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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 44 Student

This student handout ties with the lesson outline tracing the history of the German Mennonites who moved to Russia in the late 1700s. Their history is one of prosperity and persecution with groups migrating to North and South...

Outline 44 Quiz

This quiz focuses on Russian Mennonite history.

Outline 36 Post Reformation Anabaptism

This document, converted from a Powerpoint, follows the history of the Anabaptists after the Reformation. A notable schism occurred in the 1690s when Jacob Ammann promoted strict shunning and other changes in the Swiss Brethren...

Outline 15 Estrn Church Intro

This document, converted from a short Powerpoint, describes different branches of the church in the Byzantine Empire.

Outline 28 Quiz

A short quiz on the doctrines of the Schleitheim Confesson.

Outline 45 Student

This student handout ties with the lesson outline to focus on the influence and beliefs of the holiness movement in America, especially its beginning stages in the 1800s.

Church History Test 6 Answers

This document, converted from a Powerpoint, has questions and answers about the early life of the Mennonites in America and some of the challenging issues the churches faced.

Outline 52 Global Church

This document, converted from a Powerpoint, talks about the recent rapid growth of Christianity in Asia, Latin America and Africa along with some of the challenges facing them.

Church History Review 1

This document, converted from a Powerpoint, has questions and answers taken from the time of Christ until 200 AD. Topics covered are the world in Jesus' time, the spread of the gospel through the apostles' ministry, and the clash...

Outline 17 Eastern Orthodoxy

This document, converted from a Powerpoint, traces the growing differences in beliefs in the Eastern Orthodox church and the Roman Catholic church resulting in the Great Schism.

Church History Test 7 Essays

Seventh church history test has students choose two essays to write about the three topics given. These topics focus on the Mennonite church and how history has brought them where they are today.

Outline 13 Student

This student handout ties with the lesson outline to give the story of Constantine and how his favor of Christianity led to church and state being united.

Outline 37 Enlightenment

This document, converted from a Powerpoint, is a short explanation of the differing views of truth and authority that the Enlightenment emphasized.

Outline 38 Quiz

A short quiz on the first permanent Anabaptist settlement in America, its growth and the consequent spread to other areas.

Outline 52 Quiz

This quiz focuses on the recent growth of Christianity in China, India, and Africa as well as some of the challenges facing them.

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