I.            General Conference 1859-1969

              S.           Ministerial Placement

                            1.           Arnold Nickel files 1965-1974 (1.45 cu. ft.)

                            2.           Congregational files 1950-1971 (2.3 cu. ft.)





Total volume: 3.75 cu. ft.


MLA.I.S.1 Arnold Nickel files 1965-1974


Box       Folder                 Contents


 1             1                        American Baptist Convention - Placement Study

                2                         Career development

                3                         Central District minister (Gordon R. Dyck)

                4                         Central District minister (Jacob T. Friesen)

                5                         Church council evaluation worksheet

                6                         Church information form

                7                         Committee on the Ministry (Canada)

                8                         Committee on the Ministry - 1965-1969 correspondence

                9                         Committee on the Ministry data

               10                        Committee on the Ministry 1972

               11                        Committee on the Ministry 1973

               12                        Committee on the Ministry 1974

               13                        Committee on the Ministry - study guide

               14                        Committee on the Ministry and Personnel Services (planning)

               15                        Committee on the Ministry and Personnel Services 1970

               16                        Committee on the Ministry and Personnel Services 1971

               17                        Conference of Mennonites in Canada

               18                        Conference on Men and Ministry, 15-16 May 1964


 2             19                       Consultation on Church Leadership and Ordination, 29 April 1968

               20                        Consultation on Theology of Worship, 21-22 March 1965

               21                        Deacon

               22                        District minister job description

               23                        Doctor of Ministry programs

               24                        Eastern District Conference

               25                        Ecumenical Center of Renewal and Planning 1970

               26                        Ethics for ministers

               27                        English Language Conversations Overseas

               28                        Executive secretaries

               29                        Flaming, Arthur

               30                        Installation services

               31                        Inter-Mennonite School for Ministers, 12-20 January 1972

               32                        Janzen, Lois

               33                        Job description - Ministerial Placement Director

               34                        Leaving pastoral ministry

               35                        Lohrentz, Kenneth P. - "Ministerial Shortage"

               36                        Mennonite Biblical Seminary admissions counselor

               37                        Mennonite Biblical Seminary pastoral intern program

               38                        Mennonite Biblical Seminary graduate information

               39                        Mennonite Biblical Seminary - Erland Waltner

               40                        Midwest Church Center

               41                        Ministers' evaluation forms

               42                        Ministers Guide for Income Tax

               43                        Ministers identification cards

               44                        Ministers information form

               45                        Ministerial changes 1972

               46                        Ministerial Placement


 3             47                       Ministerial Placement survey

               48                        Ministry (articles)

               49                        Ministry (articles)

               50                        Ministry (articles)

               51                        Ministry - ordination

               52                        Ministry - pamphlets

               53                        Ministry - women and ministry

               54                        National Council of Churches Department of Ministry

               55                        Neufeld, Abe

               56                        Nickel, Arnold

               57                        Non-Mennonite biblical seminary survey 1967

               58                        Northern District Conference

               59                        Old Mennonite ministerial committee

               60                        Old Mennonite and Mennonite Brethren ministerial reports

               61                        Ontario provincial conference

               62                        Pacific District Conference

               63                        Pastors evaluation

               64                        Pastors evaluation form requests


 4             65                       Pastors salary materials

               66                        Pastors salary survey 1973

               67                        Pastors self-evaluation

               68                        Pastors seminar - Canada 1971-1973

               69                        Pastors seminar - USA 1965-1967

               70                        Pastors seminar - USA 1968-1970

               71                        Pastors seminar - USA 1971-1973 (west and east)

               72                        Pastors seminar 1969-1972

               73                        Personnel

               74                        Placement report - Elaine Roupp

               75                        Position job description - Ministerial Placement

               76                        Prospective candidates for ministers


 5             77                       Recruitment for ministry

               78                        Self-images of the pastor

               79                        Seminary Recruitment Council

               80                        Shared ministry

               81                        Student scholarships 1970-1971

               82                        Study Conference on Ministry, 7-8 December 1965

               83                        Study Conference on Ordination, 10-11 July 1957

               84                        Summer pastorates

               85                        Western District Conference

               86                        Woodward, Judith - Women-Leadership in Rural Church



MLA.I.S.2 Congregational files 1950-1971


Box       Folder                 Contents


 1             1                        Alberta Community, Portland, Oregon

                2                         Alexanderwohl, Goessel, Kansas

                3                         Altona, Altona, Manitoba

                4                         Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan

