https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Inter-Mennonite_Cooperation&feed=atom&action=historyInter-Mennonite Cooperation - Revision history2024-03-28T13:12:34ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.1https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Inter-Mennonite_Cooperation&diff=174593&oldid=prevAlfRedekopp: Indian changed to Indigenous2023-01-25T18:00:08Z<p>Indian changed to Indigenous</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Mission activities in this area have been extensive, as have been migrations of Mennonite from Europe and [[Canada|Canada]]. There is considerable diversity of conference affiliation and a variety of language and ethnic groupings, often in the same country. The differences among Mennonites of Spanish, Portuguese, German, English, and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Indian </del>cultures are surmounted with some difficulty if at all.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Mission activities in this area have been extensive, as have been migrations of Mennonite from Europe and [[Canada|Canada]]. There is considerable diversity of conference affiliation and a variety of language and ethnic groupings, often in the same country. The differences among Mennonites of Spanish, Portuguese, German, English, and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Indigenous </ins>cultures are surmounted with some difficulty if at all.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On the other hand, cooperation among various denominations within the language groups has been significant. The German emigrant groups, including three major conferences, Mennonite General Conference ([[Kirchliche Mennoniten|Kirchliche Mennoniten]]), [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]], and Evangelical Mennonite Brethren, worked together closely in the difficult pioneer days in Paraguay. These habits persist.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On the other hand, cooperation among various denominations within the language groups has been significant. The German emigrant groups, including three major conferences, Mennonite General Conference ([[Kirchliche Mennoniten|Kirchliche Mennoniten]]), [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]], and Evangelical Mennonite Brethren, worked together closely in the difficult pioneer days in Paraguay. These habits persist.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A [[Gemeindekomitee-Asociacón Evangélica Menonita del Paraguay|Gemeindekomitee]] (church committee) brings together conference leaders from all German-speaking groups in [[Paraguay|Paraguay]]. The Komitee für Kirchliche Angelegenheiten (committee for church affairs) in [[Neuland Colony (Boquerón Department, Paraguay)|Neuland]] and [[Fernheim Colony (Boquerón Department, Paraguay)|Fernheim]] colonies brings together the leaders of the three conferences locally. Likewise, these conferences have formed a united mission, [[Licht den Indianern (Light to the Indians) |Licht den Indianern]], which has successfully planted new churches among the neighboring <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Indian </del>population.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A [[Gemeindekomitee-Asociacón Evangélica Menonita del Paraguay|Gemeindekomitee]] (church committee) brings together conference leaders from all German-speaking groups in [[Paraguay|Paraguay]]. The Komitee für Kirchliche Angelegenheiten (committee for church affairs) in [[Neuland Colony (Boquerón Department, Paraguay)|Neuland]] and [[Fernheim Colony (Boquerón Department, Paraguay)|Fernheim]] colonies brings together the leaders of the three conferences locally. Likewise, these conferences have formed a united mission, [[Licht den Indianern (Light to the Indians) |Licht den Indianern]], which has successfully planted new churches among the neighboring <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Indigenous </ins>population.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The development of projects which were more closely related to the congregation produced a growing openness in churches to interaction with other Mennonites. Such activities as [[Mennonite Disaster Service|Mennonite Disaster Service]] (MDS), [[Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA)|Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA)]], MCC relief sales, and the MCC SELFHELP Crafts (now Ten Thousand Villages) project involved more and more people in local congregations. Even the books that were published and became best sellers, such as <em>Mennonite Community Cookbook </em>(Herald Press, 1950), and <em>More-with-Less </em>(Herald Press, 1975), facilitated growing awareness and sensitivity. Such inter-Mennonite periodicals as the <em>[[Mennonite Reporter (Periodical)|Mennonite Reporter]] </em>(Waterloo, Ontario; now <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><em></del>Canadian Mennonite<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></em></del>), and the <em>Mennonite Weekly Review </em>([[Newton (Kansas, USA)|Newton]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]]) added their influence.