Butler County (Kansas, USA)
Butler County, Kansas, in the east-central part of the state, has a Mennonite settlement in its northwest corner, which in the 1950s included the following congregations, the first three of which were members of the General Conference Mennonite Church and the fourth a member of the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite: the Emmaus Mennonite Church near Whitewater, organized in 1877; the Zion Mennonite Church in Elbing, organized in 1883; the Swiss Mennonite Church near Whitewater, organized in 1885; and the Church of God in Christ Mennonite congregation at Burns, organized in 1939. In the city of Elbing the Berean Christian Laymen’s Association, a Mennonite corporation, owned and operated the Berean Academy, a four-year high school until 1966.
| Author(s) | Louis A Janzen |
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| Date Published | 1953 |
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Janzen, Louis A. "Butler County (Kansas, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 23 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Butler_County_(Kansas,_USA)&oldid=170568.
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Janzen, Louis A. (1953). Butler County (Kansas, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 23 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Butler_County_(Kansas,_USA)&oldid=170568.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 486. All rights reserved.
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