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"Phyllis Miller Swartz tells of her love for Yoder School where she studied as a girl, of being uprooted from her cloistered Mennonite community, and of learning to become in a larger world a teacher still informed by Yoder School visions"--
In 1974 nearly 3,000 evangelicals from 150 nations met at the Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization. Amidst this cosmopolitan setting - and in front of the most important white evangelical leaders of the United States - members of the Latin American Theological Fraternity spoke out against the American Church. Fiery speeches by Ecuadorian René Padilla and Peruvian Samuel Escobar revealed a global weariness with what they described as an American style of coldly efficient mission wedded to myopic, right-leaning politics. Their bold critiques electrified Christians from around the world. The dramatic growth of Christianity around the world in the last century has shifted the balance of po...
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Georg/George Petersheim (1763-1818) married Christina Nissley/Nissly/ Nisly before 1790. They immigrated from Germany to America in 1810, and eventually settled in Gordonville, Pennsylvania. Descendants and relatives have scattered throughout the United States as well as into parts of Canada.
Daniel Graber was born 13 May 1779 in France. He was a descendant of one Peter Graber who was born 1680 and lived near Fountaine, France. Daniel married Mary (Marie) Frey 20 January 1800 in Couthenans, France. They immigrated to America in 1834, settled near Louisville, Ohio and were the parents of eleven children. Descendants lived in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and elsewhere.
Johannes Ramseyer was born 3 April 1780 in Mancenans, France. His parents were Isaak Ramseyer and Anna Augsburger. He married Barbara Kaufman (1780-1844) 30 May 1800 in Alsace, France. They had ten children. They emigrated in 1834 and settled in Ohio. He died 4 July 1853. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Kansas.
Hearing held in Miami, Florida, August 22-23, 1977.