church bulletins, Lamplighter newsletters, church directories, meeting minutes, annual reports

Fonds is arranged in the following series:
1) Bulletins - (arranged chronologically) - 1963-1968 (3 files) Box 114

This collection contains photographs, correspondence, administrative records, and other historical materials from the former First Mennonite Church in Fort Wayne, IN. First Mennonite Church began as a mission upon the authorization of the Ohio Mennonite Conference in 1902, after the repeated requests of John B. Federspiel and wife, Mennonite residents of the city. M. S. Steiner was appointed to open the work, which began at 1921 South Hauna Street, in 1903. In 1904 the mission was moved to 2237 Oliver Street and from there to St. Mary's Avenue. Two years later a church was constructed at 1209 St. Mary's Avenue. In 1915 the present chapel was built on the adjoining lot. The following pastors were in charge of the work at Fort Wayne up to 1955: J. F. Bressler 1903-1905, Ben B. King 1905-1930, Frank Martin 1930-1934, Newton Weber 1934-1941, Allen Ebersole 1941-1952, Rudy Bontrager, beginning service in 1952. Others have served for shorter periods of time. In the early 1920s the Fort Wayne Mission became an organized self-governing congregation, but with limited support from the mission board, which was continued until September 1953, when the congregation became entirely independent of the mission board and called itself First Mennonite Church. The membership in 1955 was 136. As an urban congregation, First Mennonite was one of the first in the conference to allow wedding rings. The congregation closed in 2015; it held its last service on 22 November 2015.

This collection contains newsletters, administrative correspondence, early historical records, and bulletins from Oak Grove Mennonite Church, from1751 until 2002. Oak Grove Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church USA), located near Smithville, Wayne County, Ohio, is the second oldest Mennonite congregation of Amish background in the state.

Series consists of the following files:
1) Bulletins - 1985-2015 - (9 files) - Box 38
2) Directories - 1983, 1985, 2003, 2017, 2018, 2022 - (2 files) - Box 38
3) Miscellaneous - 1985, 2006 - (1 file) - Box 38

This collection contains administrative records, bulletins, and sunday school record books from Rehoboth Mennonite Church, between the years 1950 and 1985.
Camp Rehoboth, St. Anne, Illinois, USA began in 1949 when James H. Lark bought ten acres of land and built a cabin near St. Ann to serve as a summer camp for African American Mennonites from the Bethel and Dearborn Street congregations in Chicago, about 60 miles away. The camp was located in an area with a significant African American population and soon developed into a congregation. In September 1953, the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities agreed to take over Camp Rehoboth's property. It established a board to administer the program and placed Robert Stoltzfus in charge of the program. The mission board also established a Voluntary Service program at the camp.
After Mark and Pauline Lehman arrived in 1955, the camp's worshipping community began using the name Rehoboth Mennonite Church. On 20 March 1956, Bishop James Lark formally organized the Rehoboth Mennonite Church as an independent congregation.