ANNUAL CONFERENCE MINUTES SUBJECT INDEX
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Hair Styles: 1864(226), 1868(272), 1881(398, 399), 1888(479), 1894(600), 1911(5), 1917(12), 1926(11)
Handicapped Persons: (see Disabilities, Persons with)
Hats: 1849(104), 1876(339), 1877(349), 1880(376), 1881(399), 1886(449), 1887(467), 1888(481), 1911(5), 1917(12), 1920(11)
Health and Welfare, Committee on: 1972(241), 1978(468). Reports 1973-1979
Health Care: 1989(883)
Heaven: 1794(17)
Hell: 1794(17)
High School – Faculty: 1871(297)
Historical Association, German Baptist Brethren: 1900(714) see also 1899(690)
Historical Commission: 1941(51), 1948(59). Reports 1946-1948
Historical Documents: (see Records, Church)
Historical Society: (see Brethren Historical Society)
History, Books on Brethren: 1895(616), 1923(12)
Holsinger, H. R.: 1870(285), 1873(309), 1881(391), 1882(403)
Holy Kiss (also called Salutation): 1797(19), 1828(53), 1831(54), 1832(55), 1835(60), 1843(78), 1845(87), 1849(105), 1851(126), 1852(132), 1853(140), 1856(159), 1857(166), 1859(186, 188), 1869(279), 1871(294), 1875(327), 1898(670), 1906(827), 1910(8), 1926(11)
Homeless Children: 1870(286), 1873(311), 1905(811), 1910(4), 1924(14)
Homeless Children Committee: (see Child Rescue Committee)
Homestead Law: 1879(367)
Homosexuality: (see Sexuality)
Hospital, Church: (see also Bethany Hospital) 1913(12), 1914(17), 1915(8), 1922(4), 1923(2), 1924(2), 1925(1), 1926(1), 1927(1)
Housing Concerns: 1972(244), 1983(595), 1985(170)
Human Rights: 1977(356), 1986(337), 1996(346)
Hunger, World: 1967(71), 1975(84), 1977(363), 1982(417)
Hymnal, Brethren: (see also Music in Worship – Singing with Hymnals) 1849(112), 1858(172), 1860(197), 1861(203), 1865(241), 1868(272), 1869(283), 1872(304), 1876(335), 1877(350), 1878(359), 1885(438), 1892(555) see also 1887(469), 1888(479), 1890(515), 1891(538), 1893(579), 1896(634), 1900(714), 1924(7), 1925(3), 1946(15), 1972(246), 1982(395), 1985(173)
Immigration and Emigration Concerns: 1888(479), 1897(656), 1898(677), 1899(698), 1982(435), 1988(692)
Immigration and Emigration of Members: 1894(607)
Immorality: 1938(44)
Independence Day: 1822(47), 1910(7)
India, Church in: 1969(73), 1980(114), 1988(639, 649), 2002(767), 2003(1005)
India, Concerns From: 1902(768)
India, Mission Work in: 1906(832)
Indians, American: (see Native Americans)
Individuals, Items Regarding Certain: (see Bashore, S. H.; Beer, J. W.; Fisher, Elias; Holsinger, H. R.; Kinsey, Samuel; Power, Valentine; Quinter, James; Thurman, William C.)
