Association of Mennonite Evangelical Churches in France
Association of Mennonite Evangelical Churches in France (French: Association des églises évangéliques mennonites de France) is the conference of Mennonites in France. It is a member of the Mennonite World Conference.
History
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
According to a census of the denomination, in 2022, it would have 31 churches and 2,100 members.[3]
References
- Franck Poiraud, Les évangéliques dans la France du XXIe siècle, Editions Edilivre, France, 2007, p. 49-50
- Cornelius J. Dyck, An introduction to Mennonite history: a popular history of the Anabaptists and the Mennonites, Herald Press, USA, 1981, p. 393
- Mennonite World Conference, Global map, mwc-cmm.org, Canada, retrieved January 14, 2023
Further reading
- 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
External links
- Neff, Christian and Ernst H. Correll. "Alsace (France)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1955. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 4 November 2008
- Association des Églises Évangéliques Mennonites de France
- Mennonite Churches in France
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