Allegheny Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA) - Revision history

SamSteiner: Text replacement - "[[LMC: A Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches" to "[[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches"

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Text replacement - "[[LMC: A Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches" to "[[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches"

SamSteiner: Text replacement - "[[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)" to "[[LMC: A Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches"

2023-08-08T19:03:19Z

Text replacement - "[[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)" to "[[LMC: A Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches"

SamSteiner: /* 2021 update */

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SamSteiner at 13:19, 6 July 2018

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 The Allegheny Mennonite Conference (prior to 1954 known as the Southwestern Pennsylvania Mennonite Conference) was organized in 1876. While Mennonites had settled in the area of the conference much earlier—Somerset County in two areas of Amish ([[Johnstown (Pennsylvania, USA)|Johnstown]] in the north and Meyersdale-Springs in the south) 1780-1800, [[Masontown Mennonite Church (Masontown, Pennsylvania, USA)|Masontown]], Martinsburg, and Scottdale Mennonites all about 1790, Rockton 1839, these being all the settlements at the time of organization, no conference had been formed.
-When the [[Masontown Mennonite Church (Masontown, Pennsylvania, USA)|Masontown]] congregation in 1873 called in [[Brubacher, Jacob N. (1838-1913)|Bishop Jacob N. Brubacher]], of the [[LMC: A Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Conference]], to conduct the ordination of a bishop--[[Durr, John N. (1853-1934)|J. N. Durr]] was ordained--he gave them a cordial invitation to join the Lancaster Conference, having learned in response to his inquiry as to what conference the ministers attended that they sometimes attended the Lancaster Conference and sometimes the [[Ohio Mennonite Conference|Ohio Conference]]. Bishop Durr did not follow Bishop Brubacher's invitation but took the lead in organizing a conference locally. In April 1876 the [[LMC: A Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Conference]] responded to an appropriate request carried by Bishop Durr and [[Blauch, Henry H. (1828-1904)|Henry Blauch]], a minister, from a meeting of ministers of the area by authorizing the formation of a conference which was to be subject to the Lancaster Conference. The organization meeting was held 22 September 1876, at the [[Blough Mennonite Church (Holsopple, Pennsylvania, USA)|Blough]] meetinghouse near Davidsville, PA, with the Lancaster moderator, Bishop Benjamin Herr, in charge, but it was not subject to the Lancaster Conference. The first moderator chosen was Bishop Durr, who was for many years the dominant personality in the conference.
+When the [[Masontown Mennonite Church (Masontown, Pennsylvania, USA)|Masontown]] congregation in 1873 called in [[Brubacher, Jacob N. (1838-1913)|Bishop Jacob N. Brubacher]], of the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Conference]], to conduct the ordination of a bishop--[[Durr, John N. (1853-1934)|J. N. Durr]] was ordained--he gave them a cordial invitation to join the Lancaster Conference, having learned in response to his inquiry as to what conference the ministers attended that they sometimes attended the Lancaster Conference and sometimes the [[Ohio Mennonite Conference|Ohio Conference]]. Bishop Durr did not follow Bishop Brubacher's invitation but took the lead in organizing a conference locally. In April 1876 the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Conference]] responded to an appropriate request carried by Bishop Durr and [[Blauch, Henry H. (1828-1904)|Henry Blauch]], a minister, from a meeting of ministers of the area by authorizing the formation of a conference which was to be subject to the Lancaster Conference. The organization meeting was held 22 September 1876, at the [[Blough Mennonite Church (Holsopple, Pennsylvania, USA)|Blough]] meetinghouse near Davidsville, PA, with the Lancaster moderator, Bishop Benjamin Herr, in charge, but it was not subject to the Lancaster Conference. The first moderator chosen was Bishop Durr, who was for many years the dominant personality in the conference.
 In a few years all the Mennonite congregations of the southwestern area of [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] were members of the conference. No major new additions occurred until the former Amish Mennonite congregations of [[Mifflin County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Mifflin County, PA]], members of the [[Eastern Amish Mennonite Conference|Eastern Amish Mennonite]] (later [[Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference (MC)|Ohio and Eastern Amish Mennonite]]) Conference, joined—[[Maple Grove Mennonite Church (Belleville, Pennsylvania, USA)|Maple Grove]] at [[Belleville (Pennsylvania, USA)|Belleville]] (1944), and [[Allensville Mennonite Church (Allensville, Pennsylvania, USA)|Allensville]] and [[Mattawana Mennonite Church (Lewistown, Pennsylvania, USA)|Mattawana]] with mission outposts (1957). In 1957 the Allegheny Conference had 3,177 members in 27 organized and 22 mission congregations. Because of the location of the [[Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pennsylvania, USA)|Mennonite Publishing House]] at Scottdale beginning in 1908, the ordained staff members there provided some outstanding leaders for the conference. These included bishops [[Loucks, Aaron (1864-1945)|Aaron Loucks]] (a native of Scottdale), [[Kauffman, Daniel (1865-1944)|Daniel Kauffman]], [[Ressler, Jacob Andrews (1867-1936)|Jacob A. Ressler]], [[Horst, John L., Sr. (1889-1964)|John L. Horst]], [[Metzler, Abram Jacob (1902-1996)|A. J. Metzler]] (a native of [[Martinsburg Mennonite Church (Martinsburg, Pennsylvania, USA)|Martinsburg]]), Paul M. Lederach, and others such as [[Yake, Clayton Franklin (1889-1974)|C. F. Yake]], [[Erb, Paul (1894-1984)|Paul Erb]], and Ellrose Zook.

