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These records document Mennonite Media's efforts to promote its programs (including those in Japan, Russia, Latin America, Italy, and the United States) and raise funds to sustain them. Included are promotional letters and calendars, agency and program newsletters, and Home Bible Study mailings.

Meeting minutes of governing boards of and committees / working groups within the broadcasting office of the Mennonite Board of Missions.  Researchers will note that Mennonite Media ceased to have an independent board in 1981, when an administrative consolidation with the Mennonite Board of Missions made Mennonite Media a division of Mennonite Board of Missions Home Ministry.  Researchers should consult the Mennonite Board of Missions Executive Board Meeting Minutes for records reporting high-level decision-making regarding Mennonite Media from 1982 forward.

Contains project files from Mennonite Media's outreach via television, radio, and print.

Contains the correspondence and subject files of Ken Weaver, the director of Mennonite Media. Project files on various radio spots, videos, and paper tracts and ads are included, as is correspondence with a variety of people and organizations associated with Mennonite Media.

This collection contains the organizational records of Choice Books, formerly Life Line Books. Materials include annual reports, minutes, correspondence, subject files, and various other materials documenting the organization's work in distributing books ("bookrack evangelism").

Files pertaining to the production of a hodgepodge of audiovisual programming for Mennonite audiences and agencies.  Records include correspondence, project proposals, scripts, marketing materials, and reports.

This series consists of television spots and scripts created by Mennonite Media to promote ethical behavior and the Mennonite faith, a documentary about James and Rowena Lark (James Lark was the first ordained African American Mennonite pastor), and three videos about American Mennonites and the 1991 Gulf War.

Files pertaining to the production of evangelistic radio programs broadcast in languages other than English and/or made specifically for international distribution.  As the title of this records series suggests, the primary broadcasting language documenting in these files is Russian.  Programs were also produced in German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Japanse, and Navaho and for distribution in Africa, Australia, and Israel.  The records of Spanish-language evangelism programs may be found in the JELAM (Junta Ejecutiva Latinoamericana de Audiciones Menonitas) Records, IV-13-006 or the JELAM Program Files (IV-13-010.6).

Files pertaining to the production of and distribution of a video series featuring stories of persons living out their Christian faith.  All God's People videos were 30 minutes long and were marketed to congregations, television broadcasters, information centers, and home viewers.  Researchers should note that the videos themselves are not in this record series.

Files documenting the production and distribution of Spanish-language evangelistic broadcasting produced by and for Mennonites.  Materials include correspondence with radio stations, meeting minutes, and reports pertaining to Luz y Veridad, Corizon a Corozon, and other Spanish-language radio programs.

These records are divided into two series: 

(1) Way to Life Files, 1963-1979

(2) Overseas Broadcasting Records, 1963-1994

These records document an effort to use mass media to clarify who the Mennonites are and attract non-ethnic Mennonites to the Mennonite faith. Materials include correspondence, reports, research files, results of pilot market studies, and scripts for television spots. Also includes results of of a new member study commissioned by Seattle Mennonite Church.

A large set of sound recordings on open reel, cassette tapes, and CDs produced by the Mennonite Board of Mission's media evangelization agency. Recordings are organized by program or series for which they were produced.

A small collection of assorted photographs pertaining to various Mennonite Media ministries.

Production files for various brief television public service announcements and other short programs.