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BACKGROUND GENEALOGY

GNADENFELD, MOLOTSCHNA

1833 - 1835

• It has been said, for example, that Gnadenfeld, settled mainly by Gronigen Old Flemish from Brandenburg Prussia, was the trojan horse of the Flemish Mennonites in the Molotschna Colony, becoming a hotbed of aggressive religious agitation.

 http://www.plettfoundation.org/Preservings/Preservings24.pdf

• Gnadenfeld Mennonite Church was located in the province of Taurida, South Russia, about 60 miles from the seaport at Berdyansk on the Sea of Asov. In 1835 the congregation as a whole immigrated to Russia from the province of Brandenburg, Prussia, under the leadership of Elder Wilhelm Lange. From the very beginning the congregation was known for its advanced spiritual life. During the middle of the last century the Gnadenfeld congregation became the center of a revival movement that culminated in the founding of the Mennon­ite Brethren Church in 1860.

http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/contents/gnadenfeld_mennonite_church_gnadenfeld_molotschna

1861 - 1862