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The development of projects which were more closely related to the congregation produced a growing openness in churches to interaction with other Mennonites. Such activities as [[Mennonite Disaster Service|Mennonite Disaster Service]] (MDS), [[Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA)|Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA)]], MCC relief sales, and the MCC SELFHELP Crafts (now Ten Thousand Villages) project involved more and more people in local congregations. Even the books that were published and became best sellers, such as <em>Mennonite Community Cookbook </em>(Herald Press, 1950), and <em>More-with-Less </em>(Herald Press, 1975), facilitated growing awareness and sensitivity. Such inter-Mennonite periodicals as the <em>[[Mennonite Reporter (Periodical)|Mennonite Reporter]] </em>(Waterloo, Ontario; now <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>Canadian Mennonite<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>), and the <em>Mennonite Weekly Review </em>([[Newton (Kansas, USA)|Newton]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]]) added their influence.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Smaller Mennonite populations in [[Brazil|Brazil]] and [[Uruguay|Uruguay]] have worked together informally with less structure. Among the [[Old Colony Mennonites|Old Colony Mennonites]] of [[Bolivia|Bolivia]], [[Belize|Belize]], and [[Mexico|Mexico]], inter-Mennonite cooperation is very limited.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Smaller Mennonite populations in [[Brazil|Brazil]] and [[Uruguay|Uruguay]] have worked together informally with less structure. Among the [[Old Colony Mennonites|Old Colony Mennonites]] of [[Bolivia|Bolivia]], [[Belize|Belize]], and [[Mexico|Mexico]], inter-Mennonite cooperation is very limited.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Only a few countries have multiple conferences, but throughout Latin America there are numerous nations with Spanish, Portuguese, or English-speaking Mennonite communities, many of them quite small. Except for Central America, distances prevent extensive cooperation. The [[Congresos Menonitas Latinoamericanos |Congreso Latino American]] (Latin American Congress) has met occasionally. Other area-wide Spanish activities include the newly formed (1984) Agrupación Menonita Latino-Americana de Comunicaciones (AMLAC; Latin American Mennonite Communications Group) with a mandate to unify the churches by enhancing communication and suppporting mass media activities among the Spanish-speaking conferences. The Curriculo Anabautista de Educación Biblica Congregational (<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">CAEBritish Columbia, Canada</del>) is a cooperative inter-Mennonite group formed to prepare Spanish-language curricula for conferences both in [[North America|North America]] and Latin America.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Only a few countries have multiple conferences, but throughout Latin America there are numerous nations with Spanish, Portuguese, or English-speaking Mennonite communities, many of them quite small. Except for Central America, distances prevent extensive cooperation. The [[Congresos Menonitas Latinoamericanos |Congreso Latino American]] (Latin American Congress) has met occasionally. Other area-wide Spanish activities include the newly formed (1984) Agrupación Menonita Latino-Americana de Comunicaciones (AMLAC; Latin American Mennonite Communications Group) with a mandate to unify the churches by enhancing communication and suppporting mass media activities among the Spanish-speaking conferences. The Curriculo Anabautista de Educación Biblica Congregational (<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">CAEBC</ins>) is a cooperative inter-Mennonite group formed to prepare Spanish-language curricula for conferences both in [[North America|North America]] and Latin America.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Another approach to cooperation has been the development of regional organizations within the larger continental area. The [[Consulta Anabautista Menonita de Centroamericana |Consulta Anabautista Menonita Centroamericana]] (Central American Anabaptist and Mennonite Consultation) meets annually with representation from seven or eight nations. By 1986 it had had its 13th meeting. A mission consultation, sponsored by the Latin American Congress in 1986, drew representatives from the entire area including representatives of the various language groups. Also sponsored by churches in eight nations of Central America is the Seminario Ministerial de Liderazgo Anabautista (SEMILLA; Seminary for Anabaptist Ministerial Leadership), a program of [[Theological Education by Extension|theological training by extension]] (Consulta).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Another approach to cooperation has been the development of regional organizations within the larger continental area. The [[Consulta Anabautista Menonita de Centroamericana |Consulta Anabautista Menonita Centroamericana]] (Central American Anabaptist and Mennonite Consultation) meets annually with representation from seven or eight nations. By 1986 it had had its 13th meeting. A mission consultation, sponsored by the Latin American Congress in 1986, drew representatives from the entire area including representatives of the various language groups. Also sponsored by churches in eight nations of Central America is the Seminario Ministerial de Liderazgo Anabautista (SEMILLA; Seminary for Anabaptist Ministerial Leadership), a program of [[Theological Education by Extension|theological training by extension]] (Consulta).