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  • Central District Conference
    ...by the merger of the General Conference Mennonite Church and the Mennonite Church. The purpose of Central District Conference, a member conference of Mennonite Church USA, is to promote community among congregations, to serve as a resource fo
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  • Mennonite Church Canada
    Mennonite Church Canada's more that 200 congregations and over 32,000 baptized members repre ...the Conference of Mennonites in Canada (CMC), which had congregational and conference ties to both the MC and GC bodies.
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  • Vision: Healing and Hope (Mennonite Church, General Conference Mennonite Church , 1995)
    Vision: Healing and Hope (Mennonite Church, General Conference Mennonite Church, 1995) ...statement for Mennonite Church USA and [[Mennonite Church Canada|Mennonite Church Canada]].
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  • A Call to Kingdom Commitments (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1986)
    Call to Kingdom Commitments, A (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1986) ...or the leaders and staff of the conference, to pray for the members of the conference individually and corporately and to encourage our congregations to pray tha
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  • A Resolution to Laugh with Abraham and Sarah (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1992)
    1. that the General Conference Mennonite Church, together with the Conference of Mennonites in Canada and area conferences, give birth to 50 new churches 2. that the General Conference Mennonite Church provide staffing in church planting to enable the fulfillment of this vision, to be implemented when f
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  • On Love and Unity in the Church (Mennonite Church, 1961)
    On Love and Unity in the Church (Mennonite Church, 1961) ...of the Bible</h4> Whereas we have been guided by God's Spirit during this Conference to affirm to ourselves and the larger society our doctrine of redemptive lo
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  • Resolution on a Jubilee Year of Repentance and Action Regarding Nuclear Weapons (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1995)
    That the General Conference Mennonite Church in cooperation with New Call to Peacemaking and other religious organizatio That congregations of the General Conference Mennonite Church promote study concerning nuclear weapons through material produced in coope
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  • Tokyo Chiku Menonaito Kyokai Rengo, Japan
    |Box title = Tokyo Chiku Menonaito Kyokai Rengo (Tokyo Area Fellowship of Mennonite Churches) ...n in Christ Churches Worldwide, 2009: Asia & Pacific." ''[[Mennonite World Conference]]''. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/files/Members%202009/Asia%20&%20Pacific%20
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  • Our Common Confession (General Conference Mennonite, 1896)
    ...version of 1929 quoted below). There were later attempts to approve the [[Mennonite Articles of Faith by Cornelis Ris (1766)]] and a revised set of articles in The Conference recognizes and acknowledges the Sacred Scriptures of the Old and New Testam
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  • Canada
    |Row 6 title = Groups Associated with [[Mennonite World Conference|MWC]] (2006) ...09) of 33,487,208.<ref name="cia" /> Today (2009), many different types of Mennonite groups reside in Canada ranging from old order to progressive. To learn mo
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  • Affirming Peacemaking as it Relates to the Peace Tax (U.S.)/Peace Trust (Canada) (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1995)
    ...even in the face of violence and warfare," (from Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective, Article 22, first paragraph); Therefore be it resolved: That now is the time for us as a Mennonite people to support efforts being made to finance alternative approaches to p
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  • United States
    |Row 6 title = Groups Associated with [[Mennonite World Conference|MWC]] (2006) ...d groups in the United States officially associated with [[Mennonite World Conference]]. Six of the 17 groups are made up of congregations in both the United St
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  • Capital Punishment and the Ministry of the Church to the Offender (Mennonite Church, 1965)
    Capital Punishment and the Ministry of the Church to the Offender (Mennonite Church, 1965) ...1965)|Statement]]</h3> A statement presented to [Mennonite Church] General Conference by the Peace Problems Committee and adopted August, 1965.
