Mennonite Confession of Faith: 1963 Confession of Faith - Paperback

by Herald Press Editors (Author)

These 20 articles of faith were adopted by the Mennonite General Conference on August 22, 1963, at Kalona, Iowa. A Brief Statement of Mennonite Doctrine is included.

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In 1921 Mennonite General Conference adopted a statement on the Fundamentals of the Christian Faith consisting of eighteen articles. But in recent years there has been some conviction that is is imperative to draw up a new confession of faith, not to repudiate any earlier confession, but to restate the doctrinal position of the church in terms relevant to today's issues, and especially to incorporate the insights of the various doctrinal pronouncements of Mennonite General Conference.