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The Conference of Mennonite Churches in Hong Kong Limited
|Box title = Conference of Mennonite Churches in Hong Kong Limited |Row 5 title = [[Mennonite World Conference|MWC]] Affiliated?

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A Statement of the Position of the General Conference of the Mennonite Church of North America on * Peace, War, Military Service, and Patriotism (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1941)
As approved by the General Conference, Souderton, Pennsylvania, August 17-22, 1941. ...he world, we as representatives of The General Conference of the Mennonite Church of North America, desire to set forth in the following statement our faith

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David Pätkau
...ch members. In January 1925, Pätkau took part in the General Conference of Mennonite Congregations (Allgemeine Mennonitische Bundeskonferenz) in Russia and was ...river. The same fate was shared by 35 other families, among them nine from Mennonite villages. The Pätkau family stayed in these terrible circumstances until F

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Resolution on World Hunger (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1968)
Most General Conference people are among the overfed, the comfortably housed, and the generous spen ...pment programs overseas. More must now be done. In the spirit of the inter-Mennonite consultation on hunger and population held in [[Chicago (Illinois, USA)|Chi

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The Christian Family (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1962)
...nt-Child Relations]]</li> <li>[[The Church and the Family (GCMC, 1962)|The Church and the Family]]</li> <li>[[Conclusion (GCMC, 1962)|Conclusion]] ...rise above difficulties and overcome the present threats to the home. The church is therefore being called upon to help the family.

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Vieques Resolution (Mennonite Church USA, 2001)
...l Conference Mennonite Church peace and justice staff in consultation with Mennonite leaders in [[Puerto Rico]] and Christian Peacemaker Teams. The resolution w ...upported the oppression of the island's people. On May 11, 2001 they asked Mennonite Central Committee to request that congregations write their government repr

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Bharatiya General Conference Mennonite Kalisiya, India
|Box title = Bharatiya General Conference Mennonite Church |Row 5 title = [[Mennonite World Conference|MWC]] Affiliated?

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Guidelines on Abortion (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1980)
...our time. Historically we, the members of the General Conference Mennonite Church, have affirmed the sanctity of human life. We continue to make that affirma ...Abortion Decisions</h4> <i>We believe that the New Testament pictures the church as a community</i> (koinonia) which seeks to discern the will of God and ta

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Integrated Mennonite Churches, Philippines
|Box title = Integrated Mennonite Churches, Inc. Integrated Mennonite Church of the Philippines, Inc.

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Brethren in Christ Church, South Africa
|Box title = Brethren in Christ Church, South Africa ...3 info = <center>Frank Nkala<ref>"Africa." Africa Summary. Mennonite World Conference, 2011. Web. 17 Apr. 2011. <www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/files/Members%202009/Africa

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Television Violence (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1977)
...t Upon the Mennonite Church (GCMC, 1977)|II. The Effect Upon the Mennonite Church]] ...this has upon children in our country and especially within the Mennonite church. Statistics and studies on violence on television differ slightly, but all

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A Statement of Our Position on Peace, War and Military Service (Mennonite Church, 1937)
...red by the Peace Problems Committee and adopted by the [[Mennonite General Conference]] at Turner, Oregon, August, 1937) ...rld, we, the representatives of the Mennonite Church, assembled in General Conference near Turner, Oregon, on August 25 and 26, 1937, and representing sixteen co

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A Christian Declaration on Peace, War, and Military Service (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1953)
...ation on Peace, War, and Military Service, A (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1953) The position of the General Conference Mennonite Church on love and nonresistance as adopted at Portland, Oregon, August 22, 1953.

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Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church
...on, the service agency of the newly created Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church, agreed to mission work in Guatemala. This was the first foreign mission pr ...pleted and named La Iglesia Menonita de La Victoria (La Victoria Mennonite Church).<ref name="Rud" />

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Resolution on South Africa (Mennonite Church, 1987)
Resolution on South Africa (Mennonite Church, 1987) ...peace in southern Africa. We affirm the August 29, 1986, statement of the Mennonite agencies working in southern Africa ([[#Additional Information]]).

