Neffsville Mennonite Church (Neffsville, Pennsylvania, USA)
The Neffsville Mennonite Church, Neffsville, Pennsylvania, USA, dates from December 1951 when some persons dissatisfied with the discipline of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference met with Bishop Otis N. Johns of the Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference. They discussed launching a new congregation affiliated with that less conservative conference.
A group began meeting in a former Church of the Brethren meetinghouse on Buch Avenue. On 10 October 1952, O. N. Johns officiated at the congregation's organization with 72 charter members. Maurice Landis began as the first pastor in January 1953.
The congregation met on Buch Avenue until it dedicated a new facility on Lititz Pike on 9-10 June 1956. A substantial addition came in 1966. Finally, a new auditorium was dedicated on 19 May 1991.
In 2021 the congregation was part of the Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA. That conference was formerly the eastern part of the Ohio and Eastern Conference before it became a separate conference in 1978.
Bibliography
"First services were held...." Gospel Herald 49, no. 23 (5 June 1956): 548.
Metzler, Jeanette. "Neffsville moves into new facility." Atlantic Coast Conference Currents 12, no. 3 (May-June 1991): 4.
"Neffsville Mennonite Church" Atlantic Coast Conference Currents 2, no. 5 (September-October 1981): 1.
Stoltzfus, Grant M. Mennonites of the Ohio and Eastern Conference; From the Colonial Period in Pennsylvania to 1968. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite history, no. 13. Scottdale, Pa: Herald Press, 1969: 246, 325.
Additional Information
Address: 2371 Lititz Pike, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17601
Phone: 717-569-0012
Website: https://www.neffmc.org/
Denominational Affiliations: Atlantic Coast Conference
Pastoral Leaders at Neffsville Mennonite Church
| Name | Years of Service |
|---|---|
| Maurice W. Landis (1913-2000) | 1953-1961 |
| John R. Martin (1928-2021) | 1961-1971 |
| Robert Shreiner (Interim) | 1971-1973 |
| Clyde D. Fulmer (1931-2000) | 1973-1979 |
| Kenneth Good (Interim) | 1979-1980 |
| G. Edwin Bontrager | 1980-1987 |
| Terry A. Yoder (Assistant) | 1982-1989? |
| Linford King | 1987-2002 |
| Bradlee T. Bame (Youth) | 1991-1994 |
| Wilbur D. Miller (Music) | 1991-1994 |
| Shawn Erb (Youth) | 1994-1998 |
| Dwight Rohrer (Youth) | 1999-2021 |
| Arthur P. Dyck (Music) | 1999-2006 |
| Craig R. Schloneger | 2003-2005 |
| Truman H. Brunk (1931-2010) (Interim) | 2005-2006 |
| Harry Jarrett | 2006-2013 |
| Beth Jarrett (Associate) | 2006-2013 |
| Linda Helmus (Associate) | 2009-2014 |
| Alan Miller (Interim) | 2013-2014 2021-present |
| F. Hunter Hess | 2015-present |
| NanaSue Walker (Associate) | 2017-2021 |
Membership at Neffsville Mennonite Church
| Year | Membership |
|---|---|
| 1952 | 72 |
| 1960 | 228 |
| 1970 | 402 |
| 1980 | 479 |
| 1990 | 480 |
| 2000 | 494 |
| 2007 | 605 |
| 2020 | 400 |
Original Mennonite Encyclopedia Article
By Harold S. Bender. Copied by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 1111. All rights reserved.
Neffsville Mennonite Church (MC), originally a member of the Ohio and Eastern Conference (later Atlantic Coast Conference), was organized in 1952 largely by members who had withdrawn from the East Chestnut Street Church of the Lancaster Conference. Its meetinghouse, located at the south edge of Neffsville, Pennsylvania, 3½ miles (5.6 km.) north of Lancaster, was erected in 1957. In 1958 it had 229 members, with Maurice W. Landis as pastor.
| Author(s) | Samuel J Steiner |
|---|---|
| Date Published | December 2021 |
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