Pleasant View Bible Church (Aurora, Nebraska, USA)
Pleasant View Mennonite Church (General Conference Mennonite Church), located near Aurora, Nebraska, was organized in 1886 under Christian Rediger and again in 1892 as the "German Mennonite Church," one of the twelve charter member congregations of the Central Conference of Mennonites. Ministers who have served the congregation were Andrew Oesch, Jacob Donner, George Donner, Eugene Augspurger, Edwin Goossen, and Herbert Roszhart. The membership in 1957 was 161, with Leo D. Thomas as pastor. The original church built in 1886-1887 was remodeled in 1949.
In 1965 the congregation asked to withdraw from the Central District Conference. It appeared this was partly due to its distance from the center of the conference. However, it chose to become an independent church rather than joining the Northern District Conference of the General Conference Mennonite Church. It took the name Pleasant View Bible Church.
Bibliography
Kuhlmann, Paul. "A brief history of the Mennonites in Nebraska." M.A. Thesis, University of Nebraska, 1953. Web. 3 November 2022. https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1362&context=studentwork.
Rich, Elaine Sommers, ed. Walking Together in Faith: The Central District Conference, 1957-1990. Bluffton, Ohio: The Conference, 2003: 99-100.
Weaver, William B. History of the Central Conference Mennonite Church. Danvers, Ill: The author, 1926: 90-91. Available in full electronic text at https://archive.org/details/historyofcentral00weav/
Additional Information
Address: 307 Manor Drive, Aurora, Nebraska 68818
Phone:
Website: https://www.pleasantviewchurch.org/page/home-page
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Pastoral Leaders at Pleasant View Mennonite Church
| Name | Years of Service |
|---|---|
| Christian Rediger (1849-1938) | 1885-1922 |
| Andrew Oesch (1848-1940) | 1887-1912 |
| David D. "D. D." Augspurger (1853-1935) | 1893-1895 |
| Jacob Donner | 1902-1907 |
| Julius A. Oesch (1883-1970) | 1910-1911? |
| George Donner | 1910-1921 |
| Eugene R. Augspurger (1874-1944) | 1923-1939 |
| Edwin Goossen (1915-2009) | 1940-1942 |
| Herbert P. Roszhart (1911-1975) | 1943-1955 |
| Leo D. Thomas | 1955-1962 |
| LeRoy J. Stucky | 1963-1965 |
Membership at Pleasant View Mennonite Church
| Year | Membership |
|---|---|
| 1925 | 125 |
| 1930 | 147 |
| 1950 | 171 |
| 1960 | 171 |
| 1965 | 145 |
| Author(s) | Herbert Roszhart |
|---|---|
| Samuel J. Steiner | |
| Date Published | 1959 |
Cite This Article
MLA style
Roszhart, Herbert and Samuel J. Steiner. "Pleasant View Bible Church (Aurora, Nebraska, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 19 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Pleasant_View_Bible_Church_(Aurora,_Nebraska,_USA)&oldid=174254.
APA style
Roszhart, Herbert and Samuel J. Steiner. (1959). Pleasant View Bible Church (Aurora, Nebraska, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Pleasant_View_Bible_Church_(Aurora,_Nebraska,_USA)&oldid=174254.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 191. All rights reserved.
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