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Born 25 May 1893 near [[Inman (Kansas, USA)|Inman]], Kansas, John Thiessen was the son of Jacob and Sara (Janzen) Thiessen. The children of John and Elizabeth (Wiens) Thiessen were Harold, Arthur, Eleanor, Muriel, and Dorothy. John Thiessen died 16 February 1967.

John attended German school, 1899-1902; public school, 1902-1908; [[Bethel College Academy (North Newton, Kansas, USA)|Bethel Academy]], 1912-1916; [[Bethel College (North Newton, Kansas, USA)|Bethel College]], 1916-1919 (AB); the U. of Chicago, 1919-1920; McCormick Seminary, 1920-1921; [[Witmarsum Theological Seminary (Bluffton, Ohio, USA)|Witmarsum Seminary]] 1929-1930 (BD); Garrett Biblical Institute, 1930; and [[Bluffton University (Bluffton, Ohio, USA)|Bluffton College]], 1931 (AM). He married Elizabeth R. Wiens on 4 May 1921.

Thiessen was an educational and pastoral missionary at [[Mauhadih Mennonite Mission Station (Mauhadih, Champa, India)|Mauhadih]] and [[Jagdeeshpur Mission (Garh Phuljhar, Madhya Pradesh, India)|Jagdeeshpur]], [[India|India]], 1921-1949, and was executive secretary of the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite]] Mission Board, 1952-1958. He was a member of the [[Bethel Mennonite Church (Inman, Kansas, USA)|Bethel Congregation]], Inman, Kansas. Thiessen was pastor of congregations at [[Pandora (Putnam County, Ohio, USA)|Pandora]], [[Ohio (USA)|Ohio]]; [[Henderson (Nebraska, USA)|Henderson]], [[Nebraska (USA)|Nebraska]]; and [[Newton (Kansas, USA)|Newton]], [[Goessel (Kansas, USA)|Goessel]], and Hillsboro, [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]]. 
= Bibliography =
Juhnke, James C. <em>A People of Mission: A History of General Conference Mennonite Overseas Missions</em>. Newton, KS: Faith and Life, 1979.
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