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One folder of correspondence, reports, and miscellaneous materials concerning a study of Mennonite contributions to the (Old) Mennonite Church, its congregations, its agencies, and addiliated charitable organizations (Mennonite Research Foundation Project #16).  A report appears in the September 12, 1950 issue of the Gospel Herald.

Records of an (old) Mennonite Church study of Mennonite income and giving to the church in 1956.  Includes interpreative reports by Melvin Gingerich and Velma Shank, returned questionnaires and income statements, correspondence, and miscellaneous materials.  The Christian Stewardship Study was designated Project #35 by the Mennonite Research Foundation.

This set of records documents the Mennonite Research Foundation's Project #25:  Mennonite Income and Giving, 1951.  Materials include tables, tabulations, correspondence, and questionnaires arranged by conferences, and miscellaneous financial materials contributed by congregations affiliated with the (old) Mennonite Church.  The results of this study were published in the Gospel Herald on May 26, 1953.

A small set of records documenting Mennonite Research Foundation Project #5 on Noncombatant Service (i.e. military service in positions not requiring combat participation).  Materials include a collection of tracts on noncombatant service by the General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, correspondence and surveys completed by Mennonite men who served in noncombatant positions during World War II, and draft manuscripts of "What of Noncombatant Service" and "What Is War" by Melvin Gingerich.

Records pertaining to Mennonite Research Foundation Project #1, a study designed to learn the annual incomes of a broad spectrum of (old) Mennonite Church members.  The rationale for the study was to determine whether Mennonite ministries were expanding beyond the means of church members, or whether the incomes of church members could justify greater expansion.  Materials include correspondence, income questionnaires from Mennonite conferences, reports, and miscellaneous materials.

Correspondence, collected stories, and miscellaneous records pertaining to Project #2, a book by Elizabeth Hershberger Bauman for juveniles entitled Coals of Fire.  The book contains stories illustrating Christian nonresistance and the Golden Rule.

Correspondence pertaining to Project #4, a book by Melvin Gingerich entitled, "Youth and Christian Citizenship."

Correspondence, completed questionnaires, and reports regarding Project #20, a study of Mennonite evangelism by John A. Hostetler. The questionnaires provide interesting details regarding the reasons why former members of the (old) Mennonite Church, both men and women, decided to leave the church in the 1940s and early 1950s.

Records pertaining to Project 24, a survey of World War I Mennonite conscientious objectors. Records include correspondence, lists of conscientious objectors, and questionnaires.

Correspondence, questionnaires, and final summary of data for Project 19, a census of Mennonite and Amish men who accepted military service during World War II. The questionnaires record the church status of men who accepted military duty rather than the experiences of these men in the military.

Also inlcuded in these records are the results of a study of midweek prayer, Bible study, Young People's Fellowship, and other meetings at (old) Mennonite congregations.

These records document two projects, Project 27 and Project 38, that examined the use of slide sets, filmstrips, and films by congregations affiliated with the (old) Mennonite Church.  Records include questionnaires filled out by congregational representatives in 1952 and 1957, correspondence, and reports.

Response card files, work sheets, correspondence, and final reports for the 1956 census of Mennonite men's draft registration status.  This census, conducted in 1956, was also known as Project 33 of the Mennonite Research Foundation.

Records pertaining to Project 15a, a study of Mennonite mutual aid organizations,  Materials include correspondence, questionnaires, a directory of Mennonite mutual aid organizations, and a paper by Wilbert Shenk entitled " Mennonite Insurance and Mutual Aid Organizations."

A small set of records pertaining to a study of stewardship (Project 16) in (old) Mennonite Church congregations conducted in 1949.  Questions address the amount of offerings received by local congregations, the use of assessments to fund congregational building and maintenance projects, and the congregational budget.

Project 28, the Laymen's Study, concerns itself with congregational constitutions, budgets, and stweardship. The study was proposed by Laymen's groups in the (old) Mennonite Church, who were seeking opportunities for Mennonite businessmen to assist in congregational administration and development. Records include questionnaires, correspondence, reports, and the 1950 constitution of Prairie Street Mennonite Church (Elkhart, Ind.), which was examined as a model constitution.