THE MENNONITE BROTHERHOOD IN RUSSIA (1789 - 1910), P. M. Friesen, 1911

63(2) 1826-1867 166 IN RUSSIA 1789-1860 6. Peter Klassen (ordained by the Chortitza Elder Gerhard Dyck) 1867-1902 6. Jakob Wiebe (ordained by Elder P. Klassen) 1902-1907 7. Johann Klassen (son of Elder Peter Klassen, ordained by the Chortitza Elder Isaak Dyck) since 1907 III. Molotschna A. Flemish Mother-church Ohrloff-Petershagen a) as organized 1804-1824: 1. Elder Jakob Enns, Tiegenhagen (ordained by the Chortitza Elder Johann Wiebe) 1805-1818 2. Jakob Fast, Halbstadt (ordained by Elder J. Enns) (He united the church with the Frisian Rudnerweide Church, dropping the designation “Flemish”) 1818-1821 3. Bernhard Fast, Halbstadt (Tiege) (ordained by the Rudnerweide Frisian Elder Franz Goerz, Sr.); was elder of the combined church Ohrloff-Petershagen 1821-1824 of the branch-church (see “b” following) till 1860 b) branch-church Ohrloff-Petershagen, since 1858: “Ohrloff-Halbstadt,” since 1863: “Ohrloff-Halbstadt— Neukirch” till 1895: 4. Johann Harder, Blumstein (ordained by Elder Bernhard Fast) 1860-1876 5. Abram Goerz (ordained by the Lichtenau Elder Jakob Toews), was elder of Ohrloff-Halbstadt-Neukirch 1876-1895 c) smaller church, Ohrloff I. Neukirch, since 1895 1. The same (Abram Goerz) since 1895 A (2). Ohrloff II., since 1895 Representative of the Elders, Minister Bernhard Wiens. A (3). Halbstadt Formerly “Petershagen,” an affiliate of the Ohrloff Church till 1858, when the new church was built in Halbstadt (Neu-Halbstadt), after the stone church in Petershagen had been dismantled. The stones of this church were used in the foundation of the large church building in Halbstadt. Independent since 1895. 1. Elder Heinrich Unruh (descendant of the Alexanderwohl old-Flemish Church, and ordained by the Gnadenfeld Elder Heinrich Dirks) since 1896 B. The Large Church, Lichtenau, the true-Flemish branch of the Ohrloff (Old) Petershagen Church, from 1824 to 1842 with Petershagen II, Margenau, Schoensee and Pordenau. Documentary Supplement 167 1. Elder Jakob Warkentin (forced by the authorities to abdicate his office; in a similar manner the Large Church was forced to divide into three independent churches: Lichtenau-Petershagen, Margenau- Schoensee and Pordenau; was ordained by the Chortitza Elder Jakob Dyk, Sr.) 1824-1842 A. Lichtenau-Petershagen II (since 1842) 1. Elder Duerk Warkentin, Petershagen (ordained by Elder Heinrich Wiens, Margenau) 1842-1869 2. Jakob Toews, Blumenort (ordained by Elder Bernhard Peters, Margenau, retired, eighty-two years of age, died 1909) 1869-1908 3. Bernhard Epp, Lindenau (ordained by the Ohrloff Elder Abram Goerz) since 1908 B. Margenau-Schoensee (with Alexanderkron 1890-1901) (a Lichtenau branch since 1824, independent since 1842) 1. Elder Heinrich Wiens, Gnadenheim (ordained by the old-Flemish Elder Christian Schmidt, Waldheim) 1842-1847 (exiled from Russia 1847; returned, retired, died 187?)