</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The implicit, if not explicit, goal of inter-Mennonite relationships and cooperation may be deemed to be greater unity or perhaps eventual merger. The theological, cultural, social and geographical diversity of Mennonites brings into tension several elements of Mennonite polity and tradition. On the one hand, there is the question of faithfulness to one's conscience, biblical understanding and tradition. In the non-creedal pattern of Mennonite ecclesiology, the congregation is essentially autonomous, and the authority of the district or conference is limited. On the other hand a strong sense of [[Community|community]] and interdependence, also arising out of the [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] heritage, requires a commitment to one another as individuals, congregations, and districts, and a semblance of unity and well-defined identity at all levels of church life.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The implicit, if not explicit, goal of inter-Mennonite relationships and cooperation may be deemed to be greater unity or perhaps eventual merger. The theological, cultural, social and geographical diversity of Mennonites brings into tension several elements of Mennonite polity and tradition. On the one hand, there is the question of faithfulness to one's conscience, biblical understanding and tradition. In the non-creedal pattern of Mennonite ecclesiology, the congregation is essentially autonomous, and the authority of the district or conference is limited. On the other hand a strong sense of [[Community|community]] and interdependence, also arising out of the [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] heritage, requires a commitment to one another as individuals, congregations, and districts, and a semblance of unity and well-defined identity at all levels of church life.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The tension between autonomy and community, between individual freedom and mutual responsibility will continue to influence the relationships among Mennonites. C. J. Dyck, in a paper read to the 1982 Consultation on Inter-Mennonite Relations, declared that Mennonites were more united than the list of inter-Mennonite activities would indicate. Paul Toews wrote in 1983 that the events that have been and are most effective in eroding the boundaries between and among Mennonites are theological renewal after [[World War (1914-1918)|World War I]], the development of institutions that generated common work activities, and the growing ecumenical trend after World War I.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The tension between autonomy and community, between individual freedom and mutual responsibility will continue to influence the relationships among Mennonites. C. J. Dyck, in a paper read to the 1982 Consultation on Inter-Mennonite Relations, declared that Mennonites were more united than the list of inter-Mennonite activities would indicate. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Toews, Paul Timothy (1940-2015)|</ins>Paul Toews<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>wrote in 1983 that the events that have been and are most effective in eroding the boundaries between and among Mennonites are theological renewal after [[World War (1914-1918)|World War I]], the development of institutions that generated common work activities, and the growing ecumenical trend after World War I.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It is clear that a younger generation in [[North America|North America]] and Europe is less concerned with historic separations. The issues that prevailed and divided Mennonites a generation or two ago are no longer as relevant as they seemed then. In the younger churches around the world, the impact of a multiplicity of mission and service agencies representing a series of North American conferences, each with their individual overseas activity, is often confusing and intimidating. In any event, the emergence of a worldwide Mennonite community, as embodied in the Mennonite World Conference, puts the question of unity in new perspective.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It is clear that a younger generation in [[North America|North America]] and Europe is less concerned with historic separations. The issues that prevailed and divided Mennonites a generation or two ago are no longer as relevant as they seemed then. In the younger churches around the world, the impact of a multiplicity of mission and service agencies representing a series of North American conferences, each with their individual overseas activity, is often confusing and intimidating. In any event, the emergence of a worldwide Mennonite community, as embodied in the Mennonite World Conference, puts the question of unity in new perspective.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A [[Gemeindekomitee-Asociacón Evangélica Menonita del Paraguay|Gemeindekomitee]] (church committee) brings together conference leaders from all German-speaking groups in [[Paraguay|Paraguay]]. The Komitee für Kirchliche Angelegenheiten (committee for church affairs) in [[Neuland Colony (Boquerón Department, Paraguay)|Neuland]] and [[Fernheim Colony (Boquerón Department, Paraguay)|Fernheim]] colonies brings together the leaders of the three conferences locally. Likewise, these conferences have formed a united mission, [[Licht den Indianern (Light to the Indians) |Licht den Indianern]], which has successfully planted new churches among the neighboring Indian population.