List of Mennonites

Last updated

This page includes a list of notable Mennonites.

General list

Canadian politicians connected to the Mennonites

Note: Several Canadian political figures have a Mennonite background. This might be more common in Canada than in most nations. This is perhaps most true in the case of Manitoba, though Saskatchewan and British Columbia also have significant Mennonites in politics. As this more concerns "connected to" this may include people who are ethnic Mennonites and not necessarily members of Mennonite churches.

Contents

People of Mennonite ancestry or background

These are people of Mennonite ancestry, but who are/were not members of the Mennonite religion. In some cases names listed here include people whose current status as Mennonites is undetermined.

People incorrectly identified as Mennonite

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mennonites</span> Anabaptist groups originating in Western Europe

Mennonites are a group of Anabaptist Christian communities tracing their roots to the epoch of the Radical Reformation. The name Mennonites is derived from the cleric Menno Simons (1496–1561) of Friesland, part of the Holy Roman Empire, present day Netherlands. Menno Simons became a prominent leader within the wider Anabaptist movement and was a contemporary of Martin Luther (1483–1546) and Philip Melanchthon (1497–1560). Through his writings about the Reformation Simons articulated and formalized the teachings of earlier Swiss Anabaptist founders as well as early teachings of the Mennonites founded on the belief in both the mission and ministry of Jesus. Formal Mennonite beliefs were codified in the Dordrecht Confession of Faith (1632), which affirmed "the baptism of believers only, the washing of the feet as a symbol of servanthood, church discipline, the shunning of the excommunicated, the non-swearing of oaths, marriage within the same church", nonresistance, and in general, more emphasis on "true Christianity" involving "being Christian and obeying Christ" as they interpret it from the Holy Bible.

The Evangelical Mennonite Conference is a conference of Canadian evangelical Mennonite Christians headquartered in Steinbach, Manitoba, with 62 churches from British Columbia to southern Ontario. It includes people with a wide range of cultural and denominational backgrounds.

The Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference(EMMC) is an evangelical body of Mennonite Christians, organized on July 1, 1959.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rosthern</span> Town in Saskatchewan, Canada

Rosthern is a town at the juncture of Highway 11 and Highway 312 in central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is roughly halfway between the cities of Prince Albert and Saskatoon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches</span> Anabaptist denomination

The Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (CCMBC) is a Mennonite Brethren denomination in Canada. It is a member of the Mennonite World Conference and the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Russian Mennonites</span> Ethnic group

The Russian Mennonites are a group of Mennonites who are the descendants of Dutch and North German Anabaptists who settled in the Vistula delta in West Prussia for about 250 years and established colonies in the Russian Empire beginning in 1789. Since the late 19th century, many of them have emigrated to countries which are located throughout the Western Hemisphere. The rest of them were forcibly relocated, so very few of their descendants currently live in the locations of the original colonies. Russian Mennonites are traditionally multilingual but Plautdietsch is their first language as well as their lingua franca. In 2014, there were several hundred thousand Russian Mennonites: about 200,000 live in Germany, 74,122 live in Mexico, 150,000 in Bolivia, 40,000 live in Paraguay, 10,000 live in Belize, tens of thousands of them live in Canada and the US, and a few thousand live in Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Steinbach, Manitoba</span> City in Manitoba, Canada

Steinbach is the third-largest city in the province of Manitoba, Canada, and with a population of 17,806, the largest community in the Eastman region. The city, located about 58 km (36 mi) southeast of the provincial capital of Winnipeg, is bordered by the Rural Municipality of Hanover to the north, west, and south, and the Rural Municipality of La Broquerie to the east. Steinbach was first settled by Plautdietsch-speaking Mennonites from Ukraine in 1874, whose descendants continue to have a significant presence in the city today. Steinbach is found on the eastern edge of the Canadian Prairies, while Sandilands Provincial Forest is a short distance east of the city.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Canadian Mennonite University</span> Private university in Manitoba, Canada

Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) is a private Mennonite university located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is affiliated with Mennonite Church Canada and the Mennonite Brethren Church of Manitoba. It has an enrolment of 1,607 students. The university was chartered in 1999 with a Shaftesbury campus in southwest Winnipeg, as well as Menno Simons College and a campus at the University of Winnipeg.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Block settlement</span> Type of land distribution to settlers with the same ethnicity

A block settlement is a particular type of land distribution which allows settlers with the same ethnicity to form small colonies. This settlement type was used throughout western Canada between the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Some were planned and others were spontaneously created by the settlers themselves. As a legacy of the block settlements, the three Prairie Provinces have several regions where ancestries other than British are the largest, unlike the norm in surrounding regions.

