God Is Love

Author: August Rische

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Translator: Lester Hostetler

Hostetler, Lester. (Sugarcreek Ohio, April 25, 1892--?). Mennonite. After attending the Sugarcreek public schools, he studied at Goshen Academy, Goshen College, A.B. 1915, and Union Theological Seminary, B.D. 1918, with further summer work at Oberlin, Princeton, and Union. He was ordained at the Walnutcreek [Ohio] Mennonite Church on September 26, 1915. He married Charity E. Steiner on June 26, 1918. They had four children. He held pastorates in the Walnutcreek Mennonite Church, 1918-1926; the First Mennonite Church of Sugarcreek, 1926-1932; the First Mennonite Church of Upland, California, 1933-1941; Bethel College Church, North Newton, Kansas, 1941-1952. From 1925 to 1927 he taught music in the public schools on Sugarcreek and Baltic,… Go to person page >