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The Ontario Amish Mennonite Conference (later Western Ontario Mennonite Conference) was founded in 1923, ... The church ordains women as pastors. [5]
The Ontario (Old Order) Mennonite Conference is a moderate Old Order Mennonite group in the Canadian province of Ontario, that was formed in 1889 as a reaction to modernizing trends among the Mennonites in Ontario.
Epp, Marlene Mennonites in Ontario. Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario, 2012. ISBN 0969604637; Epp, Marlene Mennonite Women in Canada: A History (Winnipeg, University of Manitoba Press, 2008. xiii + 378 pp.) ISBN 9780887551826; Epp, Marlene Women without Men: Mennonite Refugees of the Second World War. University of Toronto Press, 2000.
The Old Order Mennonite Conference of Ontario had its roots in a division within the Mennonite Conference of Ontario in 1889 over such issues as the use of Protestant Sunday School methods, evangelistic meetings, church order, etc. [8] According to the MWMC, "In 1889, the Mennonite Conference of Ontario divided on issues of assimilation to the ...
Sep. 16—ELKHART — Mennonite Mission Network and Mennonite Women USA will explore issues of diversity, equity and inclusion during the 2022 "Leaders Inspiring Leaders: Women of Faith Conference ...
Cornelius Wiebe, first Mennonite to serve in the Manitoba legislature [45] Note: Several Canadian political figures have a Mennonite background. This might be more common in Canada than in most nations. This is perhaps most true in the case of Manitoba, though Saskatchewan and British Columbia also have significant Mennonites in politics.
Women Talking is based on a true story, one that was fictionalized by author Miriam Toews. Toews herself was born in a Mennonite community in Canada; she left when she turned 18.
The Evangelical Mennonite Conference is a conference of Canadian evangelical Mennonite Christians headquartered in Steinbach, Manitoba, with 62 churches from British Columbia to southern Ontario. It includes people with a wide range of cultural and denominational backgrounds.