IV-21
Mennonite
Board of Missions, 1969-1974
Minority
Ministries Council, 1969-74, 1997-99
6 Boxes (3 Green, 2 Oversize, 1 Large)
Introduction
The first box of materials was cataloged into the
archives in 1972.
Historical Sketch
1968 Urban Racial Council formed October 4, with
Executive Committee
composed
of Lee Roy Berry, Gerald Hughes, Hubert Schwartzendruber,
John Powell and John Ventura.
1969 John Powell appointed Executive Secretary, June 7
1974 John Powell resigns, June
1974 Jose Ortiz appointed Associate Secretary for
Hispanic Concerns
1976 Dwight McFadden appointed General Secretary for
Black Concerns
1982 Joy Lovett becomes Associate Secretary for Black
Concerns
1982 Samuel Hernandez becomes Associate Secretary for
Hispanic
Concerns
1988 Associate Secretary positions eliminated at
Mennonite Church
General
Board
1991 Urban Ministry Network initiated through
Mennonite Board of
Missions,
Evangelism and Church Development.
"Beginning Time Line" provided by Hubert L. Brown, Historian (1997)
Series Listing
.1
Urban-Racial Concerns, 1969
- 1
Box (Green)
.2
Minutes, 1968-1974
- (in
same box)
.3
Program and Visual Materials, 1970-71, 1997-99
- (in
same box) & 2 Boxes (Oversize)
.4
Offiical Files, 1969-74, John Powell, Executive Secr.
-
2 Boxes (Green)
.5
Education Program, 1970-73, Lynford Hershey
- 1
Box (Large)
Inventory
Box 1
(Green)
.1 Urban-Racial Concerns, 1969
Statement
"Urban-Racial Concerns", August 19, 1969, Mennonite General Conference,
Turner, Oregon, and correspondence about an Urban-Racial Council. (1/1)
.2 Minutes, 1968-1974
Minutes,
1968-74, including first meeting held at Cleveland, Ohio, July 27,
1968, under the name of "Urban Racial Planning Committee", with Gerald
Hughes (Chair), Warner Jackson and Vern Miller. Last meeting in this
set of minutes is at Chicago, Illinois, April 12, 1974, under name of
"Minority Affairs Committee", with Leslie Francisco, Ted Chapa, Warner
Jackson and Lupe De Leon, Jr. (1/2)
.3 Program and Visual
Materials, 1970-71, 1997-99
Compassion
Fund, 1970 (1/3)
Brochure
entitled "Programs and Projects approved for Compassion Funds," May
1970 (included 8 projects totalling $97,410.) Also "the minority WHAT?"
(1/2)
High-Aim Program, 1971 (1/4)
Scholarship
Program for minority high-school students, brochures (1/3)
Notebook, Minority Ministries Council (1/4)
The
Urban Mission: A Cloud of Anabaptist Witnesses," 1993 (photocopy
only) (1/5)
A
historical time line of minority and urban ministry in the United
States, 1910-1997,
Minority
Ministries Council and Ubran Leaders Network, Mennonite Board of
Missions, Evangelism and Church Development, Roma J. Miller, 1997
(photocopy only) (1/6)
Reunion, 1997 (1/7)
Includes
program, July 27-28, 1997, Orlando ’97, Orlando, Florida with time
line, 1940-1991; and Reunion Directory of Minority Ministries Council
and Urban Ministry Network
Display,
ca. 1969-74 (2/1)
A
variety of photographs and newspaper clippings pasted onto a display
board, which probably hung in the office
Reunion
II, 1999 (3/1)
Banner
"Minority Ministries Council and Urban Ministries Network, Reunion II,
July 22, 1999, St. Louis, Missouri, "Let everyone that thirsts, come to
the waters." Isaiah 55:1a." (which includes logo of hands clasping each
other)
May 12, 2004 / Posted on Web by Kathryn Yoder
June 14, 2002 / Introduction, Historical Sketch and Series added by
Dennis Stoesz
August 29, 1972 / Organized by Sharon Klingelsmith
File: "IV21.doc"
Mennonite
Church USA Archives, Goshen, Indiana
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