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  • India
    |Row 6 title = Groups Associated with [[Mennonite World Conference|MWC]] ...06 Mennonite and Brethren in Christ World Membership," ''[[Mennonite World Conference]]''. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/PDF-PPT/2006mbictotal.pdf (accessed 5 Augu
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  • Paul M. Lederach
    ...hor of ''Daniel'', was ordained to the ministry in the Franconia Mennonite Conference at Norristown, Pa., in 1944. Since then, he has served in a variety of past ...s'' (1953-61), a cooperative venture with the General Conference Mennonite Church. He served as director of the Curriculum Development and Service Department
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  • Recommendation on Exploring MC/GC Integration (General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Church, 1989)
    ...peration between the General Conference Mennonite Church and the Mennonite Church, we affirm the following: ...de and implement the process outlined above, with regular reporting to the General Boards and the biennial/triennial assemblies.</li><li>We propose that by 19
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  • Resolution on Military Tax Withholding (Mennonite Church, 1989)
    Resolution on Military Tax Withholding (Mennonite Church, 1989) [[Text (Mennonite Church, 1989)|Text]]
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  • On Dedication for Our Times (Mennonite Church, 1961)
    On Dedication for Our Times (Mennonite Church, 1961) ...urgency has gripped our hearts as we have been together under God in this Conference,
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  • Resolution Regarding Caring Community (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1983)
    We commend the hosting and program committees for the efforts made at this conference to meet some of the needs of the disabled. We pledge ourselves to continue ...e [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] at Bethlehem, [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] in 1983.
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  • A Resolution: The Death Penalty (Mennonite Church USA, 2001)
    ...ments by the Mennonite Church in 1975 and the General Conference Mennonite Church in 1980. The resolution then passed with a few dissenting votes. * The General Conference Mennonite Church called for "federal and state governments . . .to discontinue the use of th
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  • Guidelines for building faithful relationships in the church (Conference of Mennonites in Canada, 1998)
    Guidelines for Building Faithful Relationships in the Church (CMC, 1998) The General Board of the [[Conference of Mennonites in Canada|Conference of Mennonites in Canada]] (CMC) presents the following as its position stat
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  • Women in Ministry (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1999)
    ...cies. We ask women to minister as gifted, called and affirmed. We call the church to be increasingly alert to the gifts of women and to become more active in ...other than the lead pastorate.</li> <li> Members of the Mennonite Brethren church are to pray for growing unity in biblical understanding and in the practice
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  • Statement on Inter-Mennonite Cooperation in North America (General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Church, 1983)
    ...operation in North America (General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Church, 1983) <h4>Statement on Inter-Mennonite Cooperation in North America</h4> Mennonites have lived in [[North America|
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  • A Resolution against Interpersonal Abuse (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1992)
    ...en). Within that system, many Mennonite family members, employers and even church leaders have used their power in oppressive and violent ways. We have syste ...es by our teaching on the relation of men and women in marriage and in the church. Therefore, we resolve as congregations and individuals:
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  • Many Peoples Becoming God's People (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1986)
    <h3>Many Peoples Becoming God's People: Building up the General Conference as a rainbow of churches</h3> <h4>I. The biblical vision</h4> In the [[Bibl We believe God is challenging the General Conference Mennonite Church to respond to this call with clearer commitment.
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  • Mennonite-Seventh Day Adventists Dialogue
    ...11, in Silver Spring, Maryland, headquarters to the Seventh-day Adventists Church.
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  • A Resolution on Faithful Action Toward Tax Withholding (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1983)
    --From the Findings Committee Report, Minneapolis Midtriennium Conference (1979) As Mennonite Christians we seek to be biblically obedient, submitting to such injunction
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  • Legal and Legislative Exemptions from War Tax Withholding (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1980)
    ...ing</h3> At the Mid-Triennium Sessions of the General Conference Mennonite Church, held February 9-11, 1979, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the following resolut ...a three-year period the General Board shall bring the question back to the Conference."
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  • Erland Waltner
    ...man, South Dakota. Upon baptism, he became a member of the Salem Mennonite Church. ...raining at the Biblical Seminary in New York in 1938, and then at his home church was ordained for leadership ministry.
