Mennonite Central Committee began in 1920 as an inter-Mennonite relief agency to provide assistance to Mennonites in the Soviet Union who suffered enormously in the wake of the Russian Revolution and the widespread famine in Ukraine afterwards.

Over the years MCC, as it is commonly known, expanded far beyond emergency relief programs, though this remains a high profile part of its ministry. It also works in peace-making, in community development, in advocacy for the powerless, and in educational programs both internationally and within North America. Both MCC US and MCC Canada maintain offices in their nation's capital.

Most international programming is done by the MCC Internation office in Akron, Pennsylvania. Mennonite Central Committee Canada works in some areas that are less accessible to the U.S., as well as a variety of national programs in Canada.

Each Canadian province from Ontario west also has a provincial MCC office. The Mennonite Archives of Ontario is the official depository for Mennonite Central Committee Ontario.

Many programs, such as Victim-Offender Ministries, Ten Thousand Villages, Canadian Foodgrains Bank, Mennonite Mental Health Services, had their origin in MCC programs before being spun off as their own agency.

Conrad Grebel University College

The Mennonite Archives of Ontario is also the depository for the records of Conrad Grebel University College.

Other Mennonite Organizations

70th Anniversary Dankfest Committee
Abundant Life Conference
Association of Conscientious Objectors
Canadian Mennonite Photo Series
Eastwood Mennonite Community Homes Inc.
Mennonite Bicentennial Commission
Mennonite Choral Society (Waterloo County)
Mennonite Coalition for Refugee Support
Mennonite Historical Society of Canada
Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario
Mennonite Nurses Association of Ontario
Ontario Mennonite Music Camp
Parkwood Mennonite Home (Parkwood Manor)(Waterloo, ON)
Readers' Ink Bookshop
Schürch Family Association of North America
Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre
Warden Woods Community Centre

XV - Mennonite Organizations

1. Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization
2. Chesley Lake Camp Association
3. Mennonite World Conference
4. House of Friendship (Kitchener, Ont.)
5. Golden Rule Gospel Messengers
6. Golden Rule Bookstore (Provident Bookstore)
7. Mennonite Mutual Aid
8. Music Groups
   1. Menno Singers
   2. Misc. Choral Groups
   3. Joint MC/GCMC Hymnal Committee
   4. Mennonite Choral Society (Waterloo County)
9. Mennonite Hour
10. Non-Conference Missions
    1. Miscellaneous
    2. North Light Missions
11. Conference of Historic Peace Churches
    1. CHPC Records
    2. Non-Resistant Relief Organization
    3. Ailsa Craig Boy's Farm (Craigwood)
    4. Military Problems Committee
    5. Mennonite Disaster Service
    6. Canadian Fellowship Service
12. Historic Peace Churches Council of Canada
13. Mennonite Radio Mission
14. Rescue Missions
15. Hebrew Mission
16. Goodwill Hall
17. Inter-Mennonite
    1. Inter-Mennonite projects
    2. Inter-Mennonite Fellowship
18. Mennonite Medical Association
19. Canadian Mennonite Association
20. Eastern Mennonite College
21. Bluffton College
22. Seminaries
    1. Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (and predecessors)
    2. Institute of Mennonite Studies
23. Canadian Mennonite Bible College
24. Goshen College
    1. Reports & releases
    2. Catalogs
25. Hesston College
26. Mennonite High Schools outside Ontario
    1. Misc.
    2. Rosthern Junior College
    3. Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute
    4. Mennonite Educational Institute
    5. Westgate Mennonite Collegiate
27. Bethel College
28. Council of Mennonite Colleges
29. Mennonite Credit Unions
    1. Mennonite Savings & Credit Union
    2. Niagara Credit Union
30. Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario
31. Mennonite Historical Society of Canada
32. Unused
33. Elim Christian Education Centre
34. Mennonite Foundation
35. Mennonite Schools of Nursing
36. St. Clair O'Conner Community
37. Mennonite Publishing Service
38. Mennonite Camping Association
39. Menno Travel Service
40. Council of Moderators and Secretaries
41. Mennonite Home Association of York County (Parkview)
42. Unused
43. Canadian Inter-Mennonite Consultation (1975)
44. Waterloo Mennonite Homes, Inc.
45. Festival of Joy (1975)
46. Misc. conferences
47. Mennonite Community Association
48. Other Mennonite Historical Societies
49. Canadian Mennonite Health Assembly
50. Council of International Ministries
51. Mennonite Radio and Television Committee
52. Joint Executive Committee of Mennonite Conference of Ontario & Quebec and Western Ontario Mennonite Conference
    1. Minutes
    2. Correspondence
    3. Special Committees
53. Welcome Inn (Hamilton)
54. Christian Aid for Romania
55. Mennonite Nurses Association of Ontario
56. Mennonite Bicentennial Commission
57. Independent Living Centre
58. Eastwood Mennonite Community Homes Inc.
59. Canadian Mennonite Photo Series
60. Mennonites of Atlantic Provinces
61. Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre
62. 70th Anniversary Dankfest Committee
63. Readers' Ink Bookshop
64. Abundant Life Conference
65. Association of Conscientious Objectors
66. Parkwood Mennonite Home (Parkwood Manor)
67. Mennonite Coalition for Refugee Support
68. Ontario Mennonite Music Camp
69. Schürch Family Association of North America
70. Warden Woods Community Centre
71. Detweiler Meetinghouse
72. International Mennonite Memorial Committee for the Former Soviet Union

Last updated 30-Sep-2011 by Laureen Harder-Gissing