Stauffer, John Longacre, 1888-1959 | Mennonite Heritage Center

Helps for ministers and other Christian workers. - Kauffman, Daniel, 1865-1944

Scottdale, PA

Record Type: Library

Papers, Personal - Jacob C. Clemens Papers

Size: 10 linear feet (10 boxes) Jacob C. "J.C." Clemens (1874-1965) had an influential role in the life of Franconia Mennonite Conference in the first half of the twentieth century. Ordained in 1906 to serve the Plains congregation near Lansdale, he left a promising banking career to answer that call. He was one of the first ministers in Franconia Conference to preach regularly in English, and his services were much in demand across the confer...

Record Type: Archive

Papers, Personal - John E. Lapp Papers

Size: 42.5 linear shelf feet (61 boxes) John Edwin Lapp (1905-1988) was raised in Lansdale, PA, the son of Isaiah L. and Kate Clemmer Lapp. A grocer by trade, he was ordained by lot in 1933 to minister at Plains Mennonite Church (Hatfield, PA) and in 1937 as a bishop for the middle district of Franconia Mennonite Conference. He was moderator of the conference 1953-1969, and served many years on committees both local and national. He was an adv...

Record Type: Archive