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From: "Robert Pumfrey" <>
Subject: Re: Mack/Becker
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 21:42:42 -0500


Cathy,
The following web site overviews Mack's role in the founding of the Brethren
movement. The article is written by William G. Willoughby, who is also the
author of a biography of Alexander Mack, "Counting the Cost", published in
1979 by Brethren Press. http://www.cob-net.org/mack/honors.htm
Robert


>This conversation regarding the Brethren founder is confusing to me,
>because this week I returned an interlibrary loan book that stated that
>Mack is erroneously believed to be the founder of the church now called
>Church of the Brethren. Unfortunately that book and some other Brethren
>histories came just as I was leaving for vacation and had to be returned
>when came home. I tried to cram as much as possible before the library
>closed that evening, even took a few notes and thought I had written down
>the title of the book. But to my dismay, I forgot to do that before I
>rushed the book back to the library. Its title was long and was obscured
>by the interlibrary loan band. I do remember that it came from the Mack
>Library at Bob Jones University. I apologize that I don't have the book
>title, but can find it if anyone is interested.
>
>Cathy Martin

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