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A [[Gemeindekomitee-Asociacón Evangélica Menonita del Paraguay|Gemeindekomitee]] (church committee) brings together conference leaders from all German-speaking groups in [[Paraguay|Paraguay]]. The Komitee für Kirchliche Angelegenheiten (committee for church affairs) in [[Neuland Colony (Boquerón Department, Paraguay)|Neuland]] and [[Fernheim Colony (Boquerón Department, Paraguay)|Fernheim]] colonies brings together the leaders of the three conferences locally. Likewise, these conferences have formed a united mission, [[Licht den Indianern (Light to the Indians) |Licht den Indianern]], which has successfully planted new churches among the neighboring Indian population.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The development of the Indianern Beratungsbehörde (Indian Counsel Agency), more recently known as Asociación de Servicios de Cooperación Indigena-Menonita (ASCIM; Mennonite-Indian Cooperative Service Association) in 1961, has been an all-colony effort of considerable magnitude. Through this agency, education, health, and resettlement services have been provided to the Indian peoples.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The development of the Indianern Beratungsbehörde (Indian Counsel Agency), more recently known as Asociación de Servicios de Cooperación Indigena-Menonita (ASCIM; Mennonite-Indian Cooperative Service Association) in 1961, has been an all-colony effort of considerable magnitude. Through this agency, education, health, and resettlement services have been provided to the Indian peoples.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The account of the tragic divisions, in Dutch Mennonitism, beginning in 1566, which were not fully overcome in the Netherlands until the forming of the [[Algemene Doopsgezinde Societeit|Algemene Doopsgezinde Sociëteit]] in 1811, is better given in the article [[Netherlands|Netherlands]], although these divisions penetrated all the Anabaptist-Mennonite communities in North Germany from Emden to Konigsberg, and even had significant consequences in the earlier stages of Mennonite history in [[Russia|Russia]]. The attitudes of certain of these schismatic parties were often very harsh toward the other groups, including general excommunication and the requirement of rebaptism for transfer of members. This was particularly true of the [[Flemish Mennonites|Flemish]] versus the Frisians. The Frisians and particularly the third major group, the [[Waterlanders|Waterlanders]] (who were not transplanted outside the Netherlands), were milder in their attitudes.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The account of the tragic divisions, in Dutch Mennonitism, beginning in 1566, which were not fully overcome in the Netherlands until the forming of the [[Algemene Doopsgezinde Societeit|Algemene Doopsgezinde Sociëteit]] in 1811, is better given in the article [[Netherlands|Netherlands]], although these divisions penetrated all the Anabaptist-Mennonite communities in North Germany from Emden to Konigsberg, and even had significant consequences in the earlier stages of Mennonite history in [[Russia|Russia]]. The attitudes of certain of these schismatic parties were often very harsh toward the other groups, including general excommunication and the requirement of rebaptism for transfer of members. This was particularly true of the [[Flemish Mennonites|Flemish]] versus the Frisians. The Frisians and particularly the third major group, the [[Waterlanders|Waterlanders]] (who were not transplanted outside the Netherlands), were milder in their attitudes.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Hutterites went their own way completely until the early 19th century when they settled in the [[Ukraine|Ukraine]] near the [[Molotschna Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Molotschna Mennonite settlement]], and were aided by Johann Cornies<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><em></del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></em></del>There was some friendly correspondence in the 18th century between them and the Dutch Mennonites. No close relations resulted from their settlement in 1874-1877 near the Mennonite settlements in [[South Dakota (USA)|South Dakota]]. However, a considerable number of Hutterites in South Dakota joined the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite]] and [[Krimmer Mennonite Brethren|Krimmer Mennonite Brethren]] groups, no doubt in part because of the memory of Cornies' assistance.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Hutterites went their own way completely until the early 19th century when they settled in the [[Ukraine|Ukraine]] near the [[Molotschna Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Molotschna Mennonite settlement]], and were aided by Johann Cornies. There was some friendly correspondence in the 18th century between them and the Dutch Mennonites. No close relations resulted from their settlement in 1874-1877 near the Mennonite settlements in [[South Dakota (USA)|South Dakota]]. However, a considerable number of Hutterites in South Dakota joined the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite]] and [[Krimmer Mennonite Brethren|Krimmer Mennonite Brethren]] groups, no doubt in part because of the memory of Cornies' assistance.