The English Wikipedia article on the Mennonite Central Committee, founded 1920 to relieve famine among Mennonites in southern Russia and Ukraine.
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A tertiary encyclopedic reference for organizational founding and structure facts; treated at the same tier as other Wikipedia-sourced organization and denomination citations already live in this database. NotesTertiary reference, used only for uncontested founding history: representatives of several Mennonite Relief Commissions met at Prairie Street Mennonite Church in Elkhart, Indiana on 27 to 28 July 1920 to form a provisional committee to bring famine relief to Mennonites in southern Russia (present-day Ukraine), holding its first official meeting on 27 September 1920 in Chicago. MCC incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1937 and is headquartered in Akron, Pennsylvania, jointly operated today with Mennonite Central Committee Canada.
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mennonite_Central_Committee
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This source names Canada directly: "today with Mennonite Central Committee Canada."
This source names Chicago directly: "meeting on 27 September 1920 in Chicago."
This source names Indiana directly: "Street Mennonite Church in Elkhart, Indiana on 27 to 28 July 1920 to form a provisional committee to bring famine relief to Mennonites in southern Russia (present-day Ukraine), holding its first..."
This source names Mennonite Central Committee directly: "jointly operated today with Mennonite Central Committee Canada."
This source names Mennonite directly: "history: representatives of several Mennonite Relief Commissions met at Prairie Street Mennonite Church in Elkhart, Indiana on 27 to 28 July 1920 to form a provisional committee to bring famine..."
This source names Pennsylvania directly: "MCC incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1937 and is headquartered in Akron, Pennsylvania, jointly operated today with Mennonite Central Committee Canada."
This source names Russia directly: "relief to Mennonites in southern Russia (present-day Ukraine), holding its first official meeting on 27 September 1920 in Chicago."
This source names Ukraine directly: "in southern Russia (present-day Ukraine), holding its first official meeting on 27 September 1920 in Chicago."
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