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Harold Sherk
Born (1903-12-20 ) December 20, 1903Died February 28, 1974(1974-02-28) (aged 70 )
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Education Chicago Evangelistic Institute , 1922-25Occupation(s ) Teacher, Emmanuel Bible College , 1940-44, 1946-49; executive secretary, Mennonite Central Committee , Peace Section, 1949-58; executive secretary, National Service Board for Religious Objectors , 1958-69; Mennonite minister
John Harold Sherk (20 December 1903 – 28 February 1974) was a Canadian Mennonite minister, educator, and advocate of Christian pacifism .[1] [2] [3]
Early life and background [ edit ]
Sherk was born in Berlin, Ontario (later renamed to Kitchener in 1916 ). His father, John Hubert Sherk, was a local farmer and deacon near Centreville,[4] [5] Blair , of which his own grandfather, Joseph Schörg (1769–1855), had been one of the first settlers, and also one of the first settlers of Waterloo Township in general.[6] Pennsylvania Dutch settlers who purchased plots in the German Company Tract . The family had previously lived in Switzerland before emigrating to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1727.[7]
Peace activism [ edit ]
As the first secretary of the Conference of Historic Peace Churches (formed in 1940 in Ontario), Sherk negotiated frequently with the Canadian federal government .[3] Mennonite Central Committee he implemented what grew to be, by the 1980s, a million-dollar relief program .[1] Akron, Pennsylvania he became the first full-time employee of the Peace Section of Mennonite Central Committee , and "his efforts to protect the rights of conscientious objectors was evident in the 1951 U.S. military draft law " known as the Universal Military Training and Service Act.[8]
From the late 1950s to 1969, in Washington, D.C. Sherk was the executive secretary of the National Service Board for Religious Objectors , representing the peace interests of the Mennonites to the American federal government . His legacy may be summarized as, "From World War II through the Korean and Vietnam wars, J. Harold Sherk was a leader in promoting Christian pacifism."[8]
References [ edit ]
^ a b Hackman, Walter (March 8, 1974). "A Peacemaker in Memoriam: J. Harold Sherk". MCC News Service .
^ Kroeker, Dave (April 1, 1974). "The Boys from the CO Camps Remembered Harold Sherk". Mennonite Reporter . p. 9.
^ a b Lapp, John A. (July 1970). "The Peace Mission of the Mennonite Central Committee ". The Mennonite Quarterly Review
^ "John Hubert "Hubert" Sherk" . Waterloo Region Generations . Retrieved October 30, 2022 .
^ "Rev. Moses Sherk" . Waterloo Region Generations . Retrieved October 31, 2022 .
^ "Joseph Schoerg" . Waterloo Region Generations . Retrieved October 31, 2022 .
^ "Joseph Schörg" . Waterloo Region Generations . Retrieved October 31, 2022 .
^ a b Josephson, Harold (1985). Biographical Dictionary of Modern Peace Leaders . Connecticut: Greenwood. pp. 878–9. ISBN 0-313-22565-6
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