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  • Resolution on Human Sexuality (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1986)
    ...and hindering their full contribution to personal relationships and to the church, and denying men a true understanding of themselves. ...ack of compassion for their struggle to find a place in society and in the church.
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  • Resolution on the Issue of Homosexuality (Conference of Mennonites in Canada, 1998)
    ...ions as stated in "Vision: Healing and Hope," <em>Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective</em>, and "Resolution on Human Sexuality" as our understandings ...[[Conference of Mennonites in Canada|Conference of Mennonites in Canada]] General Board provided the following background to the resolution in the Stratford
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  • "And No One Shall Make Them Afraid" (Zephaniah 3:12-13): a Mennonite Statement on Violence (Mennonite Church, General Conference Mennonite Church, 1997)
    ...nite Statement on Violence (Mennonite Church, General Conference Mennonite Church, 1997) -- Summary Statement ...e Church, with God's help, we commit ourselves, our congregations, and our church agencies to be communities of nonviolence, demonstrating and proclaiming th
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  • On Inspiration of the Bible (Mennonite Church, 1959)
    On Inspiration of the Bible (Mennonite Church, 1959) ...th and life of evangelical Christianity and particularly in our Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition, and
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  • Mennonite Church USA Archives
    ...ewton, Kansas) campus held the records of the General Conference Mennonite Church. ...USA]]. The Mennonite Church USA Archives is administered by the Mennonite Church USA Historical Committee.
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  • Resolution on the 500th Anniversary of Columbus (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1989)
    ...gather for the 46th triennial sessions of the General Conference Mennonite Church. ...Native Ministries Board of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada, and the Mennonite Indian Leaders Council to prepare action for 1992 and beyond, which will sy
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  • Ten-Year Goals (Vision '95)(Mennonite Church, 1985)
    <h4>Call </h4> We believe God is calling the Mennonite Church in North America to expand our local and global witness of the kingdom of G ...erences, congregations, and local communities. We ask the Mennonite Church General Board to oversee strategic planning, coordinating the particular contributi
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  • Baptism by Immersion as a Requirement for Ordination to Pastoral Leadership (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1987)
    ...as a Requirement for Ordination to Pastoral Leadership (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1987) ...However, such members were not to be transferred by letter from one local church to another. Local churches were, in fact, given freedom to deny full member
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  • Statement of Doctrine (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1941)
    ...more closely identify with seminary trained pastors. The board for the new Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Chicago approved this statement in July 1945. Adopted by the General Conference at Its Twenty-ninth Session Hold in Souderton, Pennsylvania, August 17-22,
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  • A Call to Affirmation, Confession, and Covenant Regarding Human Sexuality (Mennonite Church, 1987)
    ...firmation, Confession and Covenant Regarding Human Sexuality, A (Mennonite Church, 1987) ...and hindering their full contribution to personal relationships and to the church, and denying men a true understanding of themselves.
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  • A Christian Declaration on Communism and Anti-Communism (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1962)
    ...claration on Communism and Anti-Communism, A (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1962) ...y of Mennonites, we as representatives of the General Conference Mennonite Church affirm our Christian conviction in the following statement.
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  • Resolution on Central America (Mennonite Church, General Conference Mennonite Church, 1983)
    Resolution on Central America (Mennonite Church, 1983) ...Central America, that their faith will be strong in adversity and that the church will have courage and strength in witnessing to the reconciling gospel of C
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  • Resolution on the Ministry of the Women in the Church (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1981)
    Resolution on the Ministry of the Women in the Church (MB, 1981) ...would like to present the following concerns and proposals to our General Conference.
