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  • ...thers and sisters from all parts of the globe and the indigenous people of Canada enriched our membership. ...the Conference of Mennonites in Canada (CMC), which had congregational and conference ties to both the MC and GC bodies.
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  • ...ing members of the Old Order Mennonite Church in Waterloo County, Ontario, in 1889. (You may contact Mr. Edwards at stratfordauthor@gmail.com) :-'''[[Old Order Mennonite Groups in Ontario]]''', Canada
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  • |Box title = Canada |caption = Canada: World Factbook, 2009<ref name="cia">"Canada," ''CIA World Factbook''. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-worl
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  • ...and worship styles, use of English in worship, as well as the introduction of Sunday schools. ...ectricity and phones in their homes, although there is also some variation in this. All wear plain clothes, along with their children, and the latter go
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  • Vision: Healing and Hope (Mennonite Church, General Conference Mennonite Church, 1995) ...Jesus Christ and, by the power of the Holy Spirit, to grow as communities of grace, joy and peace, so that God's healing and hope flow through us to the
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  • ...Census Bureau does not consider "Hispanic" as an ethnic group, about 15.1% of the total US population is Hispanic)<ref name="cia" /> |Row 6 title = Groups Associated with [[Mennonite World Conference|MWC]] (2006)
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  • Guidelines for Building Faithful Relationships in the Church (CMC, 1998) ...rd of the [[Conference of Mennonites in Canada|Conference of Mennonites in Canada]] (CMC) presents the following as its position statement, and commends the
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  • |Box title = United States and Canada |image = Image:BlankMap-USA-states-Canada-provinces.png
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  • ...any Russian Mennonite groups throughout [[North America (United States and Canada)|North,]] [[Caribbean, Central and South America|Central, and South America Click the following link to learn more about other groups in the [[Anabaptist Family]].
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  • ...tance even in the face of violence and warfare," (from Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective, Article 22, first paragraph); Whereas our history as a people of peace is made evident in our work in the following areas: relief and development efforts, peacemaking, conciliat
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  • Call to Kingdom Commitments, A (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1986) ...e Holy Spirit and be a more effective witness to the love, power and glory of God.
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  • ...rist. While we may feel like laughing in disbelief, let us renew ourselves in prayer and allow God to do a new thing through us. ...Conference Mennonite Church, together with the Conference of Mennonites in Canada and area conferences, give birth to 50 new churches by the year 2001;<br><b
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  • Resolution on the Issue of Homosexuality (CMC, 1998) ...rather than hinder their relation ship with congregations and conferences of the CMC.</li></ol>
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  • ...erences had met before for administrative work and business. The gathering in Cuauhtémoc August 3-8 was special for the fellowship. ...order that relate to both a Mexican conference and a Mennonite Church USA conference.
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  • Resolution on the 500th Anniversary of Columbus (GCMC, 1989) ...of the 500th anniversary will reflect this racist attitude and distortion of history.
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  • ...ced that the foolishness of faithful acts may be wiser than all the wisdom of this world."</em> --From the Findings Committee Report, Minneapolis Midtriennium Conference (1979)
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  • ...egration</h3> In relation to the matter of cooperation between the General Conference Mennonite Church and the Mennonite Church, we affirm the following: ...e already in progress but are seen as important aspects of the exploration of integration.
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  • ...introduction and timeline of '''Old Order Mennonite Groups in Ontario''', Canada. ...al meetings, the addition of Sunday Schools, and prayer and other services in English.
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  • ...raditional Amish design, a single quilt embodies the beauty and creativity of a mission partnership that spans two continents and two decades. ...rom Colombia and Ecuador to the United States for meetings in 2011 as part of the annual exchange visits that alternate between North and South America.
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  • [[file:ADB_logo_letters.jpg|x20px]] '''[[Anabaptist Dictionary of the Bible|Home]] [[A]] [[B]] [[C]] [[D]] [[E]] [[F]] [[G]] [[H]] [[I]] [[J] ...s taught part time at Conrad Grebel University College. He has also worked in camping ministry and as a district youth minister.
