ANNUAL CONFERENCE MINUTES SUBJECT INDEX
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Dancing: 1938(44), 1940(50), 1966(11)
Deacon Visits: (see Visitation of Members)
Deacons: (see also subcategory; Laying on of Hands) 1835(60), 1841(73), 1843(77), S1846(2, 3), 1858(174), 1859(188), 1862(206, 212, 214), 1863(220), 1866(253, 256), 1867(262), 1868(270, 275), 1871(292), 1875(324), 1907(849), 1919(8, 13), 1935(38) see also 1934(42), 1942(3) see also 1941(48), 1943(11), 1956(12), 1960(36) 1961(26), 1982(396), 1983(551), 1997(556)
Deacons – Calling: 1853(141), 1856(155), 1862(211)
Deaf Ministry: 1902(767), 1990(115)
Death Notices in Messenger: 1907(855)
Death Penalty: 1834(58), 1835(61), 1957(75), 1959(76), 1975(80), 1987(457)
Death, What Occurs After: (see also Universal Restoration) 1794(18), 1858(177)
Debating, Religious: 1861(203)
Debating Societies: 1859(184), 1868(269) see also 1867(267), 1871(299), 1875(327), 1877(350)
Deception in the Church: 1880(374)
Denmark, Concerns From: 1884(432), 1889(500), 1890(522), 1893(583), 1902(767), 1909(894)
Denmark, Mission Work in: 1877(346, 347), 1878(360), 1879(365), 1880(373, 378), 1881(400), 1882(418), 1889(500, 512), 1892(558)
Denominational Name: (see Name, Denominational)
Denominational Organization: (see Organization, Denominational)
Devil, The: 1853(136), 1856(157)
Devotional Booklets: 1959(65)
Disabilities, Persons with: (see also Deaf Ministry) 1983(599), 1994(770)
Disagreements with Annual Conference Decisions: (see also subcategories; Doctrines, Varying) 1850(114), 1976(205)
Disagreements with Annual Conference Decisions – Congregational: (see also Annual Conference Authority in the Church) 1850(119), 1853(138), 1856(158), 1858(173), 1859(184), 1863(222), 1867(260), 1869(278, 281), 1871(299), 1880(377), 1882(405, 414), 2004(1270)
Disagreements with Annual Conference Decisions – District: (see also Annual Conference Authority in the Church) 1865(243)
Disagreements with Annual Conference Decisions – Individual: (see also Annual Conference Authority in the Church) 1805(28), 1847(94), 1849(108), 1853(139), 1858(172), 1865(235, 243), 1868(270), 1871(297, 299), 1873(308), 1875(328), 1878(357), 1879(368), 1880(377), 1882(405, 409, 413), 1883(420), 1918(4), 1919(41)
Disagreements with Congregational Decisions – Individual: (see also Congregational Authority in the Church) 1842(77), 1845(86), S1848(102) see also 1848(99), 1856(155), 1865(236), 1874(320)
Disagreements with District Decisions – Individual: 1871(297)
Discipleship and Reconciliation: (see also Discipline) 1976(199), 1977(371), 2002(726)
Discipline: (see also subcategories; Avoidance; Disagreement; Discipleship and Reconciliation; Membership) 1825(49), 1837(64), 1842(74), 1849(109), 1857(162), 1862(214), 1871(296), 1881(396), 1885(439), 1889(499), 1915(11), 1937(7), 1947(17), 1976(199)
Discipline – Accused: 1817(40), 1825(49), 1837(63), 1841(72, 73), 1843(80), 1844(84), 1845(86), 1849(108, 111), 1850(116, 120, 122), 1853(137, 139, 140), 1857(167), 1861(202), 1862(205, 215), 1863(220, 221), 1864(228), 1865(234, 236, 238, 240), 1866(256), 1869(282), 1873(308, 313), 1874(320), 1876(337), 1878(358), 1880(384), 1882(410), 1883(421), 1889(498), 1919(41)
Discipline – Accused, Relatives of: 1817(40), 1838(66), 1848(100), 1856(156), 1874(318), 1881(401)
