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Taylor, Edward C. (1923-2006)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2006 Sep 11 p. 7
Birth date: 1923 Jul 1
text of obituary:
By Mennonite Mission Network
CLEVELAND — Edward C. Taylor, a leader in Mennonite urban-ministry programs for a decade in the 1970s and '80s, died Aug. 24 at the age of 83.
In 1978 Taylor became associate secretary for Mennonite Board of Missions, a predecessor agency of Mennonite Mission Network, in its home missions department.
He was ready to see the Mennonite church grow in urban areas. "We must not be afraid to proclaim that Christ is in our midst and is calling us to a different lifestyle and commitment," he said in the April 1979 issue of Sent, a mission magazine.
He also was an advocate for minority groups, especially in areas of church leadership.
Taylor was born July 1, 1923, in Dublin Ga. His family soon moved to Cleveland, where he lived and worked until his death.
He became a Christian at age 26. through a Cleveland citywide youth program he met Vern Miller, then pastor at Lee Heights Community Church. In 1976 Taylor and Miller worked together to establish Cleveland Heights Mennonite Church.
"He was very committed to church planting and evangelism," Miller said.
Taylor served as a pastor and worship leader until he joined the MBM staff. He graduated from Ashland (Ohio) Theological Seminary with a master's degree in theology in 1979.
Funeral services were held Aug. 31 at Liberty Hill Baptist Church in Euclid.