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This small set of records consists primarily of drafts of the (old) Mennonite Church's polity statement and correspondence reacting to those drafts.  The correspondence is addressed to John L. Horst, Secretary of the Church Polity Committee.  Also included in these records is one set of minutes from a church polity committee meeting in 1935.

A small set of records documenting the work of the following committees:  Civilian Service Investigating Committee, Educational Study Committee, Reorganization Study Committee, Life Insurance Study Committee, Committee on Audio-Visual Aids, Resolutions Committee, Topics, Committee, Coordination of Field Services Committee, Coordination of Research Projects Committee, Committee on Christian Standard of Living, Managing Committee, Periodicals Study Committee, Committee to Study Retirement of Church Workers, and Committee to Study the Place of Women on the Church Board.

Official and unofficial records of the denominational committee assigned with the task of restructuring the (old) Mennonite Church in the late 1960s.  Materials include meeting minutes, correspondence, and reports.  The records are divided into three series:

(1) Official Records, 1966-1971

(2) Chairman and Other Correspondence, 1966-1971

(3) Sound Recordings, 1970