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White Hall Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]), now extinct, near Oronogo in Jasper County, [[Missouri (USA)|Missouri]], was last listed in the 1953 <em>Mennonite Yearbook</em>, with 15 members. In 1936 the church had its largest membership of 69. Joseph Blosser and family of [[Virginia (USA)|Virginia]], who arrived in Jasper County in 1867, were the first Mennonites in the area; by 1892 the church had grown to some 20 members. The congregation worshiped in the White Hall school until 1897, when it built a church across the road from the school. The first minister was Joseph Weaver, from Virginia, who was ordained in Missouri. Andrew Shenk, from [[Ohio (USA)|Ohio]], became the minister of the church in 1895. Another well-known preacher of the congregation was E. J. Berkey.
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