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assigned such property to the state church treasury for school and church purposes. (The Mennonite properties were set up as landed properties earning income

seemed to promise a great change for the better. Churches were opened, and properties were restored, and normal community life began to function again. But

Warendorp, a native of Aachen, Germany, purchased a lot on the Singel for 5,000 gilders, beside the brewery "'t Lam" (i.e., at the sign of the Lamb). There

Free State made up 2.5% of the total population. There were three Mennonite delegates in the 1920 legislature of the new city-state (2.5% of the members).

September. Only about 6.5 per cent of the land does not require irrigation. Much of the farming is done on plateaus at altitudes of 5,000 feet or over. The

with your own teachers without any interference of the government; (5) regarding property, our laws are liberal and you are free to follow your own rules along

the country, is located in the center of the fertile Fraser River valley, 2.5 miles (4 km) north of the United States boundary and about 40 miles (65 km)

of houses, etc.; (4) perpetual exemption from military and civil service; (5) exemption from payment of taxes for a period of years; (6) free exercise of

voluntarily, and with eight other Anabaptists was taken to The Hague and beheaded on 5 December 1531. Jan Matthyszoon, the Haarlem baker, soon appeared in Amsterdam

the College was a self-perpetuating board, but in 1905 ownership of the property was transferred to the Mennonite Board of Education, whose members are

million (.5 percent); others, 2.7 million (.4 percent). In 2001 the following major religious groups were registered: Hindus, ca. 828 million (80.5 percent);

USSR had come to mean the triumph of anarchy, the senseless destruction of property and people, and disregard for civilized values. During their first decade

1980s, there were as many "new" congregations (40 with 5,468 members) as "old " ones (41 with 5,867 members). In recent years, many congregations have

afflicted; (4) to carry on relief and service work; and (5) to receive and manage all properties and funds for the above purposes. The MBMC stemed from the

1752, when David Koster, the sole surviving member, died, he willed the property of the congregation to the Mennonite Church of Leiden. In 1879 it was apparent

in 1909. In 1951 the conference was incorporated and could now hold the properties in connection with its institutions. The Finance Committee consisted of

men and seven women) were imprisoned in the Hexenturm on bread and water. On 5 April they managed to escape. But they were soon captured and subjected to

now sought to destroy the prosperous settlements by confiscating their property and removing them to uninhabited areas. Only the outbreak of the Revolution

Board of Missions and Charities for city, rural, and even foreign work, the Property Aid Plan, the Automobile Aid Plan, the organization and supervision of

stipulations of the mandates. They were thrown into prison, deprived of their property; it was made a criminal offense to shelter them, employ them, feed them;

all things, concerning the sonship of Christ and His sufficient atonement; (5) concerning possible recantation. If they recanted they had to give up all

communication, finances, development and constituency relations, human resources, property management, and annual assembly planning. The church paper of MC Canada

Olgafeld, 28 farms; No. 3, Michelsburg, 35 farms; No. 4, Rosenbach, 18 farms; No. 5, Alexandertal, 23 farms; No. 6, Sergeyevka, 20 farms. In 1923 the village Karlovka

pioneer custom of naming a church after the family from whose land the property was secured, either by purchase or donation. These congregations are First

included, besides imprisonment for longer or shorter periods, confiscation of property and expulsion from Zürich territory. Bullinger in particular had great

obliged to give their possessions to the common good, and shall have no property; (5) If one partner in a marriage is a true believer and the other is not

built a large two-story building on the Vtoroy Vsvos in Mokraya. All of his property was confiscated during the Revolution of 1917. In 1902 Johann P. Isaak

what the parents have saved through their labor, and also that inherited property may be administered poorly or in bad faith by relatives or friends, it

the emigration movement. The German authorities kept 10 per cent of the property of those leaving the country. For a while passports were refused. Also

level, corresponding to village commune and district volost in Russia, and (5) a series of subsidiary institutes such as school, Waisenamt, and fire insurance

"appointments," with ordained ministers. The total value of church property was $5,072,000, and annual per capita giving was $142.07. For the history of

with Bestvater making him the owner of the school property on condition that he teach at the school for 5 successive winters. The school reopened in November

attached to the British cause and had suffered, as a consequence, the loss of property, and other abuses. The claim was accepted when supported by a single witness

were established about six miles (10 km) apart, each being about three miles (5 km) from the business district of the city. The winter of 1944-1945 brought

settled in the villages 1-5 and 9. Some help was received from American Mennonite Relief. Many homes, churches, and other property had been destroyed. C.

(Ephesians 2:8, 9; Titus 3:5), baptism on confession of faith (Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38), the avoidance of oaths (Matthew 5:34-37; James 5:12), the Biblical doctrine

adjust to the Communist philosophy of education. In 1914 the estimated property of the settlement (population of some 3,500) amounted to 11,145,000 rubles

goods (communism) among Christians are the chapters in the Book of Acts 2, 4-5, where the economic practices of the primitive church in Jerusalem are described

for "fist"; the term meant the more prosperous peasants). Confiscation of property, arrests, exile, banishment to concentration camps—these were the common

obligation of military service derived from the ownership of property. Accordingly, the purchase of property by Mennonites, whose number was constantly increasing

town in the Dutch province of Friesland (coordinates: 53.05611, 5.40321 [53° 3′ 21″ N, 5° 24′ 11″ E]), close to the dike which shuts off the former Zuiderzee

21.9% of the population in China are folk religionists, 18.2% are Buddhist, 5.1% are Christians, 1.8% are Muslims, 0.8% are of other religions, while unaffiliated

been 15-20 per cent. In 1640 the Mennonite population was estimated at nearly 5,000 baptized members. The city was known as "the Mennonite Haarlem" because

Basel, Switzerland. The Ailsa Craig (Ontario) Boys Home was also owned property (since 1955). Three mental hospitals were owned and operated through an

all service in the army or court, or any other pertaining to the sword; but (5) they should pay their annual rental fee and other taxes, according to the

