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468 HISTORY OF THE MENNONITE BRETHREN CHURCH 17. Quoted by Phyllis Martens, op. cit., p. 108. 18. Yearbook (General Conference, 1969), p. 56. 19. Robert G. Nelson, Congo Crisis and Christian Mission (St. Louis: Bethany Press, 1961) , p. 19. 20. Quoted in Mennonite Brethren Herald, IX: 1 (January 9, 1970), 18. 21. Both men had studied in the Rochester Baptist Seminary and made their commitment to the Baptist Mission Society. This was a great disappointment to the M.B. Conference who had hoped that these brethren would open an M.B. field in Africa. Cf. J. H. Lohrenz, op. cit., p. 261. 22. The financial support for the Bartseh family was provided by the newly organized Afrika Missionsverein, composed mostly of M.B. members. 23. A Century of Grace and Witness, p. 16. 24. The Christian Leader (July 26. 1960), p. 6. 25. A Century of Grace and Witness, p. 17. 26. As given by Phyllis Martens, op. eft., p. 86. 27. See "Mission News," The Christian Leader (February 4, 1964), p. 8. 38. As quoted by Phyllis Martens, op. cit., p. 88. 29. When the author stood amidst the ruins of Kafumba in 1969, several senior missionaries expressed this view: the catastrophe had resulted in the employment of new methods of missionary outreach. 30. Nelson, op. cit., p. 104. 31. See chapter eight for an account of this emigration. 32. J. W. Fretz, Pilgrims in Paraguay (Scottdale: Herald Press, 1953), p. 170. 33. See A. H. Unruh, op. cit., p. 807. 34. When the writer ministered in the Bage settlement in 1951, the economic as well as religious prospects appeared very bright for a wholesome development. 35. Quoted by Phyllis Martens, op. cit., p. 144. 36. Quoted by Phyllis Martens, ibid., p. 146. 37. Yearbook (General Conference, 1969), p. 111. 38. For a detailed study of the early history of these settlements see Fretz, Pilgrims in Paraguay, and Willard and Verna Smith, Paraguayan Interlude (Scottdale: Herald Press, 1950). 39. Information from personal notes of the writer who ministered in Volendam in 1966. 40. Willy Janz and Gerhard RatzlafT, Gemeinde Unter Dem Kreuz Des Suedens (Curitiba, Brazil: M.B. Conference of South America, 1980), p. 191. (This book has been used in the revi- sion of this chapter on the M.B. church in Latin America, and although it is a more recent source, only material up to 1975 has been used, the time when Toews' history was first pub- lished). 41. Gerhard RatzlafT, The Mennonite Brethren Church in Paraguay," Direction VII (July, 1978), p. 13. 42. Contacts were also established with the Moro tribe. K. Isaak became the first mis- sionary martyr. See booklet by A. E. Janzen, The Mora's Spear (Hillsboro: Board of Missions, 1962) . 43. The writer, with other members of the presidium of the MWC was present in the meeting when this testimony was given. 44. Janz and RatzlafT, Gemeinde Unter Dem Kreuz Des Suedens, p. 205. 45. Ibid., p. 206. 46. Ibid., p. 222. 47. Cf. Phyll