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Mennonite Life

A Guide to Those Mysterious Swiss Mennonites (for Russian Mennonites)

January 27, 2019 Andrew

I have to admit, as a Russian Mennonite, there’s a lot I don’t know about the Swiss. To those of us in Manitoba, the Swiss remain a mystery. After extensive research, the Daily Bonnet has […]

Mennonite Life

How the Gingerich Stole Christmas

December 23, 2018 Andrew

BY: DR.STOLTZFUS Every Menno down in Waterloo liked Christmas a lot, Except for Mr. Gingerich who certainly DID NOT! Gingerich hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season! The gifts and the songs and that old Mrs. […]

Quizzes

Quiz: Is it a Swiss Mennonite thing or a Russian Mennonite thing?

December 11, 2017 Andrew

From schmaunt fat to Dutch Blitz and everything in between. We’ll see how well you can tell Swiss from Russian Mennonites. I just hope this quiz doesn’t cause yet another schism… (photo credit: Geoff Livingstone/CC)

Mennonite Life

Top 50 Most Common Swiss Mennonite Surnames

October 6, 2017 Andrew

The Daily Bonnet doesn’t want to leave anyone out. After compiling a list of the most common Russian Mennonite surnames, there were numerous requests to make a Swiss Mennonite list. The problem was I didn’t […]

Church

Mennonite Church Hires First Non-Yoder Pastor

February 9, 2017 Andrew

ELKHART, IN Among the Mennonite congregations of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, few family names have become as synonymous with producing quality pastors as Yoder. Now that tradition has been thrown by the wayside, as Northside […]

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