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[[File:Chicago_Mission_Staff_1894_95.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Mennonite Home Mission Staff in

1894/95. Back (L-R): Aaron Loucks,

S. F. Coffman, DeWitt Good;

Front (L-R): Melinda Ebersole, Alice

Thut, Mary Denlinger, Barbara Sherk.

Scan Courtesy: [http://www.mcusa-archives.org/ Mennonite Church USA Archives-Goshen.] Mennonite Church

USA Archives-Goshen.

Hist. Mss. 4-154, Box 3/1

'']] Mennonite Home Mission ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) was a congregation located at 1907 South Union Avenue, [[Chicago (Illinois, USA)|Chicago]], [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], a member of the [[Illinois Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA) |Illinois Conference]], was started as a mission station in 1893 by Dr. S. D. Ebersole, [[Page, Alice Thut (1872-1951) and William B. (1871-1945)|Dr. W. B. Page]], [[Steiner, Menno Simon (1866-1911)|M. S. Steiner]], and [[Coffman, John S. (1848-1899)|John S. Coffman]], assisted by Mennonite medical students and other Mennonites living in Chicago. It had its beginning in a four-story building at 639 West 18th Street. From there it moved to its 1956 location. By 1956 there had been 17 different nationalities represented in the church and 20 in the Sunday school. In the 1956 membership of 123, about 50 per cent were of non-Mennonite background. The ministers in charge of the church in 1956 were Laurence M. Horst and James Christophel (licensed minister). One of the outstanding events in the history of the congregation was a combined missionary meeting, dedication service, and twenty-fifth anniversary celebration, which lasted four days in January 1919. The outstanding superintendent in the history of the mission was [[Leaman, Amos Hershey (1878-1950)|A. Hershey Leaman]] (1878-1950), who served the mission as pastor 1905-1920.

In 1957 the church was forced to move when the city decided to build an expressway that included the mission property. The new location at 832 West 68th Street became the [[Englewood Mennonite Church (Chicago, Illinois, USA)|Englewood Mennonite Church]]. Some services continued at the old location until 1959.

= Bibliography =
Oyer, Emma. What God Hath Wrought. Elkhart, IN: Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities, 1949.

Smith, Willard H. Mennonites in Illinois. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1983: 274, 430.

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 Scan Courtesy: [http://www.mennoniteusa.org/executive-board/archives/ Mennonite Church USA Archives-Goshen.] Hist. Mss. 4-154, Box 3/1'']]
-Mennonite Home Mission ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) was a congregation located at 1907 South Union Avenue, [[Chicago (Illinois, USA)|Chicago]], [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], a member of the [[Illinois Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA) |Illinois Conference]], was started as a mission station in 1893 by Dr. S. D. Ebersole, [[Page, Alice Thut (1872-1951) and William B. (1871-1945)|Dr. W. B. Page]], [[Steiner, Menno Simon (1866-1911)|M. S. Steiner]], and [[Coffman, John S. (1848-1899)|John S. Coffman]], assisted by Mennonite medical students and other Mennonites living in Chicago. It had its beginning in a four-story building at 639 West 18th Street. From there it moved to its 1956 location. By 1956 there had been 17 different nationalities represented in the church and 20 in the Sunday school. In the 1956 membership of 123, about 50 per cent were of non-Mennonite background. The ministers in charge of the church in 1956 were Laurence M. Horst and James Christophel (licensed minister). One of the outstanding events in the history of the congregation was a combined missionary meeting, dedication service, and twenty-fifth anniversary celebration, which lasted four days in January 1919. The outstanding superintendent in the history of the mission was [[Leaman, Amos Hershey (1878-1950)|A. Hershey Leaman]] (1878-1950), who served the mission as pastor 1905-1920.
+Mennonite Home Mission ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) was a congregation located at 1907 South Union Avenue, [[Chicago (Illinois, USA)|Chicago]], [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], a member of the [[Illinois Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA) |Illinois Conference]], was started as a mission station in 1893 by Dr. S. D. Ebersole, [[Page, Alice Thut (1872-1951) and William B. (1871-1945)|Dr. W. B. Page]], [[Steiner, Menno Simon (1866-1911)|M. S. Steiner]], and [[Coffman, John S. (1848-1899)|John S. Coffman]], assisted by Mennonite medical students and other Mennonites living in Chicago. It had its beginning in a four-story building at 639 West 18th Street. From there it moved to its 1956 location. By 1956 there had been 17 different nationalities represented in the church and 20 in the Sunday school. In the 1956 membership of 123, about 50 percent were of non-Mennonite background. The ministers in charge of the church in 1956 were Laurence M. Horst and James Christophel (licensed minister). One of the outstanding events in the history of the congregation was a combined missionary meeting, dedication service, and twenty-fifth-anniversary celebration, which lasted four days in January 1919. The outstanding superintendent in the history of the mission was [[Leaman, Amos Hershey (1878-1950)|A. Hershey Leaman]] (1878-1950), who served the mission as pastor 1905-1920.
 In 1957 the church was forced to move when the city decided to build an expressway that included the mission property. The new location at 832 West 68th Street became the [[Englewood Mennonite Church (Chicago, Illinois, USA)|Englewood Mennonite Church]]. Some services continued at the old location until 1959.
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 Smith, Willard H. ''Mennonites in Illinois''. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1983: 274, 430.
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-[[File:Chicago_Mission_Staff_1894_95.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Mennonite Home Mission Staff in 1894/95. Back (L-R): Aaron Loucks, S. F. Coffman, DeWitt Good; Front (L-R): Melinda Ebersole, Alice Thut, Mary Denlinger, Barbara Sherk.<br />
+[[File:Chicago_Mission_Staff_1894_95.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Mennonite Home Mission Staff in 1894/95. Back (L-R): [[Loucks, Aaron (1864-1945)|Aaron Loucks]], [[Coffman, Samuel Frederick (1872-1954)|S. F. Coffman]], DeWitt Good; Front (L-R): Melinda Ebersole, Alice Thut, Mary Denlinger, [[Sherk, Barbara (1847-1920)|Barbara Sherk]].<br />
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 In 1957 the church was forced to move when the city decided to build an expressway that included the mission property. The new location at 832 West 68th Street became the [[Englewood Mennonite Church (Chicago, Illinois, USA)|Englewood Mennonite Church]]. Some services continued at the old location until 1959.
 = Bibliography =
-Oyer, Emma. <em>What God Hath Wrought</em>. Elkhart, IN: Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities, 1949.
+Oyer, Emma. ''What God Hath Wrought''. Elkhart, IN: Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities, 1949.
-Smith, Willard H. <em>Mennonites in Illinois</em>. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1983: 274, 430.
+Smith, Willard H. ''Mennonites in Illinois''. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1983: 274, 430.
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