I. MENNONITE CHURCH

           Mennonite General Conference, 1896-1971

  Mennonite Church General Board & Mennonite Church General

                       Assembly 1971-

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                      TABLE OF CONTENTS





I-1.  GENERAL CONFERENCE, 1896-1971



     1. Reports, programs, etc.

     2. Moderator

     3. Original minute books

     4. Executive Secretary

     5. Treasurer



I-2.  STANDING COMMITTEES



     1. Executive Committee

     2. Committee on Arrangements

     3. Interboard Committee

     4. General Problems Committee

     5. General Council

     6. Nominating Committee



I-3.  CONTINUING COMMITTEES



     1. Music Committee

     2. Young People's Meeting Topics Committee

     3. Historical Committee of the Mennonite Church

          .1 Minutes and Reports

          .2 Correspondence

          .3 Projects (Formal and Informal)

          .4 Mennonite Historical Bulletin

          .5 John Horsch History Essay Contest Papers

          .6 Treasurer, Miscellaneous

          .7 Archives, Miscellaneous

          .8 Data Files

     4. General Sunday School Committee

     5. Peace Problems Committee

     6. Young People's Problems Committee

     7. Committee on Economic and Social Relations

     8. Mennonite Commission on Christian Education

     9. _____

     10. ____

     11. Secretary of Stewardship



I. Mennonite Church, Table of Contents (Continued)





I-4.  AD HOC COMMITTEES



     1. ____

     2. ____

     3. ____

     4. ____

     5. ____

     6. ____

     7. ____

     8. ____

     9. ____

     10. ____

     11. ____

     12. Hospital Committee

     13. ____

     14. ____

     15. ____

     16. Church Polity Committee

     17. ____

     18. ____

     19. Stewardship Study Committee

     20. ____

     21. Civilian Service Investigating Committee

     22. ____

     23. ____

     24. Educational Study Committee

     25. ____

     26. Reorganization Study Committee

     27. Life Insurance Committee

     28. Ministerial Committee

     29. Committee Studying Visual Aids

     30. Committee on Coordination of Church Program

     31. ____

     32. ____

     33. ____

     34. Educational Study Committee

     35. Confession of Faith Committee

     36. Study Commission on Church Organization

     37. Interchurch Relations Committee

     38. Resolutions Committee

     39. Topics Committee

     40. Coordination of Field Services

     41. Coordination of Interpretation and Promotion of

Church Program

     42. Coordination of Research Projects

     43. Committee on Christian Standard of Living

     44. Managing Committee

     45. Periodicals Study Committee

     46. Program and Budget Reviewing Committee

     47. Committee to Study Retirement of Church Workers

     48. Committee to Study the Place of Women on Church

Board



I. Mennonite Church, Table of Contents (Continued)





I-5.  GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 1971-



          1. Reports and Proceedings

          2. Biannual Conferences



I-6.  GENERAL BOARD, 1971-



          1. Constitution, By-laws, Interpretive statements

          2. Minutes

          3. Reports

          4. Correspondence

          5. Data Files

          6. Office of Latin Concerns

          7. Office of Black Concerns

          8. Regions

               .1 Region I

               .2 Region II

               .3 Region III

               .4 Region IV

               .5 Region V

          9. Churchwide Youth Council

          10. Personnel Committee

          11. Council on Faith, Life and Strategy

          12. Coordinating Council

          13. Conversations on Faith II

          14. Audiovisuals





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           HISTORY OF MENNONITE GENERAL CONFERENCE





1. List of General Conferences, 1897-1971



2. Article by Melvin Gingerich?, "Outline History of

     Mennonite General Conference" (1951), 5 pages



3. List of Moderators, 1898-1991



4. List of Executive Secretaries, 1954-1991



5. Article by Paul Erb, "The Mennonite Church at the

     Beginning of 1962," Mennonite Yearbook and Directory,

     1962



6. Article by Paul Erb, "Historical Development of General

     Conference Standing Committees (not including

     Commission for Christian Education)," 7 pages.