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The Christian Witness to the State (Mennonite Church, 1961)
The Christian Witness to the State (Mennonite Church, 1961) ...ristian Witness to the State</h3> A Statement Adopted by Mennonite General Conference, August 25, 1961.

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Recreation (Mennonite Church, 1961)
Recreation (Mennonite Church, 1961) ...Should the Church Do?]]</li></ul> A Statement Adopted by Mennonite General Conference, August 25, 1961.

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Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches, India
|Box title = Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches, India |Row 5 title = [[Mennonite World Conference|MWC]] Affiliated?

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Amnesty (Mennonite Church, 1975)
Amnesty (Mennonite Church, 1975) ...sty</h3> A Summary Statement Accepted by [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite General Assembly]] August 5-10, 1975, Eureka, Illinois

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The Way of Christian Love in Race Relations (Mennonite Church, 1955)
The Way of Christian Love in Race Relations (Mennonite Church, 1955) ...stian Love in Race Relations</h3> A Statement Adopted by Mennonite General Conference, August 24, 1955.

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Iglesias Hermanos Menonitas de Colombia
...región del Chocó donde buscaron trabajar más cercanamente con la población general en el área de educación. En 1947, La Escuela de los Andes se fundó, pero ...Mennonite Brethren in Colombia today; thus it appears the presence of the Mennonite Brethren in Colombia is a mainly an outcome of the mission work that began

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Annotated Bibliography on Mennonite Interactions with Indigenous People in Paraguay
...wen, Jacob A. "Mennonites, Chaco Indians, and the Lengua Spirit World." <i>Mennonite Quarterly Review</i> 39, no. 4 (October 1965): 280-306.]] ...b A. "A Mennonite Encounter with the 'Innermost of the Lengua Indians." <i>Mennonite Quarterly Review</i>. 39, no. 1 (January 1965): 40-67.]]

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Paraguay
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Mennonites are Strongest in Siberia
...e Mennonite-Brethren – a split off the “Church Mennonites” (called General-Conference Mennonites in the USA) which occurred in the southern Ukrainian region of Z ...oday the lay preachers preach primarily in Russian. The brotherhood had no church buildings of its own prior to Gorbachev – today it enjoys 17 new chapels

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Ghana Mennonite Church
...ions and in 2009 had 5,014 members.<ref>"North America." ''Mennonite World Conference''. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/Directory/2006carcsam.pdf</ref>. ...grow the Mennonite Church there, and was subsequently commissioned by the Church to do so. 1

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Gereja Injili di Tanah Jawa, Indonesia
== Church Origins == ...Mennonite missionaries, Jansz and his son later worked toward establishing Mennonite “colonies,” like Margorejo in the Muria area of central Java, with the

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Kanisa la Mennonite Tanzania
|Box title = Kanisa la Mennonite Tanzania |Row 2 info = The General Secretary,

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Resolution on Abortion (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1975)
Resolution on Abortion (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1975) ...lso asked that a paper by the Board of Reference and Council entitled "The Church and Life/Death Issues" be included in the minutes following this resolution

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Mennonitische Weltkonferenz
...n dieser Kirchen enthält."<ref>"Global History Project," ''Mennonite World Conference,'' http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id ..." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1989. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 08 June 2009 <http://www.gameo.org/encyclope

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Brethren in Christ Church Society-Bharatiya Khristiya Mandali, India
...Brethren in Christ World Missions. http://www.google.com/url?q=http://bic-church.org/wm/forms/download.asp%3Ffname%3D2009%2520Policy%2520Manual%2520Appendic |Row 4 title = Church members

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The Way of Peace (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1971)
...y of life for Christian disciples. Throughout the history of the Mennonite church this teaching has been continually reaffirmed. ...ation on Peace, War, and Military Service, A (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1953)| "A Christian Declaration on Peace, War, and Military Service."]] Co

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A Commitment to Christ's Way of Peace (Mennonite Central Committee, 1993)
In 1950, delegates from Mennonite and Brethren in Christ church bodies in North America met at Winona Lake, Indiana, to consider their comm ...find it helpful to once again state clearly our convictions regarding the church's calling to be God's people of peace. We look toward the future with hope

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Christian Parenthood (Mennonite Church, 1961)
Christian Parenthood (Mennonite Church, 1961) <h4>Christian Parenthood</h4> A Statement Adopted by Mennonite General Conference, August 25, 1961.

