File Folder 5 - Horst, Laurence

BOX 34 FOLDER 5 Laurence M. Horst At the time of this folder’s material Laurence Horst was a church leader among Mennonite ministers in Chicago and Moderator of Illinois Mennonite Conference. =========================== {1} THREE ENTRIES Laurence Horst to Bender, Nelson Kauffman, Ray Horst, Paul Mininger, John C. Wenger and Harold Bauman, February 23, 1959 [on informal letterhead of Chicago-Land All Mennonite Ministerial Association; Kauffman as Secretary for Home Missions and Evangelism; Nelson as Secretary for Relief and Service; Horst as Director of Voluntary Services; Mininger as President of Goshen College; Bender as Dean of Goshen College Biblical Seminary, Goshen Biblical Seminary; J. C. Wenger as at that seminary; Bauman as Pastor and Religious Counselor of Goshen College]: “all of you” shared interest in “the proposed seminar on the CITY CHURCH for Chicago this summer”; mention John Miller [John W. Miller, John Wolf Miller] Virgil Vogt; mention Reba Place for housing; substantially more on logistical plans. • • • CONTIGUOUS, Laurence Horst to Nelson E. Kauffman, Paul Mininger, and Bender, February 23, 1959 [on letterhead of Illinois Mennonite Conference, Horst as Moderator; Thermofax; Nelson Kauffman]: on finding leaders for that CITY CHURCH seminar; mention Virgil Vogt, but not seeming to recommend him.... • • • CONTIGUOUS, Memorandum, Laurence Horst to Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities, and Goshen College Biblical Seminary, not dated but marked “ca May 1959”; three single-spaced pages; headed “Greater-Chicago Mennonite Ministers Fellowship Chicago, Ill. - Laurence M. Horst, Chairman”, and at end designating that Fellowship and naming Laurence M. Horst, Mario O. Snyder, Paul O. King, LeRoy Kennel, Don Brenneman [Laurence Horst, Mario Snyder, Paul King, ?Donald Brenneman?]: the idea for the seminar had come from John Miller and apparently Reba Place Fellowship [John W. Miller, John Wolf Miller]; description of several meetings processing the idea; mention Virgil Vogt, Nelson Kauffman and Ray Horst, and Kennel, Brenneman, Snyder, and King; decisions outlined, including that leadership should come through “the channels that the Mennonite Church has set up”––Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities, Mennonite Relief and Service Committee, and possibly MCC; seminar title to be ‘A Study of “Building the Urban Church”’; greater detail, including how to promote the event and a sketch of the possible program. {2} Bender to Laurence Horst, November 29, 1960 [jjq jxx]: reference to Horst letter of November 19 [not extant here] to Bender and Paul Miller [?Paul M. Miller?]; that Bender was “fairly well acquainted with Ronald Goertz” and regarded him highly “as a person” and was “completely convinced that he is deeply committed to our basic Anabaptist principles and ... would like to work and fellowship in a Mennonite church”; although Goertz ’sjjj “basic theological training” was “in a somewhat liberal school”... he “is basically evangelical... [and] wants to be conservative in his general position...” [Mennonite Evangelicalism, Mennonite Fundamentalism??]; to get acquainted suggested having Goertz preach frequently, under no commitment... “for the Evanston group” [Reba Place Fellowship ?]. cc: Harold Zehr, Dr. E. E. Smucker [? Ernest E. Smucker, Ernest Smucker ?]. {3} Laurence Horst to Bender, February 11, 1961 [on stationery of Illinois Mennonite Camp Association qxx]: happy Bender had been at Mennonite Community Chapel on a Sunday; sending you a report re work at the Chapel; re raising money for a church building; re local Methodists and Presbyterians closing two churches and meeting together in a third.... {4} TW0 ENTRIES Bender to Laurence Horst, May 30, 1961 [jjq zq jxx]: thanks about finding and recovering Bender ’sjjj briefcase.... • • • REPLY, Laurence Horst to Bender, June 1, 1961 [jqq stationery of Englewood Mennonite Church qxx]: information re where and how Horst found and recovered the briefcase; glad you got your materials. {5} TW0 ENTRIES Bender to Laurence Horst, November 17, 1961 [jjq jxx]: John C. Wenger [J. C. Wenger] had told Bender of a John W. Miller [John Wolf Miller] suggestion that Chicago Mennonite arrange to meet with Billy Graham; bit of comment re need for careful planning, etc. • • • CONTIGUOUS, Laurence Horst to Bender, April 22, 1962 [jqq on stationery of Englewood Mennonite Church, Chicago––Horst as pastor qxx]: doubted that the above suggestion would go any farther; some comment about John Miller.