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| − | Blainsport Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church USA), Reinholds, [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] (before 1947 known as Cocalico) was a mission station of the [[ | + | Blainsport Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church USA), Reinholds, [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] (before 1947 known as Cocalico) was a mission station of the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]] in northeastern [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]], Pennsylvania, in the old Swamp Union Meetinghouse built in 1865. The [[Indiantown Mennonite Church (Ephrata, Pennsylvania, USA)|Indiantown]]-[[Bowmansville Mennonite Church (East Earl, Pennsylvania, USA)|Bowmansville]] ministers held meetings in the vicinity in the 19th century, but not in this building. The Ephrata congregation reopened this house as a mission station in 1926 with Christian Mosemann and Daniel Stauffer as superintendents. The field workers of the Lancaster Mennonite Mission Board and the ministers of the Ephrata-Indiantown congregation preached here until Wilmer M. Eby was ordained for the work in 1938. Levi G. High in 1946 was ordained as deacon. In 1947 a brick church was built near Blainsport, two miles east of the Union House. In 1953 the membership was 63, with a Sunday-school enrollment of 136 and a summer Bible school with an average attendance of 155. In 2009 the membership was 171; the pastor was Eric P. Marshall. |
= Additional Information = | = Additional Information = | ||
| − | + | '''Address:''' 85 South Blainsport Road, Reinholds, Pennsylvania 17569 | |
| − | + | '''Phone:''' 717-336-3424 | |
<strong>Website:</strong> [http://www.forministry.com/USPAMENOCBMC2/ Blainsport Mennonite Church] | <strong>Website:</strong> [http://www.forministry.com/USPAMENOCBMC2/ Blainsport Mennonite Church] | ||
| − | + | '''Denominational Affiliations:''' | |
[http://www.lancasterconference.org/ Lancaster Mennonite Conference] | [http://www.lancasterconference.org/ Lancaster Mennonite Conference] | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:10, 8 August 2023
Blainsport Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church USA), Reinholds, Pennsylvania (before 1947 known as Cocalico) was a mission station of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference in northeastern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the old Swamp Union Meetinghouse built in 1865. The Indiantown-Bowmansville ministers held meetings in the vicinity in the 19th century, but not in this building. The Ephrata congregation reopened this house as a mission station in 1926 with Christian Mosemann and Daniel Stauffer as superintendents. The field workers of the Lancaster Mennonite Mission Board and the ministers of the Ephrata-Indiantown congregation preached here until Wilmer M. Eby was ordained for the work in 1938. Levi G. High in 1946 was ordained as deacon. In 1947 a brick church was built near Blainsport, two miles east of the Union House. In 1953 the membership was 63, with a Sunday-school enrollment of 136 and a summer Bible school with an average attendance of 155. In 2009 the membership was 171; the pastor was Eric P. Marshall.
Additional Information
Address: 85 South Blainsport Road, Reinholds, Pennsylvania 17569
Phone: 717-336-3424
Website: Blainsport Mennonite Church
Denominational Affiliations:
Lancaster Mennonite Conference
Maps
Map:Blainesport Mennonite Church (Reinholds, Pennsylvania)
| Author(s) | Ira D Landis |
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| Date Published | 1953 |
Cite This Article
MLA style
Landis, Ira D. "Blainsport Mennonite Church (Reinholds, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 19 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Blainsport_Mennonite_Church_(Reinholds,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=176998.
APA style
Landis, Ira D. (1953). Blainsport Mennonite Church (Reinholds, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Blainsport_Mennonite_Church_(Reinholds,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=176998.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 351. All rights reserved.
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