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Our congratulations to Gemechu Gebre Telila, Sarah Marie Rempel,
and Stefan Epp, first place winners in the 2002 John Horsch Mennonite
History Essay Contest. Their papers, along with the other winners
and their entries are listed below.
Class I - Seminary and Graduate School:
First, Gemechu Gebre Telila, Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Harrisonburg,
Virginia, History of the Meserete Kristos Church at Wonji Gefersa,
Ethiopia, during the Derg, 1974-1991: "God Works for the
Good"
Second, Ami L. Hudson, Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Harrisonburg,
Virginia, The Enigma of Power in Christ's Humble Church
Third, John W. Jacobs, Jr., Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Harrisonburg,
Virginia, For other foundation can no-man lay than that is laid,
which is Jesus Christ. I Corinthians 3:11
Class II - Undergraduate College and University:
First, Sarah Marie Rempel, Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas,
Unification Unveiled: A Tale of Two Churches and the Intricacies
of Identity Conflict
Second, Tammy Parker, Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana, Education
and Ethnicity: The Relationship between Russian Mennonites and
School District Formation in Buhler and Goessel, Kansas
Third, Zachary J. Walton, Bluffton College, Bluffton, Ohio, Advocating
the Kingdom: The Ecclesiological Rhetorical Strategies of Post-Münsterian
Dutch Anabaptist Leaders
Class III - High School:
First, Stefan Epp, Rosthern Junior College, Rosthern, Saskatchewan,
The Life of Claas Epp, Jr.
In each class first-place winners are awarded $100, second
place, $75 and third place $50. First-place winners also receive
a one-year subscription to the Mennonite Quarterly Review. All
entrants receive a one-year subscription to the Mennonite Historical
Bulletin.
This year's entries were judged by Perry Bush, Professor of
History at Bluffton College, Bluffton, Ohio; Leonard Gross, Goshen,
Indiana, retired Executive Director of the Archives of the Mennonite
Church; and Mark Metzler Sawin, Assistant Professor of History
at Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Eleven students in three academic levels submitted papers
on various topics in Mennonite studies.
The annual contest is sponsored by Mennonite Church USA Historical
Committee, and is named in honor of John Horsch (1867-1941),
the German-American Mennonite historian and polemicist who did
much to reawaken interest in Anabaptist and Mennonite studies
in the 20th century. The deadline for submission of entries for
next year's contest is June 15, 2003. We especially encourage
essays that reflect the experience of people of color in Anabaptist/Mennonite
communities.
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