This volume located First Mennonite Church in the broad context of: pioneer settlement patterns (including conflicts with native land claims), the emergence of the Old Mennonite Church in Canada, changing authority patterns in the church and the U.S. influence in church and national policies. The book opens a window on formative years of the Canadian Mennonite experience. 

Marlene Epp, Associate Professor of History, and Director of Mennonite Studies at Conrad Grebel University College, has updated her popular Mennonites in Ontario. The cover features the striking fibre art by Judy Gascho-Jutzi, "Encounters along the Grand." Last updated in 2002, the 2012 edition includes new analysis and updated statistics. Mennonites in Ontario remains the best introduction to the myriad Amish and Mennonite groups in Ontario. Read more about this book.

A community in paradox – This book is a sociological history of the large Mennonite and Amish community in the Waterloo area. It describes their origins and focuses on the distinct Mennonite way of life. The various organizational structures that help constitute the present-day Mennonite community are illustrated and the differences between Mennonites and Amish and the various divisions within those groups are clearly defined.       The book asks how the Waterloo-area Mennonites of today earn their living, spend their money and use their leisure time; how families and churches respond to social change and to what degree they are accommodating to or assimilating with the larger society. The study concludes by reflecting on the future of the Mennonites as a distinctive group.