Petershagen, Ladekopp, some from Ohrloff and Tiege, making a total of approximately 5,000. The first meetinghouse at Lichtenau was built in 1826, a second and larger

good of all. In some wings of Anabaptism, property was to be held in common, while in others private property was permissible, but it was to be at the disposal

took charge of the Buenos Aires congregation. The mission bought its first property in Buenos Aires in June 1946. Because of governmental regulations which

Ministries, a discipleship and counselling center in Plain City, Ohio. The property of the former Sunnyhaven Childrens' Home was given to the Fellowship in

matter. Suddenly the sharpest persecution set in against the Anabaptists. On 5 March 1528, the unstable Elector Ludwig V, 1508-1544, upon the insistence of

Kansas 6, with 343 members: Reno 5, Anderson 1; Ontario 5, with 260(?) members: Perth and Waterloo 3, Elgin 1, Grey 1; Michigan 5, with 226 members: St. Joseph

of their faith; their property was also seized by the authorities. In the Netherlands during the time of persecution the property of martyrs who were sentenced

Salzburg. Indications of this are seen in the Neue Zeitung of 1528, whose author claims to have been an eyewitness: "Here (in Salzburg?) the guest Brethren

although not as much as some of the Mennonites of the Ukraine. Requisitions of property, grain, horses, etc., were common. In 1921 the Settlement experienced a

values of neighborliness, honesty, self-reliance, and reverence for life and property were most persistently developed. It is in this respect that Mennonite

beheaded there 13 August 1585; Leonhard Sumerauer, beheaded at Burghausen 5 July 1585; Christian Geiger, beheaded at Munich 13 September 1586 (Oesterreichisches

the east. The Congo Free State was formed in 1885 as the personal private property of King Leopold II of Belgium. Belgium took over the free state as a Belgian

Dutch province of North Holland, east of Amsterdam (coordinates: 52° 18′ 0″ N, 5° 13′ 48″ E), formerly the seat of a Mennonite congregation, sometimes also

minimization of the role of the state, and the institution of private property . . ." (Hoover, 294-5). Adam Smith (1723-90) proposed that the seeds of capitalism

debate with the Anabaptists in his home (Loserth gives the date erroneously as 5 June in the church of St. Mary). He published an account of it, Gespräch etlicher

membership in 1956 were as follows in chronological order: Franconia (1725), 5,404; Lancaster (1775), 15,046; Washington County, Maryland, and Franklin County

torture and to sentences of death, imprisonment, exile, or confiscation of property. Such incessant pressure eventually broke the dynamism of many Anabaptist

Kohlhof, though the Wagners were no longer Mennonites. In 1806 it became the property of the inhabitants. As a congregation Kohlhof is first mentioned in 1790

themselves in the country. An extraordinarily sharp mandate issued by Ferdinand on 5 July 1561 complained about the negligence and carelessness of his subordinates

permission to establish a fund for the purchase of camp property provided that the property would not have swimming facilities. The onus soon shifted

hold title to real estate and other property, to lease, operate, maintain, and sell or otherwise dispose of the same. (5) For the aforesaid purpose to solicit

five years. The estimated replacement value of the buildings on the Eden property was $1,335,000. During the 1960s the average dorm population was around

upkeep and management of this property were met by interest from investments and by voluntary contributions. The church property suffered some damage during

study of the Spanish language in April 1945. The mission acquired its first property when the Board purchased an unoccupied, independent mission station at

Mennonite Johann Cornies), where for about 40 years it practiced private property. In 1859-60 some leader dared to re-establish communal life as of old,

(Hufen) of land were from Heubuden, and of the total sum of 30,624 guilders, 5,343 were from Heubuden. In the village of Heubuden, 67 Mennonite homes occupied

most extensive (104,094 sq. mi./269,837 sq. km.) and 22nd most populous (est. 5,116,796 – July 2011) of the 50 states of the United States. Colorado is nicknamed

outlook and set out to destroy any order and to punish those who possessed property. The settlements of Molotschna, Chortitza, Borozenko, and Zagradovka suffered

Service. The Board of Business and Administration was responsible for properties and financial transactions. In 1990 the membership of EMMC was 3,470 in

widely: it was right to deal in property, it was not right to traffic in human life. Property insurance made merchandise of property; while life insurance made

administrative involvement in the mother colony. In 1863 they rented a property known as Markusland in Ekaterinoslav province and established two villages

house, the inn, the wine cellars, and the woods were still held as communal property by the present-day Habaner. The mill, erected in 1739, was still working

Den Burg, pop. (1950 5,000; 2001 6,000), principal town on the Dutch island of Texel, where soon after 1530 Anabaptism gained a foothold. On 15 September

council, following Zürich's example, sharpened exile by confiscation of property. About 1616 a small group of Swiss Brethren gathered in the house of Fridli

vehicles. Those families not in agreement with this decision sold their properties and left, leaving North American families as a minority within the settlement

Brethren Herald (27 May 1988): 24. Address: 32068 King Road, R.R.5, Abbotsford, BC V2S 4N5; located at the corner of King Road and Clearbrook Road Telephone:

and was thus banished from his wife and children, for whose support his property was appropriated. Denck swore the oath and left the city a deeply shaken

Census of Religious Bodies for 1936 listed Apostolic Christians of America with 5,841 members in 57 churches (only 1,300 growth since 1906), and the Nazarene

Chaco jungle growth. This land was purchased by and in 1955 still was the property of Mennonite Central Committee. By 1 January 1950, 6,340 acres (2,536 ha

conference, at a special delegate session on 5 November 2011, voted to transfer title of the church property from the conference to the congregation. Canadian

forever from the territory of Utrecht, Holland, and Zeeland, and their property was confiscated for the benefit of Philip II. After this occurrence there

about a heavy tax imposed by the estates. Adam von Dietrichstein had died on 5 February 1590 and had passed on the inheritance to his three sons, Maximilian

