Historical Committee   Hist. Mss. 1-723 LeRoy Bechler Collection 1 Box (Large) Scope and Content This collection includes the Black History Project, and writings collected and organized by LeRoy Bechler. Inventory Listing Box 1 (Large) “History of colored Evangelism in the Mennonite Church,” by Le Roy Bechler, 1950 “Facts, Considerations and Membership of Negroes in the Mennonite Church,” by LeRoy Bechler, 1955 Questionnaire on Race attitude, 1951-1954 “Summary of Research on the History of Black People in the Mennonite Church,” by LeRoy Bechler, 1979 draft “A Statistical History of Blacks in the Mennonite Church, 1898-1980,” by LeRoy Bechler (typed) “Church Growth Among Blacks in the Mennonite Church, 1897-1980,” by LeRoy Bechler, published in Mission Focus, September, 1982 Brown, Hubert – “An Evaluation Instrument Used to Study Minority Church Growth Patterns – A Brief Report” Brown, Hubert – “History of Bethel Mennonite Church, Norristown, PA” Brown, Hubert – “The James Lark Story” Kauffman, Cal and Brown, Al – “Factors in Black Mennonite Church Growth” Miller, Freeman – “American Inner-City Church Growth – A Philadelphia Mennonite Perspective” Shands, Regina “The Future of the Black Mennonite Church” Weber, John – “The History of the Broad Street Mennonite Church, 1936-1971” (Harrisonburg, VA) Author Unknown – “The Roots of contemporary Black Culture Reaches Back to Slavery and to Africa” Le Roy Bechler Correspondence, 1951-80 Black History Project – Notes Minutes, Urban Evangelism Committee; Negroe Evangelism Committee, etc., 1951-57 Background materials (programs, addresses, etc.) Background Materials – Miscellaneous (2 folders) Background – The Evangelicals and Blacks Background Statistics Background – History of Black Culture Black History Project – Related articles Calvary Mennonite Church, Los Angeles, CA – Data Calvary Mennonite Church, Los Angeles VS Data, 1966-1970 Calvary Mennonite Church, Los Angeles VS Data, 1971-1978 Calvary Mennonite Church, Newport News, VA – Data and History Community Mennonite Church, South Bend, IN – Data Diamond Street Mennonite Church, Philadelphia, PA – Data Grace Chapel, Saginaw, MI – Data Lee Heights Community Church, Cleveland, OH – Data Ninth Street Mennonite Church, Saginaw, MI – Pictorial History Ninth Street Mennonite Church, Saginaw, MI – Data Ninth Street Mennonite Church, Saginaw, MI – Pictures Ninth Street Mennonite Church, Saginaw, MI – Slides Rehoboth Mennonite Church, St. Anne, IL – Data Youngstown Ohio Mennonite Churches (Rockview MC and Berean MC) – Data Subject Tracings Berean Mennonite Church, Youngstown, OH Bethel Mennonite Church, Norristown, PA (Hubert Brown paper) Brown, Al Brown, Hubert Calvary Mennonite Church, Los Angeles, CA Calvary Mennonite Church, Newport News, VA Community Mennonite Church, South Bend, IN Diamond Street Mennonite Church, Philadelphia, PA Grace Chapel, Saginaw, MI Kauffman, Cal Lark, James (Hubert Brown paper, passim) Lee Heights Mennonite Church, Cleveland, Ohio Miller, Freeman Ninth Street Mennonite Church, Saginaw, MI Negroe Evangelism Committee Race Issue Rehoboth Mennonite Church, St. Anne, IL Rockview Mennonite Church, Youngstown, Ohio Urban Evangelism Committee March 30, 2004 / Updated by Helen Hostetler Hist. Mss. 1-723 Mennonite Church USA Archives-Goshen, 1700 S Main St., Goshen, Indiana 46526 Back to Personal Collections Index

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