Powder Spring Mennonite Church (Mount Jackson, Virginia, USA)
Powder Spring Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), now extinct, located 12 miles west of Mount Jackson, Shenandoah County, Virginia, was probably the first rural outpost under the Virginia Mennonite Conference. The meetinghouse was originally built in 1858 for school and church services by three denominations, the Lutherans having one-half interest, and the Brethren and Mennonites each one-fourth interest. Here the Mennonites held services once a month and sometimes twice a month until the Woodland Tabernacle was built in 1944. A more permanent church was built in 1954. James Gross was ordained pastor in 1957. The work here was never flourishing, since it was in the midst of a strong German Lutheran community.
| Author(s) | Timothy Showalter |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Showalter, Timothy. "Powder Spring Mennonite Church (Mount Jackson, Virginia, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 19 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Powder_Spring_Mennonite_Church_(Mount_Jackson,_Virginia,_USA)&oldid=67316.
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Showalter, Timothy. (1959). Powder Spring Mennonite Church (Mount Jackson, Virginia, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Powder_Spring_Mennonite_Church_(Mount_Jackson,_Virginia,_USA)&oldid=67316.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 208. All rights reserved.
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