Flemish (25 congregations in Groningen, 10 in Friesland, 4 in Holland, and 5 in East Friesland) had apparently met regularly in the first half of the 17th

Kota-Nopan—2 families (10 persons); Muara-Sipongi—2 families (10 persons); Pakantan—5 families (21 persons). These congregations have not joined the Battak Church

years of existence the mission acquired 28 properties valued at 480,555 Argentine pesos. Among these properties there were 14 churches, 17 pastoral homes

even a major leader. Hubmaier has been blamed as the originator, and as the author of the Twelve Articles (October 1524) of the peasants, but both charges

inviting the church to operate the school. The college then became the property of the Mennonite Brethren Church. After temporarily closing its doors for

in Tyrol, Austria, near St. Lorenzen in the Puster Valley, about 3 miles (5 km) from Bruneck, in a district of the same name, which, though small, played

published 10 times each year. The Sarasota Christian School, Sunnyside Properties and Nursing Home, World's Attic (Ten Thousand Villages), and the Southern

homes and breweries. The people were impoverished; the church mortgaged its property. It would have been small wonder if the congregation had disbanded. The

including 5 acres of land. The original building was added to many times and then in 1970, a new building was erected on the same property. The sanctuary

reference to other regions and times. Emphasis is on attitudes toward private property, mutual aid, poverty, the "call" to a secular vocation, work, saving money

baptized were ordered to vow under oath that they would not sell their property or leave the city without the knowledge and permission of the city council

master Leonhard Lutz (Hege, 45). Stephan Böhmerle returned, and was executed on 5 October 1529, as the first martyr of Esslingen. The city council of Esslingen

to sell their property. If they did not do so within the fixed time, their houses were to be locked, the fire put out, and the property sold. The income

military takeover in October 1969 and eventual nationalization of all mission properties and programs in 1972 significantly altered mission involvement in Somalia

wine of communion are not the real body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. (5) Jesus is not the actual and true Son of God. (6) All the damned and ungodly

committee. Newton Gingrich died suddenly of a heart attack at a family retreat property near Drumbo, Ontario on 1 August 1979. His friend, Vernon Leis, described

congregation that became known as the Weber Mennonite Church. The deed for this property was drawn up 23 March 23 1854. In 1894 a new brick building was constructed

who is evil" (Matthew 5:39). The term pacifism is likewise derived from the words of Jesus, "Blessed are the peacemakers" (Matthew 5:9); hence true Christian

to either of the two principalities. This was done in May 1531 (Franz, No. 5, 13a, 14a). On the part of Saxony and especially of the Lutheran divines no

by A. Hershey Leaman, the mission board retained the property, and Rhea surrendered the property after receiving some back pay the board had been unable

congregation purchased property about 5 km. north of Wheatley on the Wheatley-Tilbury Townline in Romney Township. The existing garage on the property was converted

autonomous was the Mennonite Aid Association (founded in 1911), a mutual aid property insurance organization. -- John C. Wenger From 1954 to 1986 the Indiana-Michigan

Pierre Sommer's reminiscences in Almanack Mennonite du Cinquantenaire, 1951). (5) From all these areas migration to America continued intermittently through

church, and is it to be sinless?); (4) infant baptism (is it Christian?); (5) the oath (can a Christian take an honest, true oath?); (6) the state (can

January 1987): 5 (on Japanese war tax trial, 1986). Minutes of the 109th [Seventh biennial] General Conference, Brethren in Christ Church, July 5-July 10, 1986

branch of the Old Flemish, followers of Uco Walles, (4) Danzig Old Flemish, (5) Waterlanders, (6) Groningen Old Flemish, (7) from about 1680 also Paltsers

Liechty was appointed as first superintendent and pastor. In 1907 the property and administration of the mission was given to the Mennonite Board of Missions

and was used by the congregation there as a house of worship. The Harmony property became part of a local farm. The Union Mennonite Church also closed in

Mennonite Mission as sponsor. The medical station—hospital, bungalow, and property—was turned over to a recognized non­denominational Christian organization

Especially gifted in diplomacy, Wiebe was instrumental in registering properties, forming the governing council of the India Mennonite Brethren church

spiritual welfare; the Board of Trustees held in custody and managed the property and funds; the boards for foreign mission, city missions, publication,

be held in the District No. 5 School House. By the spring of 1907 the East Holbrook group had outgrown the District No. 5 School House. Thus the group

group which bought a lakefront property at Arnes, on Lake Winnipeg. The war interrupted their development plans for the property and camp. A new group took

elector on 11 August 1694, requesting that the persecution be stopped, the property be restored, and that protection be granted them in the future. The Dutch

Immelhausen, a village in Baden, Germany, 2.5 miles (four km) south of Sinsheim, has been the seat of a Mennonite congregation for over 250 years. The

the church was supervised by the Committee of Reference and Counsel; its property and funds was taken care of by the Board of Trustees; the various phases

1927 the mission board sold the Garden Street property, which had become too small. It purchased a property on Ann Street and erected a parsonage and a church

(Jahresbericht) of the forestry service in Russia compiled for taxing Mennonite property. The almanacs, such as Mennonitisches Jahrbuch, edited by H. Dirks and

Lange, to this school. At this school, located at the Kirschenhardthof (a property near Stuttgart), Lange, together with others, became a "friend of Jerusalem"

Pankratz, their first pastor. They met in a small building on the latter’s property on Ferndale Road and the church was named the United Mennonite Church of

Diener am Wort into their businesses in order to collect much money and property. This statement was aimed at the "High German preacher," who was designated

the German English Academy Board to allow its property to become Conference of Mennonites in Canada property. In 1947 when faculty and facilities became

church building in the Livingston area, about seven miles (11.5 km) away. The Peach Avenue property was purchased at that time. The new congregation held the

the Mennonite congregations, which has been furnished by several recent authors." (2) "Presentation of the organization of the West Prussian Mennonite congregations

various Mennonite missionary undertakings. He donated his Rosthern house and property to help found the Rosthern Home for the Aged. He also supported the Children's

nearest post office at Velikoknyazheskoye. It was founded in 1864, covered 5,400 acres and in 1912 had a population of 950, mostly Mennonites, belonging

