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book 11969), K-l. 32. Mennonite Brethren Herald. VIII: 15 (July 25, 1969), 19. 33. Ibid. 34. One Bible school teacher (M.B.) made the comment that the opinions expressed in group discussions had not varied as much as the views of a group of Mennonite Brethren at a denominational faith conference. See M.B. Herald, VIII: 14 (August 7, 1970), 12. 35. These communications have been reprinted in the Yearbook (General Conference, 1966), pp. 30-33. 36. Ibid., p. 33. 37. See article on Christian Neff in ME. Ill, 820, which presents an interesting account i>f the contribution of this devoted churchman. 38. Quoted by J. A. Toews in Alternative Service . . .. pp. 28-29, 39. Yearbook (General Conference, 1951), p. 72. 40. See Die Oemeinde Christi und Ihr Auftrag (Karlsruhe: H.Schneider, 1953), p. 407. 41. Yearbook (General Conference, 1954), p. 20. 42. Yearbook (General Conference, 1957), p. 114. 43. Statistical information from C. J. Dyck, (ed.). Proceedings of the Seventh Mennonite World Conference (Elkhart: Mennonite World Conference, 1962), pp. 8. 9. 44. Ibid., p. 9. 45. Information by C. J. Dyck, (ed.J, Proceedings of the Eighth Mennonite World Conference (Elkhart: Mennonite World Conference, 1967), p. VIII. 46. Proceedings of the Seventh Mennonite World Conference, p. 675. 47. Quoted by Rudy Wiebe in Mennonite Brethren Herald, 1:29 (August 10, 1962), 3. CHAPTER XXIII ). Manuscripts are presently in preparation for a three-volume history of the M.B. Church in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Western Europe. Hence only a brief and cursory survey will be attempted in this chapter. A popular account of the story of the Mennonite Brethren missions. The Mustard Tree, by Phyllis Martens, has just been published by the Boards of Christian Education in cooperation with the Board of Missions and Services, (Winnipeg: Christian Press, 1971). 2. This number includes some 20.000 Mennonite Brethren in the Soviet Union, but not nn undetermined number in China. 3. ,). J. Toews in The Church in Mission, p. 150. 4. A. E. Janzen, The American Mennonite Brethren Mission in India, 189S-194H IHillshoro: Board of Foreign Missions. 1948), p. 3. 5 Ibid., pp. 30-32. 6 J.J. Dick has given an interesting account of this experience in the booklet: From E.xilv in Russia into Mission Work in India (Hillsboro: M.B. Missions Office, 1940). 7. Quoted by Phyllis Martens, op. ci'r.. p. 12. 8. Ibid., p. 15. 9. Cf. ibid., pp. 27-28. 10. Ibid., p. 25. 11. J. H. Lohrenz, op. cit., p. 250. 12. Quoted hy Phyllis Martens, op. cit., p. 50, 13. See F.J. Wiens. Fifteen Years Among the Hakkas of South China (n.p., n.d.) for an interesting account of this pioneer effort. 14. Cf. ibid., p. 168. 15. J. H. Lohrenz. op. cit., p. 258. 16. Not only the Mennonite Brethren, but also the Mennonite Church (OM), the General Conference Mennonites, and the Brethren in Christ, established missions in Japan between 1949 and 1953.