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Swiss Brethren continued relatively isolated (the South German Anabaptists having practically died out by the time of the [[Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)|Thirty Years' War]], 1618-1648). However, the great tribulations of the mid-17th century in [[Bern (Switzerland)|Bern]] resulted in repeated intervention in their behalf by the Dutch Mennonites, and the ultimate settlement of some Swiss Mennonites in Holland, where they were finally absorbed. The Swiss Brethren settlers in the Palatinate in the time of their suffering from the French invasions at the end of the 17th and beginning 18th centuries received from the Dutch Mennonites substantial financial relief, and aid in emigration to Holland and [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]]. Considerable correspondence between Palatinate Mennonite leaders and the Dutch Mennonite relief agency lies in the [[Amsterdam Mennonite Library (Bibliotheek en Archief van de Vereenigde</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Swiss Brethren continued relatively isolated (the South German Anabaptists having practically died out by the time of the [[Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)|Thirty Years' War]], 1618-1648). However, the great tribulations of the mid-17th century in [[Bern (Switzerland)|Bern]] resulted in repeated intervention in their behalf by the Dutch Mennonites, and the ultimate settlement of some Swiss Mennonites in Holland, where they were finally absorbed. The Swiss Brethren settlers in the Palatinate in the time of their suffering from the French invasions at the end of the 17th and beginning 18th centuries received from the Dutch Mennonites substantial financial relief, and aid in emigration to Holland and [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]]. Considerable correspondence between Palatinate Mennonite leaders and the Dutch Mennonite relief agency lies in the [[Amsterdam Mennonite Library (Bibliotheek en Archief van de Vereenigde</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== North America ===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== North America ===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The successive migrations from Europe to [[North America|North America]] (1683-1860), i.e., from Switzerland, France, and [[Germany|Germany]] to [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] and further west, including [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], resulted in the formation of a new North American Mennonitism which maintained no connections with its European homeland. (Mennonite and Amish groups at first remained separate in the New World.) The same was true also of the successive waves of immigration from [[Russia|Russia]] to the prairie provinces and states of Canada and the [[United States of America|United States]] (1874, 1922, 1930, 1947 ff.) and to [[South America|South America ]] (1930, 1947 ff.) in [[Paraguay|Paraguay]], [[Brazil|Brazil]], and [[Uruguay|Uruguay]]. The Mennonite Brethren-Mennonite schism was perpetuated in all these settlements and lands, although there was a varying amount of cooperation between the two groups, both in Russia and in North and South America. The [[Allianz Gemeinden|Allianz-Gemeinde]], founded in 1907 in the [[Ukraine|Ukraine]], was a vain attempt to bridge the gap between the two major groups. In Russia (from 1910), in Paraguay (1930), and in Brazil (1930) a valuable co-operative organization was established in the form of the KfK (Commission for Church Affairs), which represented both major groups and the Allianz-Gemeinde<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><em></del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></em></del>In Russia, under the pressure of conditions, a general conference was formed in 1910, including both the [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]] and [[Kirchliche Mennoniten|Mennonite]] groups, which also had a beneficent influence on intergroup relations in the new settlements in Paraguay and Brazil (1930 ff.), where there was considerably closer cooperation than in North America.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The successive migrations from Europe to [[North America|North America]] (1683-1860), i.e., from Switzerland, France, and [[Germany|Germany]] to [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] and further west, including [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], resulted in the formation of a new North American Mennonitism which maintained no connections with its European homeland. (Mennonite and Amish groups at first remained separate in the New World.) The same was true also of the successive waves of immigration from [[Russia|Russia]] to the prairie provinces and states of Canada and the [[United States of America|United States]] (1874, 1922, 1930, 1947 ff.) and to [[South America|South America ]] (1930, 1947 ff.) in [[Paraguay|Paraguay]], [[Brazil|Brazil]], and [[Uruguay|Uruguay]]. The Mennonite Brethren-Mennonite schism was perpetuated in all these settlements and lands, although there was a varying amount of cooperation between the two groups, both in Russia and in North and South America. The [[Allianz Gemeinden|Allianz-Gemeinde]], founded in 1907 in the [[Ukraine|Ukraine]], was a vain attempt to bridge the gap between the two major groups. In Russia (from 1910), in Paraguay (1930), and in Brazil (1930) a valuable co-operative organization was established in the form of the KfK (Commission for Church Affairs), which represented both major groups and the Allianz-Gemeinde. In Russia, under the pressure of conditions, a general conference was formed in 1910, including both the [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]] and [[Kirchliche Mennoniten|Mennonite]] groups, which also had a beneficent influence on intergroup relations in the new settlements in Paraguay and Brazil (1930 ff.), where there was considerably closer cooperation than in North America.