In an effort to keep the wider community informed on peace issues, Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section began publishing a newsletter in May of 1946. The issues covered here until 1948 include among many others, international news, recent...
Includes: Peace, War and Military Service: A Statement of the Position of the Mennonite Church, Resolutions adopted....at Turner, Oregon, August, 1937; Our Attitude as Non-Resistant Christians in the Present Situation: A Message to Mennonites and...
John K. Stoner of Mennonite Central Committee offered his response to Ron Sider's Anabaptist Peace Guard proposal to other Mennonite Central Committee staff persons. The Anabaptist Peace Guard proposal eventually led to Christian Peacemaker Teams.
Mennonite Central Committee informed the following women that they had been accepted into the women's summer service unit in 1945: Mary Ann Hostetler, Clara Ann Bauman, Viola E. Duerksen, Mae Nitzsche, Eunice Hartman, Louise Miller, Rachel A....
This Mennonite Central Committee meeting with Mennonite Voluntary Service discussed the domestic implications of the Christian Peacemaker Teams proposal.
Includes the report of a Conference of Mennonite Peace Groups initiated by Mennonite Central Committee to invite all the peace groups of the various branches of the Mennonite Church. Also included are the minutes of a meeting initiated by the...
Presented to the House Select Committee on Post-
War Military Policy at its Public-Hearing, June 11,
1945 on behalf of the Mennonite Central Committee
with the constituent Mennonite and Brethren in Christ
bodies which it represents.
Included here are reports, minutes and other materials from the Historic Peace Churches Continuation Committee in Europe from 1950 to 1960 as found in the Mennonite Central Committee Report Files.
As one way to bring women's concerns regarding the role of women in church and society before the church, Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section appointed a subcommittee. Included here are 7 reports from this Task Force intended to provide a...
Cover letter, titled "Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section: The Census of Drafted Men" (1944-11-25) was signed by Harold S. Bender, Chairman and Jesse W. Hoover, Secretary. It described questionnaires being sent to "all Bishops...
Dairyland Views was the publication of the Mennonite Central Committee sponsored Civilian Public Service dairy camp number 97 in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. By covering service activities, staff updates and reports this publication intended to acquaint...
A relief program in Vietnam operated by Mennonite Central Committee on behalf of Church World Service / National Council of Churches. There was debate about whether this relief program was compatible with a peace position.
Includes evaluation of the Mennonite Church Peace Problems Committee Peace Team as well as material on the history of the program and objectives of the committee.
In a 1974 letter to Ted Koontz, then with Mennonite Central Committee, Vernon Neufeld of Mennonite Mental Health Services, described his attached paper on the phenomenon of violence, written in 1968. In this paper, Vernon Neufeld's used a broad...
Collected by the Mennonite Church Peace Problems Committee, these documents related to World War II include materials from the American Friends Service Committee, the Church of the Brethren, Mennonite Central Committee, and correspondence with...
Peaces Notes, the official publication of Mennonites and affiliated Intercollegiate Peace Fellowship, included a variety of peace related reports and news items. The Intercollegiate Peace Fellowship is a Mennonite Central Committee sponsored...
Peace Notes, the official publication of the Mennonite and affiliated Intercollegiat Peace Fellowship, included a variety of peace related reports and news items. The Intercollegiate Peace Fellowship is a Mennonite Central Committee sponsored peace...
The Olive Branch was the publication of the Mennonite Central Committee sponsored Civilian Public Service soil conservation camp number 4 in Grottoes, Virginia. By covering, among many other things, local camp news, editorials, and education...
