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Peter Goertzen

Peter Goertzen

Peter Goertzen

A native of Oregon, Peter lives with his wife Rachel and their three children in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, where he teaches at Wilkes Barre Mennonite School. He is a graduate of Faith Builders (TAP, 2004) and Thomas Edison State University (BA history, 2022). His interests include the humanities, the arts, and disc golf.

Outline 50 Quiz

A short quiz about the emergent church.

Outline 14 Confessions Excerpt

A paragraph from the Confessions of Augustine of Hippo with teacher instructions on how students are to interact with it.

Outline 30 Hoffman Münster

This document, converted from a Powerpoint, talks about the teachings of Melchior Hoffman, especially his emphasis on prophecy and Christ's eminent return. His followers took his teachings farther, leading to the evil tragedy at...

Outline 22 Quiz B

A short quiz on Zwingli's life and beliefs.

Outline 38 Mennonites in the New World

This document, converted from a Powerpoint, tells about the first permanent Anabaptist settlement in America. Many Anabaptists settled in Germantown, Pennsylvania, attracted by religious freedom. As they needed more land, they...

Outline 24 Quiz

A short quiz on the life of John Calvin.

Outline 20 Student

This student handout ties with the lesson outline to show how the church declined in power in the late middle ages and became more corrupt. Men such as John Wycliff and Jan Hus called for a return to more Biblical teachings.

Outline 4 Quiz

Short quiz on Roman society and the early Christians.

Outline 45 Holiness

This document, converted from a Powerpoint, focuses on the influence and beliefs of the holiness movement in America, especially its beginning stages in the 1800s.

Outline 8 Gnosticism

This document, converted from a Powerpoint, focuses on Gnosticism, a major competitor of early Christianity. Gnostics taught that spirit was good and matter was evil.

Outline 46 Pentecostalism

This document, converted from a Powerpoint, touches on the beginning of Pentecostalism, its distinctives, and its spread throughout the United States. Pentecostal teachings were also accepted within other denominations to become...

Outline 41 19th Century Christianty 2

This document, converted from a Powerpoint, addresses changes in Christianity in the 19th century. Religious liberals embraced evolution, considered the Bible the work of man, and worked to address social problems with a social...

Outline 25 Student

This student handout ties with the lesson outline to touch on the conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Europe following the Reformation.

Outline 50 Student

This student handout ties with the lesson outline focusing on the rise of the emergent church and its beliefs.

Outline 43 Quiz

This quiz focuses on the beginning of the General Conference Mennonites and the differences in belief betweeen them and the "Old Order" groups.

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