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Boxum (Friesland, Netherlands)

Boxum is a town near Leeuwarden, Dutch province of Friesland, where Leenaert Bouwens baptized at least 52 persons in 1568-1582. Nothing is known of a congregation in this town. The Mennonites may have joined the nearby congregation of Blessum.

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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 399. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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MLA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Boxum (Friesland, Netherlands)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 18 May 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/B706.html.

APA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1953). Boxum (Friesland, Netherlands). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 May 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/B706.html.
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