Home for the Aged at Rittman
Founded in 1901, the Mennonite Home for the Aged accepts residents without deference to religious affiliation. It is located in Wayne County and is operated under the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities, Elkhart, Indiana. Bishop and Mrs. D. C. Amstutz gave by bequest a gift which enabled the founding of the Home.
concern also for the evangelists. In new territory scattered members who had no church privileges were to be visited. Stray congregations not in the conference were objects of concern. Finally an annual report was to be given to each conference by the evangelist. The report was factual as to numbers of church officers, accessions, gains and losses, Bible conferences and evangelistic meetings held, and finally the spiritual condition of the churches and their needs. Beginning in 1900 the conference paid the travel costs of the evangelists.
Among the early evangelists were Michael Yoder, David Plank, Moses Mast, J. C. Kenagy, John S. Mast, S. H. Miller, S. E. Allgyer, Fred Mast, John E. Kauffman, C. K. Yoder, Eli Kenagy, John R. Zook, J. S. Gerig, A. W. Hershberger, S. K. Yoder, E. B. Stoltzfus, J. M. Hertzler, and John A. Liechty.