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  • Position of the Mennonite Church on Carnal Warfare (Mennonite Church, 1915)
    ...orrespond with our testimony.—2 Timothy 2:24. This was the position of the Church in Reformation times, as seen in Article 14 of our Confession of Faith adop ...ing which could in any way result in the loss of life at their hands. As a Church we should disown all members who bear arms as soldiers, as that term is com
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  • John E. Toews
    ...University College (1970-1973. 1996-2002), Tabor College (1973-1977), and Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary (1977-1995). At the end of December 2002, Toews ...n 1960. Following studies in theology at Mennonite Brethren Bible College, Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary, University of Southern California, and Pacific
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  • Resolution on World Food Crisis (Mennonite Central Committee, 1974)
    The Mennonite Central Committee, an agency of the Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches of Canada and the [[United States of Americ ...l, depending on the policies of the Canadian and U.S. governments;</li><li>Mennonite Central Committee is presently working in developing areas in promoting the
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  • Nihon Menonaito Kirisuto Kyokai Kaigi, Japan
    ...n in Christ Churches Worldwide, 2009: Asia & Pacific." ''[[Mennonite World Conference]]''. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/files/Members%202009/Asia%20&%20Pacific%20 ...th the conference of the same name located on the island of Hokkaido) is a conference of fifteen churches located mainly on the island of Kyushu but with churche
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  • The Theology of Christian Experience (Mennonite Church, 1957)
    The Theology of Christian Experience (Mennonite Church, 1957) ...atement Adopted by [[Mennonite Church General Conference|Mennonite General Conference]], August 27, 1957
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  • Dan Nighswander
    ...a for two years, and was for six years the general secretary for Mennonite Church Canada. He and his wife were mission workers for three years in South Afric ...has academic degrees from McMaster University (Hamilton, Ont.), Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Elkhart, Ind.), Wilfrid Laurier University (Waterloo, On
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  • Jacob W. Elias
    ...here he was baptized and encouraged to consider leadership ministry in the church. ...For the next six years, he served as pastor of the Mountainview Mennonite Church in Vancouver, B.C. In 1974 he began studies at the Toronto School of Theolo
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  • A Statement of Direction to Guide Congregations and Regional Conferences in Understanding Ordination (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1974)
    ...l Conferences in Understanding Ordination, A (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1974) ...on [[Ordination|ordination]] proposed for the General Conference Mennonite Church. It takes into consideration responses to the progress report published Oct
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  • Response to Conscription and Militarism (Mennonite Church, 1969)
    Response to Conscription and Militarism (Mennonite Church, 1969) <h4>[[Statement (Mennonite Church, 1969)|Statement]][[Context (Mennonite Church, 1969)|Context]]</h4> <h4>Response to Conscription and Militarism</h4> We a
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  • Race Relations (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1963)
    Race Relations (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1963) ...nite Brethren Church declare its position on race relations at the General Conference, assembled at Winnipeg, Manitoba, on August 3-7, 1963, to this effect:
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  • Stewardship of the Earth: Resolution on Environment and Faith Issues (General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Church, 1989)
    ...vironment and Faith Issues (General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Church, 1989) Mennonite Church and General Conference congregations and conferences be encouraged to promote discussion and actio
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  • Resolution on the Question of Love and Non-Resistance (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1981)
    The [[Confession of Faith (Mennonite Brethren, 1975)|Mennonite Brethren Confession of Faith]] [1975] states: ...he forgiveness of enemies as taught and exemplified by the Lord Jesus. The church, as the body of Christ, is a fellowship of redeemed, separated people, cont
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  • Mexican gathering promotes understanding, fellowship
    ...C, Mexico (Mennonite Mission Network) — Representatives of the six Mexican Mennonite conferences had met before for administrative work and business. The gather ...order that relate to both a Mexican conference and a Mennonite Church USA conference.
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  • Mennonite Tricentennial Resolution (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1983)
    Mennonite Tricentennial Resolution (GCMC, 1983) <h3>Mennonite Tricentennial Resolution</h3> I
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  • Mission Statement for Congregational Youth Ministry (Mennonite Church, 1997)
    Mission Statement for Congregational Youth Ministry (Mennonite Church, 1997) ...re with Jesus Christ, mentoring them towards wholeness within a supportive church community and empowering them to bring healing and hope to the world.
