Meade Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Church (Meade, Kansas, USA)
Meade Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Church, located eight miles (13 km) south and four miles (6.5 km) east of Meade, Kansas, is a member of the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Conference (now Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches) of the United States and Canada, and was organized on 10 June 1910 with 14 members, by Elder Henry E. Fast of Mountain Lake, Minnesota. The first church, built in 1920, was twice replaced by larger buildings prior to 1957. In 1930 the Nebo congregation united with the Meade congregation. The 1957 membership was 244. The following ministers have served the church prior to 1957: A. M. Doerksen (ordained 1914), Peter F. Friesen, G. T. Thiessen, H. R. Harms, D. J. Ediger, J. E. Wiens, B. A. Wiens, Orlando Wiebe, John N. Wall, H. P.Wiebe, Alvin D. Kleinsasser, and Arnold Wall, who was the pastor in 1957. The Meade Bible Academy was a cooperative project supported jointly by the EMB Church and the Emmanuel Mennonite Church.
| Author(s) | Henry Steingard |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1957 |
Cite This Article
MLA style
Steingard, Henry. "Meade Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Church (Meade, Kansas, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 24 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Meade_Evangelical_Mennonite_Brethren_Church_(Meade,_Kansas,_USA)&oldid=89555.
APA style
Steingard, Henry. (1957). Meade Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Church (Meade, Kansas, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Meade_Evangelical_Mennonite_Brethren_Church_(Meade,_Kansas,_USA)&oldid=89555.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, pp. 546-547. All rights reserved.
©1996-2024 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.