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Jesus Village Church, South Korea
|Box title = Jesus Village Church |Row 5 title = [[Mennonite World Conference|MWC]] Affiliated?

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Meserete Kristos Church, Ethiopia
|Box title = Meserete Kristos Church |Row 5 title = [[Mennonite World Conference|MWC]] Affiliated?

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Phnom Penh Mennonite Church
|Box title = Phnom Penh Mennonite Church |Row 5 title = [[Mennonite World Conference|MWC]] Affiliated?

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Growing in Stewardship and Witness in a Militaristic World (Mennonite Church, 1987)
Growing in Stewardship and Witness in a Militaristic World (Mennonite Church, 1987) ...commitment and action toward the [[Ten-Year Goals (Vision '95)| Mennonite Church goals for 1995]] have any impact on the growing militarism of our age?

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Christian Fundamentals (Mennonite Church, 1921)
...s of the Christian faith and Christian living. Particular doctrines of the Church have been attacked and there has been much compromising with the world on m ...the faith and teaching the Gospel as given by Christ and His apostles the Church has confessed in this formal manner her faith in and practice of the Gospel

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Declaration of Christian Faith and Commitment with Respect to Peace, War, and Nonresistance (Mennonite Church, 1951)
...and Commitment with Respect to Peace, War, and Nonresistance, A (Mennonite Church, 1951) ...|In War and Military Service]]</li></ol> </li> <li>[[Conclusion (Mennonite Church, 1951)|Conclusion]]

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Communauté des Eglises de Frères Mennonites au Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
...me="WD2006">"Mennonite World Conference Directory (2006)." Mennonite World Conference. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/PDF-PPT/2006africa.pdf (accessed 7 April 2011) |Row 4 title = Church members

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Statement on Immigration (Mennonite Church USA, 2003)
...ots in seventeenth-century churches planted by immigrants from Europe. Our church continues to grow and be enlivened by immigrants who join us from many coun ...Undocumented church leaders are often unable or afraid to travel to larger church gatherings without identification. Congregations without immigrant members

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Beachy Amish Mennonite Fellowships (Ireland)
...nnonite community, is 75 people directly associated with [[Mennonite World Conference]]. In 2012 the Beachy Amish had 12,960 members in 201 congregations in the ...ish Mennonite, Mennonite Christian fellowship and the Midwest Beachy Amish Mennonite.

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Declaration of Commitment in Respect to Christian Separation and Nonconformity to the World (Mennonite Church, 1955)
...Respect to Christian Separation and Nonconformity to the World (Mennonite Church, 1955) A Statement Adopted by Mennonite General Conference, August 26, 1955.

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Anabaptist Association of Australia and New Zealand
'''May 19-21, 1995: ‘A Call to Gather’ conference: Formation of the Anabaptist Network of Australia and New Zealand.''' ...ships was a common desire to see the Anabaptist vision of discipleship and church life nurture and resource communities, local churches, house churches and i

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Mennonite Brethren Church Confession of Faith (1975)
The Mennonite Brethren Church has throughout its history emphasized biblical authority in all matters of ...ions in the Anabaptist tradition were used in the preparation of the first Mennonite Brethren Confession of Faith.

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Kleine Gemeinde zu Blue Creek, Belize
...ey sought a country: Mennonite colonization in Mexico. With an appendix on Mennonite colonization in British Honduras. Berkeley: University of California.</ref> ...9). Between horse & buggy and four-wheel drive: Change and diversity among Mennonite settlements in Belize, Central America. Amsterdam: VU University Press. </r

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Kenya Mennonite Church
|Box title = Kenya Mennonite Church ...s Ben Otieno, Chairman</center><ref name="mwc">"Africa." ''Mennonite World Conference''. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/PDF-PPT/2006africa.pdf (accessed 20 Septembe

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Resolution on Homosexuality (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1981)
...e up to the biblical norms of morality will call for the discipline of the church which expects the converted homosexual to live a chaste life, just as it ex <em class="gameo_bibliography">Yearbook, 55th session, General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches, August 7-11, 1981.</em> Winnipeg, Man. : Kindred Press,