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  • Online Anabaptist-Mennonite Library
    ...Mennonite Ethereal Library) containing the '''full texts''' of significant Mennonite confessions of faith and position statements on a variety of issues. These ...find statements that may not agree with one another because they come from Mennonite groups with differing emphases, or because these emphases have changed over
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  • On Observing 1992 (Mennonite Church, 1991)
    ==On Observing 1992 (Mennonite Church, 1991)== ...the displacement and oppression of the native populations. As a Mennonite Church in the U.S. and Canada we acknowledge that our history includes emigration
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  • Urban-Racial Concerns (Mennonite Church, 1969)
    Urban-Racial Concerns (Mennonite Church, 1969) ...ent]] [[Context (Mennonite Church, 1969)|Context]]</h4> Mennonite General Conference received with appreciation the following statement presented by the executi
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  • A Resolution on Male Violence Against Women (Mennonite Church, 1993)
    ==Resolution on Male Violence Against Women, A (Mennonite Church, 1993)== ...r the participants. Following that event a call has come for the Mennonite Church to adopt a statement on male violence against women.
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  • Agreeing and Disagreeing in Love -- Commitments for Mennonites in Times of Disagreement (General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Church, 1995)
    1. Acknowledge together that conflict is a normal part of our life in the church. (Romans 14:1-8, 10-12, 17-19; Romans 15:1-7) ...lves, we will use those with gifts and training in mediation in the larger church. (Philippians 4:1-3)
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  • Mennonite-Related Groups
    ...evangelism and local grassroots Anabaptist movements in the 20th century, Mennonite-related groups exist today in [[North America (United States and Canada)|No ...or read the [[#History|history section]] below to learn more about general Mennonite history.
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  • Markham-Waterloo Mennonite Conference
    ...vate church run schools, administered usually with the Old Order Mennonite Church. In 2020, the Conference had 1,645 baptized members in 17 congregations.
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  • Convención Evangélica de Iglesias Paraguayas Hermanos Menonitas
    ...]], or to learn more about [[Mennonite Brethren]] around the world click [[Mennonite Brethren|here]]. ==Important Individuals in the Life of the Church==
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  • Explaining Why I Am a Mennonite, Melissa Fisher, April 1999 (United States)
    ''Return to [[Why I Am Mennonite Essays; Goshen College; Goshen, IN; April 1999]]'' ...ance on family and community history plays no role in their decision to be Mennonite. As Steve Nolt’s article in the Festival Quarterly explained, North Amer
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  • Guidelines for Membership in the New Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church Canada, 1999)
    Guidelines for Membership in the New Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church Canada, 1999) ...ds and formations, we believe the Holy Spirit has called the new Mennonite Church to unite in faith and in mission (Acts 1-2).
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  • MWC Shared Convictions (2006)
    ==Shared Convictions ([[Mennonite World Conference]], 2006)== 3. As a church, we are a community of those whom God's Spirit calls to turn from sin, ackn
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  • The Christian and Race Relations (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1959)
    ...f all nations are united in love under the one Head, Jesus Christ. To this church He has entrusted the ministry of reconciliation, man with God, and man with ...ly Spirit came upon all who repented. By the power of the Spirit the early church broke the barriers of class, race, and nation.
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  • Resolution on the Ministry of the Divorced and Remarried (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1981)
    ...; and, that they voluntarily step aside for a period of time and allow the church to determine readiness for service (1 Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:6). ...conference at Vancouver, i.e., "The services such members can render in a church will largely be determined by what the membership is ready to receive from
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  • Resolution on Nationalism (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1968)
    ...e [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] in the [[United States of America|United States]] and [[Canada|Canada]] a ...m of God. When religion or God is used to justify a state's action and the church has become its captive, we have become idolatrous.
