SECOND SEMI-ANNUAL CONFERENCE of the Evangelical Mennonite Society May, 1860 In the second session, held on May 28, 1860, in the Meeting House in Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, n [...]
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1860
01
Nov
1859
November 1859 Semi-Annual Conference Minutes
PROCEEDINGS OF THE EVANGELICAL MENNONITE CONFERENCE OF THE COUNCIL MEETING OF EAST PENNSYLVANIA FIRST SEMI-ANNUAL CONFERENCE November, 1859 The first council meeting of the Evangelical Mennonite Confe [...]
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May
1856
Episcopal Decision
EPISCOPAL DECISION5 Since on the first Thursday of May, 1853, a question was submitted to the High Council, held in Skippack, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania: whether Prayer meetings may be held [...]
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05
May
1853
1853 High Council Minutes
PROCEEDINGS1 OF THE HIGH COUNCIL OF THE MENNONITE CONFERENCE2 According to the resolution of October 7, 1852, the Council of the Mennonite Conference met in the Skippack Meeting House, May [...]
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03
Jan
1850
Editor’s Note in Verhandlungen
EDITOR'S NOTE in Verhandlungen, page 20 Some explanation is needed concerning terminology used in this translation. First, the editors have used current terminology to describe the meeting [...]
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02
Jan
1850
Two Old Handwritten Journals
GERMAN MINUTES OF THE EVANGELICAL MENNONITE FELLOWSHIP OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA By Dr. Harold P. Shelly Professor of Church History at Alliance Theological Seminary, Nyack, Ne [...]
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01
Jan
1850
Verhandlungen: the Story
VERHANDLUNGEN The Story The story I am about to tell you almost didn't take place. It begins in an attic in Allentown. It takes us to South Africa. It involves many dedicated people [...]
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01
Jan
1850
Verhandlungen
Verhandlungen This book, published by the BFC Historical Society, is a translation of the handwritten German minutes of our denomination from 1859-1895. The German word Verhandlungen means "Deliberati [...]
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