Discipline – Ministers: 1854(145), 1862(211), 1864(230), 1865(238, 242), 1869(280), 1876(338), 1880(383), 1889(512), 1894(596), 1931(43), 1945(12), 1976(199), 1977(371)
Discipline – Public Offenses: 1797(19, 20), 1821(45), 1825(49), 1828(53), 1840(70), S1848(102)
District Changes: 1875(325), 1907(858), 1910(1), 1911(1, 2), 1912(1, 6), 1916(1), 1919(13), 1921(34), 1924(1), 1925(1), 1928(6), 1929(31), 1944(45), 1961(80, 82), 1965(3), 1966(3), 1967(5)
District Committees to Congregations: 1871(295), 1873(311), 1875(327), 1876(339), 1902(767)
District Conference Delegates: 1866(246), 1868(273), 1894(600), 1905(814), 1912(1), 1924(15), 1944(48), 1947(11)
District Conference Minutes: 1862(215), 1864(228), 1866(247), 1875(326), 1876(338), 1891(539)
District Conference Quorum: 1893(579)
District Conference, Length of: 1874(319)
District Conference, Nonmembers at: 1868(274), 1875(325)
District Employees: (see also subcategory) 1873(313)
District Employees – Salary and Support: 2000(262)
District Executives: 2000(263)
District Moderator: (see Moderator, District)
District Realignment: 1952(7), 1961(10), 1969(37), 1989(834), 1991(262)
District Realignment, Continuing Committee on: Reports 1962-1969
Districts: 1856(159), 1858(179), 1860(193), 1863(222), 1864(231), 1865(238, 240), 1866(246), 1868(272), 1871(293, 298), 1872(303, 304), 1877(352), 1880(376), 1925(6), 1947(9), 1960(93), 1961(82), 1965(15)
Districts, Foreign: 1906(831), 1916(1), 1920(7), 1944(48), 1953(60), 1954(59), 1956(64), 1963(78), 1965(95)
Districts, Funding: 1868(273), 1991(339)
Districts Intervening in Congregations: (see Intervention by Districts in Congregations)
Districts or Groups of Congregations, Concerns Regarding Certain: (see California District; Carolina Brethren)
Districts Sending Queries to Annual Conference: 1874(316)
Divorce: 1850(114, 115, 116), 1856(158), 1860(197), 1867(263), 1871(296), 1880(371, 378), 1881(396), 1891(534) see also 1888(482), 1890(515), 1898(669), 1902(762), 1924(52), 1928(37), 1933(10), 1940(50), 1964(9), 1977(298)
Divorce and Remarriage: (see also Adultery) 1797(20), 1812(30, 31), 1819(41, 43), 1830(54), 1842(76), 1847(93), 1848(99), 1849(110), 1850(114, 115, 117), 1852(131), 1855(149), 1856(159), 1857(163), 1858(169, 177, 178), 1859(185, 186), 1862(205, 208, 210), 1863(219), 1866(252, 257), 1867(263), 1868(269), 1870(288), 1873(313), 1875(329), 1877(350), 1878(357), 1879(369), 1883(420), 1885(439)
Doctrines Not Stated by Annual Conference: 1874(318), 1922(8)
Doctrines, Teaching of: 1930(25)
Doctrines, Varying: 1794(16), 1798(20), 1815(38), 1844(82), S1846(3), 1880(374)
Dominican Republic, Mission Work in: 1990(146)
Dress Concerns: (see also Beards; Gold; Hair Styles; Hats; Jewelry; Mustache; Neckties; Uniforms) 1804(27), 1817(40), 1822(46), 1834(58), 1837(65), 1845(85), 1846(90), 1847(94), 1849(108), 1858(169), 1861(201), 1862(209, 211, 216), 1863(218), 1864(226), 1866(254, 258), 1867(261), 1868(272), 1870(288, 289), 1871(296, 299), 1873(311), 1875(326, 331), 1876(336, 337), 1877(345, 346, 347), 1878(359), 1880(376), 1881(390, 391, 397, 398, 399), 1882(411), 1886(449, 452), 1889(496), 1893(580, 582), 1894(600), 1895(616), 1896(633), 1898(669), 1900(717), 1906(828), 1909(897), 1910(5), 1911(4), 1912(5), 1914(4, 25), 1915(10), 1916(11), 1917(12), 1919(43), 1921(6, 7), 1926(11)
Dress Reform, Committee on: 1914(5), 1917(6), 1924(9). Reports 1915-1924
Drugs: (see also Temperance) 1938(44), 1941(56), 1966(13)