On 18 July 1911, he married Elizabeth D. Wiebe (11 January 1893, Canada – 5 August 1973, Loma Plata, Menno North, Paraguay), his stepsister from his stepmother’s

of the Western District’s Home Mission Committee on 8-10 October 1956. On 5 June 1957, Donald G. Wismer accepted a call as the pastor of the Denver Mennonite

children of Gerhard Niebuhr (10 June 1818, Kronsweide, Chortitza, South Russia - 5 April 1856, Kronsthal, Chortitza, South Russia) and Margaretha (Braun) Niebuhr

 (Zinsbrief) concerning Anabaptist property of Illingen leased out by the official management of Anabaptist property. Bossert, Gustav. Quellen zur Geschichte

strengthened. Over the years services were held in Cashmere Schoolhouse, S.S. No. 5, Mosa, Austen School, Presbyterian church in Bothwell, in Clachan Hall. In

Leyen (Verleyen), an Anabaptist martyr, was executed at Antwerp, Belgium, on 5 October 1555, by being bound into a sack and drowned in the Scheldt River.

strengthen the Brethren in prison by reading the Scripture and admonishing. On 5 and 6 March 1526 the whole company of prisoners was given a second trial. The

amalgamate the two groups into one and begin meeting in Lake Errock. In 1960 property was purchased and in 1961 a building was completed. In 1963 the group organized

work most of their land collectively, though each retained some of his property. The government supported this effort by making tractors and threshing

Melchior Hoffman and Bernhard Rothmann regarded humanity as the devil's property, and Christ's atonement as bringing liberation from this bondage. Peter

estimated population of 5,415,949. The Slavs, ancestors of the Slovaks, arrived in the territory of present-day Slovakia in the 5th and 6th centuries. By

formally held all properties owned by the conference. In addition to various urban and rural mission-related properties, this included properties related to Braeside

once the property of Andreas Ehrenpreis, one of the leaders. Codex J—Codex Breitmichl (signature G. J. VI. 25), begun in 1591, extends to 5 April 1668

encourage the formation of new churches. The first Waterford service was held on 5 October 1958 at Bethany Christian High School. Peter Wiebe led both Yellow

Osthofen, a market village in Rhenish Hesse, Germany, three miles (5 km) north of Worms, where there were Mennonites soon after the end of the Thirty Years'

Mountain Lake, Minnesota in 1878; David remained in Russia. He was baptized on 5 June 1872. On 19 June 1875 he married Margareta Dück of Pordenau. Ten children

274), expressing the suspicion that "some intend to make all things common property and compel everyone to accept their faith by means of the sword; besides

000; Schleswig Holstein-Hamburg 1,500; Vistula Delta and Königsberg 5,000; Hutterites 5,000; a total of over 150,000. Without unbaptized children the baptized

he bought the land of Dirck Sipman in Pennsylvania (5,000 acres), who had taken over the property (1,000 acres) of Govert Remke. Both were among the first

still Mennonites), had 5,800 policyholders in 1955, with about $37,000,000 property coverage. Approximately one third of its 5,520 members were members

new church one mile (1.5 km) north in Hallum. Hence the present church at Hallum owns the land (6 acres) which had been the property of the Hijum church.

member of the Reformed Church, with his second wife and Michael Rüsser (1684/5-ca. 1759), a son of his first marriage. Michael, who was arrested for his faith

killing of animals and human beings, sexual relations, and the owning of property were equally serious sins. He who rids himself of these things is saved;

by Heinrich and Peter Heese, Ekaterinoslav, having an annual turn over of 1.5 million rubles. In 1908 the Chortitza and Molotschna settlements had a total

land were made to the Ontario Realty Corporation, and a few years later property was purchased to the south of the original site. This gave the new congregation

affected directly by Communism, most of whom have lost their homes and other property. This number constitutes about one third of the Mennonites of the world

Mountain Mennonite Conference delegate body decided to sell the property. The property was sold in February 1980--the Mennonite Board of Missions received

auditorium over what is now Spicer’s Bakery. Later in 1900 they purchased a property at 75 Talbot St W. For over 50 years the mission was located in this building

Protestant (Lutheran) faith and were not willing to desist, had to sell their property, but were not expelled into the foreign lands to increase their forces

five districts: (1) Orloff with 6 villages, (2) Grünfeld 5, (3) Reinfeld 8, (4) Kleefeld 8, and (5) Markovka 6. All ordained ministers were recognized as

the church. In 1973 the church became a registered charity, and in 1974 property held by the mission was deeded to the church. Since 1970 the church among

Mennonite's invitation to establish denominational offices on the Lombard property. The General Board's offices were built adjacent to the church the following

addition, to a strong emphasis on justification alone through faith, the author already stresses the sanctification of life, which must be shown in all

Bergthal Mennonite, who pursued lumbering and furniture production on his property. He made 14,000 hectares (34,580 acres) available to the new colony. With

worked at the Vermanung, which was published in 1542. The book names as its authors "the believing comrades of the covenant and of the suffering that is in

few rods of the German border near the village of Weiler some three miles (5 km) from Wissembourg, commonly called the Weiler Children's Home. In the summer

missionary couple to Tokyo. The present Honan-cho church center purchased property and began work in 1954. On 15 January 1956 the first three baptisms took

known as the Manitou Mennonite Mission, was started in the town in 1920. Property was purchased on Deer Path Avenue on which a building was constructed and

flee, but failed and was imprisoned in the tower of the "Ratsbote" Thomas. On 5 January 1529 they were summoned to give an account of themselves. Ten days

was built on what is presently part of the "old" cemetery on the current property along Smucker Road, East of Smithville. A second church, (Pleasant Hill)