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Most of the Mennonite immigrants from Europe to North America in the first 190 years (1683 to 1860), being of relatively homogeneous Swiss-South German background (including Alsace-Lorraine), naturally formed one common brotherhood, uniting in the group known as the [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church (MC)]], overriding even the Amish schism, although half of the Amish, the [[Old Order Amish|Old Order]] and the [[Conservative Mennonite Conference|Conservative Amish]], remained outside this fold. The only exceptions were the smaller Swiss and South German groups arriving in the second quarter of the 19th century, which, though akin to the earlier immigrants of this group, shared in the formation of the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] (begun in 1860), whose first nucleus was a dissident block (1847) from the Eastern [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] area of the Mennonite Church (MC). The large first Russian and Prussian Mennonite immigration groups of 1874-1880 in their prairie state settlement joined the General Conference Mennonite group.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Most of the Mennonite immigrants from Europe to North America in the first 190 years (1683 to 1860), being of relatively homogeneous Swiss-South German background (including Alsace-Lorraine), naturally formed one common brotherhood, uniting in the group known as the [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church (MC)]], overriding even the Amish schism, although half of the Amish, the [[Old Order Amish|Old Order]] and the [[Conservative Mennonite Conference|Conservative Amish]], remained outside this fold. The only exceptions were the smaller Swiss and South German groups arriving in the second quarter of the 19th century, which, though akin to the earlier immigrants of this group, shared in the formation of the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] (begun in 1860), whose first nucleus was a dissident block (1847) from the Eastern [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] area of the Mennonite Church (MC). The large first Russian and Prussian Mennonite immigration groups of 1874-1880 in their prairie state settlement joined the General Conference Mennonite group.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The experience of co-operation in the extensive and long-continued MCC program of service to the new Mennonite settlements in [[South America|South America]], in which all the North American Mennonites joined, was an important and wholesome influence on inter-Mennonite relations, both within North and South America.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The experience of co-operation in the extensive and long-continued MCC program of service to the new Mennonite settlements in [[South America|South America]], in which all the North American Mennonites joined, was an important and wholesome influence on inter-Mennonite relations, both within North and South America.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>World War II gave the greatest impetus to inter-Mennonite cooperation through the joint effort of all major Mennonite bodies to define a common peace position in the United States and to administer [[Civilian Public Service|Civilian Public Service]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><em></del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></em></del>The Mennonite Central Peace Committee, organized in March 1939 as the official agency of seven Mennonite bodies to work in this field, turned over its work to the MCC and its Peace Section in January 1942. The [[Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section|Peace Section]] continued as a vital inter-Mennonite organization in this field. The good success of the MCC in its relief, colonization, and peace work, gradually led all Mennonite bodies in the United States and Canada, except the most isolated smaller ones, to support its work and to join its membership, so that it became the one truly all-Mennonite inter-Mennonite organization. As such it continued to enjoy immense prestige and good will.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>World War II gave the greatest impetus to inter-Mennonite cooperation through the joint effort of all major Mennonite bodies to define a common peace position in the United States and to administer [[Civilian Public Service|Civilian Public Service]]. The Mennonite Central Peace Committee, organized in March 1939 as the official agency of seven Mennonite bodies to work in this field, turned over its work to the MCC and its Peace Section in January 1942. The [[Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section|Peace Section]] continued as a vital inter-Mennonite organization in this field. The good success of the MCC in its relief, colonization, and peace work, gradually led all Mennonite bodies in the United States and Canada, except the most isolated smaller ones, to support its work and to join its membership, so that it became the one truly all-Mennonite inter-Mennonite organization. As such it continued to enjoy immense prestige and good will.