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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.

Church History Syllabus

Mr. Goertzen's syllabus for his Church History Class, including basic grading policy, procedures and objectives.

Outline 4 Church And Roman Society

This document, converted from a Powerpoint, contrasts Roman society with the beliefs and actions of the early Christians.

Outline 28 Student

This student handout ties with the lesson outline, giving the seven articles of the Schleitheim Confession and briefly telling where it was written, who wrote it and why.

Church History Review 2

This document, converted from a Powerpoint, has questions and answers taken from 200 AD to 380 AD. Topics covered are the canon of scripture, heresies in the early church, and the switch from Christianity being a persecuted...

Outline 31 Quiz

This short quiz focuses on the Anabaptists of Munster.

Outline 0 Intro Lesson

This document, converted from a Powerpoint, defines what the church is.

Church History Review 6

This document, converted from a Powerpoint, has questions and answers about the Anabaptist people in Europe after the severe persecution of the Reformation, the move of many of them to America, and the changes and divisions as...

Outline 34 Pietism

This document, converted from a Powerpoint, focuses on Pietism and Philipp Spener's six proposals for "personal religious experiences and holiness in everyday life."

Outline 20 Quiz

A short quiz on the church in the late middle ages.

Outline 32 Hutterites

This document, converted from a Powerpoint, focuses on the Hutterites from their beginnings to their migration to North America in the 19th century.

Outline 43 Student

This student handout ties with the lesson outline to focus on the beginning of the General Conference Mennonite Church as well as the emergence of Old Order Groups and their distinctives.

Outline 25 Counter Reformation and Post-Ref

This document, converted from a PowerPoint, touches on the conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Europe following the Reformation.

Outline 11 Quiz B

An alternate quiz on sacramentalism and the shift in the way the church responded to apostacy after 200 BC.

Outline 27 Early Swiss Anabaptists

This document, converted from a Powerpoint, focuses on differing views within the Anabaptist movement and the resulting weakness and struggle.

Outline 11 Sacraments&Apostasy

This document, converted from a Powerpoint, talks about sacramentalism and the shift of authority in the church after 200 BC.

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