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 The Allegheny Mennonite Conference (prior to 1954 known as the Southwestern Pennsylvania Mennonite Conference) was organized in 1876. While Mennonites had settled in the area of the conference much earlier—Somerset County in two areas of Amish ([[Johnstown (Pennsylvania, USA)|Johnstown]] in the north and Meyersdale-Springs in the south) 1780-1800, [[Masontown Mennonite Church (Masontown, Pennsylvania, USA)|Masontown]], Martinsburg, and Scottdale Mennonites all about 1790, Rockton 1839, these being all the settlements at the time of organization, no conference had been formed.
-When the [[Masontown Mennonite Church (Masontown, Pennsylvania, USA)|Masontown]] congregation in 1873 called in [[Brubacher, Jacob N. (1838-1913)|Bishop Jacob N. Brubacher]], of the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Conference]], to conduct the ordination of a bishop--[[Durr, John N. (1853-1934)|J. N. Durr]] was ordained--he gave them a cordial invitation to join the Lancaster Conference, having learned in response to his inquiry as to what conference the ministers attended that they sometimes attended the Lancaster Conference and sometimes the [[Ohio Mennonite Conference|Ohio Conference]]. Bishop Durr did not follow Bishop Brubacher's invitation but took the lead in organizing a conference locally. In April 1876 the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Conference]] responded to an appropriate request carried by Bishop Durr and [[Blauch, Henry H. (1828-1904)|Henry Blauch]], a minister, from a meeting of ministers of the area by authorizing the formation of a conference which was to be subject to the Lancaster Conference. The organization meeting was held 22 September 1876, at the [[Blough Mennonite Church (Holsopple, Pennsylvania, USA)|Blough]] meetinghouse near Davidsville, PA, with the Lancaster moderator, Bishop Benjamin Herr, in charge, but it was not subject to the Lancaster Conference. The first moderator chosen was Bishop Durr, who was for many years the dominant personality in the conference.
+When the [[Masontown Mennonite Church (Masontown, Pennsylvania, USA)|Masontown]] congregation in 1873 called in [[Brubacher, Jacob N. (1838-1913)|Bishop Jacob N. Brubacher]], of the [[LMC: A Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Conference]], to conduct the ordination of a bishop--[[Durr, John N. (1853-1934)|J. N. Durr]] was ordained--he gave them a cordial invitation to join the Lancaster Conference, having learned in response to his inquiry as to what conference the ministers attended that they sometimes attended the Lancaster Conference and sometimes the [[Ohio Mennonite Conference|Ohio Conference]]. Bishop Durr did not follow Bishop Brubacher's invitation but took the lead in organizing a conference locally. In April 1876 the [[LMC: A Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Conference]] responded to an appropriate request carried by Bishop Durr and [[Blauch, Henry H. (1828-1904)|Henry Blauch]], a minister, from a meeting of ministers of the area by authorizing the formation of a conference which was to be subject to the Lancaster Conference. The organization meeting was held 22 September 1876, at the [[Blough Mennonite Church (Holsopple, Pennsylvania, USA)|Blough]] meetinghouse near Davidsville, PA, with the Lancaster moderator, Bishop Benjamin Herr, in charge, but it was not subject to the Lancaster Conference. The first moderator chosen was Bishop Durr, who was for many years the dominant personality in the conference.
 In a few years all the Mennonite congregations of the southwestern area of [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] were members of the conference. No major new additions occurred until the former Amish Mennonite congregations of [[Mifflin County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Mifflin County, PA]], members of the [[Eastern Amish Mennonite Conference|Eastern Amish Mennonite]] (later [[Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference (MC)|Ohio and Eastern Amish Mennonite]]) Conference, joined—[[Maple Grove Mennonite Church (Belleville, Pennsylvania, USA)|Maple Grove]] at [[Belleville (Pennsylvania, USA)|Belleville]] (1944), and [[Allensville Mennonite Church (Allensville, Pennsylvania, USA)|Allensville]] and [[Mattawana Mennonite Church (Lewistown, Pennsylvania, USA)|Mattawana]] with mission outposts (1957). In 1957 the Allegheny Conference had 3,177 members in 27 organized and 22 mission congregations. Because of the location of the [[Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pennsylvania, USA)|Mennonite Publishing House]] at Scottdale beginning in 1908, the ordained staff members there provided some outstanding leaders for the conference. These included bishops [[Loucks, Aaron (1864-1945)|Aaron Loucks]] (a native of Scottdale), [[Kauffman, Daniel (1865-1944)|Daniel Kauffman]], [[Ressler, Jacob Andrews (1867-1936)|Jacob A. Ressler]], [[Horst, John L., Sr. (1889-1964)|John L. Horst]], [[Metzler, Abram Jacob (1902-1996)|A. J. Metzler]] (a native of [[Martinsburg Mennonite Church (Martinsburg, Pennsylvania, USA)|Martinsburg]]), Paul M. Lederach, and others such as [[Yake, Clayton Franklin (1889-1974)|C. F. Yake]], [[Erb, Paul (1894-1984)|Paul Erb]], and Ellrose Zook.

