A History of the Mennonite Brethren Church, Ja Toews

rich Adrian (1881, Parker, S.D.), Johann Foth (1884, Ebenfeld), Heinrich Voth (1885, Bingham Lake), David Dyck (1890, Lehigh), Jacob Friesen (1895, Joes, Co.), P. P. Regier (1902, Enid), John J. Kliewer (1908, Henderson), P. P. Rempel (1910, HiUsboro), B. B. Fadenrecht (1912, Munich, N.D.), H. H. Flaming (1914, Cornl, John J. Friesen (1915, Gnadenau), Jacob M. Tschetter (1917, Yale, S.D.), Jacob Reimer (1919, Bessie, Okla.), David W. Tschetter (1925, Bridgewater, S.D.), and K. K. Willms (1932, Zoar). No date is given for the ordination of Gerhard P. Regehr in the Mountain Lake M.B. Church. 12. The Buhler M.B. Church had a salaried pastor six years earlier (1930), but the Buhler situation was unique in several respects. 13. See article, "The Ministry a Shared Task," The Christian Leader (July 14, 1970), p. 3. 14. J. H. Lohrenz, op. cit., p. 193. 15. Cf. The Bible School Story (1913-1963), p. 17. 16. Yearbook (General Conference, 1933), p. 65. 17. Yearbook (General Conference, 1948), p. 106. 18. Ibid., pp. 106-107. 19. Cf. Yearbook (General Conference, 1951), pp. 124-144. 20. Ibid., p. 131. 21. Yearbook (General Conference, 1954), p. 20. 22. Unruh, op. cit., p. 591. 23. They were designated as "minister to the poor" (Armendiener) , or "keeper of the alms" (Almosenpfleger). 24. Confession of Faith (American Edition), p. 24. 25. Friesen, op. cit., p. 201. 26. Ibid., p. 382. 27. Konferenzberichte, p. 504. 28. Yearbook (General Conference, 1960), p. 103. 29. J. H. Lohrenz, op. cit., p. 141. 30. Unruh, op. cit., p. 832. 31. Yearbook (Canadian Conference, 1953), p. 38. 32. Yearbook (United States Conference, 1957), p. 29. 33. Yearbook (United States Conference, 1959), p. 14. 34. See Yearbook (United States Conference, 1965), pp. 20-26, for an analysis and assessment of the program. 35. Yearbook (United States Conference, 1968), p. 21. 36. Yearbook (Canadian Conference, 1966), p. 91. 37. See the March-April, 1955 issue of this periodical for a brief historical sketch of these radio ministries. See also Peter Penner, "A Historical Survey of the Home Mission Work of the Mennonite Brethren Conference of Canada" for brief notes on M.B. radio ministries. 462 HISTORY OF THE MENNONITE BRETHREN CHURCH 38. John M. Schmidt was the radio-evangelist of the Gospel Light Hour for thirteen years 11950-1963). 39. Yearbook (Canadian Conference, 1966). p. 94. 40. During his brief visit to the Soviet Union in March, 1970, the author discovered that the Russian Gospel Light program is well known in various parts of that vast country. 41. Yearbook (United States Conference, 1968), p. 12. 42. Cf. Yearbook (United States Conference, 1971). p. 42. CHAPTER XIX 1. An excellent historical survey of the various positions taken by the church through the centuries is found in the book by H. Richard Niebuhr, Christ and Culture (Harper: 1951). 2. See Smith, The Story of the Mennonites, p. 27