                5                         Apostolic, Trenton, Ohio

                6                         Arvada, Arvada, Colorado

                7                         Asunción, Asunción, Paraguay

                8                         Beatrice, Beatrice, Nebraska

                9                         Belleview, Columbus, Kansas

               10                        Bellwood, Milford, Nebraska

               11                        Belva Bible, Hot Springs, North Carolina

               12                        Bergthal, Corn, Oklahoma

               13                        Bergthal, Didsbury, Alberta

               14                        Bergthal, Pawnee Rock, Kansas

               15                        Bergthaler churches, Canada

               16                        Bethany, Freeman, South Dakota

               17                        Bethany, Kingman, Kansas

               18                        Bethany, Lost River, Saskatchewan

               19                        Bethany, Quakertown, Pennsylvania

               20                        Bethel, Fortuna, Missouri

               21                        Bethel, Hammon, Oklahoma

               22                        Bethel, Hydro, Oklahoma

               23                        Bethel, Inman, Kansas

               24                        Bethel, Lustre (Frazer), Montana

               25                        Bethel, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

               26                        Bethel, Langdon, North Dakota

               27                        Bethel, Mountain Lake, Minnesota

               28                        Bethel, Marion, South Dakota

               29                        Bethel, Pekin, Illinois

               30                        Bethel, Perkasie, Pennsylvania

               31                        Bethel, Perryton (Waka), Texas

               32                        Bethel, Winton, California

               33                        Bethel, Wolf Point, Montana

               34                        Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas

