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Mennonite publishing organizations named the Gospel Witness Company and the Mennonite Book and Tract Society were established, and the Company faced financial difficulties after a bank failure. On March 26, 1907, a fire which destroyed half of the Mennonite Publishing Company's physical operations served as a final blow to the Company's fortunes. The last issue of the
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Mennonite Publishing Company began to arise. John F. Funk was removed from his position as a bishop of the Mennonite church, church members began to argue that a Mennonite publishing agency should be owned by the church it represented,
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