Mennonite

Rather than join the military during the Vietnam War, Ezra Swartzentrubermoves from his Mennonite community in Pennsylvania to Miami, Florida, for two years of alternative service in a hospital. There...

This book is more than a family genealogy; it is the story of every Pennsylvania Dutch person, tracing their lifestyle and religious beliefs back to the Germanic barbarians. Their Christianization...

Representing the lives of the author’s paternal grandparents, the book includes Lester W. Martin’s background in the Stauffer (Pike) Mennonite Church and other Old Order Mennonite traditions and Hannah E. Fisher’s...

Author Edith S. Bailey tells of her growing up years as a young girl in the Old Order Mennonite Church. Enjoy her wonderful hand-drawn illustrations throughout the book, as well...

This memoir of forty years of international humanitarian service and lessons learned along the way is a great book for young men and women who are attracted to a career...

Mennonite families are known to have lived at Friedelsheim, Germany, since 1682 when the following held hereditary leases: Christian Herschi, Ulrich Wiedemann, Jost Ebersol, and Hans Borkholder. In 1715, we...

Imagine being able to see one day and the next day your vision is gone. What would you do? Bowman escorts us into the inner world of blindness with his...

As the oldest in an Old Order Mennonite family, 18-year-old Amanda goes through life meeting difficulties and challenges that she does not know how to cope with nor how to...

Living in Switzerland during the Reformation was not easy . . . for anyone. The Kraemer family are the founding fathers of an idyllic Swiss village. They are hardworking, cheese...

This inspirational autobiography is filled with lively stories and fond memories beginning at Denbigh, Va. John and Emily (Brackbill) Shenk married and served in mission work in Knoxville, Tenn., before...

Saul McNamara believes God is telling him his work as a Korean War nuclear bombing strategist is evil. For this reason and with moral support from the Mennonites and their...

Subtitled "Heartaches and Blessing in the Life of an Old-Order Mennonite Family," this is the story of a couple who had three of their eight children diagnosed with cystic fibrosis....

This is the life story of pioneer Bishop John P. Yoder (1885-1975) married 1st to Ida Kropf and 2nd to Clara Kropf and his four children as well as his...

This novel is based on Old Order Mennonite culture and portrays Clayton Wenger as he faces age sixteen and its adjustments in his life. Follow him through his disappointments. His...

Many Mennonite families from Germany, Switzerland, and Holland, who emigrated to Lancaster Co., Pa., are featured in this book. Substantial sections are devoted to lists of early settlers and biographical...

First published in 1898 in German and now for the first time, it is translated into English. Subtitled "From the Time of the Apostles to the Present," it traces the...

This 1954 thesis, although never published, contains a wealth of information that greatly contributed to the study of Amish history with interviews of persons born in the 19th century. Chapters...

In celebration of the first Sunday School held at Mount Pleasant Mennonite Church 100 years ago, this book tells about the "little white church on the hill" and the people...

This book covers 30 years of Mennonite history in western Kentucky, from 1987-2017. Includes memories of the first dozen or so families, as well as year-by-year happenings and events. Listings...