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The Maple Grove Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]), near Ellicott City, Howard County, [[Maryland (USA)|Maryland]], about 20 miles (33 km) southwest of Baltimore, was a member of the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]]. The [[Capital Christian Fellowship (Lanham, Maryland, USA)|Cottage City]], Maryland, congregation had begun contact in this area in 1934. In 1935 and 1937 tent meetings were held, which resulted in 15 converts. A meetinghouse was built soon thereafter. The membership in 1957 was 33, with Walter Shank as pastor and Lloy S. Kniss as bishop. [[Mount Airy Mennonite Church (Mount Airy, Maryland, USA)|Mount Airy]], a former mission point of the Maple Grove church, became an independent congregation in 1957. | The Maple Grove Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]), near Ellicott City, Howard County, [[Maryland (USA)|Maryland]], about 20 miles (33 km) southwest of Baltimore, was a member of the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]]. The [[Capital Christian Fellowship (Lanham, Maryland, USA)|Cottage City]], Maryland, congregation had begun contact in this area in 1934. In 1935 and 1937 tent meetings were held, which resulted in 15 converts. A meetinghouse was built soon thereafter. The membership in 1957 was 33, with Walter Shank as pastor and Lloy S. Kniss as bishop. [[Mount Airy Mennonite Church (Mount Airy, Maryland, USA)|Mount Airy]], a former mission point of the Maple Grove church, became an independent congregation in 1957. | ||
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Revision as of 20:02, 6 June 2014
The Maple Grove Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), near Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland, about 20 miles (33 km) southwest of Baltimore, was a member of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference. The Cottage City, Maryland, congregation had begun contact in this area in 1934. In 1935 and 1937 tent meetings were held, which resulted in 15 converts. A meetinghouse was built soon thereafter. The membership in 1957 was 33, with Walter Shank as pastor and Lloy S. Kniss as bishop. Mount Airy, a former mission point of the Maple Grove church, became an independent congregation in 1957.
The congregation changed its name to First Mennonite Church of Columbia in the 1970s. It merged with Guilford Road Mennonite Church to become New Life Mennonite Church in 2007.
| Author(s) | Ira D Landis |
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| Sam Steiner | |
| Date Published | 1957 |
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Landis, Ira D and Sam Steiner. "First Mennonite Church of Columbia (Ellicott City, Maryland, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 24 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=First_Mennonite_Church_of_Columbia_(Ellicott_City,_Maryland,_USA)&oldid=122883.
APA style
Landis, Ira D and Sam Steiner. (1957). First Mennonite Church of Columbia (Ellicott City, Maryland, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=First_Mennonite_Church_of_Columbia_(Ellicott_City,_Maryland,_USA)&oldid=122883.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 474. All rights reserved.
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