Mennonite Handbook of Information

by L. J. Heatwole

Publisher:

Mennonite Publishing

, 1925

Overview

This handbook serves as a quick reference guide for brief accounts of events that happened along the historical thread of more than 200 years relating to the development of the Mennonite church in the United States of America.

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Key Features

• Quick reference for over 200 years of historical events in the development of the Mennonite Church
• Overview of Mennonite doctrinal beliefs and general church activities
• Biographical sketches of prominent Mennonite leaders

Contents

• “Who Are the Mennonites?”
• Life and Labors of Menno Simons
• Mennonite Confession of Faith
• Mennonite General Conference and District Conferences
• General Church Activities
• How Mennonites Are Confronting the Menace of Modernism
• A Sketch of Very Early Mennonite History
• The Plockhoy Colony in Delaware
• Germantown the First Permanent Mennonite Colony
• The Story of Rudolph Cronau
• Sidelights to Mennonite History
• Persistent Colonization Movements
• Losses Sustained by the Parent Church
• Other Mennonite Bodies
• The Kingdom of Peace and the Kingdom of Force
• Overtures of Indians Were First Peaceful, Then Revengeful
• Trials of Mennonites during the Revolutionary War
• The War of 1812 and the Mexican War
• Mennonites during the Civil War
• Testing Times during the Great World War
• Historical Outline of Mennonite Literature
• How Mennonites Lived in Former Generations
• Efforts for Establishing a Reconciliation
• Plans for Establishing a General Conference for Unity
• List of American Mennonite Books and Periodicals
• Administrative and Benevolent Institutions of the Church
• Summary of Deaths, with Some Tragic Events in Mennonite History
• Biographical Sketches of Prominent Mennonite Leaders

Product Details

• Title: Mennonite Handbook of Information
• Author: L. J. Heatwole
• Publisher: Mennonite Publishing House
• Publication Date: 1925
• Pages: 187

About L. J. Heatwole

Lewis James Heatwole (1852–1932) was ordained a minister in 1887, then a bishop in 1892. Besides his ministerial duties, Heatwole was also an astronomer, teacher, a calculator of almanacs, and an official observer for the US Weather Bureau. His numerous works include Baptism Shown to Be a Ceremony of Consecration, Key to the Almanac and the Sidereal Heavens, Moral Teaching in the Public Schools: A Treatise Designed for Teachers, and The Perpetual Calendar.