Harold Stauffer Bender

Who was Harold Stauffer Bender?

Harold Stauffer Bender was a prominent professor of theology at Goshen College and Goshen Biblical Seminary. His accomplishments include founding both the Mennonite Historical Library and the Mennonite Quarterly Review. He served as President of the American Society of Church History, and was a major scholarly influence on fellow Mennonite theologian John Howard Yoder.

Bender graduated from Elkhart High School, Goshen College, Garrett Biblical Institute, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton University. He attended the University of Tübingen, 1923-1924. Bender was awarded his Ph.D. from the University of Heidelberg in 1935.