 2016.
Source: Lester M. Burkholder'']]
 In 1991 the Muddy Creek congregation purchased a six-acre tract of land near Fivepointville, Pennsylvania and built a school there. In 1997, a church building was erected and attached to the school building. In the 2015-2016 school term the school offered grades one through twelve to 53 students in five classrooms.

 The Muddy Creek Mennonite Church is about three miles (five km) from the [[Lancaster County Old Order Mennonite Settlement (Pennsylvania, USA)#MuddyCreek|Muddy Creek Old Order Mennonite Meetinghouse]] that is part of the [[Lancaster County Old Order Mennonite Settlement (Pennsylvania, USA)|Groffdale Conference]].

 On 1 January 2016 the Muddy Creek Mennonite Church consisted of 110 members. The Muddy Creek congregation has given much support in personnel and finances to the HMF city mission, [[Allentown Mennonite Church (HMF)(Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA)|Allentown Mennonite Church]], in Allentown Pennsylvania.
 =Bibliography=
 Burkholder, Lester M., compiler. ''History of Hope Mennonite Fellowship 1981-2015.'' Myerstown, Pa.: Little Mountain Printing, 2016.
 =Additional Information=

 '''Address:''' 988 Beam Road, Denver, PA 117517

 '''Phone:''' (717) 336-7718

 '''Website:'''

 '''Denominational Affiliation:''' [[Hope Mennonite Fellowship]]

 ==Muddy Creek Mennonite Church Pastoral Leaders==
 {| class="wikitable"
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 ! Name !! Years
of Service
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 | Earl Horst (Bishop) || 1982-1990
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 | Edwin Gehman (Minister) || 1982–1997
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 | Elvin Horst (Deacon)
 (Minister)
(Bishop)
(Bishop)|| 1981-1984
1984-1989
1989-1998 &
2006-present
 |-
 | Harold Herr (Minister) || 1981-1986
 |-
 | Lloyd Horst (Deacon) || 1984-2001
 |-
 | Clifford Stauffer (Minister) || 1986-2004
 |-
 | Carl Martin (Minister) || 1994-2004
 |-
 | Donald Stelfox (Bishop) || 1998-2006
 |-
 | Wilmer Burkholder (Deacon) || 2001-present
 |-
 | Richard Hoover (Minister) || 2007-present
 |-
 | Jolan Martin (Minister) || 2008-present
 |-
 | Clinton Burkholder (Minister) || 2013-present
 |}

 ==Muddy Creek Mennonite Church Membership==
 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
 |-
 ! Year !! Membership
 |-
 | 2016 || 110
 |}
 = Map =
 [[Map:Muddy Creek Mennonite Church (Denver, Pennsylvania, USA)]]
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 Albert N. "Al" Keim: historian and university administrator, was born 31 October 1935 near Hartville, [[Ohio (USA)|Ohio]], USA to Noah A. Keim (26 December 1912-27 September 1994) and Sarah S. Miller Keim (26 June 1912-29 June 1999); he was the oldest of three children. Albert grew up in an [[Amish]] home and attended Amish parochial schools; his father was an Amish minister. On 27 August 1960 Albert married Leanna Marie Yoder (13 April 1936-19 October 1998); they had one daughter. In 2000 he married Kathy Fisher (1951- ). Albert Keim died 27 June 2008 at the University of Virginia Medical Center. He had received a liver transplant in 2007, but suffered a decline in health over time; he is buried in the [[Lindale Mennonite Church (Linville, Virginia, USA)|Lindale Mennonite Church]] cemetery.

 Albert Keim earned his professional degrees at [[Eastern Mennonite University (Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA)|Eastern Mennonite University]] (BA, 1963), University of Virginia (MA, 1965) and Ohio State University (PhD, 1971). The two years he spent in Western Europe as a [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee]] volunteer relief worker were particularly influential in shaping his life. The experience enlarged his universe and gave him special skills as a woodworker and brick mason.

 Keim taught history for 35 years at Eastern Mennonite University, retiring in 2000. Along the way he served seven years as academic dean and led several overseas study groups in [[Europe]] and the Middle East. Following retirement, he and Kathy Fisher lived in Saudi Arabia for several years. In 2006 he traveled in [[China, People's Republic of|China]].

 While an admired and stimulating classroom lecturer, Keim made a distinct contribution as a writer. His most distinguished work was a masterful biography of a prominent Mennonite historian and church leader: ''[[Bender, Harold Stauffer (1897-1962)|Harold S. Bender]] 1897-1962'' (1998). This volume, along with ''The CPS Story: an Illustrated History'' (1990), were included in the recently compiled "The Essential Anabaptist-Mennonite History Reading List" published in the ''[[Mennonite Historical Bulletin]]'' (April 2008).

