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Martins Mennonite Church, with its meetinghouse in east central [[Wayne County (Ohio, USA)|Wayne County]], Ohio, about southeast of Orrville, was founded by [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]] Mennonites in 1834. William Westheffer and Henry Martin were the first ministers. The congregation erected a log meetinghouse in 1835. Being rather conservative, the congregation did not organize a Sunday school until 1880. The congregation had 197 members in 1955, with Stanford Mumaw as pastor. In 2006 the membership was 182, with Randy B. Murray as Pastor. Martins is a member of the [[Ohio Mennonite Conference]].

Earlier the Pleasant View and Martins congregations were counted in a sense as one congregation with alternating services in the two meetinghouses but a joint ministry. In 1930 the connection severed and each became a fully independent congregation. The [[Old Colony Mennonites|Wisler]] schism of 1873 cost heavily in membership at both Martins and Pleasant View, the [[County Line Old Order Mennonite Church (Dalton, Ohio, USA)|County Line]]-[[Chestnut Ridge Mennonite Church (Orrville, Ohio, USA)|Chestnut Ridge]] Old Order Mennonite congregation having been formed from this schism.

The congregation's address is 14027 Church Road, Orrville, Ohio.
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