Historical Committee

Moderators serve for two years and moderate the conference at the end of those two years

#    Year        Place            Moderator    Years Served    Residence on Election

Mennonite [Church] General Conference, 1898-1971

Preliminary
     1897, Nov. 11    Elida, Ohio        J. N. Durr, Woodside, Pennsylvania, Moderator

1.  1898, Nov. 11-12    Elida, Ohio        Daniel Kauffman, 1898, Moderator
2.  1900, Oct 31-Nov 1  Sterling, Illinois        Daniel Kauffman, 1898-1900
3.  1902, Nov. 13-14    Elida, Ohio        Daniel Kauffman, 1900-02
4.  1905, Nov. 16-18    Berlin, Ontario        J. S. Shoemaker, 1902-05
5.  1907, Nov. 13-14    Kokomo, Indiana    D. J. Johns, 1905-07

6.  1909, Oct. 27-29    West Liberty, Ohio    J. S. Shoemaker, 1907-09
7.  1911, Oct. 25-26    Johnstown, Pennsyl.    S. F. Coffman, 1909-11
8.  1913, Oct. 29-30    Kalona, Iowa        D. D. Miller, 1911-13
9.  1915, Aug. 18-20    Archbold, Ohio        D. H. Bender 1913-15
10. 1917, Aug. 29-30    Yellow Creek Ch., IN    E. L. Frey, 1915-17

11.  1919, Aug. 27-29    Harrisonburg, Virginia    S. G. Shetler, 1917-19
12.  1921, Aug. 24-26    Garden City, Missouri    S. C. Yoder, 1919-21
13.  1923, Aug. 29-31    Waterloo Church, ON      J. A. Ressler, 1921-23
14.  1925, Aug. 26-28    Eureka, Illinois        Simon Gingerich, 1923-25
15.  1927, Aug. 24-26    Belleville, Pennsylvania    D. G. Lapp, 1925-27

16.  1929, Aug. 28-30    Goshen, Indiana        D. A. Yoder, 1927-29
17.  1931, Aug. 26-28    Archbold, Ohio        S. E. Allgyer, 1929-31
18.  1933, Aug. 23-24    Hesston, Kansas    S. F. Coffman, 1931-33
19.  1935, Aug. 27-29    Kitchener, Ontario    Daniel Kauffman, 1933-35
20.  1937, Aug. 25-27    Turner, Oregon        Simon Gingerich, 1935-37

21.  1939, Aug. 23-25    Allensville, Pennsyl.    Abner G. Yoder, 1937-39
22.  1941, Aug. 26-29    Wellman, Iowa        H. A. Diener, 1939-41
23.  1943, Aug. 18-24    Goshen, Indiana        Milo Kauffman, 1941-43
       Special Session, 1944, Aug. 15-18  Goshen, IN, Allen H. Erb, Moderator
24.  1946, Aug. 21-23    Souderton, Pennsyl.    Allen H. Erb, 1943-46
25.  1947, Aug. 26-29    Wooster, Ohio        Allen H. Erb, 1946-47

26.  1949, Aug. 23-26    Harrisonburg, Virginia    John L. Stauffer, 1947-49, Harrisonburg, VA
27.  1951, Aug. 21-24    Goshen, Indiana        Oscar Burkholder, 1949-51
28.  1953, Aug. 26-30    Kitchener, Ontario    Paul Mininger, 1951-53
29.  1955, Aug. 23-26    Hesston, Kansas    A. J. Metzler, 1953-55
30.  1957, Aug. 25-27    Harrisonburg, Virginia    Truman Brunk, 1955-57, Denbigh, Virginia

31.  1959, Aug. 25-27    Goshen, Indiana        John C. Wenger, 1957-59
32.  1961, Aug. 22-25    Johnstown, Pennsylv.    Jesse B. Martin, 1959-61
33.  1963, Aug. 20-23    Kalona, Iowa        John R. Mumaw, 1961-63, Harrisonburg, VA
34.  1965, Aug. 24-27    Kidron, Ohio        Roy S. Koch, 1963-65

37. [35]  1967, Aug. 21-24  Lansdale, Pennsylv.    Harold Bauman, 1965-67, Goshen, Indiana
38. [36]  1969, Aug. 15-19  Turner, Oregon    John R. Mumaw, 1967-69, Harrisonburg, VA

General Assembly, 1971-2002

1.  1971, Aug. 16-19    Kitchener, Ontario    John M. Drescher, 1969-71, Scottdale, PA
2.  1973, Aug. 8-11    Harrisonburg, Virgnia    A. Don Augsburger, 1971-73, Harrisonburg, VA
3.  1975, Aug. 5-10    Eureka, Illinois        Newton L. Gingrich, 1973-75, Tavistock, ON
4.  1977, June 18-24    Estes Park, Colorado    Edward B. Stoltzfus, 1975-77, Iowa City, Iowa
5.  1979, Aug 11-16    Waterloo, Ontario    Willis L. Breckbill, 1977-79, Cambridge, ON

6.  1981, Aug. 11-16    Bowling Green, Ohio    Glendon Blosser, 1979-81, Harrisonburg, VA
7.  1983, Aug. 1-7    Bethlehem, Pennsyl.    Ross T. Bender, 1981-83, Goshen, Indiana
8.  1985, Aug. 9-14    Ames, Iowa        Myron Augsburger, 1983-85, Washington, D.C.
9.  1987, July 7-12    West Lafayette, Indiana    James M. Lapp, 1985-87, Goshen, Indiana
10.  1989, Aug. 1-4    Normal, Illinois        Ralph Lebold, 1987-89, Waterloo, Ontario

11. 1991, July 30-Aug 3    Eugene, Oregon        George R. Brunk III, 1989-91 Harrisonburg, VA
12. 1993, July 27-Aug 1    Philadelphia, Pennsyl.    David Mann, 1991-93, Phoeniz, Arizona
13. 1995, July 25-30    Wichita, Kansas    Donella Clemens, 1995-95
14. 1997, July 29-Aug 2    Orlando, Florida    Owen Burkholder, 1995-97, Harrisonburg, VA
15. 1999, July 23-27    St. Louis, Missouri    Dwight McFadden, 1997-99, New Holland, PA

16.  2001, July 2-7    Nashville, Tennessee    Lee Snyder, 1999-2001, Bluffton, Ohio

Mennonite Church USA, 2002- (February 1)

1.  2003, July 3-8,     Atlanta, Georgia    Ervin Stutzman, 2001-03, Harrisonburg, VA
2.  2005, July 4-9    Charlotte, North Carolina  Duane Oswald, 2003-05, California

August 17, 2006 / Posted on the Internet / des
June 20, 2005 / Updated by Dennis Stoesz
September 13, 1990 / Compiled by Jeanne Liechty
File name:  "I-0-Conferences and Moderators 1897-2005.doc"
Mennonite Church USA Archives-Goshen, 1700 S. Main St., Goshen, Indiana 46526

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