EMCC History

Influenza of 1918

  • The Pandemic of 1918-1920 and the MBiC: Part 2

    The Ontario Conference of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ faced the “Spanish” Flu with impatience to be back at public worship and prayed it would end soon. Published response in other Conferences was fairly similar. Did they have other concerns… Continue reading

    The Pandemic of 1918-1920 and the MBiC: Part 2

  • The Pandemic of 1918-1920 and the MBiC: Part 1

    Spanish Flu. The COVID-19 pandemic is fading from memory already, but before it does, we should look back at North American Christian churches’ response to an earlier pandemic in 1918-1920. The pandemic affected nearly every country in the world and… Continue reading

    The Pandemic of 1918-1920 and the MBiC: Part 1