I. General Conference 1859-1969
O. Stewardship Secretary
1. Lester Janzen, 1963-1974 ( 9.6 cu. ft.)
MLA.I.O.1 Lester Janzen, 1963-1974
Box Folder Contents
1 1 Articles - from church publications
2 Articles - fund raising
3 Articles - general stewardship
4 Articles - money
5 Articles - money management
6 Articles - pastor and stewardship education
7 Articles - soul stewardship
8 Articles - time - abilities
9 Articles - tithing
10 Articles - written for publication
2 11 Audio-visuals - film “Decision”
12 Audio-visuals - “Jack and Bill Take the Pledge”
13 Audio-visuals - “One Lord, One Faith” - production materials
14 Audio-visuals - “One Lord, One Faith” - scripts
15 Audio-visuals - report 1972
16 Audio-visuals - “Seek Ye First”
17 Audio-visuals - seminary slide set 1973
18 Audio-visuals - “The Spenders”
19 Audio-visuals - Will of Augusta Nash
20 Bibliographies - stewardship
21 Budgets & offerings - assessments, dues, etc.
22 Budgets & offerings - church budget planning
23 Budgets & offerings - designated vs. unified giving
24 Budgets & offerings - financial memoranda 1970-1971
25A Budgets & offerings - General Conference and district budgets
25B Budgets & offerings - General Conference and district budgets
26 Budgets & offerings - offerings and offering systems
27 Budgets & offerings - offering survey, November 1963
28 Budgets & offerings - project giving
29 Charitable organizations - giving - general
30 Charitable organizations - World Missionary Evangelism
3 31 Commission on Home Ministries
32 Commission on Home Ministries - general
33 Commission on Home Ministries - goal setting
34 Commission on Home Ministries - Probe ‘72
35 Church building - Aberdeen, Idaho
36 Church building - Ann Street, Peoria, Illinois
37 Church building - capital funds campaign
38 Church building - capital funds campaign
39 Church building - Kidron, Ohio
40A Church correspondence - Canadian conference
40B Church correspondence - Canadian conference
41A Church correspondence - Central Conference
41B Church correspondence - Central Conference
42A Church correspondence - Eastern Conference
42B Church correspondence - Eastern Conference
3 43A Church correspondence - Northern Conference
43B Church correspondence - Northern Conference
44 Church correspondence - Pacific Conference
45A Church correspondence - Western Conference
45B Church correspondence - Western Conference
46 Commission on Education - Faith and Life Press
47 Commission on Education - general
48 Commission on Education - The Mennonite
49 Commission on Education - Youth Office
50 Commission on Overseas Mission - Commission on Evangelism
51 Commission on Overseas Mission
52 Commission on Overseas Mission - Encompass
53 Commission on Overseas Mission - general
54 Commission on Overseas Mission - mission education
55 Commission on Overseas Mission - other mission organizations
4 56 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - annual meeting 1963
57 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - annual meeting 1964
58 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - annual meeting 1965
59 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - annual meeting 1966
60 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - annual meeting 1967
61 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - annual meeting 1968
62 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - annual meeting 1969
63 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - annual meeting 1970
64 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - annual meeting 1972
65 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - budget
66A Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - Christian Families and Money Management
66B Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - Christian Families and Money Management
67 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - commitment plan
68 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - communications skillshop
69 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - environmental stewardship
70 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - Estes seminar, July 30-August 4, 1973
71 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - executive committee - minutes
5 72 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - exploration and development plan
73 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - fieldwork seminar
74A Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - general
74B Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - general
75 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - general correspondence 1963-1965
76 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - Look Up and Live series
77A Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - National Conference on Christian Philanthropy
77B Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - National Conference on Christian Philanthropy
78A Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - North American Interchurch Study
78B Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - North American Interchurch Study
6 78C Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - North American Interchurch Study
79 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - orders for Christian Families and Money Management
6 80 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - orders for printed materials 1963-1965
81 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - orders for printed materials 1966-1970
82A Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - Program Council
82B Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - Program Council
83 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - Program Council 1973
