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Born in 1948 in Montezuma, Kansas, Stanley Giesbrecht was the fifteenth of seventeen children. His grandparents were Russian Mennonites who escaped religious persecution by immigrating to Canada where they joined a group who had left the Church\u2019s general assembly to follow the teachings of a Mennonite reformist named John Holdeman. That group became the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite or Holdeman Mennonites.

Giesbrect moved to Brooksville, Mississippi as a young man, searching for a place where he could live the quiet life of a Mennonite farmer. In this episode, he explains the difference between Holdeman Mennonites and other Mennonites. He recounts how their preacher convinced him to serve the Church as a teacher at the Southaven Mennonite School, and explains why they don\u2019t believe in education beyond the eighth grade.

Podcast Extra: According to Giesbrecht, the Church doesn\u2019t allow its members to vote, participate in politics or serve in the military.\xa0 He recalls how he worked in a hospital for two years during the Vietnam War to fulfill his obligation to the nation.

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