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| − | Bethel Mennonite Church ([[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]]), located near Waka, Ochiltree County, [[Texas (USA)|Texas]], was a member of the [[Western District Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Western District Conference]]. The congregation was organized in April 1922, the first meetings being held in the Jacob B. Wiebe home and later in a schoolhouse. In May 1924 another school was rebuilt into a church, which was still used in 1950 as a meetinghouse with a seating capacity of 100. In 1962 the Bethel congregation merged with the [[ | + | Bethel Mennonite Church ([[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]]), located near Waka, Ochiltree County, [[Texas (USA)|Texas]], was a member of the [[Western District Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Western District Conference]]. The congregation was organized in April 1922, the first meetings being held in the Jacob B. Wiebe home and later in a schoolhouse. In May 1924 another school was rebuilt into a church, which was still used in 1950 as a meetinghouse with a seating capacity of 100. In 1962 the Bethel congregation merged with the [[New Hope Fellowship (Perryton, Texas, USA)|Perryton Mennonite Church ]]at Perryton, Texas, with that congregation meeting in Perryton. |
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Bethel Mennonite Church (General Conference Mennonite Church), located near Waka, Ochiltree County, Texas, was a member of the Western District Conference. The congregation was organized in April 1922, the first meetings being held in the Jacob B. Wiebe home and later in a schoolhouse. In May 1924 another school was rebuilt into a church, which was still used in 1950 as a meetinghouse with a seating capacity of 100. In 1962 the Bethel congregation merged with the Perryton Mennonite Church at Perryton, Texas, with that congregation meeting in Perryton.
| Author(s) | Herman Wiebe |
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| Date Published | 1953 |
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Wiebe, Herman. "Bethel Mennonite Church (Waka, Texas, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 19 Jan 2026. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Bethel_Mennonite_Church_(Waka,_Texas,_USA)&oldid=181358.
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Wiebe, Herman. (1953). Bethel Mennonite Church (Waka, Texas, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 January 2026, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Bethel_Mennonite_Church_(Waka,_Texas,_USA)&oldid=181358.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 313. All rights reserved.
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