84 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - Promotion and Interpretation Committee
7 85 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - radio spots
86A Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - Religious Public Relations Council
86B Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - Religious Public Relations Council
87 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - “Seasons of the Seventies”
88A Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - statistics of church finances
88B Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - statistics of church finances
89 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - stewardship 1971
90 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - stewardship 1972
91 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - stewardship 1973
92 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - stewardship 1974
93 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - stewardship research project
94 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - theme material 1970-1971
95 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - theme material 1971-1972
96 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - theme material 1972-1973
97 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - theme material 1973-1974
98 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - theme material 1974-1975
99 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - theme material 1975-1976
100 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - Wills and Special Gifts Commission
101 Commission on Stewardship and Benevolence - world stewardship
102 Conventions - American Bible Society
103 Conventions - direct mail seminar
104 Conventions - Religious Public Relations Council
8 105A Denominations - Old Mennonite 1963-1965
105B Denominations - Old Mennonite
106 Denominations - Old Mennonite stewardship consultation, January 21, 1971
107 Denominations - Old Mennonite Stewardship Council correspondence
108A District conferences - Canadian conference
108B District conferences - Canadian conference
109 District conferences - Central District Conference committee hearings - 1969 conference
110 District conferences - Central District Conference - Eastern Ohio Bible Conference
111A District conferences - Central District Conference
111B District conferences - Central District Conference
112 District conferences - Congregational stewardship representative orientation seminars
113A District conferences - Congregational stewardship representative correspondence
113B District conferences - Congregational stewardship representative correspondence
9 114 District conferences - Consultation 1969
115A District conferences - Congregational stewardship representatives (CSR) - Central District Conference
115B District conferences - Congregational stewardship representatives (CSR) - Central District Conference
116 District conferences - Congregational stewardship representative (CSR) - job description
9 117A District conferences - District stewardship committee
117B District conferences - District stewardship committee
118A District conferences - Eastern District Conference
118B District conferences - Eastern District Conference
119A District conferences - Northern District Conference
119B District conferences - Northern District Conference
120 District conferences - Northern District Conference - Ministers Conference - November 12-14, 1968
121A District conferences - Pacific District Conference
121B District conferences - Pacific District Conference
122 District conferences - Stewardship Aids Let’s Try (SALT)
123 District conferences - Saskatchewan Conference - February 25-26, 1972
124 District conferences - Stewardship councilman
125 District conferences - Test congregation - Faith, Newton, Kansas
126 District conferences - Test congregation - First, Reedley, California
127 District conferences - Test congregation - Hutterthal, Carpenter, South Dakota
10 128 District conferences - Western District Conference
129 Division of Business Administration - Board correspondence 1963
130 Division of Business Administration - Board of Missions - per capita giving to missions
131 Division of Business Administration - Central church treasury manual
132 Division of Business Administration - Church accounting
133 Division of Business Administration - Church treasurer’s manual
134 Division of Business Administration - Committee and stewardship report - 1974 conference
135 Division of Business Administration - Contribution forms
136 Division of Business Administration - Council of Boards 1964
137 Division of Business Administration - Council of Boards 1965
138 Division of Business Administration - Council of Commissions 1970
139 Division of Business Administration - Council of Commissions 1971
140 Division of Business Administration - Division meeting, June 22-23, 1973
141 Division of Business Administration - Donor profile
142A Division of Business Administration - general 1963-1964
142B Division of Business Administration - general
11 143 Division of Business Administration - Job description (Stewardship Secretary)
144 Division of Business Administration - June 27, 1970, meeting
145 Division of Business Administration - MCC-General Conference meeting, October 17, 1970
146 Division of Business Administration - Staff memoranda
147 Division of Business Administration - Stewardship Conference, October 15-16, 1963
148 Division of Business Administration - Theological papers
149 General Conference - “Black Manifesto”
150 General Conference - Committee of Christian Concerns
151 General Conference - Council of Commissions 1972
152 General Conference - Council of Commissions 1973
153 General Conference - Council of Commissions 1974