               35                        Bethel Community, Santa Fe Springs, California

               36                        Bethel Gospel, Oak Point, ? (Canada)


 2             37                       Bethesda, Henderson, Nebraska

               38                        Bethesda, Marion, South Dakota

               39                        Bethlehem, Bloomfield, Montana

               40                        Boston, Cambridge, Massachusetts

               41                        Boynton, Hopedale, Illinois

               42                        Brudertal, Hillsboro, Kansas

               43                        Buhler, Buhler, Kansas

               44                        Burrton, Burrton, Kansas

               45                        Butterfield, Butterfield, Minnesota

               46                        California Mennonite Fellowship

               47                        Calvary, Barlow, Oregon

 2             48                       Calvary, Liberal, Kansas

               49                        Calvary, Mechanics Grove, Pennsylvania

               50                        Calvary, Washington, Illinois

               51                        Carlock, Carlock, Illinois

               52                        Cedar Hills, North Surrey, British Columbia

               53                        Charleswood, Winnipeg, Manitoba

               54                        Chilliwack Mission, Chilliwack, British Columbia

               55                        Church of the Good Samaritans, Holland, Pennsylvania

               56                        Comins, Comins, Michigan

               57                        Community, Markham, Illinois

               58                        Conewago, Manchester, ? (Eastern District)

               59                        Congerville, Congerville, Illinois

               60                        Corvallis, Corvallis, Washington(?)

               61                        Cuauhtémoc, Mexico

               62                        Deep Run, Bedminster, Pennsylvania

               63                        Deer Creek, Deer Creek, Oklahoma

               64                        East Swamp, Quakertown, Pennsylvania

               65                        Ebenezer, Bluffton, Ohio

               66                        Ebenezer, Gotebo, Oklahoma

               67                        Eden, Chilliwack, British Columbia

               68                        Eden, Inola, Oklahoma

               69                        Eden, Moundridge, Kansas

               70                        Eden, Schwenksville, Pennsylvania

               71                        Eicher Emmanuel, Wayland, Iowa

               72                        Eighth Street, Goshen, Indiana

               73                        Emmanuel, Beaverdale, Saskatchewan

               74                        Emmanuel, Doland, South Dakota

               75                        Emmanuel, Pierceland, Saskatchewan


 3             76                       Emmanuel, Salem, Oregon

               77                        Emmaus, Whitewater, Kansas

               78                        Emmaus, Wymark, Saskatchewan

               79                        Fairfield, Fairfield, Pennsylvania

               80                        Fairfield Bethel, Huron, South Dakota

               81                        Fairview Park, Cleveland, Ohio

               82                        Faith, Geneva, Nebraska

               83                        Faith, Greensburg, Kansas

               84                        Faith, Leamington, Ontario

               85                        Faith, Minneapolis, Minnesota

               86                        Faith, Newton, Kansas

               87                        Faith Memorial, Filer, Idaho

               88                        First, Aberdeen, Idaho

               89                        First, Allentown, Pennsylvania

               90                        First, Beatrice, Nebraska

               91                        First, Berne, Indiana

               92                        First, Bluffton, Ohio

               93                        First, Bogotá, Colombia

               94                        First, Burns, Kansas

               95                        First, Butterfield, Minnesota

               96                        First, Caldwell, Idaho

 3             97                       First, Calgary, Alberta

               98                        First, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois

               99                        First, Chicago, Illinois

              100                      First, Clinton, Oklahoma

              101                      First, Edmonton, Alberta

              102                      First, Eyebrow, Saskatchewan

              103                      First, Geary, Oklahoma

              104                      First, Glendive, Montana

              105                      First, Halstead, Kansas

              106                      First, Hillsboro, Kansas

              107                      First, Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania

              108                      First, Hutchinson, Kansas

              109                      First, Kelowna, British Columbia

              110                      First, Lima, Ohio

              111                      First, Madrid, Nebraska

              112                      First, McPherson, Kansas

              113                      First, Monroe, Washington

              114                      First, Mountain Lake, Minnesota

              115                      First, Nappanee, Indiana


 4            116                      First, Newton, Kansas

              117                      First, Normal, Illinois

              118                      First, Paso Robles, California

              119                      First, Phoenix, Arizona

              120                      First, Pretty Prairie, Kansas

              121                      First, Ransom, Kansas

              122                      First, Reedley, California

              123                      First, Shafter, California

              124                      First, Sugarcreek, Ohio

              125                      First, Summerfield, Illinois

              126                      First, Upland, California

              127                      First, Wadsworth, Ohio

              128                      First of Christian, Moundridge, Kansas

              129                      Flanagan, Flanagan, Illinois

              130                      Foothills, Calgary, Alberta

              131                      Fort Garry, Winnipeg, Manitoba

              132                      Friedensberg, Avon, South Dakota

              133                      Friedenstal, Tampa, Kansas

              134                      Garden, Hesston, Kansas

              135                      Gem, Gem, Alberta

              136                      Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

              137                      Glendale, Lynden, Washington

              138                      Goessel, Goessel, Kansas

              139                      Good Shepherd, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

              140                      Gospel, Mountain Lake, Minnesota

              141                      Gospel Fellowship, Montezuma, Kansas

              142                      Grace, Albany, Oregon

              143                      Grace, Brandon, Manitoba

              144                      Grace, Chicago, Illinois

              145                      Grace, Dallas, Oregon

 4            146                      Grace, Enid, Oklahoma

              146 (again)          Grace, Lansdale, Pennsylvania


 5            147                      Grace, Pandora, Ohio

              148                      Grace, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

              149                      Grace, Regina, Saskatchewan

              150                      Grace, St. Catharines, Ontario

              151                      Grace, Winkler, Manitoba

              152                      Grace Chapel, Paint Rock, North Carolina

              153                      Grace Hill, Whitewater, Kansas

              154                      Grace Mission, Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan

              155                      Greenfield, Carnegie, Oklahoma

              156                      Hanston, Hanston, Kansas

              157                      Harrow United, Harrow, Ontario

              158                      Hebron, Buhler, Kansas

              159                      Hereford, Bally, Pennsylvania

              160                      Herold, Cordell, Oklahoma

              161                      Hesston Inter-Mennonite, Hesston, Kansas

              162                      Hillcrest, Grande Prairie, Alberta

              163                      Hively Avenue, Elkhart, Indiana

              164                      Hoffnungsau, Inman, Kansas

              165                      Hoffnungsfeld, Carrot River, Saskatchewan

              166                      Hoffnungsfeld, Petaigan, Saskatchewan

              167                      Hope, Columbiana, Ohio

              168                      Hopefield, Moundridge, Kansas

