Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches
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The Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches (FEBC) is a small
Background
The Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches was founded at
For many years member congregations used the name "Brudertaler,"[2] (or Bruderthaler[3])[4] probably under the influence of the Mountain Lake founding church, and the conference itself was popularly called the Brudertaler (Bruderthaler) Conference. In 1914 the name was officially changed to The Defenceless Mennonite Brethren in Christ of North America. Then, in 1937 the name was formally changed to Evangelical Mennonite Brethren (EMB).[2]
In 1956, the conference's headquarters were moved to Omaha, Nebraska from Mountain Lake, Minnesota.[2]
The Evangelical Mennonite Brethren and the
In the 1980s, a Canadian group which was originally known as the New Covenant Apostolic Order, separated from the EMB church, eventually becoming the Saskatchewan Diocese of the Evangelical Orthodox Church.[5]
The Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Conference changed its name to the Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches on July 16, 1987. At that time the conference consisted of 36 congregations with a membership of 4583 (of which 1981 members in 20 congregations were in Canada and 423 members were in South America).[2]
Beliefs
The Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches holds an orthodox
Membership
In 2003 the FEBC in North America had 3620 members (Canada - 2170; USA - 1450) in 36 congregations (Canada - 20; USA - 16),[6] as well as 5 churches in Argentina and Paraguay. The Fellowship Focus is a bi-monthly magazine published by the FEBC. The conference headquarters are located in Omaha, Nebraska, having been moved there from Mountain Lake, Minnesota in 1956. They hold membership in the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (org. 1964), and the Mennonite World Conference, and until January, 2023, they had held membership with the National Association of Evangelicals (USA, org. 1942).
In 2013, there were 44 congregations included on the FEBC rolls. Most of the churches were in the U.S. and Canada, with one being in Paraguay.[2]
Notes
- ISBN 0-8361-3620-9.
- ^ a b c d e f g Epp, H.F.; Schultz, Arnold C. "Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches". Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. GAMEO. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
- ^ a b "A Brief History of the Fellowship". FEBC. Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
- ^ Alternate spellings of the Low German word exist, as indicated by different sources.
- ^ David J. Goa. "Orthodox Church". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on May 15, 2005. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
- ^ Mennonite World Conference website — 2003 North America Mennonite and Brethren in Christ Churches
References
- Dyck, Cornelius J.An Introduction to Mennonite History. Herald Press, 1993. ISBN 0-8361-3620-9
- Encyclopedia of American Religions, J. Gordon Melton, editor
- Enns-Rempel, Kevin. “A Merger That Never Was: The Conference of Evangelical Mennonites, 1953-1962,” Mennonite Life 48 (1993): 16-21.
- Enns-Rempel, Kevin. “The Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches and the Quest for Religious Identity,” Mennonite Quarterly Review 63 (July 1989).
- Handbook of Denominations in the United States, by Frank S. Mead, Samuel S. Hill, and Craig D. Atwood
- Leaving Anabaptism: From Evangelical Mennonite Brethren to Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches, by Calvin Wall Redekop, ISBN 0-9665021-0-8.
- Bender, Harold S.; Krahn, Cornelius, eds. (1956). The Mennonite Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. Scottsdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House / Mennonite Publication Office / Mennonite Brethren Publishing House. pp. 262–264. ISBN 978-0-8361-1119-4.
- Dyck, Cornelius J.; Martin, Dennis D., eds. (1990). The Mennonite Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. Scottsdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House / Mennonite Publication Office / Mennonite Brethren Publishing House. pp. 296–297. ISBN 978-0-8361-3105-5.
External links
- Official website
- Historical sketch 1889–1953 of Evangelical Mennonite Brethren church
- Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches in Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online