The article “Pittsburgh Is No Elida (or Zurich)” in the July 6 issue confused the early church gatherings held by the General Conference Mennonite Church and the “Old” Mennonite Church.  The “Old” Mennonite Church held a preliminary conference in Elida, Ohio, in 1897 to plan for a full-fledged delegate assembly the next year at Wakarusa, Ind. The General Conference Mennonite Church had its first conference at West Point, Iowa, in 1860. The article also provided an incorrect historical timeline for the merger and joint conventions of the two church branches. Talks of merging the two denominations began at least as early the 1980s, not in 1995, as reported. The first joint convention was in 1983.  The merger was approved by both denominations’ delegates at their joint convention in 1995.  Their last joint convention, not the first, was in 2001, when the last technicalities and legalities were approved by GCMC and MC delegates.  Mennonite Church USA then became official in 2002.