Menno Colony is a Mennonite settlement located in the central part of the Chaco region, in northwest Paraguay, occupying an area of 7500 km2 (2900 mi2). It was founded in 1926 by Plautdietsch-speaking descendants of Russian Mennonites who emigrated from Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Neighbouring Mennonite settlements are Fernheim Colony and Neuland Colony. The main settlement of the colony is Loma Plata. Menno is the largest of the Mennonite colonies in Paraguay.

Kleine Gemeinde is a Mennonite denomination founded in 1812 by Klaas Reimer in the Russian Empire. The current group primarily consists of Plautdietsch-speaking Russian Mennonites in Belize, Mexico and Bolivia, as well as a small presence in Canada and the United States. In 2015 it had some 5,400 baptized members. Most of its Canadian congregations diverged from the others over the latter half of the 20th century and are now called the Evangelical Mennonite Conference.

The Mennonite Church USA Archives was founded in 2001 under the denominational merger of the (old) Mennonite Church and the General Conference Mennonite Church. Prior to 2001, the two largest Mennonite denominations maintained separate archives: the Archives of the Mennonite Church, located on the Goshen College campus, housed materials pertaining to the (old) Mennonite Church, while the Mennonite Library and Archives on the Bethel College campus held the records of the General Conference Mennonite Church.

Peter J. Dyck was a Canadian Mennonite relief worker and pastor best known for his work resettling Russian Mennonite refugees after World War II.

Old Colony Mennonites are a part of the Russian Mennonite movement that descends from colonists who migrated from the Chortitza Colony in modern Ukraine near Zaporizhia to settlements in Canada. Theologically, Old Colony Mennonites are largely conservative Mennonites.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Privilegium of 1873 (Canada)</span>

The Privilegium of 1873 is the original invitation letter from the Dominion of Canada to Mennonites living in the Russian Empire offering them land, military exemption, and private schools, among other privileges.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">East Reserve</span> Block settlement in Manitoba, Canada

The East Reserve was a block settlement in Eastern Manitoba initially set aside by the Government of Canada exclusively for settlement by Russian Mennonite settlers in 1873.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">West Reserve</span> Block settlement in Manitoba, Canada

The West Reserve was a block settlement plot of land in Manitoba set aside by the Government of Canada exclusively for settlement by Russian Mennonite settlers in 1875.

Mennonite literature emerged in the mid-to-late 20th century as both a literary movement and a distinct genre. Mennonite literature refers to literary works created by or about Mennonites.

The Bolivian Mennonite gas-facilitated rapes refers to mass serial rapes by a group of men over at least four years in the Bolivian Mennonite settlement of Manitoba Colony. At least nine male members of the colony sprayed a veterinary sedative through window screens to render whole households unconscious. They then entered homes and raped the residents, particularly women and girls. The minimum number of known victims stands at 151. Many victims were raped on multiple occasions. The youngest victim was three years old, the oldest was 65. Multiple victims were pregnant and one delivered an extremely premature baby after going into labor following a rape. There are believed to have been both adult and child male victims as well, but none were publicly identified. The perpetrators were in some cases blood relatives of the victims, the crimes thus including incestuous abuse.