     Prepared for the meeting of the Study Commission on

     Church Organization, Pittsburgh, April 26 and 27, 1966



7. Article by Leonard Gross, "The (Old) Mennonite Church:

     History and Faith," Mennonite Historical Bulletin,

     January 1988, 8 pages



8. Article by Robert J. Baker, "The General Board and its

     general," Gospel Herald, June 12, 1990



9. Index to Committees both REAL and imagined





Index to Committees both REAL and imagined:



     Budget Committee, 1919-1921

          Budgeting Committee, 1947-

     CHURCH POLITY COMMITTEE, 1921-25

     Church Welfare Committee

          CHURCHWIDE YOUTH COUNCIL

          Civilian Public Service Policy Committee, 1943-

          (?)

     CIVILIAN SERVICE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE, 1941-43

     COMMITTEE ON ARRANGEMENTS, 1898-1949

     Committee on Book of Bible Doctrines, 1911-1915

     Committee on Christian Fundamentals, 1917(?) - 1923

     COMMITTEE ON CHRISTIAN STANDARD OF LIVING

          Committee on Church Ownership of Publications,

          1907-1908

          Committee on Compilation of General Conference

          Reports, 1919-1921

     Committee on Constitution and By-laws, 1907-1909

     COMMITTEE ON COORDINATION OF CHURCH PROGRAM, active in

1951

     COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RELATIONS

          Committee on Organization and Representation,

          active in 1951

     Committee on Peace and Social Concerns

          Committee on Publication of Book: "Mennonites in

          the World Ward or Nonresistance Under Test," 1919-

          1921.

          Committee on Revision of Constitution, active in

          1943

          Committee on Revision of General Conference

          Regulations, 1925-1929

     Committee on Workers' Manual, 1911-1925

          Committee Studying Plan for Setting up General

          Budget, active in 1951

     COMMITTEE STUDYING AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS, active in 1951

     Committee to Investigate Church Institutions, 1898-1909

          Committee to Purchase Record Book, 1919-1921

          Committee to reorganize Mennonite Evangelizing and

          Benevolent Board and Mennonite Board of Charitable

          Homes and Missions, 1905-1907

     Committee to Revise Book on Bible Doctrines, 1919-1925

     COMMITTEE TO STUDY RETIREMENT OF CHURCH WORKERS

     COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE PLACE OF WOMEN ON CHURCH BOARD

     CONFESSION OF FAITH COMMITTEE

          COORDINATING COUNCIL

     COORDINATION OF FIELD SERVICES

     COORDINATION OF INTERPRETATION AND PROMOTION OF CHURCH

PROGRAM

     COORDINATION OF RESEARCH PROJECTS

          COUNCIL ON FAITH, LIFE AND STRATEGY

     Dress Committee, 1911-1921

          Educational Problems Committee, 1921-1925

     EDUCATIONAL STUDY COMMITTEE, 1946-49

     EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 1909-

     EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

          General Conference Reorganization Study Committee,

          1947-1949

     GENERAL COUNCIL, 1949-

     GENERAL PROBLEMS COMMITTEE, 1929-

     GENERAL SUNDAY SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1913-1937

          Good Will Committee, 1939-1941

     Historical and Research Committee

     HISTORICAL COMMITTEE OF THE MENNONITE CHURCH, 1911-

     HOSPITAL COMMITTEE, 1919-23

     Industrial Relations Committee, 1937-

     INTERBOARD COMMITTEE, 1923-49

     INTERCHURCH RELATIONS COMMITTEE

     LIFE INSURANCE STUDY COMMITTEE, 1947-

     MANAGING COMMITTEE

          MENNONITE COMMISSION ON CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AND

