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XIV-6

Mennonite Church USA

The Mennonite, Inc., 2001-

Records, 1997-2003

3 Boxes (1 Gray, 2 Large)

 

Administrative Information

 

            Some files were collected by the archives from 2001-02.  The records of board chair Cheryl Zehr Walker were deposited by Everett Thomas, Editor, Goshen, Indiana, in 2004.

 

Series Listing

 

            1. Collected records, 1998-2002

            2. Records, 1997-2003, from Board Chair Cheryl Zehr Walker

 

Inventory Listing

 

Box 1 (Gray)

 

1.  Collected Records, 1998-2002

 

1/1       The Mennonite, Volume 1, No. 1, February 17, 1998, Editor J. Lorne Peachey.  Incorporation of two previous publications, The Mennonite (1885-1998) and Gospel Herald (1908-1998).  Mission statement reads: “The Mennonite seeks to serve the U.S. context of the integrating General Conference Mennonite Church and Mennonite Church by helping readers glorify God, grow in faith and become agents of healing and hope in the world.”

 

1/2                   Articles of Incorporation, The Mennonite, Inc., November 2001 [Printed copy from attachment to an e-mail sent to archives by Evertt Thomas, November 19, 2001]. The Mennonite became an independent entity within Mennonite Church USA: separate from Mennonite Publishing Network and separate from the MC USA Executive Board.

 

1/3       The Mennonite, Volume 5, No. 1, January 8, 2002.  First issue under Mennonite Church USA banner, and first bi-weekly issue. Editor, Everett Thomas.  Mission statement reads: “The Mennonite seeks to serve Mennonite Church USA by helping readers glorify God, grow in faith and become agents of healing and hope in the world.”

 

1/4       Contribution request letter, February 2002

 

 

2.  Records, 1997-2003, of Board Chair Cheryl Zehr Walker  (Restricted)

Chair of the Interim Periodical Board from 1997-2001

Chair of the board for The Mennonite, Inc., 2001-2003

 

            These records consist of the transition of of The Mennonite , 1885-1998, (published by General Conference’s Faith and Life Press, Newton, Kansas) and the Gospel Herald, 1908-1998 (published by the Mennonite Church’s Mennonite Publishing House, Scottdale, Pennsylvania) into an independent The Mennonite, Inc., 1998-    , whereby it became an independent entity within Mennonite Church USA, separate from Mennonite Publishing Network and separate from the MC USA Executive Board.

 

Box 2 (Large) (Restricted)

 

2/1       Binder, IPB, [Interim Periodical Board], 1997, czw

2/2       Binder, IPB, 1998, czw

2/3       Binder, IPB, 1999, czw

2/4       Binder, IPB, 2000, czw

2/5       Binder, IPB / TM [The Mennonite] Structures Proposal, 2000-02

 

Box 3 (Large) (Restricted)

 

3/1       Binder, IPB / TMMB 2001

3/2       Binder, TMMB, 2002

 

3/3       Binder, IPB / TMMB [The Mennonite Magazine Board], Minutes, July 5, 1999 – present [August 20, 2002]

3/4       Binder, IPB Meeting, January 18-19, 2001

3/5       Binder, IPB Meeting, November 16-17, 2001

3/6       Folder, TMMB Meeting, April 12-13, 2002

3/7       Folder, TMMB Meeting, April 25-26, 2003

 

3/8       TM [The Mennonite] Editor Search Committee, 1999

3/9       IPB Personnel, 2001

3/10     The Mennonite Employee Policy Handbook, February 1, 2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

August 20, 2004 / Dennis Stoesz

File: "XIV-6 The Mennonite Inc.doc"

Mennonite Church USA Archives-Goshen, 1700 S. Main St., Goshen, Indiana 46526

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