Author: William B. WeaverPublisher:
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Category : Mennonites
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
History of the Central Conference Mennonite Church
Author: William B. WeaverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mennonites
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
History of the Carlock Family and Adventures of Pioneer Americans
Author: Marion Pomeroy CarlockPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Centennial History of the Mennonites of Illinois 1829-1929
Author: Harry Franklin WeberPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mennonites
Languages : en
Pages : 730
Book Description
The Mennonite
Author: A Goodly Heritage
Author: Steven R. EstesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mennonites
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Mennonites in Illinois
Author: Willard H. SmithPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1579107710
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 619
Book Description
This book is a history of all branches of Mennonites (including the Amish) from their first arrival in the state of Illinois around 1830 to the present. It deals briefly with Mennonite origins in Europe in the 16th century, points out how the Amish split off from the Mennonites in the 1690s, and depicts Mennonite-Amish migrations to America, especially those who came in the 19th century and settled in Illinois. The work portrays the divisions that developed, mostly after the Civil War, and how the story became more complex. It describes the effect of the AwakeningÓ and the influence of Fundamentalism and other forces on the Illinois Mennonites, including the pressures toward American acculturation. The author points out also the significant trend toward cooperation and unity in recent decades, especially among the (Old) Mennonites and the General Conference Mennonites. Smith is uniquely qualified to write this book. He is a native of Illinois with a thorough knowledge and understanding of the customs and beliefs of Illinois Mennonites. His family was among the early Mennonite settlers in the state, and active in the spiritual life of their community. Smith himself has studied and thought history for many years, has written many historical articles, and is the author or several books. As a professor at Goshen College, he had the support of other Mennonite historians and ready access to library and archival material relating to Illinois Mennonites.
History of McLean County, Illinois
Author: Jacob Louis HasbrouckPublisher:
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Category : McLean County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 792
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The Hertzler-Hartzler Family History
Author: Silas HertzlerPublisher: Masthof Press & Bookstore
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
This Amish and Mennonite genealogy traces 8,757 families descended from 1703 Jacob Hertzler of Berks Co., Pa. Also provides background history and statistical information on the Hertzler-Hartzler families. (733pp. index. hardcover. reprint of 1952 edition. Higginson Book Co.) Please visit www.HigginsonBooks.com to purchase this title.
No Strings Attached
Author: Rachel Nafziger HartzlerPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1621896358
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
No Strings Attached is the story of a Mennonite congregation in Indiana that existed for eighty-six years. The congregation began during the social and religious turmoil of the 1920s when some Mennonites in North America held to rigid doctrines and ethics implemented by central authority, and others operated with a congregational polity and became more assimilated into secular culture. The struggle between these two different understandings of faithfulness was most passionately played out in northern Indiana. Placing the narrative of this congregation within the context of 500 years of Mennonite history illustrates the grace and the tension that has both beset and empowered a unique group of people who began as radical reformers. Although "no strings attached" refers to the women's headwear during the 1920s, which had no strings, it could also be the story of the pastor eating lunch on the peak of the steep roof of the church building! Reflecting on stories of these Mennonite people is an invitation to move into the future with courageous hope. Believing and behaving differently has not prevented Middlebury Mennonites from treating each other respectfully, living in a community of love, joy, and peace, and offering God's healing and hope to each other and to the world.
Peace, Progress and the Professor
Author: Perry BushPublisher: MennoMedia, Inc.
ISBN: 0836147588
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
What does it mean to be Mennonite in the modern world? And what is the witness of a peace church that is always at risk of splintering? C. Henry Smith—son of an Amish family, erudite historian, urbane bank president, and pioneer of Mennonite scholarship—sought answers to these questions in the middle of the 20th century, and his answers reverberate through the church to this day. In this engaging narrative biography, historian Perry Bush chronicles Smith’s childhood in an Illinois farming community, his youthful turn toward intellectual inquiry, and his confidence that Anabaptist faith and life offer gifts to the wider world. By recounting the story of one of the foremost Mennonite intellectuals, Bush surveys the storied terrain of 20th-century Mennonite identity in its selective borrowing from wider culture and its tentative embrace of progressive reforms and higher education, and growing conviction that Anabaptism served as a taproot of Western civilization. Bush argues that Smith’s body of historical writing furnished a new generation of Mennonites with both an understanding of their shared past and the tools to navigate an ever-shifting present. Volume 49 in the Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History Series.