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  • Membership Guidelines for the Formation of Mennonite Church USA (Mennonite Church USA, 2001)
    The [[Mennonite Church USA]] desires to be a people of God characterized by a commitment to biblic ...spirit of mutual commitment to Jesus Christ and to the body of Christ, the church.
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  • Christian Stewardship of Energy Resources (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1977)
    Christian Stewardship of Energy Resources (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1977) As a Mennonite church, our concern for responsible stewardship of energy resources has a strong t
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  • Communism and Anti-Communism (Mennonite Church, 1961)
    Communism and Anti-Communism (Mennonite Church, 1961) ...ti-Communism</h4> A Statement of Position Adopted by the Mennonite General Conference, [[Johnstown (Pennsylvania, USA)|Johnstown]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylv
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  • Governmental Oppression and our Christian Witness (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1977)
    ...leading of the Holy Spirit through prayer and mutual consultation with the church in that place. Further, as they see terror and oppression about them, may t ...s driven by a series of high profile cases of harassment of North American Mennonite volunteers -- Patricia Erb in [[Argentina|Argentina]] and Thomas Capuano in
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  • The Nurture and Evangelism of Children (Mennonite Church, 1955)
    The Nurture and Evangelism of Children (Mennonite Church, 1955) <strong>A Statement Adopted by Mennonite General Conference, August 26, 1955.</strong>
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  • The Christian and Nuclear Power (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1959)
    <h4>The Christian Faith</h4> In such a time of urgency the Christian church cannot be silent. It must through its members voice clearly its Christian c ...ation on Peace, War, and Military Service, A (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1953)|A Christian Declaration on Peace, War, and Military Service]]) adopt
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  • Ordination (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1997)
    ...ently practiced in the bi-national Conference (Canadian and United States) Mennonite Brethren Churches. The following reasons gave rise to this discussion: ...stion of ordination as presented at our Fresno '95 Convention. During this conference interim, additional reflection and refinement has been given to the "Statem
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  • Christian Church International, Kenya
    |Box title = Christian Church International (CCI) |Row 5 title = [[Mennonite World Conference|MWC]] Affiliated?
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  • Vision Statement (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1990)
    .... However, we must also be aware of changes in our society and also in our church. Thus, the form and expression of our vision must be revised from time to t .... It has twice been sent out to local congregations for study and comment. Conference agencies and schools have been invited to submit their responses. The state
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  • Resolution on Pastoral Ministry (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1978)
    ...veness in ministry is just as much the responsibility of the church as the church's well-being is the responsibility of the pastor. ...in the pastoral ministry, an evaluative process needs to be adopted by the church and pastor to insure an early and non-threatening warning system through wh
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  • Mennonite World Conference Shared Convictions (2006)
    3.As a church, we are a community of those whom God's Spirit calls to turn from sin,ackno Adopted by Mennonite World Conference
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  • Vision for Witness (Mennonite Church, 1983)
    Vision for Witness (Mennonite Church, 1983) <h4>Vision for Witness</h4> The urgent task of the church is to witness that Jesus Christ is the only Lord and Savior of the world, t
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  • A Resolution on Health Care (General Conference Mennonite Church U.S. Assembly, 1992)
    The church is called to respond to this crisis out of its biblical concern for both he ...ealing ministry of Jesus (Matthew 4:23-25) has been carried forward by the church in efforts to restore health and wholeness to individuals and communities.
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  • Mennonite Brethren and the Urban Challenge (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1978)
    Mennonite Brethren and the Urban Challenge (MB, 1978) ...the United States, about 30% of the people live in cities of over 100,000. Mennonite Brethren churches appear to be able to adapt to, and to minister effectivel
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  • Statement on the Believers' Church (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1956)
    Statement on the Believers' Church (GCMC, 1956) ...hurch)|Board of Education and Publication]] to be presented to the General Conference Sessions in. Winnipeg, Manitoba, in August, 1956, for adoption.
