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- 1941 - 1981 (Creation)
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David P. Neufeld (1919-1982), minister and church administrator, was born in Russia to Peter and Anna Neufeld. He came to Canada with his parents in 1926. In 1931 the family moved to Rosemary, Alberta and farmed through the use of irrigation. David P. Neufeld married Helen Neufeld of Madison, Saskatchewan in 1942. David P. Neufeld was called as a minister at the age of 21 in Rosemary. He studied at the Winter Bible School in Rosemary and later received further theological training at Winkler Bible Institute, Mennonite Brethren Bible College in Winnipeg and Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas. He taught Bible school at the Menno Bible Institute in Didsbury, Alberta and worked as a Sunday School teacher, youth worker and farmer-lay minister in Didsbury. From 1953-1955 he had an assignment with MCC in Germany working with refugees in Bremen and West Berlin. From 1955 to 1961, the family again lived in Didsbury where David continued to farm and be active in congregational and church conference activities. He was the chair of MCC Canada for 8 years, founding chairman of Mennonite Foundation, Moderator of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada and sat on various other committees and boards from 1950 to 1980. In 1961 the family moved to Winnipeg where he became the first Executive Secretary for the Conference of Mennonites in Canada, a position he held till 1967. From 1967 to 1977 he served as the pastor of the Bethany Mennonite Church at Virgil, Ontario, followed by a pastorate at Olivet Mennonite Church in Clearbrook, BC. He died in 1982 at the age of 62.
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Fonds is arranged in the following series:
1) Constitution - 1941 (1 file) - Box 210
2) Correspondence - 1972-1973 (2 files) - Box 210
3) Evangelism - 1970-1973 (2 files) - Box 210
4) Sermons - 1978 (1 file) - Box 210
5) Ministerial Correspondence - 1974 (1 file) - Box 210
6) Mennonite Biblical Seminary - 1975-1976 (1 file) - Box 210
7) Mennonite Foundation of Canada - 1976-1979 (1 file) - Box 210
8) Pastoral Theology - 1971-1978 (1 file) - Box 210
9) Church Growth - 1971-1975 (1 file) - Box 210
10) Faith Healing - 1967-1972 (1 file) - Box 210
11) Commissioning Service - 1961-1974 (1 file) - Box 210
12) Children's Chapel - 1948, 1971-1978 (1 file) - Box 210
13) Child Dedication - 1978 (1 file) - Box 210
14) International Child Care - 1981 (1 file) - Box 210
15) Family Life - 1962-1977 (1 file) - Box 210
16) Church Building - 1958-1980 (1 file) - Box 210
17) Church School and Education - 1970-1979 (1 file) - Box 210
18) Denominations - 1977-1978 (1 file) - Box 210
19) Baptism - 1968-1972 (1 file) - Box 210
20) Marriage - 1969-1981 (1 file) - Box 210
21) Divorce and Remarriage - 1968-1977 (1 file) - Box 210
22) Oxfam Walk (1 file) - Box 210
23) Church and City Festivals - 1971-1972 (1 file) - Box 210
24) Missionary Conference - 1968-1969 (1 file) - Box 210
25) Ministers and Deacons Meetings - 1968-1970 (1 file) - Box 210
26) Inter-Mennonite Periodical - 1971 (1 file) -Box 210
27) Jews - 1967-1969 (1 file) - Box 210
28) The Jesus People - 1971-1972 (1 file) - Box 210
29) Cults - 1980 (1 file) - Box 210
30) Canadian Bible Society - 1972-1975 (1 file) - Box 210
31) Ethics Committee - 1979 (1 file) -Box 210
32) Aging - 1965-1981 (1 file) - Box 210
33) Drug and Alcohol - 1962-1979 (1 file) - Box 210
34) Death Penalty - 1972 (1 file) - Box 210
35) Astronauts - 1969-1971 (1 file) - Box 210
36) Lists - 1978-1981 (1 file) - Box 210
37) Mennonite History - 1947 (1 file) - Box 210
38) Maps, Plans - 1961 (2 files) - Box 210
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Record created October 07, 2010
Record modified October 02, 2014