Martens, Albert Dyck, Abram J. Friesen, Jacob Lepp, and Henry P. Hooge. A property located west of Clearbrook Road, and a little south of what is now South

arrested  a meeting of 11 women and 16 men, whose leader was a former priest. On 5 November 1527 ten women and one man recanted and were expelled from the country

contribution to the church's life is made by Camp Maranatha, a lovely beach property with room for 60 persons. The facility is also rented to other evangelical

Mennonite Evangelical Congregations. In 2020 the congregation moved to a property it had purchased on Waterway Road; at that time, it changed its name to

1996. In 1995 the congregation acquired a duplex adjacent to the church property at 858-860 Elati Street. Two years later the duplex was converted to a

larger sanctuary and more Sunday school space, Itpursued selling the current property and building a new church on Loewen Boulevard (then called Townline Road)

held in Aylmer, Ontario, adopted a motion to establish a Bible School. On 5 January 1976 Ben W. Sawatsky began the first instruction at the Aylmer Bible

family. In The Netherlands during the period of persecution (1530-1575) the property of the martyrs was usually confiscated, but there were a few cases in Amsterdam

destruction of Kafumba, Lusemvu, and Matende centers with very extensive property losses. Henceforth, missionaries concentrated their efforts at Kajiji,

of fusion was adopted in which the CIM was dismantled as a mission, its properties and equipment were turned over to the church and the church was recognized

serve the needs of the community. In addition to a church building, the 1.5-acre complex includes a convent, garage, two-story school, and a two-story

493 Dutch guilders and its property, about 6400 guilders, passed to the Rijper Sociëteit. De Zondagsbode XLVI (1932-33): Nos. 3-5, 11. Doopsgezind Jaarboekje

sentenced to death, Margriete being executed about six weeks after her husband on 5 July 1557. They died loyally; their names are celebrated in the hymn "Aenhoort

like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them" (Matthew 25:14). Faithfulness is the standard of judgment when

initially calling it the Friendship Center. In 1969, a hurricane destroyed the property. The Board then purchased and renovated a house on Cottrell Street that

four classes of priests. The priests were required to give up all personal property, and lay members to tithe. The brotherhood found adherents in Holland,

village. After a series of violent encounters with much destruction of property and some loss of life, the Baluba people decided that they had but one

lumberyard in the Molotschna settlement but also made an income from the property he owned. Likely using the profits from the Neuteich Estate and the inheritance

the Emphyteusis Law (the right to the enjoyment of property with a given stipulation that the property will be improved or maintained in an agreed upon manner)

1957 the Associação Evangélica (AEM) was formed as a legal entity to hold property titles for the churches established in the cities of São Paulo, Valinhos

each had seven churches, and three churches were located in Hualien. All property, whether used by the mission or FOMCIT was legally registered in the name

Indonesia is a land of 13,000 islands and a distance from west to east of 5,000 km. It is also a meeting place for many cultures. Indonesia has a steadily

leave; Certorejsky took from them all their goods, causing them a loss of 5,000 florins, and drove them from the Frischau Bruderhof, not sparing the sick

Karlsruhe, and the other north. Malsch, in the Ettlingen district, with about 5,000 predominantly Catholic inhabitants in the 1950s, belonged formerly to the

expelled with his family. Later on both Zürich and Bern confiscated the property of the exile. In Switzerland Mennonites continued to be banished on religious

In some Anabaptist groups, these views led to a repudiation of private property. Hutterites insisted on sharing economic possessions and on living in a

monotheism. The sanctity of relationships toward family, neighbor, time, property, and the inner life is carefully prescribed in a brief set of "ten words"

tanner and leather dealer became quite well-to-do, and acquired considerable property, which the Count of Schauenburg placed at the disposal of Mennonites, Reformed

Spanish Sunday School. The first meeting of this Sunday school was held on 5 April 1925, in the Cheraw Hall. With the help of the two churches, he superintended

Church sponsored a Christian school in rented facilities for two years. This property became unavailable after the 1981-82 school year, and no nearby land became

Spirit River on Highway 49, 14 miles north on Highway 725, 5 miles west on Highway 681, and 5.5 miles north on Range Road 93. Phone: 780-351-2142 Denominational

public inquiry by Westerners puts indigenous Christians under jeopardy of property destruction and even death. But an urgent desideratum for our times is

the decrees of his royal majesty, executed with fire, and declare all her property confiscated for the benefit of his majesty aforesaid. Done in court on

Peter Penner, were involved in helping the Rosenfeld villagers sell their property in preparation for the move. They settled in Blumenort, Manitoba (East

of SCR enabled the three congregations to jointly acquire The Whitmore property directly across the street from the church building and transform it into

Wellington North Township, Wellington County, on the east side of Concession 11, 5 km. west of Highway 6, and midway between Kenilworth and Mount Forest, Ontario

Fellowship Chapel." Web. 5 April 2010. http://www.cfchapel.com/ Mennonite Brethren Herald (27 May 1988): 54; (19 March 1993): 21; (5 August 1994): 20. When

Church). The assessed valuation of property covered in 1953 was approximately $6,773,000 and the amount paid out that year was $5,421.66. Assessments averaged

1988. Average weekly attendance at that time was 150. In 1997 additional property was purchased adjacent to the church and a new church facility seating

given at the communion service; there was no com­pulsion. II Corinthians 9:5. Only those really in need and worthy of help received support. Special provisions

1897 to serve all branches of Mennonites. In 1953 it had 5,550 members with over $55,000,000 property coverage. MLA style Bender, Harold S. "Mennonite Mutual

members, merged in June 1983 to establish the Greeley Mennonite Church. On 5 June Kreider was installed as pastor of the new congregation, and on 30 June

Bluffton, Ohio, a mutual fire and storm insurance association, was organized 5 June 1866 to serve the Swiss Mennonites of Allen, Putnam, and Hancock counties