References

  1. ↑ Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online Archived 2007-09-29 at archive.today
  2. ↑ McClelland & Stewart publishers [ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ The religion of J.C. Chasez, singer with N'SYNC
  4. ↑ Eastern Mennonite University Archived 2006-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Goossen, Ben (2019-03-21). "Hitler's Mennonite Physicist". Anabaptist Historians. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  6. ↑ "Howard Dyck" The Canadian Encyclopedia
  7. ↑ "Brendan Fehr's website". Archived from the original on 2006-05-05. Retrieved 2005-12-12.
  8. ↑ Industry Canada Archived 2006-04-24 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ Klippenstein, Lawrence (1998). "Funk, Johann". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography . Vol. XIV (1911–1920) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
  10. ↑ "Bethel College". Archived from the original on 2005-11-27. Retrieved 2005-12-12.
  11. ↑ ABC.Net
  12. ↑ Mennonite Weekly Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online Archived 2007-09-29 at archive.today
  14. ↑ Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society Archived 2004-12-17 at archive.today
  15. ↑ His biography at Amazon.com
  16. ↑ Avatar Review
  17. ↑ Farming Magazine [ permanent dead link ]
  18. ↑ Mennonite Economic Development Associates
  19. ↑ Canadian Christianity.com
  20. ↑ "About the Artist - The Klassen's Music". 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  21. ↑ Christianity Today
  22. ↑ Mennonite World Review
  23. ↑ Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary Profile Archived 2011-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
  24. ↑ Swiss Mennonite.org
  25. ↑ Menno Link
  26. ↑ "University of Colorado at Boulder". Archived from the original on 2006-06-14. Retrieved 2006-08-24.
  27. ↑ "Amnesty International". Archived from the original on 2006-02-12. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
  28. ↑ "Mennonite Brethren Herald". Archived from the original on 2006-08-09. Retrieved 2006-08-31.
  29. ↑ US Department of State, Home Page
  30. ↑ "Human Rights Watch". Archived from the original on 2006-05-09. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
  31. ↑ Mennonite Publishing Network Archived 2006-10-03 at the Wayback Machine
  32. ↑ "James Reimer has faith in his game". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. 4 April 2011.
  33. ↑ Goshen
  34. ↑ CTV
  35. ↑ "Book Author View | Random House of Canada". Archived from the original on 2014-06-01. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
  36. ↑ McClelland & Stewart publishers
  37. ↑ South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1975
  38. ↑ Goshen
  39. 1 2 3 "MLA Biographies – Deceased". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.
  40. ↑ "Albert Driedger". Winnipeg Free Press. July 21, 2011. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
  41. ↑ "Jacob Froese". Winnipeg Free Press. June 19, 2003. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
  42. ↑ James Urry (2006). Mennonites, politics, and peoplehood: Europe-Russia-Canada, 1525-1980 - Page 351. University of Manitoba Press. p. 351. ISBN   978-0-88755-688-3 . Retrieved 2 December 2010. When Neufeld resigned in 1993, another NDP Mennonite candidate, Harry Schellenberg, won the by-election, ...
  43. ↑ "Mennonites won't lose citizenship over 80-year-old glitch: Toews", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, January 26, 2007, 9:18 report. Retrieved June 14, 2008.
  44. ↑ "MWR : MB elected provincial premier". Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
  45. ↑ "105-year-old wins Order of Canada" CBC article
  46. ↑ Sandra Birdsell's website Archived 2006-10-30 at the Wayback Machine
  47. ↑ Griffin Poetry Prize site Archived 2006-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
  48. ↑ USA Today
  49. ↑ "Bethel College". Archived from the original on 2006-09-07. Retrieved 2006-10-09.
  50. ↑ University of Michigan Archived 2008-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
  51. ↑ Eisenhower's direct ancestor, Hans Nicol Eisenhauer, was a Mennonite that settled in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1741. "Eisenhower Birthplace - Eisenhower Family Tree". Archived from the original on 2008-03-20. Retrieved 2008-04-05. Eisenhower's pacifist roots may have influenced his presidential farewell speech in which he warned the country against the emerging military-industrial complex. "Military-Industrial Complex Speech, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961". Archived from the original on 2013-08-12. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
  52. ↑ Graham, Ashley; Paley, Rebecca (2017-05-09). A New Model: What Confidence, Beauty, & Power Really Look Like. HarperCollins. ISBN   978-0-06-266796-0.
  53. ↑ The National Academies Press
  54. ↑ Association of Manitoba Book Publishers Archived 2006-04-24 at the Wayback Machine
  55. ↑ Biography. sz-n.com. April 12, 2013. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  56. ↑ Mueller, Tom (2010). "Valley of the Whales". National Geographic . 218 (August): 118–137. Archived from the original on July 23, 2010. …Gingerich himself grew up in a strictly principled Christian environment, in a family of Amish Mennonites in eastern Iowa.
  57. ↑ Religion News
  58. ↑ Real Life Magazine Archived 2007-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
  59. ↑ Seattle Times
  60. ↑ Kelly, Joey (2014). America for Sale. Reinbek: Rowohlt. Google Books. Retrieved 2015-11-08. 18th century ancestors of his mother Barbara-Ann Suokko were Amish.
  61. ↑ Illinois Review
  62. ↑ Hershey history site Archived 2005-11-25 at the Wayback Machine
  63. ↑ "NHL website". Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2006-12-17.
  64. ↑ "Adolph Rupp". NBA. Retrieved 10 April 2010. Rupp was born outside Halstead, Kansas to Mennonite German immigrants…
  65. ↑ IndyStar
  66. ↑ Krahn, Cornelius; van der Zijpp, Nanne (1959). "Sudermann (Suderman, Zudermann, Suterman, Soermann) family". Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. The noted author Hermann Sudermann was of Mennonite background, his father having been baptized as Mennonite in Elbing
  67. ↑ Winters, Richard D. and Cole Christian Kingseed. Beyond Band of Brothers, p. 4-5.
  68. ↑ "Mennonite Life - June 2006 - Juhnke article George Armstrong Custer and Samuel S. Haury". Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2006-10-09.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.