North American Mennonites organize the Mennonite Central Committee to feed starving Mennonite colonists in Soviet Ukraine; it grows into the tradition's global relief, development, and peace agency.
Tagged: Anabaptist Christian
The Event
- Date
- 1920 (exact)
- Era
- Contemporary; Standard ecumenical periodization
- Location
- Elkhart; today Elkhart, Indiana, USA
- Traditions
- Christianity
- Streams
- Anabaptist
Primary Sources
- MCC founding documents (1920)
Secondary Sources
- González, The Story of Christianity, vols. 1–2 (Harper, 2010)
Provenance: HIST-0071; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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