Wiesenfeld Mennonite Brethren Church (Wiesenfeld, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine)
The village of Wiesenfeld, about 10 miles from the railroad station of Zaitsevo, Pavlograd district of the province of Ekaterinoslav (now Dnipropetrovsk Oblast), South Russia, was founded by members of the Gnadenfeld Mennonite Brethren (MB) Church in the Molotschna settlement, most of them from the Andreasfeld area, and the church became an affiliate of the Gnadenfeld church. When the Einlage M.B. Church became better established and more members arrived from this church, the congregation here affiliated itself with Einlage. The first minister of this group was Peter Friesen, a blacksmith and bonesetter. Later Jacob D. Reimer and Cornelius Reimer served as ministers. The congregation had at one time 107 members. Because of a misunderstanding the church was closed for some time during World War I, but the right of public worship was later reinstated. In 1919 during the Revolution the entire village was destroyed by Machno bands and the church ceased to exist. Its last minister was Cornelius Reimer, the father of Jacob Reimer of Sardis, British Columbia.
Author(s) | P. H Berg |
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Date Published | 1959 |
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Berg, P. H. "Wiesenfeld Mennonite Brethren Church (Wiesenfeld, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Wiesenfeld_Mennonite_Brethren_Church_(Wiesenfeld,_Dnipropetrovsk_Oblast,_Ukraine)&oldid=69173.
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Berg, P. H. (1959). Wiesenfeld Mennonite Brethren Church (Wiesenfeld, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Wiesenfeld_Mennonite_Brethren_Church_(Wiesenfeld,_Dnipropetrovsk_Oblast,_Ukraine)&oldid=69173.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 950. All rights reserved.
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