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Gospel Herald (Scottdale, Pennsylvania) was the official publication of the Mennonite Church from 1908–1998. It was formed from a merger of Gospel Witness (Scottdale, Pennsylvania) and Herald of Truth (Elkhart, Indiana).
(This 362-page book about the Groffdale Conference Mennonites is the most in depth study of any Old Order Mennonite group) Stephen Scott: An Introduction to Old Order and Conservative Mennonite Groups. Intercourse, PA 1996. Donald B. Kraybill and Carl Bowman: On the Backroad to Heaven: Old Order Hutterites, Mennonites, Amish, and Brethren ...
The Mennonite Publication Board was founded in 1908 in Scottdale, Pennsylvania, as an organization through which the (old) Mennonite Church could own and operate its own publishing and periodicals. It served as the overseeing board for the printing and sale of denominational texts, operating the Mennonite Publishing House in Scottdale along ...
Old Order Mennonites (Pennsylvania German: Fuhremennischte) form a branch of the Mennonite tradition. Old Order are those Mennonite groups of Swiss German and south German heritage who practice a lifestyle without some elements of modern technology, still drive a horse and buggy rather than cars, wear very conservative and modest dress, and have retained the old forms of worship, baptism and ...
Total membership in Mennonite Church USA denominations decreased from about 133,000, before the merger in 1998, to a total membership of 120,381 in the Mennonite Church USA in 2001 [2] and 78,892 members in 2016. [3] In May 2021 the main page of their website stated a membership of about 62,000. [4]
In 1908, at a meeting of the Mennonite Church General Conference, it was decided to take publication under the control of the church, and the Mennonite Publication Board was created. This board purchased equipment and periodicals from the privately owned publishing houses, and chose to locate its new headquarters in Scottdale, Pennsylvania. [1]
Mennonite church buildings in Pennsylvania (2 P) Pages in category "Mennonitism in Pennsylvania" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
The Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is a relief service, and peace agency representing fifteen Mennonite, Brethren in Christ and Amish bodies in North America. The U.S. headquarters are located in Akron, Pennsylvania ; the Canadian headquarters is located in Winnipeg, Manitoba .