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Elbing, a village in [[Butler County (Kansas, USA)|Butler County]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]], 12 miles (20 km) east of [[Newton (Kansas, USA)|Newton]], so named because the first members of the [[Zion Mennonite Church (Elbing, Kansas, USA)|Zion Mennonite Church]] ([[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite]]) here, organized in 1883, came from the area near [[Elbing (Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)|Elbing]], [[West Prussia|West Prussia]], [[Germany|Germany]]. The 1953 membership of 143, however, included Mennonites from almost every background. The [[Berean Academy (Elbing, Kansas, USA)|Berean Academy]], a four-year high school, operated by the Berean Christian Laymen's Association, an organization of Mennonite laymen, is located at the edge of the village. The [[Grace Hill Mennonite Church (Whitewater, Kansas, USA)|Gnadenberg Mennonite Church]] (General Conference Mennonite), located about four miles (six km) southwest of Elbing, in 1953 had a membership of approximately 185. | Elbing, a village in [[Butler County (Kansas, USA)|Butler County]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]], 12 miles (20 km) east of [[Newton (Kansas, USA)|Newton]], so named because the first members of the [[Zion Mennonite Church (Elbing, Kansas, USA)|Zion Mennonite Church]] ([[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite]]) here, organized in 1883, came from the area near [[Elbing (Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)|Elbing]], [[West Prussia|West Prussia]], [[Germany|Germany]]. The 1953 membership of 143, however, included Mennonites from almost every background. The [[Berean Academy (Elbing, Kansas, USA)|Berean Academy]], a four-year high school, operated by the Berean Christian Laymen's Association, an organization of Mennonite laymen, is located at the edge of the village. The [[Grace Hill Mennonite Church (Whitewater, Kansas, USA)|Gnadenberg Mennonite Church]] (General Conference Mennonite), located about four miles (six km) southwest of Elbing, in 1953 had a membership of approximately 185. | ||
= Bibliography = | = Bibliography = | ||
| − | Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em>Mennonitisches Lexikon</em>. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe | + | Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em>Mennonitisches Lexikon</em>. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 550. |
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Elbing, a village in Butler County, Kansas, 12 miles (20 km) east of Newton, so named because the first members of the Zion Mennonite Church (General Conference Mennonite) here, organized in 1883, came from the area near Elbing, West Prussia, Germany. The 1953 membership of 143, however, included Mennonites from almost every background. The Berean Academy, a four-year high school, operated by the Berean Christian Laymen's Association, an organization of Mennonite laymen, is located at the edge of the village. The Gnadenberg Mennonite Church (General Conference Mennonite), located about four miles (six km) southwest of Elbing, in 1953 had a membership of approximately 185.
Bibliography
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 550.
| Author(s) | Louis A Janzen |
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| Date Published | 1956 |
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Janzen, Louis A. "Elbing (Kansas, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Elbing_(Kansas,_USA)&oldid=91680.
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Janzen, Louis A. (1956). Elbing (Kansas, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Elbing_(Kansas,_USA)&oldid=91680.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 177. All rights reserved.
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