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Abbotsford, BC: Mennonite Church British Columbia, 2011. Address: 305 - 32025 George Ferguson Way, Abbotsford BC V2T 2K7 Phone: 604-850-6658 Website: Mennonite

spread by J. S. Coffman's widespread itinerant work, followed by others who imitated him such as J. S. Shoemaker, Daniel Kauffman, D. D. Miller, S. G. Shetler

Schmiedeleut Bruderhofs as they existed in 1957. MLA style Bender, Harold S. "Schmiedeleut." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web

accumulated, both J. E. Hartzler and J. S. Hartzler resigned because of the financial difficulties of the school. George J. Lapp, missionary on furlough from

County, Ohio, arrived in Elkhart County: Johann Miller, Joseph J. Miller, Jonas Miller, David H. Miller, Eli Tschoppen, Velti Yoder, David Schragen, and

Herald Press,1969. Miller, Ivan J. History of the Conservative Mennonite Conference. Grantsville, MD: Ivan J. and Della Miller, 1985. Miller, Levi. Our People:

were Bontrager, Gingerich, Guengerich, Hartzler, Miller, Kempf, Plank, and Stutzman. MLA style Umble, John S. "Fairfield County (Ohio, USA)." Global Anabaptist

ministers have served the congregation, such as Daniel Miller, Jacob Mast, Christian Miller, George Schrock. This congregation figured prominently in Amish

ordained Jacob P. Miller (1850-1927) as preacher, and in 1901 P. Y. Lehman ordained Miller as bishop. (Ten years later, in July 1911, Miller moved to Bowne

collaboration that eventually resulted in a joint curriculum and faculty. Marlin Miller, who became president of Goshen Biblical Seminary in 1975, was also named

program. Initial members, all of whom were directors of the corporation, were George Classen, Titus Books, Dr. Paul M. Nase, and Henry Martens, in additon to

1800 in eastern Pennsylvania. Upon his death in 1808, his associate, George Miller, drafted the first Discipline (rules and order) of the denomination,

Bamberg. George Zaunring was beheaded near Bamberg in July 1533 (Wappler, Kursachsen, 37). Van Braght's Martyrs Mirror reports the heroic martyr's death of

Maximum offices and services might characterize the early 1990s with a centralized staff and George Bixler as coordinator at Kidron. Offices included a conference

miles (3 km) southwest of Lancaster, was started in 1764 by lottery by John Miller, a Lancaster blacksmith, who purchased of Michael Mayer on 8 May 1749 (surveyed

1898). The teachers in the Bible Term were S. G. Shetler, Daniel Kauffman, J. S. Coffman, A. D. Wenger, and George R. Brunk. The student body grew more rapidly

In 1957 the membership was 102, with O. P. Lal and S. Paul Miller as ministers. MLA style Lapp, George J. "Sankra (Zion) Mennonite Church (Madhya Pradesh

congregation at once joined the Kansas-Nebraska Conference and received S. C. Miller of Jet, Oklahoma, as its first bishop. Later bishops were ordained from

1883-1900, S. C. Miller 1900-10, T. M. Erb and D. H. Bender 1911-23, Harry A. Diener 1923-25, and J. G. Hartzler 1925-55; among the ministers were George R. Brunk

in the late 1950s). B. F. Hamilton, S. C. Miller, T. M. Erb, David D. Miller, Milo Kauffman, and Gideon G. Yoder served the congregation as bishops. The

Hooley was ordained as the congregation's minister. Miller and Hooley shared the pastoral duties until 1933 when Miller moved to Manitou, Colorado, to become

Black Creek Church, and on the Niagara River near Chippewa, known as the Miller Church (Riverside). There were also Quaker families in this region. In 1837

USA to Benjamin J. Waltner (10 April 1888-15 November 1985) and Emma P. Miller Waltner (19 February 1889-15 January 1982). He was the eldest child in a

(1835-1923), Preacher J. S. Hartzler (1857-1953), Bishop D. A. Yoder (b. 1883), Bishop O. S. Hostetler (b. 1874), and Deacon George L. Bender (1867-1921)