Guilford Meetinghouse. -- Abram Good Maple Hill Mennonite Church is 3½ miles (5.5 km.) southwest of Wadsworth, Ohio, formerly a member of the Wisler (Old Order

congregational programming. In 1996 the congregation obtained approval for use of a property on the main street of downtown Elmira. It would allow for regular congregational

hold English services was thwarted by the discovery that the deed to the property prohibited holding any but German services in the building. Assistance

Georg Pfersfelder (actually Georg Gross), a baron living and owning property at Weilersburg in the district of Bamberg, Germany, in the service of the

was organized on 6 January 1924. In the mid-1950s it covered assessable property of seven million dollars. Their rate was $1.50 per thousand for houses

1987 the House of Friendship approved a $3.5 million project to purchase a half acre of inner city property, on Erb Street, to "provide permanent housing

to arrest the Anabaptist leaders and punish them severely in body and property. On 5 February 1532, Bern complained that Anabaptists were holding secret

church. He was baptized into the Rudnerweide Sommerfeld Mennonite Church on 5 June 1900. He joined the Altona Bergthaler Mennonite Church in 1907, was elected

established in Christianity the 'mine' and the 'thine'; in fact private property came up." Clement was emphatically opposed to this and even quotes pagan

do business in this county and any other adjoining it. In 1957, with a property coverage of $14,000,000, it had over 800 members. Membership in the association

Bible. Hans Müller was ordained as an Anabaptist minister sometime before 5 January 1636 when the Zurich Council ordered his arrest as an Anabaptist "Lehrer"

for pastors and prospective leaders. In 1984 a large, centrally located property was purchased to provide a meetinghouse for Casa Horeb, the new 200-member

Buenas Nuevas Ministerio. On the main street of the city a corresponding property was acquired with buildings that provide space for the bookstore, Librería

hypocrisy    5. Thus saith the Lord    6. The Christian style of life Meyer, Albert J. & Klaassen, Walter. Church and Mennonite colleges. Pp. 5-42.    1.

to remodel and enlarge the house, to make room for 15 residents and about 5 workers. The home was controlled by a board of nine members, who appointed

Christoffel Fierens was an Anabaptist martyr who was executed 5 December 1572 at Meenen (Menin) in Flanders with Willem de Rijke (le Riche) by burning

years, meetings were being held in all districts of the church. In time property was purchased and permanent camps established. In 1986 Missionary Church

sub-committees: Administration and Finance Personnel & Tenant Relations Property Maintenance New Projects Bylaw review Resource Development Executive Director

the church granted permission to a splinter group within Rainbow (approx. 5 families), to establish a new colony near Macgregor, Manitoba, which became

converts in the area began attending the Bethany congregation in Rich Hill, 2.5 hours away. The denomination's Mission Board decided to place a missionary

Maple Leaf Foods hog processing plant. In 2010 it was estimated that about 5,000 Hispanic people were part of Brandon (pop. 43,000). The work began as an

27′ 37″ N, 18° 41′ 17″ E]; population in 1905, 253) is located approximately 5 kilometres (3 miles) south-west of Dragacz (Dragaß), 19 km. (12 miles) east

The Westdale meetinghouse was built in 1997, on John McComb's farm. When property was purchased from John McComb in 1988 in order to build a school for the

God; who have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts (Galatians 5:24); who have put on Christ Jesus, and reflect Him, and become like unto Him

annually. The Mercedes Corporation, which Milo launched (1981), focused on property development including many St. Jacobs businesses, the Ontario Livestock

blossomed under his leadership and a larger building became a necessity. The property on 22nd Street was sold, and a new building erected at 111 Witney Avenue

On 5 December 1974, fifty people committed to the formation of a new Mennonite congregation in the village of Wellesley, Ontario. This emerging group provided

the mission hospital in Tayu. It also resulted in the destruction of much property including the large, beautiful church building at Margorejo and the hospital

Witmarsum Theological Seminary, which transferred its assets in endowment, property, and library to the new school. However, during its stay in Chicago 1945-1958

and said that the state should be obeyed in all matters of the body and property. On 15 March came the verdict of Leipzig that Sturm was to be burned at

of the crossroads city of Belfort in eastern France (coordinates: 47° 40′ 5″ N, 6° 50′ 33″ E), is the location of the headquarters of the Association Fraternelle

Blandford church property. After 1938 Mennonite services in Blandford Township were revived in a church on the 9th Concession, one mile (1.5 km) east and south

suppressed the Mennonite Church (Meserete Kristos Church), expropriated church properties, and detained Mennonite church leaders without charges and without trial

called from outside: Jan Jacobs Tichelaar, called from Stiens, served 1704/5-d. 1721, followed by Jelte Jeltes Postums 1721-1749, Dirk Jansz Bogert 1751-1761

Beall Avenue. The Mission Board approved the purchase and turned over its property in Wooster to the church. The ground-breaking ceremony for the new church

Church Alberta on 22 March 2013. When the opportunity to purchase its own property came up in 2020, the Chin congregation began to pray. It calculated the

1965, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada). He never married. Walter died on 5 July 2004 in Abbotsford, British Columbia, where he was buried. Walter’s parents

The Rocky View Christian School began in 1978 in a building on the church property. The first local ministers were ordained on 4 December 1975 -- Ray Nikkel

of God in Christ, Mennonite, and continued on as mission workers on the property until 1964. A children's home, known as Hilltop Children's Home, was built

he lives in love (which the Holy Spirit has poured into his heart) [Romans 5:5], rejoicing in all good works, in the law, commandments, and morality given

into a formalized Christian communalism (Gütergemeinschaft) in which all property was held in common by the Bruderhof, at once a social, economic, and religious

Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities agreed to take over Camp Rehoboth's property. It established a board to administer the program and placed Robert Stoltzfus

years, the church rented the facilities of a Baptist church. When that property was sold, the Ethiopian church approached the Mennonite Central Committee

Aristotle to Lincoln slaves were not party to democracy. Often there are property and residence qualifications. Only in the past century have women been

