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Woodland Mennonite Church (formerly Woodland Tabernacle) is a Mennonite ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) rural mission church 4 miles north of Orkney Springs, near Jerome, Shenandoah County, [[Virginia (USA)|Virginia]], founded in 1920 under the [[Virginia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Virginia Mennonite Conference]]. An inexpensive building was erected here in 1944 to care for the work that was formerly carried on at the Lindamood schoolhouse. The membership here is the outgrowth and remnant of the [[Powder Spring Mennonite Church (Mount Jackson, Virginia, USA)|Powder Spring]] congregation, which was located several miles south of this place. | Woodland Mennonite Church (formerly Woodland Tabernacle) is a Mennonite ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) rural mission church 4 miles north of Orkney Springs, near Jerome, Shenandoah County, [[Virginia (USA)|Virginia]], founded in 1920 under the [[Virginia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Virginia Mennonite Conference]]. An inexpensive building was erected here in 1944 to care for the work that was formerly carried on at the Lindamood schoolhouse. The membership here is the outgrowth and remnant of the [[Powder Spring Mennonite Church (Mount Jackson, Virginia, USA)|Powder Spring]] congregation, which was located several miles south of this place. | ||
Revision as of 07:22, 6 April 2014
Woodland Mennonite Church (formerly Woodland Tabernacle) is a Mennonite (Mennonite Church) rural mission church 4 miles north of Orkney Springs, near Jerome, Shenandoah County, Virginia, founded in 1920 under the Virginia Mennonite Conference. An inexpensive building was erected here in 1944 to care for the work that was formerly carried on at the Lindamood schoolhouse. The membership here is the outgrowth and remnant of the Powder Spring congregation, which was located several miles south of this place.
The membership in 1958 was 22, with James E. Gross (1900-1963) in charge. In 2014 membership was 12 with Rodney Lebron serving as minister.
Additional Information
Address: 3715 Alum Springs Road, Basye VA 22810-2049
Phone: 540-856-2432
Denominational Affiliation:
| Author(s) | Timothy Showalter |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
Cite This Article
MLA style
Showalter, Timothy. "Woodland Mennonite Church (Basye, Virginia, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 19 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Woodland_Mennonite_Church_(Basye,_Virginia,_USA)&oldid=117466.
APA style
Showalter, Timothy. (1959). Woodland Mennonite Church (Basye, Virginia, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Woodland_Mennonite_Church_(Basye,_Virginia,_USA)&oldid=117466.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 977. All rights reserved.
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