Strubhar, John Stahly, Christian Imhoff, Joseph Stalter, Michael Miller, and Jacob Miller, who represented the three orders of the Amish ministry: bishops

of Vineland in 1831 to the ministers Christian Hershi and George Zavitz at Black Creek. George Zavitz was minister in Bertie Township, South. He and his

Evangelical Churches Map:Carlock Mennonite Church (Carlock, Illinois) MLA style Miller, Grace and Samuel J. Steiner. "Carlock Mennonite Church (Carlock, Illinois

Bader, Hans Koller, a young tailor, and Gastel N., a miller from Bavaria. In October 1529 the miller rented a shed to Bader at Läutern near Blaubeuren, eight

states to the valley during 1905-07. Meanwhile, in April-May 1903 Bishop George R. Brunk and M. R. Weaver of Newton, Kansas, in company with R. J. Heatwole

by C. L. Graber 1931-1942, S. C. Yoder 1942-1950, and John H. Mosemann 1950- . Bishops have been D. D. Miller 1903-1942, S. C. Yoder 1942-1956, and John

not refer to Anabaptists or Mennonites. MLA style Bender, Harold S. and Marlin E. Miller. "Priesthood of All Believers." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia

of service (to 1953): J. A. Liechty, 1904-1906; P. R. Lantz, 1906-1912; George M. Hostetler, 1912-1914; C. K. Brenneman, 1914-1919; N. E. Troyer, 1919-1923;

Mennonites there. It can be assumed that of the Mennonites in the U.S.S.R. in the 1950s, some 80 per cent were located east of the Ural Mountains and some

property was constructed. It was dedicated in May 1979. Returned missionaries George and Martha Janzen, Jake and Elfrieda Thielmann, and Gary and Ellie Loewen

outreach. Ministers like George Showalter, Perry Shank, and Joseph Geil rode a circuit route in the Highlands of West Virginia to bring God's message of salvation

congregation’s establishment emerged from a feasibility study conducted by Peter Dyck and George Stoneback on behalf of the Western District’s Home Mission

Mennonites constructed the Mennonite Old People's Home, near the Meadows Mennonite Church, in 1922-1923. George Gundy served as pastor of the church and administrator

Website: https://www.rockcreekbible.org/ Denominational Affiliation: MLA style Miller, Grace and Samuel J. Steiner. "Rock Creek Bible Church (Congerville, Illinois

was constructed with the help of I-W men. Bishop was followed by Cletus S. Miller as pastor. By 1959 the congregation, with a vision for strengthening its

Trujillo in 1950 with the arrival of the first Mennonite missionaries, George and Grace Miller, from Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities (Mennonite

another work of Jesuit origin, the Postilla in Festis Trinitatis, by George Scherer, S.J. (written in 1586 or 89; printed at the monastery of Bruck in Moravia

Illinois. They had eleven children. Fifteen years after Hannah's death he married Anna Kornhaus Miller (1850-22 December 1923) on 22 January 1923. John died 29

vice-chairman; Eugene S. Oberholtzer, Stanley Stauffer, Lester Shaffer, Willis A. Moyer, and Stanley Fretz. Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer S. Shelly were the administrators

of the Lord's Supper. Regular participation in the congregation ranged from the 20s to the 50s. However, in the late 1960s and early 1970s the church/chapel

Violett Cemetery in Goshen. In November 2005 Ruthann Miller married George R. Brunk III. The Miller family moved to Goshen, Indiana in 1946, where Marlin

Moyer MILLER: C. J. Miller. Memorial History of John F. Miller . . . Arthur, IL, 1906, 9 p.; Harry D. Miller, S. S. Yoder, and Earl Miller. Miller Family

topics, concluding with his Marriage in today's world in 1978. C. F. Derstine, George B. Brunk II, John W. Miller, Howard Charles, and Merle Eshleman also wrote

summer 1901. Founding members were David Z. Yoder, J. Z. Mast, C. K. Miller, and D. S. Yoder. The congregation reconstructed the building on a new foundation

Rockhill Mennonite meetinghouse now stands. He was a farmer, weaver, and miller. Dierstein became the first deacon of the Rockhill congregation not later

conference. John Hunsicker's younger brother, Abraham Hunsicker (1793-1872), was ordained as preacher at Skippack on New Year's Day of 1847. He followed