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Iglesia Evangélica Menonita del Perú
...ary.” Last edited 2010. http://www.mennoweekly.org/2009/1/5/first-peruvian-church-marks-18th-anniversary/</ref> <br> ...sents all the congregations and fellowships. It is a predominantly Quechua conference.<ref>Global Gift Sharing Report (MWC, 2005), 114.</ref> <br>

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Bharatiya Jukta Christa Prachar Mandali, India
|Box title = Church of God in Christ, Mennonite ...er efforts and labors directly under her own church, the United Missionary Church, and became the denomination's first missionary (Lageer, 1979). In 1924, th

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The Use of the Law (Mennonite Church, 1981)
The Use of the Law (Mennonite Church, 1981) ...to the courts without the counsel and support of the congregation or other church resource.

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Concept of Cologne (Anabaptists, 1591)
As we look to closer cooperation among the several Mennonite groups, including possible integration and merger, we do well to look back ...sly, the concern of the Swiss. The confession of faith to emerge from this conference has come to be known as the Concept of Cologne.

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Strasbourg Discipline (South German Anabaptist, 1568)
...faith or dogmatic teachings, but in general discuss practical questions of church life, for the most part dealing with the organization of the congregations, ...ough Amish bishops in Pennsylvania, Iowa, Ohio, and Indiana are now in the Mennonite Historical Library at Goshen College. One of these was is translated above

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Offender Ministries (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1977)
...ve become involved in ministry to the offender and several conferences and conference agencies support programs of ministry to the offender; ...resource for congregational study and action.</li> <li>By encouraging the Mennonite Central Committee to continue exploring alternatives to prison systems.</li

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A Christian Declaration on the Authority of the Scriptures (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1962)
...ration on the Authority of the Scriptures, A (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1962) ...ion taken by the General Conference Mennonite Church at its 1962 triennial conference at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, expressing its faith and serving as a guide and

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Iglesia Evangélica Menonita Argentina
...p;amp;amp;Itemid=16 (accessed 17 June 2009).</ref> To learn more about the Mennonite experience in [[Argentina]] click [[Argentina|here]]. ...mmunities are depopulating and coming to the city. This halted many of the church missions, due to halted growth. The third period, between 1940-present, is

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Mennonite Confession of Faith (Mennonite Church, 1963)
Adopted by Mennonite General Conference August 22, 1963. ...ation which attempted to restore the New Testament church. We conceive the church to be a body of regenerated believers, a fellowship of holy pilgrims baptiz

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Bibliography of Literature
...ations on biblical hermeneutics; these consultations were sponsored by/for Mennonite college Bible faculties, seminary Bible faculties, or alumni or several gro ...College Biblical Seminary Regional Alumni Meeting at Laurelville Mennonite Church Center, March 29, 1966. Nos. 24, 26.

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Ecuador
...e = Grupos asociados con el Congreso Mundial Menonita o [[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 Janu

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Statement of Our Position on Military Service (Mennonite Church, 1917)
...nt of Our Position on Military Service as Adopted by the Mennonite General Conference, August 29, 1917 ...f the Mennonite Church in General Conference assembled at the Yellow Creek Church, near Goshen, Indiana, August 29, 1917, representing sixteen conferences in

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The Christian View of Marriage (Mennonite Church, 1959)
The Christian View of Marriage (Mennonite Church, 1959) ...Christian View of Marriage </h4> A Statement Adopted by Mennonite General Conference, August 27, 1959.

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Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, Articles of Confession (1896)
General Conference convened at the Lone Tree Church, Moundridge, Kansas, November 23-26, 1896 Moderator: John Holdeman. ...therefore we believe, when a person unites to an organization outside the Church of God, receiving this emblem of water, that it does not signify the truth,

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Ecumenical Dialogue
.... The page also provides access to bibliographic information on Anabaptist-Mennonite ecumenical involvements, texts of working papers and formal statements, an ...|right|''Mennonite World Conference President Bishop Danisa Ndlovu and LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Ishmael Noko embrace following Dr Noko's message to the 2