Indo-China, Special Resolution on: 1954(66)
Industrial Conflict: (see also Labor Unions) 1952(63)
Information about Members: (see Vocational Placement)
Insurance, Annual Conference: 1955(63)
Insurance, Brethren Co-operative: 1871(294), 1902(763), 1940(10)
Insurance Company, Washington Mutual Live Stock: 1871(296)
Insurance, Fire: 1879(368)
Insurance, Life: 1864(226), 1865(241), 1870(285) see also 1869(281), 1873(307), 1882(414), 1883(421), 1886(454), 1896(632), 1902(763), 1920(14)
Insurance, Property: 1847(95), 1848(100), 1856(155), 1864(226), 1865(241, 242), 1870(285) see also 1869(281), 1875(326), 1883(421), 1888(483)
Interchurch Relations, Committee on: 1968(80)
Interchurch World Movement: 1920(13)
Interdenominational Agencies: (see also National Association of Evangelicals; National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America; World Council of Churches) 1960(94)
Interdenominational Cooperation in Brethren Efforts: 1947(86)
Interest: 1783(8), 1822(47), 1834(57), 1835(59)
Interest, Illegal: 1835(59), 1837(65), 1845(85), 1850(119), 1856(154), 1862(216), 1872(303), 1873(312)
International Goodwill: 1934(41), 1951(19), 1952(63), 1955(64)
Interpretation Programs: 1985(189)
Intervention by Districts in Congregations: 1954(15)
Investment Council, General: (see General Investment Council)
Investment of Denominational Money: 1888(482), 1901(738), 1906(831), 1953(5), 1972(263)
Iraq: 2004(1287)
Jesus: (see Christ)
Jewelry: (see also Gold) 1853(135), 1857(163), 1858(179), 1906(823), 1911(5), 1917(12), 1920(11), 1926(11)
Justice Concerns: 1977(356), 1980(116), 1986(337)
King, Jr. Day, Martin Luther: 1972(272)
Kiss, Holy: (see Holy Kiss)
Know-Nothings: 1855(148)
Korea, Church in: 1990(126)
Korea, Mission Work in: 1990(128)
La Verne College (also called Lordsburg College): 1891(537)
Labor Unions: 1882(414), 1889(499), 1904(791), 1908(876), 1911(8), 1915(7), 1938(45), 1941(49), 1947(91)
Language, Inclusive: 1977(352), 1979(582), 1985(173)
Language Used in Worship: 1841(72), 1845(87)
Language – Word Usage: S1846(3), 1850(117)
Law and Order: (see also Church and State; Citizenship; Criminal Justice Concerns; Government; Politics; Voting) 1856(154), 1977(348), 1987(521)
Law and Order – Juries: 1822(46), 1832(54), 1834(58), 1835(61), 1841(73), 1842(76), 1864(226), 1866(257), 1875(328)
Law and Order – Members in Jail: (see Discipline – Public Offenses)
Law and Order – Use and Practice of Law: 1810(29), 1821(44), 1822(46), 1825(49), 1833(56), 1834(57), 1837(64), 1840(70), 1841(72), 1842(76, 77), 1844(82), S1848(103), 1849(110), 1851(126), 1852(128), 1853(137, 139), 1854(146), 1856(156), 1857(164), 1858(172, 174, 176, 178), 1859(182, 185, 187), 1861(201), 1862(216), 1863(218, 220), 1866(256), 1867(261, 264), 1869(279), 1870(288), 1876(338), 1883(421), 1886(451), 1891(541), 1895(616), 1920(7), 2001(485)
Lay Ministry: S1848(101), 1859(182), 1863(223), 1865(239), 1959(13), 1977(370)
Lay People Holding Church Positions: 1950(52), 1959(68)
Lay Representation: 1848(98), 1940(48), 1941(3)
Laying on of Hands: 1838(66, 67), 1839(68), 1844(81), 1845(87), 1846(89), 1847(93), 1848(99), 1850(118), 1865(241), 1867(262), 1890(515), 1901(740), 1938(7)
League of Nations: (see also United Nations) 1924(52), 1929(37)
Letters of Church Membership: 1788(11), 1834(57), 1841(73), 1848(100), 1849(106, 111), 1853(138), 1856(158), 1862(208, 215), 1864(226, 231), 1865(239), 1866(249), 1867(261), 1869(281), 1870(287), 1871(298), 1875(328), 1877(346), 1885(441), 1886(454), 1896(633), 1898(677), 1901(742), 1907(841), 1918(3), 1923(12), 1926(7), 1931(7) see also 1930(27), 1944(7), 1951(6)