              169                      Houston, Houston, Texas

              170                      Hutterthal, Carpenter, South Dakota

              171                      Hutterthal, Freeman, South Dakota

              172                      Immanuel, Delft, Minnesota

              173                      Immanuel, Downey, California

              174                      Indian American, Arizona

              175                      Indian American, Montana

              176                      Indian Valley, Harleysville, Pennsylvania

              177                      Inman, Inman, Kansas

              178                      Iowa City, Iowa City, Iowa

              179                      Kamloops, Kamloops, British Columbia

              180                      Kempton Fellowship, Kempton, Pennsylvania

              181                      Kindersley (Ebenfeld), Kindersley, Saskatchewan

              182                      Johannesthal, Hillsboro, Kansas

              183                      Koinonia, Clinton, Oklahoma

              184                      Lehigh, Lehigh, Kansas

              185                      Lincoln Fellowship, Lincoln, Nebraska

              186                      Lorraine Avenue, Wichita, Kansas

              187                      Maplewood, Fort Wayne, Indiana

              188                      Markham Community, Markham, Illinois

              189                      Mather, Mather, Manitoba

              190                      McKinley, Mio, Michigan

              191                      Meadow, Colby, Kansas

              192                      Lower Skippack, Skippack, Pennsylvania

              193                      Meadows, Meadows, Illinois

 5            194                      Medford, Medford, Oklahoma


 6            195                      Menno, Ritzville, Washington

              196                      Mennonite Community, Fresno, California

              197                      Mennonite Community Chapel, Monroe, Washington

              198                      Mennonite Gospel, Peoria, Illinois

              199                      Mennonite House Church, Newton, Kansas

              200                      Mount Olivet, Huron, South Dakota

              201                      Mount Royal, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

              202                      Napier, Bedford, Pennsylvania

              203                      Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio

              204                      Neu Hutterthal, Bridgewater, South Dakota

              205                      New Friedensberg, Vona, Colorado

              206                      New Hopedale, Meno, Oklahoma

              207                      Niagara United, Niagara on the Lake, Ontario

              208                      Niverville, Niverville, Manitoba

              209                      Nordheimer congregations, Saskatchewan

              210                      Norristown Community, Norristown, Pennsylvania

              211                      North Danvers, Danvers, Illinois

              212                      Nutana Park, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

              213                      Oak Grove, Smithville, Ohio

              214                      Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

              215                      Olivet Mission, Clearbrook, British Columbia

              216                      Onecho, Colfax, Washington

              217                      Orange County, California

              218                      Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario

              219                      Pleasant View, Aurora, Nebraska

              220                      Pine Grove, Bowmansville, Pennsylvania

              221                      Pleasant Oaks, Middlebury, Indiana

              222                      Pleasant Hill, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

              223                      Plum Coulee Bergthaler, Plum Coulee, Manitoba

              224                      Pulaski, Pulaski, Iowa

              225                      Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, Kansas

              226                      Richfield, Richfield, Pennsylvania

              227                      Roaring Spring, Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania

              228                      Rosenort, Capasin, Saskatchewan

              229                      Rosthern, Rosthern, Saskatchewan

              230                      Salem, Freeman, South Dakota

              231                      Salem, Kidron, Ohio

              232                      Salem, Munich, North Dakota

              233                      Salem, Wisner, Nebraska

              234                      Salem-Zion, Freeman, South Dakota

              235                      San Francisco Bay Fellowship, California

              236                      Sargent Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba

              237                      Saron, Orienta, Oklahoma

              238                      Saucon, Coopersburg, Pennsylvania

              239                      Second, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

              240                      Seven Persons, Seven Persons, ? (western Canada)

              241                      Sherbrooke, Vancouver, British Columbia

              242                      Silver Street, Goshen, Indiana

 6            243                      Smith Corner, East Freedom, Pennsylvania

              244                      South American churches

              245                      Southern Hills, Topeka, Kansas

              246                      South Seattle, Seattle, Washington

              247                      Spring Valley, Newport, Washington


 7            248                      St. Catharines United, St. Catharines, Ontario

              249                      St. John, Pandora, Ohio

              250                      Steinbach Bergthaler, Steinbach, Manitoba

              251                      Sterling Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba

              252                      Sterling Avenue, Kitchener, Ontario

              253                      Summit Christian, Barberton, Ohio

              254                      Swan Plain United, Swan Plain, Saskatchewan

              255                      Sweet Home Community Chapel, Sweet Home, Oregon

              256                      Swiss, Alsen, North Dakota

              257                      Swiss, Whitewater, Kansas

              258                      Tabor, Newton, Kansas

              259                      Thompson United, Thompson, Manitoba

              260                      Tiskilwa, Tiskilwa, Illinois

              261                      Topeka, Topeka, Indiana

              262                      Toronto United, Toronto, Ontario

              263                      Trinity, Hillsboro, Kansas

              264                      Trinity United, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

              265                      Tucson Fellowship, Tucson, Arizona

              266                      Turpin, Turpin, Oklahoma

              267                      United, Atwater, California

              268                      United, Black Creek, (Canada?)

              269                      United, Mission City, British Columbia

              270                      United, Wolf Point, Montana

              271                      United, Yarrow, British Columbia

              272                      University Church, State College, Pennsylvania

              273                      Upper Milford, Zionsville, Pennsylvania

              274                      Vancouver Mission, Vancouver, British Columbia

              275                      Vauxhall, Vauxhall, Alberta

              276                      Walton, Walton, Kansas

              277                      Warden, Warden, Washington

              278                      Waterloo-Kitchener United, Waterloo, Ontario

              279                      Waters, Copper Cliff, Ontario

              280                      Wayland, Wayland, Iowa

              281                      West Swamp, Quakertown, Pennsylvania

              282                      West Zion, Moundridge, Kansas

              283                      Whitewater, Lena, Manitoba

              284                      Willow Creek, Paso Robles, California

              285                      Winnipeg Bergthaler, Winnipeg, Manitoba

              285 (again)          Woodland, Warroad, Minnesota

              286                      Woodlawn, Chicago, Illinois

              287                      Zoar, Goltry, Oklahoma

              288                      Zion, Arena, North Dakota

              289                      Zion, Bridgewater, South Dakota

              290                      Zion, Canton, Oklahoma

 7            291                      Zion, Donnellson, Iowa

              292                      Zion, Elbing, Kansas

              293                      Zion, Kingman, Kansas

              294                      Zion, Souderton, Pennsylvania

              295                      Zion Arapaho, Canton, Oklahoma