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The Ebenezer [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]] Church, now extinct, located four miles (6.5 km) east of [[Buhler (Kansas, USA)|Buhler]], Reno County, [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]], had its beginning in 1878, when a number of families from [[Russia|Russia]] settled in the community, with Franz Ediger and Peter Wall as leaders. In 1879 [[Schellenberg, Abraham (1845-1920)|Elder Abraham Schellenberg]] organized this group as a church; he served as elder until 1906. Their first building, erected in 1880, was of earthen brick, 30 x 50 feet, and was replaced by a frame church in 1900. Other ministers who have served this congregation are Elder Henry Adrian, Franz Ediger, Peter Wall, and Gerhard Franz. In 1921 this congregation united as a body with the [[Buhler Mennonite Brethren Church (Buhler, Kansas, USA)|Mennonite Brethren Church of Buhler]], after having been the mother church of other congregations in Reno, [[McPherson County (Kansas, USA)|McPherson]], and Harvey counties in Kansas. | The Ebenezer [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]] Church, now extinct, located four miles (6.5 km) east of [[Buhler (Kansas, USA)|Buhler]], Reno County, [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]], had its beginning in 1878, when a number of families from [[Russia|Russia]] settled in the community, with Franz Ediger and Peter Wall as leaders. In 1879 [[Schellenberg, Abraham (1845-1920)|Elder Abraham Schellenberg]] organized this group as a church; he served as elder until 1906. Their first building, erected in 1880, was of earthen brick, 30 x 50 feet, and was replaced by a frame church in 1900. Other ministers who have served this congregation are Elder Henry Adrian, Franz Ediger, Peter Wall, and Gerhard Franz. In 1921 this congregation united as a body with the [[Buhler Mennonite Brethren Church (Buhler, Kansas, USA)|Mennonite Brethren Church of Buhler]], after having been the mother church of other congregations in Reno, [[McPherson County (Kansas, USA)|McPherson]], and Harvey counties in Kansas. | ||
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The Ebenezer Mennonite Brethren Church, now extinct, located four miles (6.5 km) east of Buhler, Reno County, Kansas, had its beginning in 1878, when a number of families from Russia settled in the community, with Franz Ediger and Peter Wall as leaders. In 1879 Elder Abraham Schellenberg organized this group as a church; he served as elder until 1906. Their first building, erected in 1880, was of earthen brick, 30 x 50 feet, and was replaced by a frame church in 1900. Other ministers who have served this congregation are Elder Henry Adrian, Franz Ediger, Peter Wall, and Gerhard Franz. In 1921 this congregation united as a body with the Mennonite Brethren Church of Buhler, after having been the mother church of other congregations in Reno, McPherson, and Harvey counties in Kansas.
| Author(s) | Jacob J Toews |
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| Date Published | 1956 |
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Toews, Jacob J. "Ebenezer Mennonite Brethren Church (Reno County, Kansas, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 3 May 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Ebenezer_Mennonite_Brethren_Church_(Reno_County,_Kansas,_USA)&oldid=87176.
APA style
Toews, Jacob J. (1956). Ebenezer Mennonite Brethren Church (Reno County, Kansas, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 3 May 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Ebenezer_Mennonite_Brethren_Church_(Reno_County,_Kansas,_USA)&oldid=87176.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 136. All rights reserved.
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