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Mennonite Publishing House
The Mennonite Publishing House was a non-profit publishing operation in Scottdale, Pennsylvania, controlled by the Mennonite Publication Board of the (old) Mennonite Church. It served as the primary publisher of the denomination's periodicals, books, and congregational materials from 1908 to 2002. History Founding By 1907 several conferences of the (old) Mennonite Church had expressed interest in church ownership and operation of publishing, which had until then been operated privately and separately by publishing houses like the Mennonite Publishing Company, Mennonite Book and Tract Society, and Gospel Witness Company. In 1908, at a meeting of the Mennonite Church General Conference, it was decided to take publication under the control of the church, and the Mennonite Publication Board was created. This board purchased equipment and periodicals from the privately owned publishing houses, and chose to locate its new headquarters in Scottdale, Pennsylvania. Notable publications T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottdale, Pennsylvania
Scottdale is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh. Early in the 20th century, Scottdale was the center of the Frick coke interests. It had steel and iron pipe mills, brass and silver works, a casket factory, a large milk-pasteurizing plant, and machine shops; all of the aforementioned are presently defunct. Scottdale is notable for its economic decline from a formerly prosperous coke-town into an archetypal Rust Belt town. Duraloy Technologies, "a supplier of specialty high alloy, centrifugal and static cast components and assemblies" is the last remnant of Scottdale's steel related prosperity. In 1900, 4,261 people lived in Scottdale; in 1910, the population increased to 5,456; and in 1940, 6,493 people lived in Scottdale. The population was 4,384 at the 2010 census. Scottdale is located in the Southmoreland School District. History It is difficult to identify when the first non-Indian settler arrived in what is now the Borough of Scottd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mennonite Publication Board
The Mennonite Publication Board was founded in 1908 in Scottdale, Pennsylvania, as an organization through which the (old) Mennonite Church could own and operate its own publishing and periodicals. It served as the overseeing board for the printing and sale of denominational texts, operating the Mennonite Publishing House in Scottdale along with several bookstores throughout the United States and Canada, until 2002. Founding Prior to 1908, Mennonite publications and periodicals were owned and operated outside of the church, under multiple Mennonite publishing agencies, including the Mennonite Publishing Company, the Mennonite Book and Tract Society and the Gospel Witness Company. Several conferences under the (old) Mennonite Church began expressing a desire to consolidate and control the production of denominational texts, including the Kansas-Nebraska Conference in 1898, with several other conferences expressing interest by 1907. In November 1907 a meeting in Elkhart of delegate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mennonite Publishing Company
The Mennonite Publishing Company was a publishing agency in Elkhart, Indiana, operating primarily from 1875-1908, which under John F. Funk served as the main source of published material for the (old) Mennonite Church. The Mennonite Publishing Company was the third and final agency through which Funk published a great deal of historical and denominational Mennonite texts and periodicals, having previously published as "John F. Funk" from 1864-1869 and "John F. Funk and Brother" from 1869-1874. History Founding and Operation The creation of the Mennonite Publishing Company followed Funk's move to Elkhart, Indiana, from Chicago, at which point he purchased his own hand-powered printing press and ink. In 1868, Funk constructed a two-story building at 320 South Main Street in Elkhart for hosting his presses, and this property was transferred to the Publishing Company when it was chartered in 1875. As of 1892 these two floors and the basement were all occupied by the company, which op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herald Of Truth
The ''Herald of Truth'' was a religious newspaper founded by John F. Funk in 1864. It was the first periodical of the "Old" Mennonite Church (MC) and was also published in German as the ''Herold der Wahrheit''. Funk published the ''Herald'' through Charles Hess of Chicago, Illinois, until 1867, when Funk's own company, John F. Funk & Brother (later the Mennonite Publishing Company) took over publication in Elkhart, Indiana. The newspaper was sold to the Mennonite Publication Board in 1908. History The first issue was published 1 January 1864 in Chicago, Illinois. At the end of the first year, there were 1,200 subscribers. The ''Herald'' was filled with sermons and biblical exegesis as well as stories of horrific deaths or warnings about keeping the Sabbath holy. While, at several times in the late 1860s and early 1870s, John F. Funk called for "an original number," the pages usually also featured selections from other evangelical periodicals or Anabaptist works. Elkhart, In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gospel Herald
''Gospel Herald'' ( Scottdale, Pennsylvania) was the official publication of the Mennonite Church from 1908–1998. It was formed from a merger of ''Gospel Witness'' (Scottdale, Pennsylvania) and '' Herald of Truth'' ( Elkhart, Indiana). As part of the merger of the Mennonite Church and the General Conference Mennonite Church, ''Gospel Herald'' merged with ''The Mennonite'' of the General Conference Mennonite Church to form a new periodical titled ''The Mennonite''. Further information ''Gospel Herald'' has been digitized DigitizationTech Target. (2011, April). Definition: digitization. ''WhatIs.com''. Retrieved December 15, 2021, from https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/digitization is the process of converting information into a digital (i.e. computer- ... and is available online. References Defunct newspapers published in Pennsylvania Newspapers established in 1908 Publications disestablished in 1998 Christian newspapers published in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mennonite Church USA Archives
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 (Goshen, Indiana) campus, housed materials pertaining to the (old) Mennonite Church, while the Mennonite Library and Archives on the Bethel College (North Newton, Kansas) campus held the records of the General Conference Mennonite Church. From 2001 to 2012, the two repositories remained physically separate but were merged administratively, with oversight from the Mennonite Church USA Historical Committee. In 2012, the Historical Committee was disbanded and the two repositories came under the administration of the Mennonite Church USA Executive Board. In March 2017, the Mennonite Church USA Archives moved from its former location on the campus of Goshen College to the Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |