https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Yordy,_Richard_(1922-1995)&feed=atom&action=historyYordy, Richard (1922-1995) - Revision history2024-03-29T14:17:27ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.1https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Yordy,_Richard_(1922-1995)&diff=165455&oldid=prevSamSteiner: Text replacement - "|a1_last=Steiner|a1_first=Sam|" to "|a1_last=Steiner|a1_first=Samuel J|"2019-10-27T14:38:01Z<p>Text replacement - "|a1_last=Steiner|a1_first=Sam|" to "|a1_last=Steiner|a1_first=Samuel J|"</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;"><div>In the mid-1930s Richard moved with his family to [[Chicago (Illinois, USA)|Chicago]] because of the difficult times for farmers during the Depression. Spending his teenage years in the city was unusual for a Mennonite of Richard's generation in the U.S. and surely shaped his openness of spirit to new ideas and challenges. His education included B.A. and B.Th. degrees from [[Goshen College (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Goshen College]] and a B.D. degree from [[Goshen Biblical Seminary (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Goshen Biblical Seminary]]. He also studied at Moody Bible Institute, [[Bethany Theological Seminary (Richmond, Indiana, USA)|Bethany Biblical Seminary]], Eastern Illinois University and Garrett Theological Seminary. He was ordained as a minister on 3 November 1946 in [[Perryton Mennonite Church (Perryton, Texas, USA)|Perryton]], Texas, and as a bishop on 19 September 1954 at Freeport, Illinois.</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>In the mid-1930s Richard moved with his family to [[Chicago (Illinois, USA)|Chicago]] because of the difficult times for farmers during the Depression. Spending his teenage years in the city was unusual for a Mennonite of Richard's generation in the U.S. and surely shaped his openness of spirit to new ideas and challenges. His education included B.A. and B.Th. degrees from [[Goshen College (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Goshen College]] and a B.D. degree from [[Goshen Biblical Seminary (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Goshen Biblical Seminary]]. He also studied at Moody Bible Institute, [[Bethany Theological Seminary (Richmond, Indiana, USA)|Bethany Biblical Seminary]], Eastern Illinois University and Garrett Theological Seminary. He was ordained as a minister on 3 November 1946 in [[Perryton Mennonite Church (Perryton, Texas, USA)|Perryton]], Texas, and as a bishop on 19 September 1954 at Freeport, Illinois.</div></td></tr>
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In the mid-1930s Richard moved with his family to [[Chicago (Illinois, USA)|Chicago]] because of the difficult times for farmers during the Depression. Spending his teenage years in the city was unusual for a Mennonite of Richard's generation in the U.S. and surely shaped his openness of spirit to new ideas and challenges. His education included B.A. and B.Th. degrees from [[Goshen College (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Goshen College]] and a B.D. degree from [[Goshen Biblical Seminary (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Goshen Biblical Seminary]]. He also studied at Moody Bible Institute, [[Bethany Theological Seminary (Richmond, Indiana, USA)|Bethany Biblical Seminary]], Eastern Illinois University and Garrett Theological Seminary. He was ordained as a minister on 3 November 1946 in [[Perryton Mennonite Church (Perryton, Texas, USA)|Perryton]], Texas, and as a bishop on 19 September 1954 at Freeport, Illinois.<br />
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Although Richard Yordy sometimes took employment alongside his pastoral responsibilities, his vocation focused entirely on the church. He held pastorates in [[Arthur Mennonite Church (Arthur, Illinois, USA)|Arthur]], Illinois; Perryton, Texas; Freeport, Illinois; [[Champaign County (Illinois, USA)|Champaign]], Illinois; and Hesston, Kansas in the U.S. before moving to St. Jacobs, [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]] in 1977. During his Canadian years, Yordy pastored at [[St. Jacobs Mennonite Church (St. Jacobs, Ontario, Canada)|St. Jacobs Mennonite Church]](1977-1989), and then fulfilled a series of interim pastoral assignments at [[Floradale Mennonite Church (Floradale, Ontario, Canada)|Floradale]], [[Erb Street Mennonite Church (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)|Erb Street]] and [[Listowel Mennonite Church (Listowel, Ontario, Canada)|Listowel]] Mennonite churches in Ontario; Pleasant Valley Mennonite in Bath, New York; and [[Foothills Mennonite Church (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)|Foothills Mennonite Church]] in Calgary.<br />
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Richard Yordy also served the wider church in many ways. In 1970/71 he was Acting President of Goshen Biblical Seminary and was conference minister for the [[Illinois Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA) |Illinois Mennonite Conference]], 1969-1972. He had leadership roles on the [[Mennonite Mutual Aid|Mennonite Mutual Aid]] board, Goshen Biblical Seminary Board of Overseers, Goshen College Board of Overseers, and the Publishing Committee of the [[Mennonite Publication Board (Mennonite Church)|Mennonite Publication Board]]. He also chaired the Mennonite Church's Task Force on Litigation. Yordy undertook similar leadership roles in the [[Illinois Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA) |Illinois Mennonite Conference]] and the [[Mennonite Conference of Ontario and Quebec|Mennonite Conference of Ontario &amp; Quebec]]. <br />
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St. Jacobs Mennonite Church produced a number of pastors that were mentored by Richard Yordy. He encouraged potential leaders to use their gifts, and refused to settle for the easy answers on difficult issues. His was a voice of reason, but with progressive inclinations. While conference minister in the Illinois Conference he helped pave the way for [[Ordination|ordination]] of the first woman pastor in the Mennonite Church. He was a voracious reader, and his sermons were solid, but not flamboyant.<br />
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= Bibliography =<br />
Kropf, Joan. "Yordy Served the Church for Nearly 50 Years." <em class="gameo_bibliography">Mennonite Reporter</em> 25 (12 June 1995): 11.<br />
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<h3>Archival Records</h3> Richard Yordy collection, [http://grebel.uwaterloo.ca/mao/ Mennonite Archives of Ontario].<br />
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