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Martin B. Fast, [[Krimmer Mennonite Brethren|Krimmer Mennonite Brethren]] author and editor, was born 6 January 1858 at Tiegerweide, South [[Russia|Russia]], the son of Peter and Aganetha (Barkmann) Fast. Here Martin attended elementary school. At 19 years of age he joined the Mennonite Church at [[Rückenau (Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Rückenau]]. With his parents he came to America in 1877 and settled near [[Jansen (Nebraska, USA)|Jansen]], Jefferson County, [[Nebraska (USA)|Nebraska]], where he was converted, baptized, and received into the fellowship of the Krimmer Mennonite Brethren Church, 23 May 1880. He married Elizabeth Thiessen of Jansen on 24 February 1884. In 1887 he became a United States citizen. He served as editor of the [[Mennonitische Rundschau, Die (Periodical)|<em>Rundschau</em>]], [[Elkhart (Indiana, USA)|Elkhart]], [[Indiana (USA)|Indiana]] (later [[Scottdale (Pennsylvania, USA)|Scottdale]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]]), 1903-1910, and as the first editor of [[Der Wahrheitsfreund|<em>Der Wahrheitsfreund</em>]], [[Chicago (Illinois, USA)|Chicago]], [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], 1915-1917. In 1908 he made a trip to Russia, visiting relatives and friends in the [[Molotschna Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Molotschna settlement]] and elsewhere. In June 1919 he made a trip to Siberia with clothing and money for the relief of the poor, and later sent many food drafts for Russian relief. In 1929-1933 he served the Krimmer Mennonite Brethren Conference as chairman of the Board of Foreign Missions; and for some time he was secretary of the [[Mennonite Aid Plan of the Pacific Coast|Mennonite Aid]] on the west coast. He died 15 March 1949 at Reedley, [[California (USA)|California]], following a brief illness, at the age of 91 years, and was buried in the [[Zion Krimmer Mennonite Brethren Church (Dinuba, California, USA)|Zion Krimmer Mennonite Brethren]] cemetery, Dinuba, California.
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Martin B. Fast, [[Krimmer Mennonite Brethren|Krimmer Mennonite Brethren]] author and editor, was born 6 January 1858 at Tiegerweide, South [[Russia|Russia]], the son of Peter and Aganetha (Barkmann) Fast. Here Martin attended elementary school. At 19 years of age he joined the Mennonite Church at [[Rückenau (Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Rückenau]]. With his parents he came to America in 1877 and settled near [[Jansen (Nebraska, USA)|Jansen]], Jefferson County, [[Nebraska (USA)|Nebraska]], where he was converted, baptized, and received into the fellowship of the Krimmer Mennonite Brethren Church, 23 May 1880. He married Elizabeth Thiessen of Jansen on 24 February 1884. In 1887 he became a United States citizen. He served as editor of the [[Mennonitische Rundschau, Die (Periodical)|<em>Rundschau</em>]], [[Elkhart (Indiana, USA)|Elkhart]], [[Indiana (USA)|Indiana]] (later [[Scottdale (Pennsylvania, USA)|Scottdale]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]]), 1903-1910, and as the first editor of [[Der Wahrheitsfreund|<em>Der Wahrheitsfreund</em>]], [[Chicago (Illinois, USA)|Chicago]], [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], 1915-1917. In 1908 he made a trip to Russia, visiting relatives and friends in the [[Molotschna Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Molotschna settlement]] and elsewhere. In June 1919 he made a trip to Siberia with clothing and money for the relief of the poor, and later sent many food drafts for Russian relief. In 1929-1933 he served the Krimmer Mennonite Brethren Conference as chairman of the Board of Foreign Missions; and for some time he was secretary of the [[Mennonite Aid Plan of the Pacific Coast|Mennonite Aid]] on the west coast. He died 15 March 1949 at Reedley, [[California (USA)|California]], following a brief illness, at the age of 91 years, and was buried in the [[Zion Krimmer Mennonite Brethren Church (Dinuba, California, USA)|Zion Krimmer Mennonite Brethren]] cemetery, Dinuba, California.
  
 
Fast was correspondent to various German papers, and wrote numerous booklets, including <em>Mitteilungen von etlichen der Groszen unter den Mennoniten in Russland und in America</em> (1935); <em>Meine Gedichte vom Jahre 1880 bis jetzt</em> (1943); <em>Reisebericht und Kurz Geschichte der Mennoniten</em> (1909); <em>Geschichtlicher Bericht wie die Mennoniten Nordamerikas ihren armen Glaubensgenossen in Russland jetzt und früher geholfen haben</em> (1919).
 
Fast was correspondent to various German papers, and wrote numerous booklets, including <em>Mitteilungen von etlichen der Groszen unter den Mennoniten in Russland und in America</em> (1935); <em>Meine Gedichte vom Jahre 1880 bis jetzt</em> (1943); <em>Reisebericht und Kurz Geschichte der Mennoniten</em> (1909); <em>Geschichtlicher Bericht wie die Mennoniten Nordamerikas ihren armen Glaubensgenossen in Russland jetzt und früher geholfen haben</em> (1919).
 
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Martin B. Fast, Krimmer Mennonite Brethren author and editor, was born 6 January 1858 at Tiegerweide, South Russia, the son of Peter and Aganetha (Barkmann) Fast. Here Martin attended elementary school. At 19 years of age he joined the Mennonite Church at Rückenau. With his parents he came to America in 1877 and settled near Jansen, Jefferson County, Nebraska, where he was converted, baptized, and received into the fellowship of the Krimmer Mennonite Brethren Church, 23 May 1880. He married Elizabeth Thiessen of Jansen on 24 February 1884. In 1887 he became a United States citizen. He served as editor of the Rundschau, Elkhart, Indiana (later Scottdale, Pennsylvania), 1903-1910, and as the first editor of Der Wahrheitsfreund, Chicago, Illinois, 1915-1917. In 1908 he made a trip to Russia, visiting relatives and friends in the Molotschna settlement and elsewhere. In June 1919 he made a trip to Siberia with clothing and money for the relief of the poor, and later sent many food drafts for Russian relief. In 1929-1933 he served the Krimmer Mennonite Brethren Conference as chairman of the Board of Foreign Missions; and for some time he was secretary of the Mennonite Aid on the west coast. He died 15 March 1949 at Reedley, California, following a brief illness, at the age of 91 years, and was buried in the Zion Krimmer Mennonite Brethren cemetery, Dinuba, California.

Fast was correspondent to various German papers, and wrote numerous booklets, including Mitteilungen von etlichen der Groszen unter den Mennoniten in Russland und in America (1935); Meine Gedichte vom Jahre 1880 bis jetzt (1943); Reisebericht und Kurz Geschichte der Mennoniten (1909); Geschichtlicher Bericht wie die Mennoniten Nordamerikas ihren armen Glaubensgenossen in Russland jetzt und früher geholfen haben (1919).


Author(s) C. F Plett
Date Published 1956

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Plett, C. F. "Fast, Martin B. (1858-1949)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Fast,_Martin_B._(1858-1949)&oldid=94612.

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Plett, C. F. (1956). Fast, Martin B. (1858-1949). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Fast,_Martin_B._(1858-1949)&oldid=94612.



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