Tzum (Friesland, Netherlands)

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Tzum (Tjum), a village in Friesland, Netherlands (coordinates: 53° 9′ 28″ N, 5° 33′ 52″ E), where Elder Leenaert Bouwens baptized four persons in 1563-65, and another 15 persons ca. 1570. A Mennonite congregation of Tzum is, however, not known; the newly baptized may have joined some neighboring congregations like Blessum or Arum.

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Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1959

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Tzum (Friesland, Netherlands)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Tzum_(Friesland,_Netherlands)&oldid=126214.

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1959). Tzum (Friesland, Netherlands). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Tzum_(Friesland,_Netherlands)&oldid=126214.



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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 760. All rights reserved.


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