Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Tables vii
4. List of Illustrations ix
5. Foreword xiii
6. Preface xvii
7. Introduction and Acknowledgments xxi
8. Meet the Mennonites of Waterloo 1
9. Pilgrimage and persecution in Europe 5
10. The coining of the Mennonites to Waterloo 19
11. Mennonites as community builders 35
12. Changing population patterns in Waterloo 49
13. Beyond the ethnic label 59
14. The element of faith in shaping community 77
15. Being the church and doing its work 89
16. Winning and losing church members 109
17. The family's response to change 131
18. As the school so goes the church 147
19. Farming—the sacred vocation 181
20. Occupations shape the church 201
21. Leisure shapes a way of life 215
22. Health and welfare in forms old and new 231
23. Finding in politics a way to serve 249
24. Credit, money, and mutual aid 265
25. Standing in the way of change 281
26. Mennonites as seen by their neighbours 297
27. Tomorrow turns on choices made today 315
28. Appendix 1 329
29. Appendix 2 335
30. Appendix 3 337
31. Appendix 4 341
32. Appendix 5 343
33. Appendix 6 347
34. Endnotes 349
35. Bibliography 363
36. Index 375