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Kinzer Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church USA), a member of the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]], is located at 45 North Kinzer Road in the small thriving town of Kinzers on the Lincoln Highway, [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]], Pennsylvania. In 1897 a meeting house was built here for the benefit of retiring farmers. Until 1916 the quarterly mission meetings were held alternately at Kinzer and at [[Grace Point Church of Paradise (Paradise, Pennsylvania, USA)|Paradise]]. The 1955 membership was 143. G. Parke Book was bishop, the Paradise-Kinzer ministers served and Clarence V. Groff was deacon. In 2006 the membership was 45.
 
Kinzer Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church USA), a member of the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]], is located at 45 North Kinzer Road in the small thriving town of Kinzers on the Lincoln Highway, [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]], Pennsylvania. In 1897 a meeting house was built here for the benefit of retiring farmers. Until 1916 the quarterly mission meetings were held alternately at Kinzer and at [[Grace Point Church of Paradise (Paradise, Pennsylvania, USA)|Paradise]]. The 1955 membership was 143. G. Parke Book was bishop, the Paradise-Kinzer ministers served and Clarence V. Groff was deacon. In 2006 the membership was 45.
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On 19 June 2016 the congregation held its last service. The building was then occupied by the Gospel of Grace Community Church.
 
= Additional Information =
 
= Additional Information =
 
'''Address''': 45 North Kinzer Rd, Kinzers, PA 17535
 
'''Address''': 45 North Kinzer Rd, Kinzers, PA 17535
 
'''Phone''': 717) 442-4507
 
 
'''Website''': http://www.kinzerchurch.org/
 
 
'''Denominational Affiliations''':
 
[http://www.lancasterconference.org/ Lancaster Mennonite Conference]
 
 
[http://www.mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA]
 
 
= Map =
 
= Map =
 
[[Map:Kinzer Mennonite Church (Kinzers, Pennsylvania, USA)]]
 
[[Map:Kinzer Mennonite Church (Kinzers, Pennsylvania, USA)]]
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Kinzer Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church USA), a member of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference, is located at 45 North Kinzer Road in the small thriving town of Kinzers on the Lincoln Highway, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In 1897 a meeting house was built here for the benefit of retiring farmers. Until 1916 the quarterly mission meetings were held alternately at Kinzer and at Paradise. The 1955 membership was 143. G. Parke Book was bishop, the Paradise-Kinzer ministers served and Clarence V. Groff was deacon. In 2006 the membership was 45.

On 19 June 2016 the congregation held its last service. The building was then occupied by the Gospel of Grace Community Church.

Additional Information

Address: 45 North Kinzer Rd, Kinzers, PA 17535

Map

Map:Kinzer Mennonite Church (Kinzers, Pennsylvania, USA)


Author(s) Ira D Landis
Sam Steiner
Date Published 1957

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Landis, Ira D and Sam Steiner. "Kinzer Mennonite Church (Kinzers, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 18 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Kinzer_Mennonite_Church_(Kinzers,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=148586.

APA style

Landis, Ira D and Sam Steiner. (1957). Kinzer Mennonite Church (Kinzers, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Kinzer_Mennonite_Church_(Kinzers,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=148586.




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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 178. All rights reserved.


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