Letters of Greeting: 1886, 1890, 1893-1894, 1898-1940, 1943-1972
Libraries, Church: 1876(342)
Licensing, Ministers: (see Ministers – Licensing)
Life Insurance: (see Insurance, Life)
Life Support, Basic: 1976(210)
Lightning Rods: 1851(124), 1856(159), 1864(226), 1865(242), 1866(252)
Literary Societies: 1877(350)
Loan Associations, Building and: (see Building and Loan Associations)
Long-Term Planning of Church Program: (see Program of the Church – Long-Term Planning)
Love Feast: (see also Eucharist; Feetwashing; Holy Kiss; Women at Love Feast) 1819(42), 1822(46, 47), 1827(51), 1828(53), 1833(56), 1834(57, 58), 1839(67), 1841(72), 1842(75), 1844(82, 83), 1848(100), 1849(105, 106, 107, 108, 111), 1850(120), 1851(124, 126), 1853(137, 140, 141), 1854(144, 145, 146), 1855(151, 152), 1856(157, 158), 1857(162), 1858(169, 170, 171, 174), 1859(182, 183), 1861(202), 1862(208, 213, 214, 216, 217), 1863(219, 222), 1864(229), 1865(237, 240), 1866(251), 1867(262), 1868(274), 1869(277, 280, 280), 1870(290), 1872(305), 1875(330), 1878(359), 1879(369), 1880(373, 374), 1883(421), 1885(438, 442), 1887(467), 1895(615), 1902(767), 1913(4), 1928(4)
Love Feast, Nonmembers at: 1812(30), 1821(45), 1830(54), 1832(55), 1833(56), 1835(61), 1841(73), 1849(106, 108)
Love Feast, Participation at: 1923(7), 1944(50), 1951(21), 1966(33)
Love Feast, Wine at: 1856(155), 1858(175), 1875(323), 1876(337), 1892(557)
Mack, Alexander – Writings: 1918(6)
Maine, Mission Work in: 1872(305)
Manual, Church: (see Polity, Church)
Marriage: 1804(25), 1818(41), 1819(42), 1850(116), 1855(148), 1858(170), 1924(52), 1927(44), 1933(40)
Marriage, Government Recognition of: 1893(584)
Marriage, Pay to Ministers who Perform: 1827(51), 1848(98), 1855(149), 1857(164), 1858(171)
Marriage to Nonmembers: 1850(117), 1860(197), 1864(225), 1871(297), 1891(541)
Marriage to Relatives: 1789(13), 1854(145), 1858(168)
Maryland Collegiate Institute: 1908(875)
Materialism: 1932(50), 1955(65)
McPherson College: 1958(61), 1960(92, 93)
Medicine: 1860(196)
Mediums: 1852(130)
Meetinghouses: (see Church Buildings)
Members Acting as Ministers Without Counsel of Church: 1822(46), 1836(62), 1838(66), 1839(68), 1842(76), 1845(85)
Members from Other Denominations, Interaction With: (see Nonmembers – Other Christians)
Membership: (see subcategories)
Membership – Associate: 1937(9), 1985(124)
Membership – Book for New Members: 1951(28)
Membership – Classification: (see also Membership – Associate; – Separated) 1925(9), 1932(7), 1946(9), 1957(11), 1964(26), 1985(124)
Membership – Diminishing Total Membership: 1980(106), 1981(214)
Membership – Disfellowshipped (Expelled): (see also Discipline) 1810(29), 1822(47), 1833(56), 1837(63), 1840(70), 1843(80), 1846(89), S1846(2), S1848(103), 1852(131), 1853(140), 1855(151), 1857(164), 1859(186, 188), 1860(195), 1862(212, 214), 1864(229), 1865(236), 1866(250, 253), 1867(263, 264), 1871(295), 1872(301), 1875(328, 331), 1878(360), 1879(369), 1881(396), 1882(407), 1885(441), 1887(468)
Membership – Letters of Church Membership: (see Letters of Church Membership)
Membership – Number of Brethren, Counting the: 1866(250)
Membership – Privileges: 1858(177), 1863(219, 223), 1966(71)
Membership – Receiving: 1865(243)
Membership – Requirements: 1946(9)
Membership – Restoring: 1840(71), 1849(106), 1850(115), 1854(143, 144), 1859(189), 1861(202), 1862(209), 1863(223), 1865(237), 1866(250, 257), 1870(290), 1872(303), 1890(522)
