A History of the Mennonite Brethren Church, Ja Toews

II. Draft Census of Various Mennonite Church Groups 350 IX. Mennonite Brethren Men in Government Service 351 X. Distribution of Conscientious Objectors According to Provinces .... 356 XI. Church Affiliation of MCC Workers 391 XII. Statistical Report of Church Growth, 1963-1971 437 XIII. Financial Response to Mennonite Brethren Missions, 1881-1973 .... Appendix 1 , 469 List of Maps 1 . Molotschna Mennonite Colony 16 2. Chortitza Mennonite Colony 17 3. Mennonite Settlements in the Ukraine 88 4. Mennonite Settlements in European Russia Appendix 3, 482 5. Major Mennonite Migrations: 1874-84; 1923-30 150 6. Mennonite Migrations: World War II 151 7. World Map of M.B. Church Membership Inside front cover and flyleaf (In hardbound edition only) Credits ILLUSTRATIONS Adolf Reimer, ein treuer Bote Jesu Christi — 21; Christian Leader — 31 , 32. 43, 44; Die Molotschnaer Ansiedlung — 18; Feeding the Hungry — 30; 50th Jubilee, Mennonite Brethren Church, Reedley, California — 33; Geschichte der Alt- Evangelischen Mennoniten Bruederschaft inRussland — 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 19, 42; Memories of My Life — 22, 39; M.B. Bible College - 37; M.B. Board of Missions/Services — 35, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59. 60, 61; M.B. Historical Society of the Midwest — 17; Mennonite Encyclo- pedia, Vol. Ill — 23, Vol. IV — 29, 46; Mennonite Exodus — 45; Mennonite Life — 1,2; Mennonitische Maertyrer — 24; 75th Anniversary, Winkler M.B. Church — 26, 34, 37; Tabor College — 36; The Mennonite Brethren Church — 20, 25, 27, 28, 40, 41; They Seek a Country - 15, 36, 38. MAPS Updated from Introducing the Mennonite Brethren Church — 7; Lost Father- land — 1, 2, 3, 4; Adapted from Mennonite Life — 5, 6. xviii Contents Introduction vii Preface xi Glossary xiv List of Illustrations xvi List of Tables xvii List of Maps xvii Credits xviii PART I - MENNONITE BRETHREN: EUROPEAN BACKGROUND AND DEVELOPMENT Chapter 1. Spiritual Heirs of the Early Anabaptists 3 Anabaptism and the Reformation — Swiss Anabaptism — Dutch Anabaptism — Menno Simons (1496-1561) Chapter 2. From Believers Church to Parish Church 13 Influences in Prussia — A New Environment — Religious and Moral Conditions — Causes of Spiritual Decline Chapter 3. Renewal and Reorientation 26 Earlier Renewal Movements — Moving Toward Separation Chapter 4. Through Storm and Stress 38 Opposition to Secession — Interpretation of Secession — Recog- nition of Secession Chapter 5. Faith in Ferment 51 The Problem of Church Leadership — The Mode of Baptism — The Manner of Public Worship — The Danger of Excessive Emotionalism Chapter 6. Consolidation and Expansion 69 General Developments after the June Reform — Expansion across Land and Sea Chapter 7. Era of Prosperity and Progress (1885-1914) 86 New Frontier in Colonization — in Cooperation — in Publication — in Missions — in Inter-Menn