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  • ...with Anabaptist-Related Groups Formally Associated with [[Mennonite World Conference|MWC]] ...individuals in several countries in Asia and the Pacific became interested in applying Anabaptist theology to their own distinct contexts.
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  • ...with Anabaptist-Related Groups Formally Associated with [[Mennonite World Conference|MWC]] ...s peoples, and through immigration by Amish and Old Order Mennonite groups in North America seeking economic opportunities and cultural isolation.
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  • ...nous contexts in the United States and Canada are preparing for a “glimpse of heaven.” ...regations and communities following Mennonite World Conference Assembly 15 in Asunción, Paraguay next July.
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  • ...nd the [[United States of America|United States]]. We have celebrated here in a special way God's rule and presence among us during the 300 years since o ...owledge that we have failed, and continue to fail, in living fully the way of love, peace and faithfulness to Christ.
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  • ...with Anabaptist-Related Groups Formally Associated with [[Mennonite World Conference|MWC]] (2009) ...s as the global Anabaptist fellowship continues to become more centralized in the global south.
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  • ...etings, the addition of Sunday Schools, and also prayer and other services in English. As a result, they separated from their modernizing brethren, and h As of 2021, the church included over 1900 families in 53 congregations.
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  • Christian Declaration on Communism and Anti-Communism, A (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1962) ...States of America|United States]] and [[Canada|Canada]], and the challenge of all these developments to our nonresistant conviction make it imperative th
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  • ...hurch services, but it is less common for men to wear traditional clothing in public. Women wear the white cap head covering and dresses. Children attend In 2020, the Conference had 1,645 baptized members in 17 congregations.
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  • ...Mennonite-related groups exist today in [[North America (United States and Canada)|North America]], [[Caribbean, Central and South America|Latin America]], [ Click on the following link to learn more about other groups in the [[Anabaptist Family]].
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  • ...larger events like the Mennonite World Conference assembly, held last July in Asunción, Paraguay. ...magnitude earthquake struck Chile on Saturday, February 27, and continued in the days following.
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  • Guidelines for Membership in the New Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church Canada, 1999) ...the Holy Spirit has called the new Mennonite Church to unite in faith and in mission (Acts 1-2).
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  • Stewardship of the Earth: Resolution on Environment and Faith Issues (General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Church, 1989) ...e stewardship of the earth along with stewardship of money and stewardship of the gospel.
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  • ...iah 3:12-13): a Mennonite Statement on Violence (Mennonite Church, General Conference Mennonite Church, 1997) -- Summary Statement ...e forms of violence. We have wrongly accepted, at least in part, the "myth of redemptive violence," the belief that good ends can come from violent means
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  • ...nabaptist-Mennonite relationships is boundless love and unfailing service” in Stuttgart, Germany.[http://ecclesialtheology.blogspot.com/2010/08/confessio ...mal and informal -- and their impact in Mennonite and Lutheran communities in the United States, Europe, and Latin America.
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  • ...sive Old Order Mennonite group]] known as the [[Markham-Waterloo Mennonite Conference]], although there are significant differences. ..., the '''Ontario Anabaptist Institute''' was established, also in the city of Stratford.
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  • ...with Anabaptist-Related Groups Formally Associated with [[Mennonite World Conference|MWC]] (2009) ...her Götz Lichdi, "An Overview of Anabaptist-Mennonite History, 1525-1800," in ''Testing Faith and Tradition'', ed. John A. Lapp and C. Arnold Snyder (Int
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  • ...es. These valuable sources can now be found here. A few early confessions of other faith groups are also included. ...nts represent a variety of Mennonite denominations over an extended period of time. Thus you will find statements that may not agree with one another bec
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  • ...congregations and 110,696 members.<ref>"North America." ''Mennonite World Conference''. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/Directory/2006carcsam.pdf</ref>. ...Against Slavery, Addressed to Germantown Monthly Meeting, 1688''] for text of the meetings message.</ref>
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  • 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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  • ..., though they courageously refused to participate in it, are the thousands of fugitives from compulsory military service. It is for these persons that am ...da, among other nations, has been the recipient of many of these fugitives of conscience.