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 In 2021 the following congregations were members of the Allegheny Mennonite Conference:
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-{| class="wikitable"
+{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
 |-
 !Congregation
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 |Pennsylvania
 |-
-|West Philadelphia Mennonite Fellowship
+|[[West Philadelphia Mennonite Fellowship (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)|West Philadelphia Mennonite Fellowship]]
 |Philadelphia
 |Pennsylvania
 |}
 = Bibliography =

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 |Pennsylvania
 |-
-|University Mennonite Church
+|[[University Mennonite Church (State College, Pennsylvania, USA)|University Mennonite Church]]
 |State College
 |Pennsylvania

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 |West Virginia
 |-
-|Pittsburgh Mennonite Church
+|[[Pittsburgh Mennonite Church (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)|Pittsburgh Mennonite Church]]
 |Pittsburgh
 |Pennsylvania

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 |West Virginia
 |-
-|Philippi Mennonite Church
+|[[Philippi Mennonite Church (Philippi, West Virginia, USA)|Philippi Mennonite Church]]
 |Philippi
 |West Virginia

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 |Pennsylvania
 |-
-|Morgantown Church of the Brethren
+|[[Morgantown Church of the Brethren (Morgantown, West Virginia, USA)|Morgantown Church of the Brethren]]
 |Morgantown
 |West Virginia

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 The Allegheny Conference is part of [[Mennonite Church USA]]. It was part of the [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] prior to that denomination's merger with the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]].
-= 2017 update =
+= 2021 update =
-In 2017 the following congregations were members of the Allegheny Mennonite Conference:
+In 2021 the following congregations were members of the Allegheny Mennonite Conference:
 <div align="center">
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 |Hyattsville
 |Maryland
 |-
 |[[Masontown Mennonite Church (Masontown, Pennsylvania, USA)|Masontown Mennonite Church]]
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 |University Mennonite Church
 |State College
 |Pennsylvania
 |}

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 !State
 |-
-|Bhutanese-Nepali Church of Pittsburgh
+|[[Bhutanese-Nepali Church of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)|Bhutanese-Nepali Church of Pittsburgh]]
 |Pittsburgh
 |Pennsylvania
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 |Pennsylvania
 |-
-|Grace Fellowship
+|[[Grace Fellowship (Greenwood, Delaware, USA)|Grace Fellowship]]
 |Greenwood
 |Delaware
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 |}
 </div>
 = Bibliography =
 <em>History of the Southwestern</em> <em> Pennsylvania Conference. </em>S.l., 1923 (not a history but a collection of conference minutes and statistics).