Personal tools
You are here: Home → Encyclopedia Index → Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO) → Joes Mennonite Brethren Church (Joes, Colorado, USA)

Joes Mennonite Brethren Church (Joes, Colorado, USA)

Joes Mennonite Brethren Church was located 1.5 miles (2.5 km) east of Joes, on Highway 36, Yuma County, Colorado. This congregation was a member of the Southern District Conference. It was organized in 1892 in a schoolhouse. A sod church was built in 1893 under the leadership of Henry Bergthold and replaced in 1918 by a building which seated 200. The membership in 1953 was 61 with Eldo Ratzlaff as pastor. Ministers who served were Henry Bergthold, Elder David Dyck, Jacob Friesen, Abraham Heinrichs, David Strauss, Peter Fleming, and Roland Wiens.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 111. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

©1996-2013 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.

To cite this page:

MLA style: Hiebert, P. C. "Joes Mennonite Brethren Church (Joes, Colorado, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 25 May 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/J6340.html.

APA style: Hiebert, P. C. (1957). Joes Mennonite Brethren Church (Joes, Colorado, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 May 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/J6340.html.
Document Actions