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General Conference Mennonite Brethren Church fonds
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Board of Christian Education

This series primarily consists of minutes, correspondence, and reports of the Board of Christian Education. It also includes BOCE agendas, recommendations, study papers, drama scripts, evaluations, resource lists, etc. There are two other parts to this series. First, there are materials on the Service Training Program, a distance education program aimed at training church lay-people. This includes program handbooks, course listings, correspondence, registration records, and reports. The second part consists of BOCE convention materials. This includes correspondence, reports, survey results, and promotional materials pertaining to the National Education Convention, Youth Week, and the Banff youth convention. Note that the series also includes minutes from the Committee of Church Schools.

Board of Christian Education

Board of Christian Literature

This series contains minutes, correspondence, reports, study papers, manuscripts, questionnaires, book reviews, promotional materials, booklets, and policy manuals generated by Board of Christian Literature. Files include minutes from subcommittees of the board, including the Publications, Marketing and Editorial Committees. Correspondence from Harold Jantz's oral history project is also included. Several Board of Christian Literature publications are available in the CMBS Periodicals and Newspapers Collection; see the following titles: Mennonite Brethren Herald (1962-), Christian Leader (1951-), Zionsbote (1884-1964), Newsletter (1960-1980), and Sunday School: Worship Together (1966-1972) Sunday School: Rejoice (1972-).

Board of Christian Literature

Board of General Welfare and Public Relations

This sub-series consists of minutes, correspondence, and reports from the Board of General Welfare and Public Relations. Also included are news releases intended for Mennonite periodicals, minutes from a convention on alternative service, policy handbooks, brochures, and posters. Many of the records from the 1950s concern relief work in the South American Mennonite colonies; much of the correspondence in these years involves C.A. DeFehr, P.C. Hiebert, C.C. Warketin, and B.B. Janz. Additional information on the board may be found in the personal collections of these men; see the CMBS Personal Papers Collection. The Board of General Welfare and Public Relations also is referred to as the Wohlfahrtskomitee and as the Committee of General Welfare and Public Relations. This committee worked closely with the Mennonite Central Committee on matters of foreign aid.

Board of Management

This series deals with the financial aspects of the conference. The board responsible for these records has been called by a variety of names, including the Board of Trustees, the Board of Directors, and the Board of Management. The series includes board minutes, correspondence, publications, loan applications, brochures, and reports, including audited statements and related financial reports. Finance Committee and Finance Board minutes, correspondence, and reports are included in the Board of Management files. For a time, the Board of Trustees was divided into Canadian and American sections [ca. 1970?]; it is not always clear to which section the records belong.

Board of Management

Board of Reference and Council

This board (BORAC), also referred to as the Board of Faith and Life (BFL), dealt with matters of church doctrine. This series includes board minutes, reports, correspondence, resolutions, surveys, booklets and study papers (1928-1994). It also includes several published versions of the General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches Confession of Faith (1876-1998). A section of the series pertains to the "women in ministry" issue, including a Your Daughters Shall Prophesy reader-response survey, and the River East MB corporate statement (1992-1993). A sub series is the Hymnal commission.

Convention Records

The General Conference convention was the annual then triennial event where the major deliberations and decisions of the General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches were made. This series includes convention packets, consisting of agendas, reports, recommendations, and brochures, given to delegates at or prior to the conventions. The minutes and reports from the conventions have been published in conference yearbooks; the yearbooks are located in volume 38:8-10 (1883-1909), and in the CMBS Conference Yearbook Collection (1912-2002, 1883-1909 photocopies). Minutes of the first four sessions of the General Conference (1879-1882) and two indexed collections of General Conference resolutions (1875-2002)—both entitled We Recommend...—are found in the latter collection as well. The CMBS Photograph Collection is also a rich source of convention history; see especially NP149-09.

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