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John C. Wenger (December 25, 1910 – March 26, 1995) was an American Mennonite theologian and professor. ==Personal history== John C. Wenger was the eldest of five children born to A. Martin Wenger (1884–1960) and his wife Martha A. Rock (1889–1975). He was born at the Reese H. White farm in Honey Brook, Pennsylvania, which his parents rented.〔 His family moved in 1923 to Telford, where his father had gotten the job of janitor at the Rockhill Mennonite Church.〔 Wenger was baptized on May 11, 1924, at the age of 13.〔 He reported that he was disappointed when he did not feel a sense of "joy" and "christian assurance" following the practice.〔 J.C. Wenger attended Sellersville High School in Bucks County.〔 He graduated in the class of 1928 as class president, valedictorian, president of the literary society, and captain of the debate team.〔 The fall of that year, he found work at the Royal Pants company in South Perkasie.〔 He resigned in the spring of 1929 when his boss began asking him to pick up whiskey for him (during prohibition).〔 With the assistance of Amos David Wenger, who was the president of the school, John was able to attend Eastern Mennonite School (now Eastern Mennonite University) for two years (1929–1931).〔 He attended Goshen College for the final two years of college (1932]-1934).〔 One summer he worked in the brickyard of D.D. Derstine.〔 He was the vice-president of the junior class, president of the Young People's Christian Association, and a director of the Mennonite Historical Society.〔 Harold S. Bender helped instill in Wenger, the desire to go to seminary.〔 Upon his graduation, there was an opening for a minister at Rockhill.〔 Wenger anticipated being given the position, but was rejected because the bishops in that area were uncomfortable with college education.〔 On 3 April 1937, Wenger married Ruth Derstine Detweiler (19 December 1906, Sellersville, Pennsylvania - 19 February 1992, Goshen, Indiana). They had four children: Daniel, John, Mary, and Elizabeth. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「J. C. Wenger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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