Identity area
Reference code
US MCUSAA X/009-
Title
Faith & Life Council Records
Date(s)
- 1987-2006 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
Context area
Name of creator
(1925-)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The Faith & Life Council was created in 1993 to determine how Mennonite World Conference churches understand and describe Anabaptist-Mennonite faith and practice, to enable member churches to receive and give council Anabaptist-Mennonite identity and action, and to develop relationships interchurch relationships of mutual accountability. Records in this series include minutes and reports, correspondence, and a small reference library of congregational and denominational Mennonite confession statements. Also included in this series are the records documenting the creation of the shared convictions in 2006, including questionnaires returned by Mennonite World Conference members.