Fast, Isaak P. (1856-1908)
Isaak P. Fast, the son of the well-known teacher Peter Fast of Tashchenak-Friedensfeld, South Russia, was born on 4 February 1856, and died November 1908. Among the pioneers of the Memrik settlement in the district of Bachmut, which was purchased by the Molotschna settlement for its landless families in 1885, there were 28 members of the Mennonite Brethren Church of Rückenau. One of these was Isaak P. Fast, who settled here with his wife and family. In the fall of 1885 Fast was ordained to the ministry to lead the young church (affiliated with Rückenau). On 11 September 1900 the church became independent and on this occasion Fast was ordained as an elder. Under his leadership the Memrik (Kotlyarevo) Mennonite Brethren Church grew, reaching a membership of 350 by May 1902.
Author(s) | A. H Dueck |
---|---|
Date Published | 1956 |
Cite This Article
MLA style
Dueck, A. H. "Fast, Isaak P. (1856-1908)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Fast,_Isaak_P._(1856-1908)&oldid=80744.
APA style
Dueck, A. H. (1956). Fast, Isaak P. (1856-1908). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Fast,_Isaak_P._(1856-1908)&oldid=80744.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 316. All rights reserved.
©1996-2024 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.