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- 1936-1966 (Creation)
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Collection
Extent and medium
2.50 Linear Feet; 2 archives boxes and 1 records carton
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Name of creator
Biographical history
John David Zehr was born in Manson, Iowa on July 16, 1922. He married Ruth Lais in 1945, and together they had four children. Zehr was ordained to the minsitry by Simon Gingerich in 1946. He studied at Goshen College Biblical Seminary, earning a Th.B. in 1949.
Zehr pastored Calvary Church (Los Angeles, Ca.) from 1950 to 1958 and Yellow Creek Mennonite Church (Goshen, Ind.) from 1958 to 1966. He was ordained bishop at Yellow Creek Mennonite Church in 1960. Zehr also taught in Bible department at Goshen College from 1958 to 1966.
Zehr was very interested in civil rights and urban ministry. He intended to return to urban ministry, but was killed in a car accident, along with his son, Bruce, in 1966.
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Scope and content
The personal papers of John D. Zehr, a Mennonite bishop who pastored Calvary Church (Los Angeles, Ca.) and Yellow Creek Mennonite Church (Goshen, Ind.), consist of two series:
(1) Mennonite Attitudes on Voting Survey, 1966
(2) Sermons and Pastoral Papers, 1936-1966
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
10/02/2003, Ruth Zehr, Acc. 7150
System of arrangement
By series
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
These materials are open for public research.
Researchers using Box 1, Folder 32, "Pastoral Correspondence, 1960-1963," must agree not to publish personally identifying information.
Conditions governing reproduction
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright not owned by the Mennonite Church USA Archives.
Language of material
- English
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- Mennonite Church -- Clergy (Subject)
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Dates of creation revision deletion
2012-02-28
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- English