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  • Fellowship of Mennonite Churches in Taiwan
    ...It is officially associated with [[Mennonite World Conference]]. The first church was founded in 1955 and today the group has 22 member churches. ...aiwan that would eventually lead to the establishment of the Fellowship of Mennonite Churches in Taiwan.
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  • A Church of Many Peoples Confronts Racism (General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Church, 1989)
    ...eoples Confronts Racism, A (General Conference Mennonite Church; Mennonite Church, 1989) ...diversity and thus a cause for celebration. We are becoming more like the church for which our Lord prayed (John 17:11-12, 20-23; Ephesians 2:11-22).
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  • Mennonite Church USA
    ...congregations and 110,696 members.<ref>"North America." ''Mennonite World Conference''. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/Directory/2006carcsam.pdf</ref>. ...bishop of this Germantown congregation. This early group of Mennonites and Mennonite-Quakers wrote the first formal protest against slavery in the United States
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  • A Christian Declaration on Capital Punishment (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1965)
    Christian Declaration on Capital Punishment, A (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1965) ...l> </li> <li>[[Our Confession and our Prayer (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1965)|Our Confession and our Prayer]]
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  • Kornelius Isaak
    ...portunity toward which various Indian tribes converged. In the 1930s three Mennonite groups formed a missionary association, Light to the Indians.They aimed to ...ferent groups of outside white people who came to them. They had killed a Mennonite settler, Paul Stahl, and three of his children. The Ayoreos had a history
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  • Political Involvement (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1978)
    ...ty creates accountability, but we also remember that for the Christian the church is always primary and the state, at best, secondary. ...at there are differences of opinion on the matter, we also believe that in general it is proper to communicate our individual and collective views to governme
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  • Sinode Jemaat Kristen Indonesia
    ...related conference in Indonesia, and is associated with [[Mennonite World Conference]]. Currently there are almost 40,000 members and 155 congregation of the JK ...ped in order to be part of the church. This led to a split within the GKMI church and the formation of a new group--the GKMII--under the leadership of Dr. Lu
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  • Resolution on Health Care in the United States (Mennonite Church, 1993)
    ==Resolution on Health Care in the United States (Mennonite Church, 1993)== ...on the national agenda. This climate has created a new opportunity for the church to be involved in reforming the system.
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  • Mosaic Mennonite Conference
    ...n District and Franconia Conference until taking the name Mosaic Mennonite Conference on Pentecost 2020 (31 May 2020). ...nged merged with the General Conference Mennonite Church to form Mennonite Church USA in 2002, cooperation between the two conferences increased. Joint assem
    12 KB (1,590 words) - 16:54, 22 December 2021
  • The Call and Care of Pastors (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1977)
    ...a key to the development of strong local congregations within the General Conference, <b>Because</b> pastors, District ministerial committees, and Conference ministers have expressed a deep concern for the needs of the pastor as a pe
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  • A Christian Declaration on Amnesty (Mennonite Central Committee, 1973)
    ...d to fight in wars. Among those who came for such reasons were some of our Mennonite and Brethren in Christ forebearers. Many came as fugitives from compulsory </li> <li>As Mennonite and Brethren in Christ Christians, we oppose all wars and believe that the
    12 KB (1,831 words) - 18:17, 6 April 2015
  • Mennonite Church Nigeria
    ...igeria include the Church of the Brethren and the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite. ...ion offered to affiliate the Weavers with them so they could stay and more Mennonite mission workers could come.
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  • Report of the Dress Committee (Mennonite Church, 1913)
    ...is now, and will continue to be one of the great problems confronting the Church. ...that can be done to restore them to rightful relationship with God and the Church.
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  • Mennonite World Conference
    ...years Mennonite and Brethren in Christ conferences and groups gather for a general assembly. ...ctives of these churches."<ref>"Global History Project," ''Mennonite World Conference,'' http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id
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