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  • |Row 4 title = Number of Congregations ...ennonite Brethren Church in Argentina, is an Anabaptist church in the city of Buenos Aires that identifies itself with the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren
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  • ...ing from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalinism Stalinism]. With the help of [http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/M4659.html/?searchterm=MCC Menn ...ts. In 2008 the Fernheim Colony had just over 3,900 inhabitants who lived in 24 villages.<ref name="La Colonia">"La Colonia," ''Cooperativa Colonizadora
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  • ...kgrounds and formations, we believe the Holy Spirit has called us to unite in faith and mission (Acts 1, 2). ...God in the Spirit" (Ephesians 2:22); to be "salt of the earth" and "light of the world" (Matthew 5:13,14).
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  • ...munions and organizations. Every six to seven 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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  • |Citation = Yoder, William. "Mennonites are Strongest in Siberia." Moscow: Russian Evangelical Alliance, 2010. '''Mennonites are Strongest in Siberia'''
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  • |Row 6 title = Groups Associated with [[Mennonite World Conference|MWC]] |Row 7 title = Membership in [[Mennonite World Conference|MWC]] Affiliated Churches
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  • Christian Declaration on Capital Punishment, A (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1965) ...of the law]]</li></ul> </li> <li>[[Our Confession and our Prayer (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1965)|Our Confession and our Prayer]]
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  • |caption = Map of Zones within CONEMPAR<ref>Jantz, Maria; based on data from Marecos intervie |Row 2 title = Number of Members
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  • ...with Anabaptist-Related Groups Formally Associated with [[Mennonite World Conference|MWC]] ...e Directory for Caribbean, Central and South America," ''[[Mennonite World Conference]]''. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&
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  • As approved by the General Conference, Souderton, Pennsylvania, August 17-22, 1941. ...ictions concerning participation in war, military service, and our concept of patriotism.
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  • Church of Many Peoples Confronts Racism, A (General Conference Mennonite Church; Mennonite Church, 1989) ...onite Church, August 1-6, 1989, in Normal, Ill. Our theme is an expression of our ethnic diversity and thus a cause for celebration. We are becoming more
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  • ...ls (from Korea, Canada, Chile, England, the U.S.A. and others) on its list of friends. KAC provides resources, education, service opportunities, and netw ...roader Anabaptist churches. It was out of these conversations and in light of Korean emphases on education that KAC was born as a center for studying the
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  • ...We affirm the August 29, 1986, statement of the Mennonite agencies working in southern Africa ([[#Additional Information]]). ...public of|South Africa]] who attempt to live out that biblical conviction. In our own communities and society, we are still struggling to eliminate preju
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  • ...ntly in the last 20 years as a consequence of the influence of those Amish in the Unites States. ...opulation growth Anderson (2001). Also on his visions on gender roles, way of dressing and engagement with the scripture. Service programs have maintaine
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  • ...ber 9-12, 1950. J. Harold Sherk, a Canadian, served as Executive Secretary of the Peace section at the time. ...ed States and Canada. Bishop E. J. Swalm, a Brethren in Christ leader from Canada, chaired the meeting. Other Canadian leaders who participated included John
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  • ..._and_Paraguay-.pdf‎|Bender, Harold S. "With the Mennonite Refugee Colonies in Brazil and Paraguay." <i>Mennonite Quarterly Review</i> 13, no. 1 (January *[[Media:Mqr1929july-Faust-.pdf|Faust, John B. "The Mennonite Colony in Paraguay." <i>Mennonite Quarterly Review</i> 3, no. 3 (July 1929): 183-189.