Dinh congregations until he left in April 1976. All the Mennonite Church properties were confiscated. Some members left the country; others returned to the

communism was a major contention, and thus the focus was on property, not on work which makes property, resources, and stewardship basically possible. The "communal"

(GCM). Elkhart, IN: The author, 1971): 7-19. Harder, Leland. Fact Book of Congregational Membership (GCM). Elkhart, IN : the author, 1980-81. Hicks, Jean

Isaac Reist Horst: Old Order Mennonite farmer, teacher, translator and author, was born 28 May 1918 in Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada

Kornelius K. Neufeld: printer; born 22 January 1898 in Nikolayevka (Kronstadt) No. 5, Ignatyevo, South Russia to Kornelius Neufeld (11 February 1873, Andreasfeld

state regulation was passed requiring the Mennonites to pay an annual sum of 5,000 talers for the support of the military school at Culm in return for these

to earn a living from his medical work. He built a clinic on his son’s property and began to treat Mennonites and local Mexicans, also travelling through

60 Years." [Program of Bethany’s 60th Anniversary Service, 10 April 1987]: 5. Guenther, Bruce. "Training for Service: The Bible School Movement in Western

Schwyz on 29 May 1525, the first on Reformed soil was Felix Manz at Zürich on 5 January 1527, and the first on Lutheran soil were two men and four women at

semi-communal. The semi-communal has been normative, calling for private property in the form of home and business yoked to a radical doctrine of stewardship

services dependent upon the introduction of the ban and excommunication. (5) In their conception of marriage "that it shall be one man and one woman, obligated

intellect (ability and talents), and we are born into a material world (property, money, wealth). With these three gifts at birth (time, talent and treasure)

three was appointed to manage the fund. An assessment of 0.5 per cent on net and clear property was levied on the members (payment was voluntary, however)

martyr, burned at the stake at Kortrijk (Courtrai) in Flanders, Belgium, on 5 February 1556. Bare was quite impetuous, for in prison he broke an image of

became their property. The society collected funds and raised membership dues which enabled it to build churches. Membership dues were $5.00. Little information

Louis Michelle, who traveled in the Pequea region of Pennsylvania in 1704-5, organized a land company whose holdings were to be settled by Swiss Mennonites

result, the concepts of property and property rights have evolved. The Anabaptist and subsequent Mennonite concepts of property are rooted firmly in a particular

while the 1764 law specified that only the youngest son could inherit the property, Mennonites, through provisions granted in their 1800 Privilegium, could

Expansion on the company property had resulted in the excavation of a 36-acre lake, which was ceded to the District of Matsqui on 5 November 1979 as a community

(pop. 18,535 in 2007) in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland, some 9 miles (14.5 km.) south of the city of Zürich (coordinates: 47° 16′ 0″ N, 8° 36′ 0″ E) on

both in Cuauhtémoc and Nuevo Namiquipa. In 1985 the clinic became local property with administration by a civic association composed of Mennonites from

1979 and the property was sold. However, tent meetings continued in the Osler area. In 1984 the Mission Board again purchased a property in the hamlet

another farm northeast of Herbert. Only three years later, they sold this property and relocated to a plot of land near Gouldtown, Saskatchewan. Yet another

of Blumenort, West Reserve, Manitoba. They enjoyed gardening, and their property was known for its tall trees and abundant flowers. In 1918, Johann and

without complaint moved into a tiny apartment when the church purchased a property two years later. Childless, the Ichikawas were taken by their nephew in

of Reidsville, just north of the village of Ayr. The group purchased a property in Ayr in 1960, and soon erected a church building. In 1970 they built

August 1933 in Elie, Manitoba, Canada, the youngest child of Aaron Friesen (5 May 1896, Russia - 9 June 1946, Newton, Manitoba) and Katherina (Klassen) Friesen

congregation purchased property at the intersection of Union Boulevard and Ranch Drive (near the former site of Civilian Public Service Camp #5) on which it built

married Sara Hildebrand. They had four sons and two daughters. Henry died 5 May 1995 in Leamington, Ontario. While growing up in Russia Henry pursued an

Constitution of the Hutterian Brethren Church and Rules as to Community of Property. The new constitution brought together the three Hutterite Leut under one

lumber business and farming, so much so that he had one of the highest property assessments in the area, with his grain, cattle and other livestock. In

permission to establish a fund for the purchase of camp property, provided that the property would not have swimming facilities. What began as a single

victim. The ceremony took place in Grünfeld, and the couple settled on property in Steinbach, Manitoba. Johann and Margaretha were rebaptized in 1882 and

homesteads near Chortitz, but a tornado in 1881 did substantial damage to the property. Peter and Aganetha’s daughter, Katharina, had more success in farming

and at the I.O.D.E. Hall on Sargent Avenue. In 1944 the group purchased a property at 232 Nassau Street; the existing building was renovated in 1953/54. In

excessive loss of property, or to provide security against crisis or income loss in the event of a wage earner's death. The Mennonite-owned property aid companies

depository for tax exempt funds, therefore bequests, legacies, or gifts of property to the Mennonite Foundation are deductible as provided by law. Orie O.

the 1930s was very difficult for the Kroekers, who had a large amount of property and many machines but not much money. Unable to sell his machines and tools

on which the Brudertal building sat. Brudertal Mennonite Church sold its property to the U.S. government for $50,000 in 1966 and decided to construct its

(Braun) Thiessen (21 September 1904, Ekaterinovka, Ignatyevo, South Russia – 5 June 1997, Abbotsford, British Columbia). He was born into a loving family

(Winnipeg, MB): Volume 375; Microfilm reel 69. Address: 10200 No. 5 Road, Richmond, BC V7A 4E5 Phone: 604-274-2811 Denominational Affiliations: British Columbia

of the Old Order Amish. Crowded conditions led to a decision to purchase property and build a church near Nappanee. Construction began in fall 1954, and

in March 1981. On 7 February 1982 the congregation decided to look for property on which to build a permanent facility and purchased 10 acres of land.