Economic Concerns: 1934(45), 1935(42), 1937(43, 44), 1938(44, 45), 1951(79), 1967(52), 1977(363)
Ecumenical Concerns: (see also Church Buildings of Other Denominations; Church Buildings, Use by Other Denominations; Congregations, New – Interdenominational Cooperation in Organizing; Interdenominational Agencies; Ministers – From Other Denominations; Nonmembers – Other Christians; Worship with Members of Other Denominations) 1951(6), 1967(70), 1968(74), 1972(209), 1982(408), 1989(885), 1995(140)
Education: (see also Schools)
Education Board, General: 1907(844), 1908(869), 1909(895), 1912(5), 1916(8), 1917(6), 1927(7), 1928(1). Reports 1911-1947
Education, Board of Christian (also called Board of Religious Education): 1928(1), 1930(31), 1932(47). Reports 1929-1947
Education, Christian: (see also Curriculum; Membership – Book for New Members; Sunday School) 1920(15), 1921(37), 1960(34), 1988(662)
Education, Church – “Christian” or “Religious” Nomenclature: 1926(11), 1932(47)
Education, Higher: (see also Colleges – Brethren) 1921(37), 1923(48), 1925(3), 1936(48)
Education of Ministers and Missionaries: (see also Correspondence Courses for Ministers) 1882(407), 1914(3), 1953(4), 1965(90), 1985(111), 2002(750)
Education, Public: 1921(37), 1989(810)
El Salvador: 1981(290)
Elders: (see also Ministers) 1846(89), 1865(234, 235, 237), 1866(251), 1873(310), 1879(367), 1893(571, 581), 1896(632), 1897(655), 1913(3), 1917(1), 1920(15), 1941(48), 1942(3), 1955(3), 1957(5), 1967(43), 1977(352)
Elders, Adjoining: 1847(95), 1849(108), 1854(145), 1856(155), 1858(177), 1859(184), 1864(229), 1865(243), 1869(282), 1871(294, 299), 1877(348), 1882(413)
Elders’ Body, District: 1885(442), 1947(10), 1951(13, 17), 1955(6, 8, 11), 1957(8), 1967(43)
Elizabethtown College: 1914(7)
Environmental Concerns: (see also Waste Management) 1971(161), 1977(356), 1990(133), 1991(319)
Ethical Teachings of Jesus in Schools: 1977(325)
Ethics – Congregational: 1995(132), 1996(327)
Ethics – Ministerial: 1992(461), 1996(367)
Ethics – Personal: 1966(10)
Ethnicity Concerns: (see Race Relations and Ethnicity Concerns)
Eucharist: (see also Feetwashing; Love Feast) 1987(510)
Evangelism: (see also Church Extension; Evangelists) 1923(48), 1925(50), 1927(10), 1934(45), 1935(42), 1936(47), 1939(51), 1940(49), 1945(64), 1946(74), 1947(92), 1949(63), 1950(5), 1952(63), 1955(70), 1963(27), 1967(59), 1972(266), 1992(485), 2000(267), 2001(514)
Evangelists: 1877(345), S1918(6), 1920(10), 1921(2)
Evolution: 1931(9)
Exceptions to Rules, Possibility of: 1880(373)
Fairs, County, State, and World’s: (see also Animal Shows) 1835(59, 60), 1838(67), 1848(101), 1853(139), 1859(185), 1866(251), 1871(297), 1892(558), 1905(813), 1916(5)
Family Planning: 1964(15)
Family Reunions: 1900(719)
Farm Issues: (see also Rural Concerns) 1974(428), 1986(325)
Farmers’ Clubs: 1874(320)
Farmers’ Unions: 1911(8), 1915(7)
Fasting: 1850(121), 1851(124), 1853(137), 1867(264)
Feasting: 1871(296), 1878(358), 1884(431), 1966(13)
Federal Council of Churches of Christ: 1941(4, 50), 1942(41), 1945(14)
Feetwashing: (see also Eucharist; Love Feast) 1812(30), 1841(71), 1845(87), S1846(2), 1848(100), 1849(112), 1854(144), 1856(157), 1867(265), 1868(270), 1869(277), 1871(299), 1872(304), 1875(330), 1876(340), 1877(347, 352), 1879(366), 1880(380), 1881(400), 1882(414), 1883(421), 1887(466), 1888(482), 1919(8), 1928(4)
