Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1869-2000 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The EMC Collection has been intellectually arranged into 14 series following the “Evangelical Mennonite Conference Archives Classification Code".
The Conference structures evolved from most decision making done by the congregational ministerial to a broader organization with greater lay involvement. In 1960, the formation of the Conference Council and the Conference boards and committees was introduced to aid with administrative decisions. Elected delegates from each congregation, together with ordained ministers and deacons, made up the council. A subsequent administrative revision occured in 1972.
See the 2014 EMC Yearbook p. 49 for the organizational structure at the time that the records were transferred to the Mennonite Heritage Archives.
The series are:
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- General – vital statistics, constitutions, membership handbooks, etc.
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- Conventions and Conferences
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- Board of Education and Publication (formerly Study Committee on Education
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- Board of Finance (and former Trustee Committee) / Board of Trustees
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- Board of Missions
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- Estates Committee
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- General Board (formerly Conference Executive)
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- Ministerial Examination and Placement Committee
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- Music Committee
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- Nominating Committee
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- Social Concerns Committee
- 12 Youth Committee
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- Temporary Committees
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- Historical