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Statement on Abortion (Mennonite Church USA, 2003)
...d on former [[Mennonite Church]] (1975) and [[General Conference Mennonite Church]] (1980) statements. Adopted by the 2003 Delegate Assembly. ...take care of the rest of creation."1 (Article VI, Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective)

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Leadership and Authority in the Life of the Church (Mennonite Church, 1981)
'''Leadership and Authority in the Life of the Church (Mennonite Church, 1981) ...g a task force and preparing for the presentation of the topic at the 1977 General Assembly. This assembly "strongly affirmed that the study be continued on t

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American Mennonites and the Bible, by C. Norman Kraus
...rightened by the specter of Modernism and by “liberalism” in the Mennonite Church and they readily accepted the Fundamentalists’ definition of the issues a ...d directly applied to the life of the church today. Thus, for example, the church is not to “spiritualize” such practices as the veiling of women for wor

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American Mennonites and the Bible
...rightened by the specter of Modernism and by “liberalism” in the Mennonite Church and they readily accepted the Fundamentalists’ definition of the issues a ...d directly applied to the life of the church today. Thus, for example, the church is not to “spiritualize” such practices as the veiling of women for wor

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Confession of Faith (Fellowship of Concerned Mennonites, 1990)
==The Church of Christ== ...oly temple, the visible body of those who are disciples. Membership in the church is conditioned upon a voluntary response to God's offer of salvation in Chr

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Elbing Catechism (Mennonite, 1778)
...simple instruction from the sacred scriptures, as taught by the Mennonite Church''. ==The Church and Her Ordinances==

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Justice and the Christian Witness (General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Church, 1983)
...and the Christian Witness (General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Church, 1983) ...by General Conference Mennonite Church Triennial Session Mennonite Church General Assembly Bethlehem, [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] August 1-7, 1983

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Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference Confession of Faith (2001)
...n to the new creation. The Father sent the Son, who gave the Spirit to the church. ''General Revelation''. God reveals himself to all people through creation, history,

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Dordrecht Confession of Faith (Mennonite, 1632)
Adopted April 21, 1632, by a Dutch Mennonite Conference held at Dordrecht, Holland. ...created in righteousness and true holiness: for, neither baptism, supper, church, nor any other outward ceremony, can without faith, regeneration, change or

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Mennonite Brethren Church Confession of Faith (1902)
...r 1536, when the founder of the denomination, Menno Simons, left the Roman Church and began the establishment of independent churches soon grouped together w ...the doctrinal view of this denomination agrees with the doctrines of other Mennonite bodies and upon what points it differs from them.

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The Pre-eminence of the Bible in Mennonite History
==The Pre-Eminence of the Bible in Mennonite History== ...ee C. J. Dyck’s article in this issue of the ''MQR'', “The Mennonite World Conference: A Brief Introduction.”</ref>

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Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective (1995)
...eeds of the early Christian church, which were assumed as foundational for Mennonite confessions from the beginning, are basic to this confession as well. ...nites in Canada, have realigned to form Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada. ]

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A Short Confession of Faith by Hans de Ries (1618)
...fidei, or that they might displace the Scriptures as authority within the church. In his introduction to the confession which follows, E. A. van Dooregeest ...round with non-Mennonites. It is also unique in being the first Anabaptist-Mennonite confession which systematically treats all of the major doctrines of the fa

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Journey to Emmaus: A Study in Critical Methodology
...storical criticism, while it has the reputation of destructiveness for the church, is “a most conservative process, since historical research conserves the ...rrative to the general reader and student, and narrows the gap between the church’s view of Scripture as authoritative revelation and the scientific forms

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Martyrs Mirror
...yrs Mirror.'' Moundridge, Kan: Gospel Publishers, Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, 1988. || ...cts for Life, 1995. "... an exact reprint of T.J. van Braghts preface and general greeting to his enormous work, The Martyrs Mirror ...."--P. [2].

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Mennonite Articles of Faith by Cornelis Ris (1766)
...n Frisian congregation. In the 17th century Hoorn had an unusual number of Mennonite branches; in 1747 the Frisians and the Waterlanders, then the only remaini ...were declining even more rapidly than the more liberal ones). In 1759 the church council of the Hoorn congregation decided to present Ris' proposal to the Z

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