          YOUNG PEOPLE'S WORK, 1937-

     Mennonite Mutual Aid, Inc., 1944-

     Mennonite Relief Commission, 1917(?) - 1926

     MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE, 1947-

     MUSIC COMMITTEE, 1898-

     NOMINATING COMMITTEE

          OFFICE OF BLACK CONCERNS

          OFFICE OF LATIN CONCERNS

     PEACE PROBLEMS COMMITTEE, 1917-

     PERIODICALS STUDY COMMITTEE

          PERSONNEL COMMITTEE

          Planning and Credentials Committee for Mennonite

          World Conference, 1951-

     PROGRAM AND BUDGET REVIEWING COMMITTEE

     REORGANIZATION STUDY COMMITTEE

     RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE

     STEWARDSHIP STUDY COMMITTEE, 1935-

     STUDY COMMISSION ON CHURCH ORGANIZATION

     TOPICS COMMITTEE

          Women's Sewing Circle Committee, 1927-1929

     Worship Committee

     YOUNG PEOPLE'S MEETING TOPICS COMMITTEE, 1909-37

     YOUNG PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS COMMITTEE, 1921-37





BIBLIOGRAPHY:



1951      "Outline History of Mennonite General Conference,"

          (1951).

1966      Erb, Paul.  "Historical Development of General

          Conference Standing Committees (not including

          Commission for Christian Education)," by Paul Erb,

          for Study Commission on Church Organization,

          Pittsburgh, April 26 & 27, 1966.





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                         Moderators

                             of

       Mennonite Church General Conference (1898-1971)

      and Mennonite Church General Assembly (1971-1991)





    NAME            YEARS SERVED      BIRTH DATE  DEATH DATE



Mennonite Church General Conference



1.  Daniel Kauffman, 1898-1905        6-20-1865   1-6-1944

2.  J.S. Shoemaker, 1905-07

3.  D.J. Johns, 1907-09

4.  J.S. Shoemaker, 1909-11

5.  S.F. Coffman, 1911-13

6.  D.D. Miller, 1913-15,

      and D.H. Bender ? 1913-15

7.  E.L. Frey, 1915-17

8.  S.G. Shetler, 1917-19

9.  S.C. Yoder, 1919-21

10.  J.A. Ressler, 1921-23

11.  Simon Gingerich, 1923-25

12.  D.G. Lapp, 1925-27

13.  D.A. Yoder, 1927-29

14.  S.E. Allgyer, 1929-31

15.  S.F. Coffman, 1931-33

16.  Daniel Kauffman, 1933-35

17.  Simon Gingerich, 1935-37

18.  Abner G. Yoder, 1937-39

19.  H.A. Diener, 1939-41

20.  Milo Kauffman, 1941-43

21.  Allen H. Erb, 1943-47

22.  John L. Stauffer, 1947-49

23.  Oscar Burkholder, 1949-51

24.  Paul Mininger, 1951-53

25.  A.J. Metzler, 1953-55

26.  Truman Brunk, 1955-57

27.  John C. Wenger, 1957-59

28.  Jesse B. Martin, 1959-61

29.  John R. Mumaw, 1961-63

30.  Roy S. Koch, 1963-65

31.  Harold Bauman, 1965-67

32.  John R. Mumaw, 1967-69



General Assembly



33.  John M. Drescher, 1969-1971

34.  A. Don Augsburger, 1971-1973

35.  Newton L. Gingerich, 1973-75

36.  Edward B. Stoltzfus, 1975-77

37.  Willis L. Breckbill, 1977-79

38.  Glendon Blosser, 1979-81

39.  Ross T. Bender, 1981-83

40.  Myron Augsburger, 1983-85

41.  James M. Lapp, 1985-87

42.  Ralph Lebold, 1987-89

43.  George R. Brunk, III, 1989-91





Compiled by Jeanne Liechty

Archives of the Mennonite Church

September 13, 1990

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                     Executive Secretary

                             of

       Mennonite Church General Conference (1898-1971)

        and Mennonite Church General Board (1971-91)





 EXECUTIVE SECRETARY    SERVED    BIRTH DATE     DEATH DATE



1. Paul Erb             1954-61   Apr. 26, 1894  May 7, 1984

2. Abram J. Metzler     1961-66

3. Howard J. Zehr       1967-71

4. Paul N. Kraybill     1971-77

5. Ivan J. Kauffman     1977-86

6. Wayne North          1986-87

7. James M. Lapp        1987-91 [current]





























































Listed by Dennis Stoesz

Archives of the Mennonite Church

March 28, 1991

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