154 General Conference - 1965
155 General Conference - 1968
156 General Conference - 1971
157 General Conference - 1974, St. Catherines, Ontario
158 General Conference - “Living, Active Congregations” filmstrip
11 159A General Conference - MCC
159B General Conference - MCC meeting, October 17, 1971
12 160 General Conference - Operation Understanding
161A General Conference - Operation Understanding - Baptist resource material
161B General Conference - Operation Understanding - Visitation correspondence
162 General Conference - Pastor’s Resource Seminar
163A General Conference - Poverty Fund
163B General Conference - Poverty Fund 1968-1970
164 General Conference - Poverty Fund transfers
165 General Conference - Slide set for visitors
166 General Conference - Stationery
167 General Conference - Tour groups
13 168 Literature - Book orders - stewardship
169A Literature - Congregation Stewardship Committee
169B Literature - Congregation Stewardship Committee - master copies
170 Literature - Definition of stewardship
171 Literature - “Faith: The Big Step”
172 Literature - Giving record booklet
173 Literature - How to Live Well and Give Liberally, Shelly
174 Literature - Inventory
175 Literature - A Manual in Stewardship Education, Nelson Kauffman
176 Literature - Marked New Testaments
177 Literature - Offering envelopes and report forms
178A Literature - Orders, correspondence, miscellaneous
178B Literature - Orders, correspondence, miscellaneous
14 179 Literature - Pastor’s sermon booklet
180 Literature - Plays and skits
181 Literature - Reading courses 1968
182 Literature - Reading courses 1969
183 Literature - Stewardship manual correspondence
184 Literature - Stewardship manual manuscripts
185 Literature - Study guides on stewardship
186A Literature - They Gave Themselves
186B Literature - They Gave Themselves - orders
187 Literature - What’s Ahead in Stewardship? - orders
188 Mennonite Central Committee - Canada
189 Mennonite Central Committee - CROP
190 Mennonite Central Committee - Financial data
15 191 Mennonite Central Committee - general
192 Mennonite Central Committee
193 Miscellaneous - correspondence
194 Miscellaneous - Year round orders for stewardship material
195 National Association of Evangelicals - general
196A National Association of Evangelicals - Stewardship Commission
196B National Association of Evangelicals - Stewardship Commission
196C National Association of Evangelicals - Stewardship Commission 1969-1972
15 197A Programs - “Faith: The Big Step” 1969-1971
197B Programs - “Faith: The Big Step”
198 Programs - Family Financial Planning
199 Programs - Guide for Visitor Training
200 Programs - “It Happens in Your Heart”
16 201 Programs - Kansas Clergy Economic Education Foundation, July 1972
202A Programs - Overhang Program 1971
202B Programs - Overhang Program
203 Programs - Stencil Illustrated Service 1972-1973
204 Promotion - Ads - Commission on Home Ministries 1973
205 Promotion - Ads in Mennonite Reporter
206 Promotion - Annual theme 1970
207 Promotion - Booklet 1962
208 Promotion - Bulletin inserts 1972
209 Promotion - Bulletin inserts 1973
210 Promotion - Business cards
211 Promotion - Canadian Conference
212 Promotion - Commission on Home Ministries I, May 1970
213 Promotion - Commission on Home Ministries I, November 1970 mailing
214 Promotion - Commission on Home Ministries bulletin insert, March 1971
215 Promotion - Commission on Home Ministries - general 1970
216 Promotion - Commission on Home Ministries II - 1970 filmstrip
217 Promotion - Commission on Home Ministries - Mid-April appeal 1971
17 218 Promotion - Commission on Home Ministries, May 1972
219 Promotion - Commission on Home Ministries, May 1973
220 Promotion - Christian College Day, April 12, 1970
221 Promotion - Commission on Education, September 1973
222 Promotion - Commission on Overseas Mission, October 1971
223 Promotion - Commission on Overseas Mission II, July 1970
224 Promotion - Commission on Overseas Mission - general 1971
225 Promotion - Commission on Overseas Mission, August 1972
226 Promotion - Commission on Overseas Mission 1973
227 Promotion - Commission on Overseas Mission - CROP 1973
228 Promotion - Dinner for pastors
229 Promotion - Direct donor letter 1972
230 Promotion - Direct donor letter 1973
231 Promotion - Echo Project
232 Promotion - Echo Project supplement 1970
233 Promotion - Echo Project supplement 1972-1973
234 [not used]
235 Promotion - Education 1969
18 236 Promotion - Evangelism, October 1972
237 Promotion - Filmstrips
238 Promotion - Financial responses 1969
239 Promotion - Financial responses 1970-1971
240 Promotion - Financial responses 1972
241 Promotion - Flicker Stickers
18 242 Promotion - General 1973
243 Promotion - General Conference 1969-1970
244 Promotion - General Conference II, August 1970 special letter
245 Promotion - General Conference III, year-end 1970
246 Promotion - General Conference, December 1971
247 Promotion - General Conference, December 1972
248 Promotion - General Conference EHP (Every Home Plan) fund raising appeal, mid-July 1971
249 Promotion - General Conference fact sheet 1973
250 Promotion - Home ministries 1969
19 251 Promotion - Ideas for future use
252 Promotion - Insert in The Mennonite, February 22, 1972
253 Promotion - Joint mid-May - Canadian 1970
254 Promotion - Joint mid-May - Central 1970
255 Promotion - Joint mid-May - Eastern 1970
256 Promotion - Joint mid-May - Northern 1970
257 Promotion - Joint mid-May - Pacific 1970
258 Promotion - Joint mid-May - Western 1970
259 Promotion - Mailing schedules
260 Promotion - The Mennonite 1971
261 Promotion - The Mennonite 1972
262 Promotion - The Mennonite - questions and answers
263 Promotion - Minute for Mission
264 [not used]