Festivals, Church: 1900(718)
Fetal Tissue Use: 1997(548), 1998(777)
Financial Policy, Committee on: 1934(40), 1936(15)
Financial Promotion: 1947(86), 1954(7)
Financial Reports: 1882, 1884-2004
Firearms: (see Guns)
First Aid: 1936(46)
Fiscal Year: 1924(7), 1944(7), 1949(54), 1959(18), 1963(74), 1971(156)
Flags on Church Property: 1990(129)
Forward Movement: 1919(15), 1920(13). Reports 1921-1923
Fourth of July: (see Independence Day)
Fraternal Relations: (see also Brethren Church; Committee on Interchurch Relations; Old German Baptist Brethren Church) 1908(876), 1916(7, 12), 1925(11), 1932(10), 1935(39), 1936(13), 1937(8), 1944(50), 1955(62), 1958(17), 1964(51), 1968(80)
Freedom of Worship: (see also Church and State) 1976(214)
Freemasons: 1804(26), 1828(52), S1848(102), 1855(151), 1859(184), 1862(207), 1870(287), 1878(359)
Fund for the Americas in the United States: 1969(74), 1970(55), 1972(250)
Funding Appeals at Annual Conference: 1865(244), 1866(258), 1875(334), 1877(347), 1883(420), 1888(484), 1939(49), 1940(48), 1941(51), 1943(50), 1945(67), 1953(60), 1954(36), 1963(80), 1976(212, 217), 1978(450), 1980(120)
Funeral Services: 1819(43), 1844(84), 1851(125), 1856(156), 1862(214), 1865(238), 1866(250), 1878(358), 1900(721), 1960(33), 1974(426), 1975(68)
Gambling: 1804(27), 1841(71), 1850(119), 1853(137), 1940(50), 1966(11, 27), 1986(308)
Games, Worldly and Sinful: (see also Gambling; Card Playing) 1892(560), 1920(11)
Garber Charity Fund: 1851(126), 1854(143), 1855(154), 1856(160)
General Board (also called General Brotherhood Board): (see also Boards, Denominational; Review and Evaluation Committee) 1946(6), 1968(58, 82), 1984(726), 1997(610). Reports: 1947-2004
General Investment Council (also called Church Investment Committee): 1943(51). Reports 1944-1946
General Offices, Location of: 1951(4)
Genetic Engineering: 1985(162), 1987(450), 1997(548)
Germantown Church Property: 1896(644)
Germany, Church in: 1856(159)
Germany, Mission Work in: 1884(430), 1887(468)
Giving – Congregational and District: 1910(8)
Giving – Individual: (see also Tithing) 1865(236, 240), 1868(269) see also 1866(252), 1867(266), 1880(376), 1979(577)
Goals for the Church: 1975(94), 1979(584), 1984(725), 1989(880, 882), 1995(142)
God Foreknowing Everything: S1846(1)
God, Form of: 1794(18)
Gold: 1864(226), 1886(449), 1889(496), 1891(540), 1897(657), 1906(823), 1911(5) see also 1910(7), 1917(12), 1920(11)
Goshen Conference: S1918
Gospel Authority: 1872(301, 302)
Gospel Visitor: 1851(124), 1852(129), 1853(134)
Government: (see also Church and State; Citizenship; Law and Order; Patriotism; Politics; Voting) 1779(5), 1785(10), 1844(82), 1864(229), 1865(240), S1918(5)
Government Bonds: 1864(228), 1865(240)
Government Holidays: (see also Independence Day; Thanksgiving Day) 1853(137)
Government, Letters to: 1909(898), 1915(29), S1918(2), 1919(43), 1921(37), 1940(51), 1941(57), 1942(47), 1968(91)
Government Positions: (see also Postmaster) 1779(6), 1789(13), 1812(30), 1822(46), 1826(50), 1834(58), 1839(67), 1844(82), 1849(111), 1850(115), 1852(128, 132), 1854(146), 1857(166), 1859(184), 1865(236), 1867(264, 265), 1870(284), 1872(305), 1874(315), 1876(335), 1877(353), 1891(541), 1893(580), 1912(3), 1918(5), 1920(11)
Government Positions, Speaking About People in: 1865(238)
Grange: 1872(302), 1878(357)
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