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Alan Kreider (November 1941 - 8 May 2017) was an American Mennonite historian. He was the American Professor Emeritus of Church History and Mission at the Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana. His main interests were mission, worship, peace, and ecclesiastical history (especially the early church and Anabaptism). Kreider continued to speak, write and publish in these areas of interest until his death in May 2017.