 Keim was attracted to the intersection of prophetic minorities with dominant cultures. As a young historian he edited a pioneering study, ''Compulsory Education and the Amish: The Right Not to be Modern'' (1975) and contributed two essays to this compilation. In 1988 he published ''The Politics of Conscience: The Historic Peace Churches and America at War, 1917-1955'', based on research initiated by the late historian [[Stoltzfus, Grant Moses (1916-1974)|Grant M. Stoltzfus]]. This volume deftly explored the political influence of dissenting communities.

 Along the way Keim was active in numerous history related groups. He served as a member of the [[Historical Committee of the Mennonite Church]] from 1984 to 1992. He was a longtime consulting editor of ''[[Mennonite Quarterly Review]]''. In later years he played a prominent role in the development of the Shenandoah Valley Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Center.

 Keim understood and never disparaged his Amish upbringing. He appreciated the wisdom of the story while recognizing the mysterious underpinnings of life. His last publication was the introduction and lead essay in ''Making Sense of the Journey: The Geography of our Faith'' (2007), edited by Robert and Nancy Lee. The essay "In Search of a Worldview: What Did I Know and When Did I Know It" was an insightful overview of his life journey from Amish boyhood to cosmopolitan scholar. The following paragraphs, drawn from that essay, illustrate well the master teacher-historian's thinking:

 :We live in a world that is societal in quality. Everything is related to and affected by and influences everything else. We human beings belong together, move together, work together and find our fulfillment in participation. This is true from the most mundane to the most transcendent experiences. All truth, all beauty, all of life is found in relationship.
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 :I believe that the world (cosmos) is kept in order more by persuasion than by coercion. God is a pacifist whose will and purpose can always be rejected, but whose uncoerced invitation to respond offers the possibility of novelty and renewal in history. Coercion is a profoundly reactionary tactic, for it can enforce what is already present; its ability to enhance the new is severely limited and can at best impose order so that persuasion can become possible. Genuine freedom is only possible where decision and choice is uncoerced.
 = Bibliography =
 "Albert N. Keim." SAGA (Swiss Anabaptist Genealogical Association) Genealogical Website. Web. 7 June 2016. http://www.saga-omii.org/TNG10/getperson.php?personID=I204718&tree=johns.

 Bishop, Jim. "Keim, Albert N. (1936-2008)." Mennonite Library and USA Archives - biographical wiki. Web. 2015. https://mla.bethelks.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Keim,_Albert_N._(1936-2008).

 Lapp, John A. "In Memoriam: Albert N. Keim (1936-2008)." ''Mennonite Quarterly Review'' 82 (October 2008): 501-502. This GAMEO article is derived, with permission, from the MQR memorial article.

 Prahlad, Kate. "Al Keim: A Man On a Mission." Eastern Mennonite University. 2008. Web. 7 June 2016. http://emu.edu/now/news/2008/07/al-keim-a-man-on-a-mission/.
 == Books by Albert Keim ==
 Keim, Albert N. ''Compulsory education and the Amish : the right not to be modern''. Boston : Beacon Press, 1976.

 Keim, Albert N. and Grant M. Stoltzfus. ''The politics of conscience : the historic peace churches and America at war, 1917-1955''. Scottdale, Pa. : Herald Press, 1988.

 Keim, Albert N. ''The CPS story : an illustrated history of Civilian Public Service''. Intercourse, PA : Good Books, 1990.

 Keim, Albert N. ''Harold S. Bender, 1897-1962''. Scottdale, Pa. : Herald Press, 1998.
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 Gottfried Seebaß: Reformation scholar, was born in Braunschweig, [[Germany]] on 2 June 1937 to Georg Seebaß (1899-1970), a Lutheran pastor, and his wife Hedwig Schräpel. Gottfried studed Protestant theology at the the University of Hamburg , then at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen and at the University of Göttingen. He received his doctorate in 1965, and his habilitation (suitability to be a university professor) in Erlangen in 1972 with a study of [[Hut, Hans (d. 1527)|Hans Hut]]. Gottfried Seebaß died 7 September 2008.

 Few professors of church history and Reformation studies in German universities brought to the field of [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] studies the level of sincere interest, personal commitment, academic rigor and fairness that Gottfried Seebaß embodied. He will be particularly remembered for his monumental 1972 study ''Müntzers Erbe: Werke, Leben und Theologie des Hans Hut'', which together with two other works published that same year (James Stayer's ''Anabaptists and the Sword'' and Claus P. Clasen's ''Anabaptism: A Social History''), ushered in a new era in Anabaptist scholarship. Seebaß's interpretation of Hans Hut as an apocalyptic mystic clearly willing to use violence—and thus a true "heir of [[Müntzer, Thomas (1488/9-1525)|Thomas Müntzer]]"—stood in stark contrast to the traditional view of Hut as a former revolutionary won over to [[Nonresistance|nonresistant]] evangelical Anabaptism by [[Denck, Hans (ca. 1500-1527)|Hans Denck]].

