Non-Communist organizations also have Central Committees, such as the Mennonite Church and Alcoholics Anonymous, as well as the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors ( to war ).

* Ten Thousand Villages is affiliated with the Mennonite Central Committee

Ten Thousand Villages, an NGO within the Mennonite Central Committee ( MCC ) and SERRV International were the first, in 1946 and 1949 respectively, to develop fair trade supply chains in developing countries.

The American headquarters of the Mennonite-related relief organizations, the Mennonite Central Committee and Mennonite Disaster Service, are located in the town.

The largest business headquartered in Akron is the non-profit Mennonite Central Committee, which operates the Fair Trade retailer Ten Thousand Villages.

The dominant form of speech in Huntingdon County is the Central Pennsylvania accent, although some areas of the county, such as Kishacoquillas Valley, where many Amish and Mennonite people live, German is commonly spoken.

This move was assisted and facilitated by the Mennonite Central Committee.

The BIC church maintains some connection to its Mennonite-influenced heritage by partnering in ministry with the Mennonite Central Committee.

The Evangelical Mennonite Conference is a member of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, Mennonite Central Committee, the Mennonite World Conference, and other organizations.

* Ten Thousand Villages is affiliated with the Mennonite Central Committee

The story of the first European settlement in 1833 in the Great Black Swamp at Lauber Hill is told in " Out of the Wilderness, History of the Central Mennonite Church ," 1835-1960.

At that time some remaining Mennonite Brethren moved from Ukraine to the republics of the Soviet Central Asia.

Among its courses has been " Aboriginal Restorative Justice ", taught by Harley and Sue Eagle ( Saulteaux and Dakota ), program coordinators of the Oglala Lakota Nation Mennonite Central Committee Voluntary Service Unit.

Mennonite Central Committee logo.

The Mennonite Central Committee ( MCC ) is a relief, service, and peace agency representing 15 Mennonite, Brethren in Christ and Amish bodies in North America.

Their plight succeeded in uniting various branches of Mennonites to form Mennonite Central Committee in an effort to aid these Russian Mennonites.

* Gingerich, Melvin ( 1949 ), Service for Peace, A History of Mennonite Civilian Public Service, Mennonite Central Committee.

* Mennonite Central Committee in Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online

Services provided by the Japan Mennonite Brethren Conference include Church Education Ministries, an Evangelism Committee, Overseas Missions Committee, and Publications Committee.

* International Committee of Mennonite Brethren ( ICOMB )

`` The primary objective of non-violence '', writes the outstanding Mennonite ethicist, `` is not peace, or obedience to the divine will, but rather certain desired social changes, for personal, or class, or national advantage ''.

Crokinole is often believed to be of Mennonite or Amish origins, but there is no factual data to support such a claim.

The city is known as a center of manufacturing for recreational vehicles and accessories, the home of Goshen College, a small Mennonite liberal arts college, and home to the Elkhart County 4-H Fair, the second largest county fair in the United States.

One variety is known as " turkey red wheat ", and was brought to Kansas by Mennonite immigrants from Russia.

A Mennonite bible camp, in Saskatchewan, Canada, that is named after the word Shekinah.

The oldest surviving dwelling for European immigrants in the county is that of Mennonite Bishop Hans Herr, built in 1719.

Promoting the more liberal ideas — including changing the name of the church because it is seen to be exclusionary of women, acceptance of homosexuals as members and ministers, and increased social and political activity — are groups such as Womaen's Caucus, Voices for an Open Spirit, and the Brethren Mennonite Council on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Interests.

One of these Mennonite families, arriving in 1807, was the Schneiders, whose restored 1816 home ( the oldest building in the city ) is now a museum located in the heart of Kitchener.

An example within Christianity is the Mennonite and the Church of the Brethren denominations.

The only private school in Hyde County is a small Mennonite school located in the northwest section of the county.

There is also an active Mennonite community within the county.

Faunsdale is home to a medium-sized community of Amish Mennonites and the only Amish Mennonite community in this area of Alabama outside of Greensboro, Alabama.

The town is also home to the only Amish Mennonite Church in the area, Cedarcrest Mennonite Church.

It is also home to a thriving Mennonite community, because ten to fifteen Mennonite families moved from Virginia in the 1950s.

The Zion Mennonite Church, which was built in Elbing in 1924, is the only church which remains in town.

North Newton is home to Bethel College, the oldest Mennonite college in the United States since its founding in 1887.

The farmland in the eastern part of the town is now largely worked by Amish farmers, and in the northern part by Mennonite farmers.

Christian Neff ( 1863 – 1946 ), a Mennonite minister in Germany, is often called the " father " of the Mennonite World Conference.

Faith communities most often represented among the Seminary's students include: Moravian, Lutheran, UCC, Episcopal, United Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist, Roman Catholic, Quaker, Mennonite, Unitarian Universalist, African Methodist Episcopal, Assembly of God, Brethren, Reformed, and nondenominational.

The confiscated land was given to peasants from outside the Mennonite communities, often communist party members.

Plain dress generally meant wearing clothes that were very similar to Amish or conservative Mennonite dress: often in dark colors and lacking adornments such as fancy ( or any ) pockets, buttons, buckles, lace, or embroidery.