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2007-03-20 issue:

Jantzen laid mission foundation in India

by Mennonite Mission Network

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NEWTON, Kan.—When he was 19, Lubin W. Jantzen heard a call from God that guided his life’s work: “Lubin, I want you in India.”

Jantzen died on Feb. 25, at Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Kan., at the age of 90. He was born May 25, 1916, to Frank F. Jantzen and Anna Wiebe Jantzen, at their home near Paso Robles, Calif. He was baptized and joined Willow Creek Mennonite Church in 1932.

On Aug. 6, 1943, he married Matilda (Tillie) Mueller, whom he had met during his student days in Los Angeles. They left by boat in March 1947 and arrived in Bombay a month later, serving with the former General Conference Mennonite Church (GC) Board of Missions.
The Jantzens’ first term in India lasted seven years. Jantzen was in charge of evangelistic work in Jagdeeshpur. He kept records of salary and allowance payments to local pastors and their assistants and did Bible teaching, preaching and evangelistic tours to other villages. He was secretary-treasurer for the mission conference.

Jantzen later worked in Janjgir and Korba, working with Mennonite schools and churches. From 1968 to 1976, he served as personnel secretary for the former (GC) Commission on Overseas Mission, based in Newton.

From 1976 to 1982 the Jantzens served at Union Biblical Seminary, now located in Pune.
From 1983 to 1990, he served as associate pastor at First Mennonite Church, Newton.
Jantzen is survived by Tillie, his wife, of Schowalter Villa, Hesston; one daughter, Esther Jantzen of Pomona, Calif.; three sons, Dan and Betty Jantzen of Arvada, Colo., Jim and Susan Jantzen of Newton, and Jonathan and Mary Beth Jantzen of Tucson, Ariz.; one sister, Anne, of Stockton, Calif.; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.—Mennonite Mission Network

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