(1974), Unter dem Nordlicht (Under the Northern Lights, 1977), both edited by George K. Epp and others, and A Sackful of Plautdietsch (1983), edited by Al Reimer

June 2001. George Wero was lead pastor, Arnie Miller served as lay leader, and Ben Stoner preached two Sundays a month. The congregation's attendance increased

potatoes. Ivan W. Miller, extensive potato grower from Wayne County, Ohio, had a prominent part in the development of the settlement. The church's first pastor

John Summers, Michael Horst (later bishop), Abram Ebersole, Jacob Risser, George Keener, C. R. Strite, Martin E. Risser, D. R. Lesher, Moses K. Horst (bishop)

in the student body led to an invitation to Orie O. Miller to join the BSNY board of trustees. Miller served in this capacity for 20 years and two of his

the Bowne congregation built a new frame meetinghouse. In May 1881, John S. Coffman held his first protracted evangelistic meetings in the Mennonite church

noted: Bender, Harold S. and John Horsch. Menno Simons' Life and Writings. Scottdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, 1936. Bender, Harold S. Bender. "The Zwickau

of Pennsylvania," was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, the son of George Rupp, and grandson of Johann Jonas Rupp (a Mennonite) of Reihen near Sinsheim

10 apprentices, among whom were Johannes Miller, Johan Rohrer, Valentine Meyer, Jacob Brand, Kitschli Miller, Heinrich Jung, Gottlieb Sellers and Jacob

Goshen, Indiana; George R. Brunk, Denbigh, Virginia; A. P. Heatwole, Waynesboro, Virginia; Noah H. Mack, New Holland, Pennsylvania; D. D. Miller, Middlebury

here. In the Slate Hill congregation three served-—Henry Rupp (1752-1810), George Rupp (1798-1888), and Henry Rupp (1828-98), the first two as preachers,

served the congregation as bishops were John S. Mast and George M. Hostetler; as ministers, Aaron Mast, George M. Hostetler, A. Roy Payne; as deacon, Amos

(mostly Mennonite) of corn and beans was sent to Calcutta in early 1897, and George Lambert of Elkhart was sent to India to supervise distribution of this food

the letters of John Horsch, George Lapp, S. D. Guengerich, J. D. Mininger, M. S. Steiner, Edward Yoder, and the diaries of J. S. Coffman. For a list of contents

conversation between the writers. The first Mennonite/s Writing conference, focused on Canadian Mennonite/s writing, was held at the University of Waterloo in

Kaufman's work belongs to the discussion of Mennonite theology. A Mennonite proposal with much affinity for Kaufman's project was Daniel Liechty's Reflecting

in­cluded Bishop George R. Brunk, and ministers N. E. Ebersole, Ben Horst, and C. W. Miller. When George R. Brunk moved away, S. C. Miller assumed bishop

service, ecumenical Christianity, and at least a mild form of patriotism. Frank S. Ebersole (1875-1965), an active lay leader at Eighth Street who served for

northwestern part of the state. Organized by S. C. Miller in 1895, it had 22 members in 1905, with George C. Hinkel as its minister. Its meetinghouse was

Homer Bomberger and Samuel Miller as moderators and Ernest Bontrager as speaker. Homer served as bishop until 1983 when George Reed was ordained to assist

"The fall of man" in which the serpent's (devil's, Satan's) beguiling work is mentioned. Similarly, Walter Klaassen's Anabaptism in outline (CRR 3) has no

Historic Nonresistance--advocated especially by Guy F. Hershberger, Harold S. Bender, John C. Wenger--emphasized an almost literal obedience to the precepts

Tentative Program of Study for the Garjan Memorial School." M.A. thesis, George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, 1936. Juhnke, James C. A People

Merlin David Miller. Mennonite Church Directory 2014. Harrisonburg, VA: Christian Light Publications, Inc., 2014: 135. Address: 30506 George Smith Road,

Affiliations: Central Plains Mennonite Conference Mennonite Church USA By George S. Miller. Copied by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from

Henry Newcomer, Ulrich Huber, Peter Hershey, Peter and John Houser, and George Garber were here by 1783. The first church, built after 1800, was razed

