Chihuahua Mennonite Brethren Church (Mission, Texas, USA)
The Chihuahua Mennonite Brethren Church for Latin Americans, located in Chihuahua, a village five miles (eight km) west of Mission, Texas, was organized 27 April 1941, by Harry Neufeld of Los Ebanos, Texas, under the Southern District of the Mennonite Brethren Conference. In 1942 Henry F. Thomas took charge of the mission church. A larger church was dedicated 28 April 1946. The members of the church were Latin Americans of Texas and Mexico. Many were poor and migrant workers. Some of them returned to their native land. Inosencio Garcia was ordained 28 December 1952 as assistant.
Author(s) | Henry F Thomas |
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Date Published | 1953 |
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Thomas, Henry F. "Chihuahua Mennonite Brethren Church (Mission, Texas, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 17 Aug 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Chihuahua_Mennonite_Brethren_Church_(Mission,_Texas,_USA)&oldid=86678.
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Thomas, Henry F. (1953). Chihuahua Mennonite Brethren Church (Mission, Texas, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 17 August 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Chihuahua_Mennonite_Brethren_Church_(Mission,_Texas,_USA)&oldid=86678.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, pp. 556. All rights reserved.
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