Association of Mennonite Evangelical Churches in France

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Association of Mennonite Evangelical Churches in France (French: Association des églises évangéliques mennonites de France) is a Mennonite Christian association of churches in France. It is a member of the Mennonite World Conference.

History

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Evangelical Mennonite Church in Altkirch.

The AEEMF has its origins in two organizations, the Association of Mennonite Churches of France, founded in 1925 and the French-speaking Mennonite Churches, founded in 1928.[1] The two organizations merged in 1980 to form the Association of Evangelical Mennonite Churches of France.[2]

Statistics

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According to a census published by the association in 2022, it would have 31 churches and 2,100 members.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Franck Poiraud, Les évangéliques dans la France du XXIe siècle, Editions Edilivre, France, 2007, p. 49-50
  2. ^ Cornelius J. Dyck, An introduction to Mennonite history: a popular history of the Anabaptists and the Mennonites, Herald Press, USA, 1981, p. 393
  3. ^ Mennonite World Conference, Global map, mwc-cmm.org, Canada, retrieved January 14, 2023

Further reading

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  • J. S. Oyer, The Strasbourg Conferences of the Anabaptists, 1554-1607, Mennonite Quarterly Review, 1984, vol. 58, no.3, pp. 218–229
  • Jean Séguy, Les assemblées anabaptistes-mennonites de France, 1977, ISBN 2-7132-0003-2
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