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The Markham-Waterloo Mennonite Conference (MWMC) is a Canadian Mennonite church established in 1939 in Ontario, Canada.〔Martin, Donald. Old Order Mennonites of Ontario: Gelassenheit, Discipleship, Brotherhood; Pandora Press, Kitchener, Ontario, 2003; pp.231-241.〕 It has its roots in the Old Order Mennonite Conference in Markham, Ontario, and in what is now called the Regional Municipality of Waterloo. The MWMC adheres to the 1632 Dordrecht Confession of Faith, which exists in 18 Articles.〔Origin and Doctrine of the Mennonites, Markham-Waterloo Mennonite Conference, 1999.〕 The MWMC is in fellowship with the Weaverland Old Order Mennonite Conference (now Weaverland Mennonite Conference),〔Wenger, John C. (1956). ("Old Order Mennonites" ). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 13 December 2011〕 and the Ohio-Indiana (Wisler) Mennonite Conference.〔Wenger, John C. (1956). ("Old Order Mennonites" ). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 13 December 2011, from .〕 Ideologically this group shares many similar beliefs with Conservative Mennonites though differing in not having Sunday Schools or revival meetings. They identify more with the values of the Old Order groups but share common core values or distinctives. ==History== In the early 20th century, some of the Old Order Mennonites in Ontario and Pennsylvania began to use automobiles instead of horses and buggies, which resulted in a great deal of tension within the Old Order congregations. Because of this, "The Old Orders of Waterloo had ceased to affiliate with Markham in 1930 because of the automobile issue."〔Martin, Donald. Old Order Mennonites of Ontario: Gelassenheit, Discipleship, Brotherhood; Pandora Press, Kitchener, Ontario, 2003; p.236.〕 From 1931 the MWMC had been known as the Markham Mennonite Conference. When a significant group of Old Order Mennonites from the Waterloo County area of Ontario joined with the Markham church in the 1930s, the new MWMC church was formed in 1939.〔Martin, Donald. Old Order Mennonites of Ontario: Gelassenheit, Discipleship, Brotherhood; Pandora Press, Kitchener, Ontario, 2003; pp.231-241.〕 The Old Order Mennonite Conference of Ontario had its roots in a division within the Mennonite Conference of Ontario in 1889 over such issues as the use of Protestant Sunday School methods, evangelistic meetings, church order, etc.〔Wenger, John C. (1956). Old Order Mennonites. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 13 December 2011, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/O544.html.〕 According to the MWMC, "In 1889, the Mennonite Conference of Ontario divided on issues of assimilation to the larger Protestant society".〔Record of Ordinations leading to and including the Markham-Waterloo Mennonite Conference 1891-2010.〕 A similar division occurred in 1893 in the Lancaster Mennonite Conference in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, which resulted in the formation of the Weaverland Old Order Mennonite Conference.〔Landis, Ira D. and Richard D. Thiessen. (October 2010). (Weaverland Mennonite Conference ). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 13 December 2011〕 In 2003, MWMC layman Donald Martin (ordained Deacon in 2004) published a book entitled "Old Order Mennonites of Ontario: Gelassenheit, Discipleship, and Brotherhood" (Pandora Press, Kitchener, Ontario). His book is a detailed study of the history of most of the Old Order groups in Ontario, including the MWMC, the Old Order Mennonite Conference, the David Martin Mennonites, and the Orthodox Mennonites. This book also contains a primer on basic Old Order Mennonite beliefs. A more detailed study of Old Order Mennonite beliefs was published by the same author in 2007 called ''Distinctive Teachings of the Old Order People'' (Vineyard Publications, Wallenstein, Ontario). It explains Old Order Mennonite beliefs on issues such as 'Salvation', 'Discipleship', 'The Church', and 'Separation from the World'. 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「Markham-Waterloo Mennonite Conference」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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