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| − | The Birney Mennonite Mission ([[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite]]) among the North [[Cheyenne People|Cheyenne]] Indians was located eight miles (13 km) south of the town of Birney, [[Montana (USA)|Montana]], Rosebud County, on the Tongue River Indian Reservation. This work was begun by P. A. Kliewer who was in charge until 1920. Habegger from [[White River Cheyenne Mennonite Church (Busby, Montana, USA)|Busby]] substituted in 1919-1920, while the Kliewers had a year's furlough. Other workers were Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wiebe, 1921-1922; Otto B. Pankratz, 1923-1926; native pastor Frank Little Wolf, 1926-1942; and native pastor Milton White Man, 1942-1947. Alfred Habegger was then in charge, coming from Busby and then from [[Lame Deer Mennonite Church (Lame Deer, Montana, USA)|Lame Deer]] during the week to minister to the people here. Up to 1949, the total baptisms were 58, with a membership of 40 that year. | + | The Birney Mennonite Mission ([[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite]]) among the North [[Cheyenne People|Cheyenne]] Indians was located eight miles (13 km) south of the town of Birney, [[Montana (USA)|Montana]], Rosebud County, on the Tongue River Indian Reservation. This work was begun by P. A. Kliewer who was in charge until 1920. Habegger from [[White River Cheyenne Mennonite Church (Busby, Montana, USA)|Busby]] substituted in 1919-1920, while the Kliewers had a year's furlough. Other workers were Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wiebe, 1921-1922; Otto B. Pankratz, 1923-1926; native pastor Frank Little Wolf, 1926-1942; and native pastor [[White Man, Milton (1884-1958)|Milton White Man]], 1942-1947. Alfred Habegger was then in charge, coming from Busby and then from [[Lame Deer Mennonite Church (Lame Deer, Montana, USA)|Lame Deer]] during the week to minister to the people here. Up to 1949, the total baptisms were 58, with a membership of 40 that year. |
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Revision as of 16:40, 29 May 2023
The Birney Mennonite Mission (General Conference Mennonite) among the North Cheyenne Indians was located eight miles (13 km) south of the town of Birney, Montana, Rosebud County, on the Tongue River Indian Reservation. This work was begun by P. A. Kliewer who was in charge until 1920. Habegger from Busby substituted in 1919-1920, while the Kliewers had a year's furlough. Other workers were Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wiebe, 1921-1922; Otto B. Pankratz, 1923-1926; native pastor Frank Little Wolf, 1926-1942; and native pastor Milton White Man, 1942-1947. Alfred Habegger was then in charge, coming from Busby and then from Lame Deer during the week to minister to the people here. Up to 1949, the total baptisms were 58, with a membership of 40 that year.
This work has closed in the 1980s.
| Author(s) | Alfred Habegger |
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| Date Published | 1953 |
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Habegger, Alfred. "Birney Mennonite Church (Birney, Montana, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Birney_Mennonite_Church_(Birney,_Montana,_USA)&oldid=175689.
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Habegger, Alfred. (1953). Birney Mennonite Church (Birney, Montana, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Birney_Mennonite_Church_(Birney,_Montana,_USA)&oldid=175689.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 345. All rights reserved.
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