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Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches in India : ウィキペディア英語版 | Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches in India
Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches in India is the largest Mennonite denomination of India. Its membership exceeds 100,000 persons. It has 103,000 members in 840 congregations. The Presiding officer for the conference is Dr P B Arnold. The headquarters at Jadcherla, Andhra Pradesh.〔Mennonite World Conference: (Asia & Pacific )〕 The Conference also runs a Medical Center at Jadcharala by name M B Medical Center many patients are treated here. It was established in 19th century from its inception it has been doing a great service to the people. There is a proposal for a Medical College. As of 1957 it was Telugu-speaking and in Andhra Pradesh. At this point, its membership is about 1% of the population of Andhra Pradesh. ==Origin== The Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches of India began like many other global church communities: with mission. Mennonite Brethren Church in Russia sent their first missionaries, Abraham J. and Maria Friesen, to India in 1889.〔Penner, Peter. The Mennonite Brethren Mission in India, 1885-1975: Russians, North Americans, and Telugus. Hillsboro: Kindred Productions, 1997.〕 Abraham and Maria started the first mission station in Nalgonda, India.〔 The Americans took control of the Mennonite Brethren Mission work from the Russians. The Conference of the Mennonite Brethren, India became an independent church from foreign missionaries in 1957, but did not have full independence until 1973.〔Enns-Rempel, Kevin. e-mail interview, April 14, 2011.〕
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