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Arlie Schulz accompanies the Bloodvein children's choir on the piano at Mennonite World Conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

After the 1962 Mennonite World Conference in Kitchener, Ontario, many of the foreign delegates took a 4,000-mile bus tour of the United States.

This photo shows the Widricks at Mennonite World Conference in Winnipeg. Cara Widrick is on the left. Terry is on the right.

The 2nd Mennonite World Conference came as an emergency meeting. Conditions of Russian Mennonites deteriorated in the late 1920s, and a meeting at the Mennonite Church of Danzig in Prussia became the World Mennonite Relief Conference.

The theme chosen for the conference, "Jesus Christ Reconciles" was ironic because the 9th world conference experienced difficulties resulting from cultural and theological differences among conference delegates. Some individuals questioned the usefulness of world conferences and wondered whether they should continue, but the delegates decisively reaffirmed the meetings. However, the 1972 conference did result in major changes in the conference structure to allow greater representation, especially of Third World Mennonites, in conference planning.

This photo shows a conference session happening at Mennonite World Conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Attendees are seated in chairs as a man speaks through a microphone at the front. Panel guests are seated are the table to the right of him. (Left to right) At the table are Lawrence Hart, Menno Wiebe, [?], [?], John Funk.

The 3rd Mennonite World Conference concluded with a celebration at Witmarsum, Menno Simon's home town, commemorating the events of his life. The delegates held a worship service in the Reformed Church at Witmarsum where Menno probably was a priest before joining the Anabaptists.

The 9th Mennonite World Conference (MWC) took place in Curitiba, Brazil. This was the first MWC in the Third World. There were about 1,800 participants, with less than one third from Europe and North America.

The idea of bringing Mennonites of the world together for a united meeting originated in the late 1800s among different Mennonite leaders in Europe and North America. Mennonite publications occasionally discussed this proposal, but the first Mennonite World Conference (MWC) did not take place until 1925

Christian Neff was asked to plan the third Mennonite World Conference (MWC), which took place in the Netherlands in 1936. As in 1925, the program was largely historical and celebrated the four hundredth anniversary of Menno Simon's joining the Anabaptists. The first part of the conference was held in the Singel Mennonite Church in Amsterdam and the second part at the Dutch Mennonite retreat grounds at Elspeet.

This photo is of participants at the Mennonite World Conference in Newton, Kansas posing for a photo on the steps of a Memorial Hall. Three double doors are open at the top of the stairs. Front row (l-r): J.J. Thiessen, C.F. Klassen, David B. Wiens, ?, ?, Harold S. Bender.

The delegates at the 1936 conference planned a 4th Mennonite World Conference (MWC) to be held in the United States in 1940. World War II prevented this. Christian Neff, the conference pioneer, died in 1946. In 1948 Mennonite Central Committee, at the urging of the General Conference Mennonite Church, took the initiative for planning and convening the 1948 Mennonite World Conference.

The 6th Mennonite World Conference took place in Karlsruhe, Germany, in 1957. The Theme was "The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the World." (l-r): H.H. Janzen (Kitchener), __, ___, H.S. Bender (Goshen), , .