Change started to happen and became more and more radical over some decades transforming a church of traditional German speaking ethnic Mennonites into a multi-ethnical English and Spanish speaking evangelical one with an emphasis on mission. In 1945 Susanne Plett left as a missionary to Bolivia, though without official support. Others followed her example. By 1953 the EMC had established its foreign mission board. From 1946 to 1961 the EMC was influenced by the Western Gospel Mission, an evangelism/church planting initiative in Sask., Man., and NW Ontario, by supportive members and churches of the EMC. Edwin Wright, born in Wales, was the first non-German pastor to serve in the EMC; he served churches at Endeavour, Sask., and Riverton, Man., in the 1960s  Now many churches have leaders who are not of Germanic background. A worship service language shift from German to English among older congregations was largely completed in the 1960s; among younger churches, English was often the original language used. Education became increasingly valued. The EMC became an official partner in Steinbach Bible College, which celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2012. Today many EMC members have college, university, or seminary degrees. More recent changes: people of conservative Mennonite backgrounds have moved to Canada from Mexico and Paraguay and joined congregations (sometimes with German being used in services). Hispanic people from Latin America have joined other congregations or started new churches (with Spanish and sometimes English being used). The EMC's members, adherents, and leaders are diverse in their church and cultural backgrounds. Since the 1940s the EMC has moved consciously beyond its historic German-Dutch cultural roots and has expanded into other cultural groups. Recently it has developed Hispanic congregations. In Canada, worship services are conducted in three languages, with English being most commonly used. The denomination celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2012. It stressed the spiritual history of the denomination. The denomination is engaged in a strategic planning process. In December 2012 its conference council delegates approved a grass-roots process to look at its Statement of Faith. Beliefs and practices of the "Evangelical Mennonite Conference" are presented in its "Statement of Faith" and "Church Practices," most recently revised in 1994. They reveal evangelical Christian teachings such as the Trinity, humanity's need, salvation through the substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ, and the expected return of Christ. Underlying these beliefs are the final authority and infallibility of Scripture. The EMC is Arminian in theology: holding to total depravity, conditional election, unlimited atonement, resistible grace, and conditional security.