Membership – Separated (Inactive): 1870(288), 1880(374), 1936(45), 1944(7), 1946(11)
Membership – Support for Congregation of Residence: S1848(102), 1849(112), 1859(185), 1862(212)
Membership – Support for Members in Need: 1788(11), 1793(15), 1812(30), 1840(69), 1851(126), 1852(131), 1854(146), 1855(150), 1857(164), 1862(210), 1863(221), 1867(261), 1870(287), 1871(294), 1875(324), 1888(483), 1894(600)
Membership – Transfers from Other Denominations: (see Baptism, Re-)
Membership – Transfers within the Brotherhood: (see Letters of Church Membership)
Memorial Services: (see Funeral Services)
Mennonite Church: 1975(97)
Men’s Fellowship: 1926(10), 1927(13), 1932(48), 1965(25)
Mental Health Care: 1966(27)
Merger Procedures: 1968(74), 1971(149)
Mesmerism: 1849(112)
Messenger, Advertisements in: (see Advertising in Brethren Publications)
Messenger, Death Notices in: (see Death Notices in Messenger)
Messenger Distribution: 1887(469), 1959(19)
Messenger, Gospel, Advisory Committee: 1885(440), 1899(697), 1901(740), 1917(6)
Messenger Ownership: 1887(470), 1893(583)
Mexico, Mission Work in: 1942(41)
Miami Valley, Ohio Petitions: 1880(378)
Middle East Situation: 1956(67), 1980(119), 1989(906)
Militarism: (see also Peace and War) 1916(12), 1926(47)
Military Bases, Foreign: 1990(129, 148)
Military Camps, Care of Brethren at: 1918(2), 1941(52)
Military Expenditures: 1990(129)
Military Pensions: 1836(62), 1866(257), 1878(358)
Military Reunions: 1890(521)
Military Service: 1865(237), 1866(254), S1918(6), 1938(39), 1939(6)
Military Training, Compulsory: 1945(68), 1946(68), 1947(88), 1951(84), 1952(64), 1979(586)
Million Dollars for Christ Fund, One: 1945(67)
Ministerial and Mission Boards, Relations Between: 1924(8)
Ministerial Board, General: 1921(3), 1923(11), 1924(8), 1927(4), 1928(1). Reports 1922-1947
Ministerial Boards, Local, District, and National: (see also Ministerial Board, General) 1917(1), 1921(2), 1926(4), 1927(4), 1951(76)
Ministerial Certificates: 1903(780), 1920(13)
Ministerial Meetings: 1893(582)
Ministerial Nomenclature: 1867(265), 1969(55)
Ministerial Placement and Distribution: 1899(695), 1906(825), 1917(1), 1921(2), 1927(4), 1936(10) see also 1935(35), 1937(43), 1944(49), 1950(53, 54), 1951(21, 74), 1954(56), 1955(15)
Ministerial Policy: (see also Education of Ministers and Missionaries; Ethics – Ministerial; Sabbaticals) 1917(1), 1933(40), 1936(10) see also 1935(35), 1937(43), 1944(49, 50), 1951(73, 74), 1954(56), 1955(15), 1957(22), 1960(36), 1969(55), 1996(298), 1999(991)
Ministers: (see also subcategories; Elders; Laying on of Hands; Pastors) 1856(156)
Ministers – Acting Without the Consent of the Church: 1822(46), 1849(104, 105), 1850(117), 1853(134), 1858(178), 1862(209)
Ministers – Calling (Electing): (see also Scholarships for Brethren) 1835(59), 1836(62), 1837(64), 1840(69), 1843(79, 80), 1845(85), 1848(97), 1850(114, 117), 1853(140, 141), 1856(155), 1858(172), 1859(182), 1862(211, 214), 1865(237, 241, 242), 1867(262, 265), 1868(269), 1880(377), 1881(397), 1887(466) see also 1886(451), 1889(499), 1890(516), 1899(697), 1900(716), 1907(849), 1953(62), 1957(22), 1962(16), 1966(73), 1969(71), 1970(53, 70), 1985(106), 1990(151), 1996(298)
Ministers – Discipline: (see Discipline – Ministers)
Ministers – Education: (see Education of Ministers and Missionaries)
Ministers – Eligibility: 1817(40), 1846(91), 1858(179), 1866(256), 1878(359, 360), 1881(398), 1885(439), 1899(697), 1916(13), 1917(13), 1925(15), 1995(138), 2002(744), 2003(999)
