Wijns (Friesland, Netherlands)
Wijns, a village in the Dutch province of Friesland, where Leenaert Bouwens baptized 21 persons in 1568-82. Since nothing is known concerning a Mennonite congregation at Wijns, it is assumed that the newly baptized joined a neighboring church.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 951. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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MLA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Wijns (Friesland, Netherlands)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 25 May 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/wijns_friesland_netherlands.
APA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1959). Wijns (Friesland, Netherlands). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 May 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/wijns_friesland_netherlands.