265 Promotion - One Great Hour of Sharing, March 1970
266 Promotion - One Great Hour of Sharing, March 1971
267 Promotion - One Great Hour of Sharing, March 1972
268 Promotion - One Great Hour of Sharing 1973
269 Promotion - Operation Understanding 1969-1970
270 Promotion - Operation Understanding 1971
271 Promotion - Operation Understanding booklet 1971
272 Promotion - Operation Understanding resource manual
20 273 Promotion - Overseas Mission 1969
274 Promotion - Personalized letter, August 3, 1970
275 Promotion - Poster 1973
276 Promotion - Poverty Fund appeal, February 1971
277 Promotion - Poverty Fund letter, April 11, 1972
278 Promotion - Poverty Fund individual donor list, January 1972
279 Promotion - Poverty Fund, October 1972
280 Promotion - Poverty projects letter, June 5, 1973
281 Promotion - Projects
282 Promotion - Project calendar 1973-1974
283 Promotion - Russ Reid Company, Inc., 1970
284 Promotion - Seminary 1969-1971
285 Promotion - Seminary 1972
286 Promotion - Seminary, December 1973
21 287 Promotion - Staff brochure
21 288 Promotion - Stewardship Aids Packet 1970-1971
289 Promotion - “Stewardship Clips”
290 Promotion - Stewardship news releases, brochures, etc.
291 Promotion - Stewardship Sunday, November 14, 1971
292 Promotion - Theme materials 1972-1973
293 Promotion - TV spots and radio
294 Promotion - By years, December 1968
295 Promotion - By years, year-end 1969
296 Promotion - By years, 1969
297 Promotion - By years, 1970-1971 schedule
298 Promotion - By years, follow up on November 1970 appeal, May 1971
299 Promotion - By years, 1972
300 Promotion - By years, April 10, 1973
301 Promotion - By years, 1973
302 Promotion - By years, 1973 schedule
303 Publishers - Louis Neibauer - Faith: The Big Step, 1969
304 Publishers - Louis Neibauer - Spanish material
305 Publishers - “Stewdo” place mats (Neibauer)
306 Samples - Bible studies
307 Samples - Commitment pledge forms
22 308 Samples - Every member visit materials
309 Samples - Money management
310A Samples - Offering envelopes
310B Samples - Order blank, promotion folders
311 Samples - Program building
312 Samples - Resources
313 Schools and hospitals - Mennonite Biblical Seminary stewardship orientation
314 Special gifts - Wills emphasis 1966-1967
315 Statistics - Denominational giving
316 Statistics - Denominational giving 1972
317 Statistics - Discretionary income
318 Statistics - Effective buying income data - 1966 and before
319 Statistics - General
320 Statistics - General Conference
321A Statistics - Individual contributions 1968
321B Statistics - Individual contributions 1969
23 322 Statistics - Monthly receipts
323 Statistics - Per capita 1969-1970
324 Statistics - Per capita 1971
325 Statistics - Per capita 1972
326 Statistics - Per capita by churches, pre-1968
327 Statistics - Per capita by churches 1969
328 Statistics - Per member contributions 1950-1969
329 Statistics - Per member contributions 1968
330 Statistics - Poverty Fund
331 Statistics - Predicting giving
332 Statistics - Seminary 1970-1971
333 Statistics - Spending, world needs, etc.
23 334 Stewardship in Mission program - Churches - Canadian Conference
335 Stewardship in Mission program - Churches - Northern District
336 Stewardship in Mission program - Churches - Pacific District
337A Stewardship in Mission program - Churches - Western District
337B Stewardship in Mission program - Correspondence 1965-1974
338 Stewardship in Mission program - Orientation meetings - Canada
339 Stewardship in Mission program - Orientation meetings - Canada - Alberta
340 Stewardship in Mission program - Orientation meetings - Canada - British Columbia
341 Stewardship in Mission program - Orientation meetings - Canada - Manitoba
342 Stewardship in Mission program - Orientation meetings - Canada - Ontario
343 Stewardship in Mission program - Orientation meetings - Canada - Saskatchewan
344 Stewardship in Mission program - Orientation meetings - Central