Ministers – From Other Denominations: 1819(42), 1838(66), 1843(78), 1844(84), S1846(2), 1849(107), 1859(186), 1861(200), 1868(270), 1888(483), 1898(678), 1963(74), 1965(86), 1977(369), 1987(478)
Ministers – Functions: 1854(144), 1858(170)
Ministers – Lay: (see Lay Ministry)
Ministers – Licensing: 1922(3), 1924(13), 1946(69), 1954(13), 1957(7), 1961(18), 1977(365), 1986(332), 1997(609)
Ministers – Negligence: 1852(130), 1859(185)
Ministers – Ordaining: S1846(2), 1848(97, 98), 1849(104), 1851(123), 1853(134, 136), 1855(150), 1856(158), 1858(171), 1859(186), 1862(207, 209), 1864(230, 231), 1865(241, 243) see also 1864(231), 1867(262), 1871(292), 1873(307, 310), 1874(316), 1877(353) see also 1875(324), 1878(357, 360), 1881(397), 1882(406), 1885(439), 1890(519), 1895(615, 617), 1899(700), 1904(795), 1954(14), 1957(8), 1960(36), 1961(35), 1963(23), 1965(90), 1973(342, 357), 1974(420), 1975(62), 1977(365), 1978(469), 1985(112), 1986(332), 1996(298)
Ministers – Relatives: 1862(205)
Ministers – Removing: 1858(170), 1860(197), 1868(271), 1870(289), 1875(326), 1879(365), 1881(396), 1890(519)
Ministers – Restoring: 1834(58), 1838(66), 1850(121), 1866(251), 1872(304), 1877(347), 1885(437), 1891(538), 1892(557), 1894(601)
Ministers – Retired and Disabled: (see Missionaries – Retired and Disabled)
Ministers – Spouses: 1838(67), 1847(94), 1862(211), 1891(539), 1893(583)
Ministers – Transferring Between Congregations: 1833(56), 1835(59), 1838(66, 67), 1846(90), S1848(103), 1853(136), 1859(185, 188), 1862(206), 1871(295), 1872(302), 1887(469)
Ministers – Working Outside Their Congregational or District Boundaries: 1858(173), 1863(221), 1866(255), 1875(325), 1877(351), 1881(396, 399), 1882(406, 407), 1891(537, 538), 1892(558)
Ministry, Free: 1868(274), 1882(406), 1998(781)
Ministry, Paid: 1861(203), 1866(257), 1875(328), 1876(341), 1880(380), 1881(394, 401), 1882(408, 411), 1890(520), 1908(870), 1917(1), 1932(46), 1951(6, 69)
Minutes of Annual Conference: (see subcategories)
Minutes of Annual Conference – Corrected: 1872(305), 1888(483), 1889(512), 1905(810), 1977(373)
Minutes of Annual Conference – Full: 1870(284, 286), 1873(308), 1874(314), 1876(335) see also 1875(324), 1886(453), 1931(11), 1949(60)
Minutes of Annual Conference – Index: 1892(557), 1936(46)
Minutes of Annual Conference – Language: 1889(499), 1918(4)
Minutes of Annual Conference – Publication and Distribution: 1837(63), 1848(99), 1849(105, 112), 1850(114), 1852(129), 1857(165), 1858(170, 173, 179), 1861(201), 1863(222), 1865(235), 1866(248), 1874(315) see also 1873(312), 1875(333), 1888(481), 1889(500), 1909(894), 1944(8), 1954(61), 1958(56)
Minutes of Annual Conference – Repealed: 1913(4), 1918(4), 1920(14), 1925(14), 1940(48), 1945(67), 1949(60)
Minutes of Annual Conference – Revised or Classified: 1884(428) see also 1882(410), 1883(422), 1885(438), 1898(671), 1906(831), 1919(14), 1920(3), 1921(1), 1922(10)
Mission: (see also subcategories) 1852(129), 1856(158), 1858(179), 1859(187), 1860(192), 1861(202), 1867(265), 1868(272), 1869(282), 1874(319), 1881(400, 401), 1886(449, 453), 1951(6)
Mission Board, District: 1907(854)
Mission Board, General (also called General Missionary and Tract Committee): 1893(574), 1898(676), 1899(700), 1901(745), 1903(782), 1904(797), 1908(873), 1910(2), 1912(4), 1913(4), 1915(6), 1917(6), 1928(1). Reports 1895-1947
Mission – Congregational Support: 1910(7), 1911(6)
Mission – Equipment: 1967(72)
