Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference
International evangelical Christian meeting
The Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference (EMMC) is an evangelical body of Mennonite Christians , organized on July 1, 1959. [1]
The EMMC was formed from the Rudnerweider Mennonite Church , which was organized in 1937. [2] The Rudnerweider Mennonite Church arose in a revival that placed great emphasis on personal conversion, evangelism and missions, and split the Sommerfelder Mennonite Church in Manitoba. [3] The conference is currently (2017) made up of 23 congregations in Canada (Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan), three in Belize , and two in Mexico . [4] Offices are in Winnipeg, Manitoba . A convention is held annually. The EMMC is a member of the Mennonite World Conference . [5]
References
- ↑ Balmer, Randall Herbert (2004). Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press. p. 242. ISBN 1-932792-04-X
- ↑ "EMMC - Our History" . 2018-07-24. Archived from the original on 2018-07-24 . Retrieved 2021-01-28 .
- ↑ Regehr, T. D. (1996). Mennonites in Canada, 1939-1970: A People Transformed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 427. 0-8020-0465-2
- ↑ "Churches – EMMC" . Retrieved 2021-01-28 .
- ↑ "Membership | Mennonite World Conference" . 2019-12-01. Archived from the original on 1 December 2019 . Retrieved 2021-01-28 .
Further reading
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Hamm, H. H., G. H. Penner; Heppner, Jack (July 2010).
"Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference (EMMC)"
. In
Roth, John D.
(ed.).
Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online
.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link ) Adapted from Bender, Harold S.; Krahn, Cornelius, eds. (1959). The Mennonite Encyclopedia . Vol. 4. pp. 375–376.
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