Harder, Toews and Yoder win first place honors in the 2001 John Horsch Mennonite History Essay. They are among the eight students in three academic levels who submitted papers on various topics in Anabaptist/Mennonite studies.

Wilmer T. Harder, AMBS, Elkhart, Indiana, won first place in Class I (Seminary and Graduate School) for his paper, Theology for Mennonites and Christendom: A Comparison of John C. Wenger and Edmund G. Kaufman. In second place is Elizabeth Raid, Earlham School of Religion, Richmond, Indiana, The Work of the World and the Work of the Church: Mixing Money, Management, and Faith.

In Class II (Undergraduate College and University) the first place winner is Nathan W. Toews, Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas, The Rise and Fall of the Woodlawn Mennonite Church. Second place was awarded to Joseph Sawatzky, Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas, for his essay, Evangelical and Mennonite: The Sermons and Influences of Victor Sawatzky. The third place was not awarded.

Paul Yoder, EMHS, Harrisonburg, Virginia, won first place in Class III (High School) for his paper, Brother John R. Mumaw. Second place winner is Joel Gaeddert, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas, Civilian Public Service: An Acceptable Compromise. In third place is Angie Lederach, EMHS, Harrisonburg, Virginia, for her essay, George R. Brunk I: A man of insight and power.

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