1950s there were five independent churches (Oak Grove, Casselman, Glade, Gortner, and Pinto) and nine mission points in operation. Noah E. Miller was ordained

March 1923 in Scottdale, Pennsylvania, the third son (of eight children) of George Washington Cutrell (22 February 1891 - 6 September 1966) and Frances Nissley

of Waterloo. His son, George, followed him in that position. It appears that Peter and Magdalena Shirk were members until the 1890s at what became First

three sons and seven daughters. On 13 November 1951 J. Harvey married Myra Miller Hahn (30 May 1881-26 June 1972). J. Harvey died on 18 September 1980 in

Aaron Z. Sensenig as bishop, and George G. Horst and Harry H. Martin as ministers, served a membership of 275 in the late 1950s. Their preaching was exclusively

Leon H. Oberholtzer (2005-2009), Jason H. Kuniholm (2010-2016). Joseph S. Miller and Rodney A. Martin were bishops in 2018. Mast, Eldon R. “The First Deaf

Rediger, Jacob Stauffer, William Schlegel, and George S. Miller. In 1954 the ministers were Ammon Miller and Oliver Roth, with W. R. Richer serving as bishop

Chicago. Additionally, she received instruction from Josef Albers, W. S. Hayter's Atelier 17 in Paris, and Black Mountain College. She taught at Berea College

David Reiff, and George Throne, followed by Christian and Daniel Shank with Martin Whisler. Earlier they worshiped in a building where Flohr's Schoolhouse between

Benjamin Eicher, H. G. Allebach, P. E. Stucky, S. M. Musselman, L. L. Miller, P. K. Regier, H. J. Schrag, A. H. Miller, D. E. Welty, H. D. Metzker, Walter H. Regier

Church. John Miller, John Lehman, and Virgil Vogt (who arrived in 1962) served as early elders in the developing Reba Place group. Miller left in 1969

remaining population had abandoned this style. -- Harold S. Bender MLA style Wenger, J. C. and Harold S. Bender. "Hats." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia

Zook, Edward Diener, and Alton Miller. Missionaries from this church sent to India were Mahlon C. Lapp, Jacob Burkhard, George Lapp, Esther Ebersole Lapp,

Holly Blosser. The same spirit: History of Iowa-Nebraska Mennonites. Freeman, S.D.: Central Plains Mennonite Conference, 2003: 56, 99, 283-284. Address: 14988

Conference of the General Conference Mennonite Church 1891-1991. Freeman, S.D.: The Conference, 1991: 50-53. Toews, W. J. Bethel Mennonite Church, Mountain

Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 5, no. 3 (July 1982): 14-19. Miller, Joseph S. "The Kansas Movement: Paul Erb's Viewpoint." Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 5, no

afterwards is estimated at about $2,500,000. In addition to O. O. Miller, A. J. Miller, and Clayton Kratz, the Mennonite relief workers in Russia included

names are Preheim, Waltner, Kaufman, Graber, Gering, Miller, Ries, and Schrag. During the late 1950s missionaries from the congregation included Mrs. Orlando

Erb, The Theater (1928), and C. F. Derstine, Hell's Playground, Theaters and Movies (1921). -- Harold S. Bender For a report on the Anabaptist and Mennonite

1976. Bender, Harold S. "The Anabaptist Theology of Discipleship." Mennonite Quarterly Review 24 (1950): 25-32. Bender, Harold S., Franklin Littell, Walter

was still required by confession in the 1950s. The Sunday-school enrollment in 1953 was 1105. Young people's meetings, prayer meetings, mission societies

committee of the Amish Mennonite Church [tr. from the German] S. Yoder, C. W. Bender, J. B. Miller," all of the Conservative Amish Church near Grantsville,

John M. Brenneman (1816-1895), John S. Coffman (1848-1899), Daniel Kauffman (1865-1944), John Horsch (1867-1941), Andrew S. Mack (1836-1917), Abner G. Yoder

Smith's estimate, had in 1955 grown to over 5,000 baptized members with some 10,000 souls, still adherents to the Amish-Mennonite faith. -- John S. Umble

North America; and (5) Other groups in North and South America. -- Harold S. Bender Nonconformity as a practice of difference in dress and of difference