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+ | Digitized by Hiebert Library. [http://callimachus.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15008coll27/id/186/rec/111 Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies]''.]] | ||
Lehigh Mennonite Brethren Church at [[Lehigh (Kansas, USA)|Lehigh]], Marion County, Kansas, a member of the [[Southern District of Mennonite Brethren Churches (United States Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches)|Southern District Conference]], was organized 27 August, 1884 under the leadership of [[Dyck, David (1846-1933)|David Dyck]]. The membership fluctuated from 100 in 1890, 23 in 1892, 42 in 1897, 100 in 1928, to 52 in 1953. Anna Enns, a missionary to Africa, was ordained in 1945. Ministers who served the congregation were Jacob B. Wiens, Cornelius Knaak, Jacob J. Harder, A. J. Boese, Gerhard Bartel, John A. Nickel, John A. Harder, Jacob J. Kroeker, G. A. Flaming, William Neufeld, and P. R. Lange. | Lehigh Mennonite Brethren Church at [[Lehigh (Kansas, USA)|Lehigh]], Marion County, Kansas, a member of the [[Southern District of Mennonite Brethren Churches (United States Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches)|Southern District Conference]], was organized 27 August, 1884 under the leadership of [[Dyck, David (1846-1933)|David Dyck]]. The membership fluctuated from 100 in 1890, 23 in 1892, 42 in 1897, 100 in 1928, to 52 in 1953. Anna Enns, a missionary to Africa, was ordained in 1945. Ministers who served the congregation were Jacob B. Wiens, Cornelius Knaak, Jacob J. Harder, A. J. Boese, Gerhard Bartel, John A. Nickel, John A. Harder, Jacob J. Kroeker, G. A. Flaming, William Neufeld, and P. R. Lange. | ||
In 1955 the Lehigh congregation was amalgamated with the [[Gnadenau Krimmer Mennonite Brethren Church (Hillsboro, Kansas, USA)|Gnadenau congregation]] of the [[Krimmer Mennonite Brethren|Krimmer Mennonite Brethren]] Conference; the combined congregation in 1957 was operating as the [[Gnadenau Mennonite Brethren Church (Hillsboro, Kansas, USA)|Gnadenau Mennonite Brethren Church]], with a membership of about 200. Franklin Jost was the pastor in 1957. | In 1955 the Lehigh congregation was amalgamated with the [[Gnadenau Krimmer Mennonite Brethren Church (Hillsboro, Kansas, USA)|Gnadenau congregation]] of the [[Krimmer Mennonite Brethren|Krimmer Mennonite Brethren]] Conference; the combined congregation in 1957 was operating as the [[Gnadenau Mennonite Brethren Church (Hillsboro, Kansas, USA)|Gnadenau Mennonite Brethren Church]], with a membership of about 200. Franklin Jost was the pastor in 1957. | ||
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Revision as of 07:40, 16 March 2014
Lehigh Mennonite Brethren Church at Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, a member of the Southern District Conference, was organized 27 August, 1884 under the leadership of David Dyck. The membership fluctuated from 100 in 1890, 23 in 1892, 42 in 1897, 100 in 1928, to 52 in 1953. Anna Enns, a missionary to Africa, was ordained in 1945. Ministers who served the congregation were Jacob B. Wiens, Cornelius Knaak, Jacob J. Harder, A. J. Boese, Gerhard Bartel, John A. Nickel, John A. Harder, Jacob J. Kroeker, G. A. Flaming, William Neufeld, and P. R. Lange.
In 1955 the Lehigh congregation was amalgamated with the Gnadenau congregation of the Krimmer Mennonite Brethren Conference; the combined congregation in 1957 was operating as the Gnadenau Mennonite Brethren Church, with a membership of about 200. Franklin Jost was the pastor in 1957.
Author(s) | P. C Hiebert |
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Date Published | 1957 |
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Hiebert, P. C. "Lehigh Mennonite Brethren Church (Lehigh, Kansas, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 14 Jun 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Lehigh_Mennonite_Brethren_Church_(Lehigh,_Kansas,_USA)&oldid=115842.
APA style
Hiebert, P. C. (1957). Lehigh Mennonite Brethren Church (Lehigh, Kansas, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 14 June 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Lehigh_Mennonite_Brethren_Church_(Lehigh,_Kansas,_USA)&oldid=115842.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 313. All rights reserved.
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