Mennonite: African American children in Mennonite families bridge two worlds

In 1897, the first African Americans in the United States were baptized as Mennonites and joined a Juniata County church, said historian Tobin Miller Shearer, a Mennonite and assistant professor of history at the University ofBy Tim Huber Mennonite Weekly Review In the isolated Manitoba Colony of Bolivia, Old Colony Mennonites are beginning to move on with life after the conclusion of a trial that focused global attention on the community. Old Colony members attend court20, 2011, ceremony at

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