345A Stewardship in Mission program - Orientation meetings - Eastern
345B Stewardship in Mission program - Orientation meetings - general 1964-1966
346 Stewardship in Mission program - Orientation meetings - Northern
24 347A Stewardship in Mission program - Orientation meetings - Pacific
347B Stewardship in Mission program - Orientation meetings - Registration lists 1966-1968
348A Stewardship in Mission program - Orientation meetings - Western
348B Stewardship in Mission program - Stewardship manual, etc. 1965-1967
349 Stewardship in Mission program - Stewardship Sunday, November 12, 1972
350 Stewardship in Mission program - Stewardship Sunday, November 10, 1973
351 Stewardship in Mission program - Stewardship survey, November 1966
352A Stewardship in Mission program - Stewardship survey, August 1967
352B Stewardship in Mission program - take to orientation meetings 1963-1968
352C Stewardship in Mission program - Turnover charts 1965-1974
352D Stewardship in Mission program - Visitor training 1966-1970
353 Stewardship Institute - Canada
354 Stewardship Institute - Canada - Alberta
355 Stewardship Institute - Canada - British Columbia
356 Stewardship Institute - Canada - Manitoba
357 Stewardship Institute - Canada - Ontario
358 Stewardship Institute - Canada - Saskatchewan
359 Stewardship Institute - Central District Conference
360 Stewardship Institute - Eastern District Conference
361 Stewardship Institute - Northern District Conference
25 362 Stewardship Institute - Pacific District Conference - California
363 Stewardship Institute - Pacific District Conference - Pacific Northwest
364 Stewardship Institute - Resource leaders correspondence
365 Stewardship Institute - Stewardship Council 1965
366 Stewardship Institute - Stewardship Council 1966
367 Stewardship Institute - Stewardship Council 1967
368 Stewardship Institute - general
369A Stewardship Institute - take to meetings
369B Stewardship Institute - Topeka, Kansas, church 1973-1974
370 Stewardship Institute - Western District Conference - Oklahoma
371 Stewardship Institute - Western District Conference - Kansas
26 372 Workshops - Canadian Conference
26 373 Workshops - Central District Conference
374A Workshops - Central Illinois ministers meeting, October 14, 1968
374B Workshops - Coordinated workshops 1971-1974
375A Workshops - Eastern District Conference
375B Workshops - general 1961-1973
376 Workshops - Graph samples
377 Workshops - Northern District Conference
378A Workshops - Pacific District Conference
378B Workshops - Stewardship 1968-1971
378C Workshops - take to meetings 1961-1965
378D Workshops - West Zion church, Moundridge, Kansas, 1969-1970
379A Workshops - Western District Conference
379B Workshops - Western District Conference Trustees 1965
380 Workshops - Western District Conference - Materialism and Standards of Living conference
381A Youth - correspondence
381B Youth - Children’s stewardship 1960-?
381C Youth - Stewardship 1957-1965
382 Youth - YPU (Young People’s Union) workshop
Appendix (added 9 September 1992)
Promotional materials for General Conference boards, committees, and institutions
27 383 1963-1968
384 1963-1968
385 1969
386 1969
387 1970
388 1970
389 1971
28 390 1971
391 1972
392 1972
393 1972
394 1973
395 1973
Miscellaneous files
396 T. K. Thompson. Handbook of Stewardship Procedures. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1964.
397 Old Mennonite stewardship conference 1962
29 398 Handbook for “The Christian Family and Money Management”
399 Stewardship bibliography and order form
400 Program Builder 1964
401 Stewardship Council minutes, May 8-9, 1964
402 Stewardship Clips, No. 1, August 14, 1964
403 Stewardship Conference, October 15-16, 1963
Mailings to pastors and others
29 404 July 17, 1964
405 September 11, 1964
406 November 9, 1964
407 March 12, 1965
408 April 5, 1965
409 April 23, 1965
410 May 20, 1965
411 August 9, 1965
412 October 1965