Mission – Funds: 1920(12)
Mission – Home: (see also Alabama; California; Maine; Oregon; Southern United States of America; Tennessee; Utah) 1871(293), 1873(313), 1889(512), 1896(631), 1936(8), 1945(4), 1947(16)
Mission – International: (see also Asia Minor; Canada; China; Denmark; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; Germany; India; Korea; Mexico; Nigeria; Poland; Sweden) 1936(48), 1938(46), 1940(50), 1954(58), 1955(65), 1965(95), 1980(97), 1981(204), 1988(637), 1989(852), 1991(332, 334), 1992(487), 1993(615), 1998(761)
Mission – Races, Between the: 1946(14), 1947(23)
Mission – Short Term Projects: 1953(57)
Missionaries: (see subcategories)
Missionaries – Accepting Conference Decisions: 1926(11)
Missionaries – Calling: 1886(455), 1890(516) see also 1889(507), 1893(580), 1894(600), 1896(633)
Missionaries – Education: (see Education of Ministers and Missionaries)
Missionaries – Eligibility: 1894(599), 1911(6)
Missionaries – Minister’s License: 1951(71)
Missionaries – Retired and Disabled: (see also Brethren Benefit Trust) 1898(668) see also 1897(651)
Missionaries – Setting Apart: 1915(8)
Missionaries – Written History: 1923(12)
Missionary Board, Foreign and Domestic: 1880(372). Reports 1882, 1884
Missionary Committee, General Church Erection and: 1884(429) see also 1883(424), 1885(439), 1886(451), 1887(477), 1888(484), 1891(541). Reports 1885-1894
Moderator, Annual Conference: 1866(248), 1869(276), 1877(352), 1880(377), 1885(436), 1924(2), 1933(42), 1944(5), 1945(4), 1946(8), 1947(7), 1951(12, 15), 1960(15), 1966(74)
Moderator, Annual Conference Acting: 1997(618)
Moderator, Annual Conference Associate: (see also Moderator-Elect, Annual Conference) 1944(6), 1946(8), 1947(7), 1951(13, 16), 1960(15), 1962(65)
Moderator, District: 1868(274), 1959(68)
Moderator, Local Congregation (also called Elder-in-charge or Overseer): 1849(105), 1852(130), 1853(139), 1892(560), 1907(855), 1947(14), 1950(11, 52), 1951(18), 1955(5, 6, 9), 2004(1248)
Moderator-Elect, Annual Conference: (see also Moderator, Annual Conference Associate) 1962(65), 1965(96)
Money: (see also Banking Business; Budget; Financial; Funding; Giving; Interest; Investment; Offerings; Stewardship; Tithe; Wealth and Possessions) 1804(25), 1810(29), 1817(41), 1821(44), 1822(47), 1825(49), 1827(51), 1832(55), 1834(57), 1840(69), 1841(72), 1842(77), 1844(82), 1846(91), S1848(103), 1849(110), 1851(126), 1853(138, 139), 1856(156), 1857(164), 1858(172, 174, 175, 178), 1859(182, 184, 185, 187), 1860(195), 1861(201), 1862(210, 216), 1864(229), 1876(338)
Mortgaging: 1871(296)
Mothers and Daughters’ Association: 1924(15)
Motion Pictures: (see Movies)
Murder: 1874(318)
Music: (see following categories; see also Hymnal, Brethren; Sunday School Song Book)
Music Committee, General: 1919(12). Reports 1920-1927
Music in Homes: 1877(349), 1894(599)
Music in Worship: (see also subcategories) 1917(10)
Music in Worship – Ensembles: 1910(9)
Music in Worship – Instrumental: 1852(130), 1857(163), 1858(179), 1866(255), 1870(289), 1872(303), 1873(311), 1874(321), 1875(328), 1876(342), 1882(408), 1890(517), 1891(540), 1918(2), 1920(11)
Music in Worship – Singing: (see also Singing Schools) 1844(82), 1858(171), 1859(183)
Music in Worship – Singing with Hymnals: 1873(312), 1874(320)
Music in Worship – Songs Other than Brethren Hymns: 1890(517)
Mustache: (see also Beards) 1862(207), 1874(315), 1911(5), 1917(12)
Mutual Aid: 1946(12), 1961(80)
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