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[[File:PetersAbrahamJ.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Abraham &amp; Elisabeth Peters. 

Source: The History of Eden Mennonite Church, Chilliwack, British 

Columbia 1945-1995, p. 92.'']]     Abraham J. Peters: minister; born 11 October 1900 in [[Prangenau (Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Prangenau]], [[Molotschna Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Molotschna]], [[Russia|Russia]] to Johann J. (b. 15 July 1873) and Margaretha (Fast) Peters (b. 31 March 1877). In 1924 Abraham married Alvine Schulz (1 October 1901 - 9 June 1939). They had a family of three sons and three daughters. Abraham died on 29 August 1972 as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident.

Abraham attended elementary school in Prangenau and high school in nearby [[Alexanderkrone (Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Alexanderkrone]], where he was baptized on 8 June 1921. He migrated to [[Canada|Canada]] with his wife Alvine and two children in 1926, settling in the Peace River area near Wembley, Alberta. Here he operated a mixed farm. He was elected to the ministry in the [[Hoffnungsfeld Mennonite Church (Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada)|Wembley]] congregation of the Hoffungsfeld Mennonite Church in 1939 and served as a lay minister in this church until their move to Chilliwack, British Columbia.

In 1946 the family moved to British Columbia to a dairy farm. He was ordained as a minister in the [[Eden Mennonite Church (Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada)|East Chilliwack (now Eden) Mennonite Church]] in 1948, where he preached and carried out visitation. He was the leading minister from January 1953 until December 1955. Under his leadership the congregation left the [[Mennonite Church British Columbia|Conference of United Mennonite Churches in BC]] in May 1954. The congregation returned to the conference in May 1956.

In 1955 Abraham Peters married Elisabeth Barg (25 October 1911 - 24 August 1972), daughter of Bernhard and Elisabeth (Warkentin) Barg. In 1964 he retired.

Abraham Peters as well as his wife and two other passengers died of injuries sustained in a car accident that occurred on 24 August 1972 near Kelowna, British Columbia.
= Bibliography =
<em>Der Bote</em> (3 October 1972): 7.

<em> The History of Eden Mennonite Church, Chilliwack, British Columbia 1945-1995</em>. Chilliwack, BC: Eden Mennonite Church, 1995.
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