attendance. Bishop Homer Bomberger brought the message on "Humility" from 1 Peter 5:1-11. At this service, Homer asked George Reed if he would be willing to share

building. The early eighties were a time of growth, and soon an additional property was purchased, and a new building constructed. The first service in the

building and a large collection of artifacts. It is a Municipal Heritage Property situated prominently on a one-hectare corner lot in the Town of Rosthern

cell group became a sub-congregation of the Ozone parish and moved to the property of Deacon Mbemba Mabanda, under the leadership of Deacon Makila Kibaka

of the Kauffman Mennonite Church, allowing it to receive and administer property. In the fall of 1893 he led his conservative followers out of the Lancaster

historischer Bericht. 1955, 55 pp. Address: 32424 Huntingdon Rd., R.R.5, Abbotsford BC  V2T 5Z1 Phone: 604-853-2663 Website: South Abbotsford Church Denominational

purchasing land.  So, with the arrival of Jacob Bergen, CIM purchased some property with a small shack for $1,200, alleviating the "two Annes" of this burden

Mennonite Church (1994-2014). On 23 June 1956 Benno married Esther Jean Hallman (5 November 1934- ), daughter of Anson (21 September 1887-21 January 1983) and

for a church building that took its name from a grove of cedars on the property. In 1929 an overheated furnace caused a fire that destroyed everything

Margaret soon began to plant a garden in the new location. Elm trees on the property were the result of her work, and the garden gave Margaret something to

Lititz, Pennsylvania, which they named New Haven Mennonite Church. The property was purchased from God’s Fellowship Church with settlement being made on

changes in the Civil War following the Russian Revolution of 1917. Their property was confiscated and they also suffered from frequent attacks. They moved

Churches of Christ - 1%; Other Christian – 3%; Muslim - 2%; Jewish - 1%; Other – 5%; Refused to Answer- 9%. Pieter Cornelis Plockhoy, a Dutch Mennonite, in 1663

new village, which they called “Neuanlage.” Jakob B. Koop obtained some property, bought oxen and horses, and began to farm the land. Dedication to farming

among Anabaptists and Mennonites until recent times. For early Anabaptists, property was closely related to mutual aid; hence if there was insolvency, the Mennonite

the couple moved to Steinbach, where Cornelius had already acquired some property and built a blacksmith shop and house. Cornelius K. Friesen established

love to make settlement out of court even in case of an unjust plaintiff. (5) Purely routine actions, so-called friendly suits, are allowable. The basic

community. However this venture ended in failure by 1920. Isaak remained on the property, farming it until his death in 1937. By all accounts he remained an anarchist

maintenance, and production. Pickers’ cabins and eventually a number of rental properties required her attention. Housing had to be found and prepared for post-World

purification in case of injury or theft of some entrusted or found property. Exodus 22:6 ff.; Leviticus 5:23; Proverbs 29:24. But it was very frequent in their civil

with 840 church members in 1986); Riva Palacios (founded 1967 from Mexico, 5,686 inhabitants and 1,900 members) and its branch colony, Tres Cruces (founded

forbidden; (4) strong drink was also forbidden, both in use and in sale; (5) all idolatrous and superstitious practices had to be given up; (6) polygamy

Gesangbuch of 1537. (4) "Lasst uns von Hertzen singen." As its author Hut is expressly named. (5) "O Herre Gott in deynem Reych . . . ," a paraphrase of the

the author's name is not stated in the book, the contemporaries had no doubt about who it was. Caspar Schwenckfeld thought there were two authors; one

both by counter-persuasion and by penalties, including confiscation of property and imprisonment, both of those departing and the missioners. To go to

ordained its own leaders, wrote its own standards, maintained its own church property, and accepted and dismissed members on its own terms. Nevertheless, during

dissolution became final in 1972, although legal matters, including transfer of property titles, kept the official corporation alive until 1983. Two congregations

Sebastian Franck experienced a complete transformation. The theologian became an author, the Lutheran a Spiritualist, the churchman an individualist who felt at

Waisenamt (office to care for widows and orphans, and the inheritance of property) brought along from Russia via Manitoba. Instruction in the schools was

(MRSC), Palestine 5, Far East 26, Europe 59. The latter group had 59 workers in Germany, 8 in France, 4 in Belgium, 4 in Italy, 4 in Austria, 5 in Holland, and

Hill Mennonite Church." Mosaic Mennonite Conference. 27 October 2020. Web. 5 November 2020. https://mosaicmennonites.org/2020/10/27/congregational-prof

the center of a Mennonite congregation. It was originally (from 835) the property of a monastery, then was secularized in 1564, destroyed in the Thirty Years'

-age. Waddell, Amy Rinner. "Kelowna church sells property and moves." Canadian Mennonite 27, no. 9 (5 May 2023): 24. Address: 1305 Gordon Drive, Kelowna

Christian Neff (1863-1946) and Christian Hege (1869-1943) have become the property of the German Mennonite Historical Society (Mennonitischer Geschichtsverein)

not as intense as that of Hutterian communalism which allowed no private property, but interdependence and mutual aid often became the key to survival. Thus

lone gunfighter. Available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_ed5nYnLuM. Dorf im roten Sturm, Ein/Red Storm over the Village: See: Friesennot

leaders. Elam Stauffer was ordained bishop for the church in East Africa on 5 September 1938, at Bukiroba by Henry E. Lutz. He had bishop oversight of all

warnings against drunkenness based upon such passages as 1 Thessalonians 5:5-8, they did not call for total abstinence. In the Martyrs' Mirror one of the

of persecution, during which they suffered both imprisonment and loss of property, decided to emigrate westward. They went first to England, and in the fall

prepared the way for the practice of baptism upon confession of faith. On 5 January 1534, Bartholomeus Boeckbinder and Willem de Cuyper, representatives

Lubienietzki in the years 1721 and 1713 respectively. Both pictures, though the property of the Amsterdam Mennonite Church, now hang in the Rijksmuseum. The well-known