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The scope of MCC activities gradually increased to include Voluntary Service (1946), though to a somewhat limited extent; Menno Travel Service (1947); Mental Health Service (1947) that in 1957 administered three mental hospitals; European Farm Trainee Program (1950); I-W Services (1952); coordination of [[Mennonite Disaster Service|Mennonite Disaster Service]] (1955); Ailsa Craig, Ontario, Boys' Farm (1955); [[Mennonite Indemnity, Inc|Mennonite Indemnity, Inc.]] (1957), which was a reinsurance company to serve over 60 Mennonite mutual aid societies; and the joint delegation to Russia (1956). All these MCC activities served on an inter-Mennonite basis, either through representation from various Mennonite bodies or by service to them. The Mennonite Central Committee was also the carrier of the [[Mennonite World Conference|Mennonite World Conference]] in 1948 and represented the North American groups in the planning of the Conference for 1952, though replaced by the North American Committee of Reference and Counsel for the Sixth Mennonite World Conference, which represented seven Mennonite bodies.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The scope of MCC activities gradually increased to include Voluntary Service (1946), though to a somewhat limited extent; Menno Travel Service (1947); Mental Health Service (1947) that in 1957 administered three mental hospitals; European Farm Trainee Program (1950); I-W Services (1952); coordination of [[Mennonite Disaster Service|Mennonite Disaster Service]] (1955); Ailsa Craig, Ontario, Boys' Farm (1955); [[Mennonite Indemnity, Inc|Mennonite Indemnity, Inc.]] (1957), which was a reinsurance company to serve over 60 Mennonite mutual aid societies; and the joint delegation to Russia (1956). All these MCC activities served on an inter-Mennonite basis, either through representation from various Mennonite bodies or by service to them. The Mennonite Central Committee was also the carrier of the [[Mennonite World Conference|Mennonite World Conference]] in 1948 and represented the North American groups in the planning of the Conference for 1952, though replaced by the North American Committee of Reference and Counsel for the Sixth Mennonite World Conference, which represented seven Mennonite bodies.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Most of the Mennonite immigrants from Europe to North America in the first 190 years (1683 to 1860), being of relatively homogeneous Swiss-South German background (including Alsace-Lorraine), naturally formed one common brotherhood, uniting in the group known as the [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church (MC)]], overriding even the Amish schism, although half of the Amish, the [[Old Order Amish|Old Order]] and the [[Conservative Mennonite Conference|Conservative Amish]], remained outside this fold. The only exceptions were the smaller Swiss and South German groups arriving in the second quarter of the 19th century, which, though akin to the earlier immigrants of this group, shared in the formation of the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] (begun in 1860), whose first nucleus was a dissident block (1847) from the Eastern [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] area of the Mennonite Church (MC). The large first Russian and Prussian Mennonite immigration groups of 1874-1880 in their prairie state settlement joined the General Conference Mennonite group.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Most of the Mennonite immigrants from Europe to North America in the first 190 years (1683 to 1860), being of relatively homogeneous Swiss-South German background (including Alsace-Lorraine), naturally formed one common brotherhood, uniting in the group known as the [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church (MC)]], overriding even the Amish schism, although half of the Amish, the [[Old Order Amish|Old Order]] and the [[Conservative Mennonite Conference|Conservative Amish]], remained outside this fold. The only exceptions were the smaller Swiss and South German groups arriving in the second quarter of the 19th century, which, though akin to the earlier immigrants of this group, shared in the formation of the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] (begun in 1860), whose first nucleus was a dissident block (1847) from the Eastern [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] area of the Mennonite Church (MC). The large first Russian and Prussian Mennonite immigration groups of 1874-1880 in their prairie state settlement joined the General Conference Mennonite group.