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  • ...rent ethical and theological norms, as well as by different understandings of the facts about abortion.<sup>[[1 (GCMC, 1980)|1]]</sup> ...Thou it was who didst fashion my inward parts; thou didst knit me together in my mother's womb. I will praise thee, for thou dost fill me with awe; wonde
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  • |Box title = Communauté des Eglises de Frères Mennonites au Congo |caption = Democratic Republic of the Congo: World Factbook, 2011
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  • |Row 5 title = [[Mennonite World Conference|MWC]] Affiliated? |Row 6 title = Number of Congregations
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  • |image = Image:Map of phenom penh.gif |caption = Phnom Penh: Lonely Planet, 2009<ref>"Map of Phnom Penh," ''Lonely Planet''. http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/asia/cambo
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  • |Box title = Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches, India |image = Image:In-map.gif
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  • ...e social standing of the Javanese (Hoekema 93). The official establishment of the GITJ occurred on May 30, 1940, as World War II began initiating indepen ...ulum, and “after 1955 the GITJ…worked hard at lay training, and the matter of a specifically Anabaptist identity received more emphasis” (108).
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  • ...nnonitische Weltkonferenz (MWK) '''ist eine weltweite Glaubensgemeinschaft in täuferischer Tradition, die täuferische Gemeinden verbindet. Die Hauptver ...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
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  • |Row 5 title = [[Mennonite World Conference|MWC]] Affiliated? |Row 6 title = Number of Congregations
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  • |Row 1 title = Area in acres |Row 2 title = Number of members
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  • ==Commitment to Christ's Way of Peace, A (MCC, 1993)== ...Faith and Commitment" stands as a testimony which has guided our churches in the past forty years.
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  • ...ound 1.500 members and 22 congregations. It is a member of Mennonite World Conference ...t missionaries from the Canadian Evangelical Mennonite Church in Manitoba, Canada.
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  • ...nald B. Kraybill, Concise Encyclopedia of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010), 230.</ref> ...e that were contained inside. To avoid Spanish persecution, the Quiché hid in the mountains.
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  • ==Statement of Our Position on Military Service== ...nt of Our Position on Military Service as Adopted by the Mennonite General Conference, August 29, 1917
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  • ...nald B. Kraybill, Concise Encyclopedia of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010), 230. Traducido por D ...owever, the presence of Protestants in Honduras remained relatively small; in 1950 there were just 4,000 Protestants, although by 1967 that number grew t
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  • ...al statements and confessions of faith as expressions of our understanding of Scripture. Such documents are to be regarded as descriptive more than norma ...on were used in the preparation of the first Mennonite Brethren Confession of Faith.
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  • The Use of the Law (Mennonite Church, 1981) <h4>The Use of the Law</h4>
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  • ...l involvements, texts of working papers and formal statements, an overview of the emerging reception history and links to other resources. Please add add ...to the 2009 MWC World Assembly concerning Lutheran regret for persecution of Anabaptists. © Lowell Brown[http://www.lutheranworld.org/lwf/index.php/hea
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  • ...ular, finding use among the Amish, the ''Kleine Gemeinde'' and Old Colony Mennonites. ...of the English edition in 1896. This text appears below from the printing of 1904 (Berne, Ind. : Mennonite Book Concern) that appeared under the title '
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  • ==The Pre-Eminence of the Bible in Mennonite History== ...thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us. (1 Timothy 1:14)
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  • ...of the Confession is available through links to the left and at the bottom of the page.] ...omination, Menno Simons, left the Roman Church and began the establishment of independent churches soon grouped together with others under the name, "Ana
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  • ...ive takes its place in this rich confessional history. The historic creeds of the early Christian church, which were assumed as foundational for Mennonit ...n Canada, have realigned to form Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada. ]
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  • Justice and the Christian Witness (General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Church, 1983) Justice and Christian Witness: a Summary Statement adopted by General Conference Mennonite Church Triennial Session Mennonite Church General Assembly Bethle
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  • ...society, and a State in which every man counts as a man, and has his share in shaping both Church and State." ...em and challenged the Christian world to follow them in practice. The line of descent through the centuries since that time may not always be clear, and
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