 Seebaß's vigorous excoriation, in this 1972 study, of what he believed to be a monolithic Mennonite historiographical school was rightly perceived as unduly harsh, but it issued from an unconditional commitment to historical truth and was carried out in good faith. Seebaß's personal impressions of modern Mennonite and Amish church life and piety, with which he became acquainted on a visit to the [[Goshen (Indiana, USA)|Goshen]] area in 1980, were unreservedly positive. His unquestioned commitment to the Lutheran tradition never prevented him from candidly acknowledging the suffering that sixteenth-century reformers brought upon the dissenting voices whom they persecuted, a point he poignantly acknowledged in his 1970 essay "An sint persequendi haeretici?" His most important essays on Anabaptism were reprinted in 1997, conveniently gathered in the volume ''Die Reformation und ihre Außenseiter''.

 Gottfried Seebaß not only invested his capacious energy in research and teaching (former students of his became professors of church history at the universities of Heidelberg, Jena and Mainz), but he was also what Germans call a ''Wissenschaftsorganisator'' in the full sense of the term: he had a gift for getting scholarly projects started and seeing them through to the end. He played a central role in editing the internationally renowned ''Theologische Realenzyklcpädie'', the final volume of which appeared in 2004. From 1988 to 2006 he headed the commission responsible for editing the Strasbourg reformer [[Bucer, Martin (1491-1551)|Martin Bucer's]] works and was influential in significantly improving the quality of this edition. His completion, together with Gerhard Müller, of the 7,117-page critical edition of the works of Nuremberg reformer [[Osiander, Andreas (1498-1552)|Andreas Osiander]] in the span of just 22 years remains an inimitable feat, as anyone acquainted with the painstakingly slow progress of most text-critical editions can confirm. This is even more impressive when one considers Seebaß's simultaneous involvement in countless educational committees and scholarly boards. Parallel to his tenure as professor of church history at the University of Heidelberg from 1978 to 2002, he served as president of the union of Protestant theological faculties in Germany from 1988 to 1992, also playing a crucial role in reorganizing the theological faculties of the universities of Berlin and Leipzig after German reunification. From 1996 to 2000 he served as president of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Readers of The ''[[Mennonite Quarterly Review]]'' and Anabaptist scholars are particularly indebted to him as president of the ''Täuferaktenkommission'' from 1999 to 2008, the joint committee of the Verein für Reformationsgeschichte and the Mennonite Historical Society responsible for publishing the edition of Anabaptist sources known as ''[[Quellen zur Geschichte der Täufer]]''. It was through Seebaß's alert intervention that funds could be found for the speedy completion and printing in 2007 of the most recent volume in this series, [[Maler, Jörg (16th century)|Jörg Maler's]] ''[[Kunstbuch, Das|Kunstbuch]]''. A forthcoming catalog of Hutterite manuscripts and prints extant in Europe, projected as volume 18 of the ''Täuferakten'', is also the fruit of Seebaß's tireless efforts.

 Those who had the privilege of working under Gottfried Seebaß will remember him for his unfailing cheerfulness, his exceedingly high expectations coupled with warm encouragement, and his contagious enthusiasm for Reformation history—all qualities that he continued to embody during the last two years of his life though faced with the verdict of a fatal illness.
 = Bibliography =
 Buckwalter, Stephen E. "In Memoriam: Gottfried Seebaß." ''Mennonite Quarterly Review'' 83 (January 2009): 5-6. This GAMEO article is derived, with permission, from the MQR memorial article.

 Wikipedia. "Gottfried Seebaß (Theologe) --- Wikipedia, Die freie Enzyklopädie" 2016. https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gottfried_Seeba%C3%9F_(Theologe)&oldid=152487320.
 == Books by Gottfried Seebaß ==
 Seebaß, Gottfried. ''Bibliographia Osiandrica : Bibliographie der gedruckten Schriften Andreas Osianders d. A. (1496-1552)''. Nieuwkoop : B. de Graaf, 1971.

 Seebaß, Gottfried. ''Die Reformation und ihre Aussenseiter : gesammelte Aufsätze und Vorträge ; zum 60. Geburtstag des Autors'', Hrsg. von Irene Dingel. Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1997.

 Seebaß, Gottfried. ''Müntzers Erbe Erbe : Werk, Leben und Theologie des Hans Hut''. Göttingen : Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2002.

 Seebaß, Gottfried, et al. ''Briefe und Schriften oberdeutscher Täufer, 1527-1555 : das "Kunstbuch" des Jörg Probst Rotenfelder gen. Maler (Burgerbibliothek Bern, Cod. 464)''. Gütersloh : Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2007.

 Seebaß, Gottfried, compiler. ''Katalog der hutterischen Handschriften und der Drucke aus hutterischem Besitz in Europa''. Gütersloh : Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2011.
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