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The formation of the "General Conference of the Mennonites of North America" in 1860 was the first attempt at a deliberate over-all union of all Mennonite congregations. The vision was that of [[Oberholtzer, John H. (1809-1895)|John H. Oberholtzer]], who conceived of it as cooperation of autonomous congregations working together in the fields of missions, publication, and education. The beginning was inauspicious, securing the adherence of only a few congregations at the outset, but gradually one third of all the Mennonites of North America was brought under its wing, including most of the large Swiss settlements in [[Indiana (USA)|Indiana]] and [[Ohio (<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">State</del>)|Ohio]], and ultimately the [[Central Conference Mennonite Church|Central Conference ]]composed largely of regional Illinois Amish. By no means all of the Russian Mennonite immigrants, however, joined the General Conference, even outside the [[Krimmer Mennonite Brethren|Krimmer Mennonite Brethren]]. and [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]] groups, the Peters-Wall churches (later [[Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches|Evangelical Mennonite Brethren]]) and the large [[Old Colony Mennonites|Old Colony]] group in [[Manitoba (Canada)|Manitoba]] remaining outside. It was successful in bringing together into one working fellowship a great number of congregations of divergent origins and backgrounds.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The formation of the "General Conference of the Mennonites of North America" in 1860 was the first attempt at a deliberate over-all union of all Mennonite congregations. The vision was that of [[Oberholtzer, John H. (1809-1895)|John H. Oberholtzer]], who conceived of it as cooperation of autonomous congregations working together in the fields of missions, publication, and education. The beginning was inauspicious, securing the adherence of only a few congregations at the outset, but gradually one third of all the Mennonites of North America was brought under its wing, including most of the large Swiss settlements in [[Indiana (USA)|Indiana]] and [[Ohio (<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">USA</ins>)|Ohio]], and ultimately the [[Central Conference Mennonite Church|Central Conference ]]composed largely of regional Illinois Amish. By no means all of the Russian Mennonite immigrants, however, joined the General Conference, even outside the [[Krimmer Mennonite Brethren|Krimmer Mennonite Brethren]]. and [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]] groups, the Peters-Wall churches (later [[Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches|Evangelical Mennonite Brethren]]) and the large [[Old Colony Mennonites|Old Colony]] group in [[Manitoba (Canada)|Manitoba]] remaining outside. It was successful in bringing together into one working fellowship a great number of congregations of divergent origins and backgrounds.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Since the [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]] and smaller splinter groups from Russia also continued their separate life, and the conservative "Old Colony" groups in Manitoba (1874-1880 arrival) did the same (not joining even the General Conference group), and since several new schismatic groups ([[Fellowship of Evangelical Churches|Evangelical Mennonites]], [[Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches|Evangelical Mennonite Brethren]], [[Mennonite Brethren in Christ|Mennonite Brethren in Christ]];, and [[Central Conference Mennonite Church|Central Conference]]) were formed in the period 1855-1890, both from the older Mennonite Church group and the General Conference Mennonite group, the ranks of the North American Mennonites were by 1900 rather badly broken. The effects of the Oberholtzer division of 1847 in Pennsylvania, of the Mennonite Brethren division of 1860 in Russia, of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ division of 1875 in Indiana and Ontario, and of the smaller Egly (1866) and Stuckey (1871) divisions in Indiana and Illinois, left deeper wounds than was sometimes realized, and augmented the already existing distance between the various Mennonite groups due to differences in European background and to differing emphases developed in America. Hence it was that inter-Mennonite relations in [[North America|North America]] were largely negative or even polemic in the period before World War I (1914-1918).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Since the [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]] and smaller splinter groups from Russia also continued their separate life, and the conservative "Old Colony" groups in Manitoba (1874-1880 arrival) did the same (not joining even the General Conference group), and since several new schismatic groups ([[Fellowship of Evangelical Churches|Evangelical Mennonites]], [[Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches|Evangelical Mennonite Brethren]], [[Mennonite Brethren in Christ|Mennonite Brethren in Christ]];, and [[Central Conference Mennonite Church|Central Conference]]) were formed in the period 1855-1890, both from the older Mennonite Church group and the General Conference Mennonite group, the ranks of the North American Mennonites were by 1900 rather badly broken. The effects of the Oberholtzer division of 1847 in Pennsylvania, of the Mennonite Brethren division of 1860 in Russia, of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ division of 1875 in Indiana and Ontario, and of the smaller Egly (1866) and Stuckey (1871) divisions in Indiana and Illinois, left deeper wounds than was sometimes realized, and augmented the already existing distance between the various Mennonite groups due to differences in European background and to differing emphases developed in America. Hence it was that inter-Mennonite relations in [[North America|North America]] were largely negative or even polemic in the period before World War I (1914-1918).</div></td></tr>
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