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<span>Pinto Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]), located in Pinto, [[Allegany County (Maryland, USA)|Allegany County]], Maryland, a member of the [[Allegheny Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Allegheny Mennonite Conference]] (formerly Southwestern Pennsylvania), was organized in 1927 with a membership of 46. D. H. Bender was the first Mennonite minister to preach in that community, about 1915. Milton B. Miller of Springs, Pennsylvania served as minister. Chester M. Helmick was ordained as minister in 1929, and the following year Robert P. Dayton was ordained to the ministry. The church building, a cement block structure that seats 250, was built in 1927. In the present (1957) membership of 100 there are representatives of ten denominations who have been received into fellowship. The ministers in 1956 were A. Lehman Longenecker and Chester M. Helmick. </span>

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-Pinto Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]), located in Pinto, [[Allegany County (Maryland, USA)|Allegany County]], Maryland, a member of the [[Allegheny Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Allegheny Mennonite Conference]] (formerly Southwestern Pennsylvania), was organized in 1927 with a membership of 46. D. H. Bender was the first Mennonite minister to preach in that community, about 1915. Ed Miller and Milton B. Miller of Springs, Pennsylvania served as ministers in the 1920s. Chester M. Helmick was ordained as minister in 1929, and the following year Robert P. Dayton was ordained to the ministry. The church building, a cement block structure that seats 250, was built in 1927. In the present (1957) membership of 100 there are representatives of ten denominations who have been received into fellowship. The ministers in 1956 were A. Lehman Longenecker and Chester M. Helmick.
+The roots of the Pinto Mennonite Church in Pinto, [[Maryland (USA)|Maryland]], came from Amish and Mennonite families who moved from the Grantsville and [[Springs (Pennsylvania, USA)|Springs]] communities in the early 1900s. These included the [[Yoder (Ioder, Joder, Jodter, Jotter, Yoeder, Yother, Yothers, Yotter)|Yoder]], Ash, and Schrock families. Since no ordained pastors were part of the group, they worshiped at the Methodist Church in nearby Short Gap, [[West Virginia (USA)|West Virginia]]. Families also participated in a union [[Sunday School|Sunday school]] that began in 1917. The [[Allegheny Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Southwestern Pennsylvania Mennonite Conference]] recognized this place as a new mission station in fall 1917.
-In 2015 the Pinto congregation left the Allegheny Conference and joined the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]]. This move was part of a larger realignment of Mennonite congregations formerly part of [[Mennonite Church USA]]. These congregations were unhappy with Mennonite Church USA's failure to take stronger disciplinary actions against area conferences and congregations who expressed openness to inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons. The Lancaster Mennonite Conference took action in 2015 to withdraw from Mennonite Church USA by the end of 2017, and became an attractive alternative for these congregations.
+In 1926, the Southwestern Conference agreed to erect a cement block meetinghouse on a hillside overlooking the Potomac Valley, and to pay half the cost. The building was dedicated on 22 August 1926. The congregation added a vestibule and balcony in 1938 and remodeled the facility in 1956. In 1972, the congregation built a new church building. The original building was used as a community center until it was destroyed by fire on 14 August 2010. Several years later, the church erected a new community center.
 = Bibliography =
-"'Salt and Light': Fall Faith and Life Gathering." ''A M C News'' September-December 2015. Web. 29 May 2017. http://www.alleghenymennoniteconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/September-December-2015.pdf.
+"'Salt and Light': Fall Faith and Life Gathering." A M C News September-December 2015. Web. 29 May 2017. http://www.alleghenymennoniteconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/September-December-2015.pdf.
 = Additional Information =
-'''Address''': 13822 Pinto Road Southwest, Cumberland, MD 21502
+'''Address''': 13822 Pinto Road SW, Cumberland, Maryland 21502
-'''Phone''': 301-729-2714
+[https://lmcchurches.org/ LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches]
-'''Website''': http://www.pintochurch.org/
+[https://www.mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA] (Until 2017)
-'''Denominational Affiliations''': [https://www.lancasterconference.org/ Lancaster Mennonite Conference]
+By Chester M. Helmick. Copied by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from ''Mennonite Encyclopedia'', Vol. 4, p. 182. All rights reserved.
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+Pinto Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]), located in Pinto, [[Allegany County (Maryland, USA)|Allegany County]], Maryland, a member of the [[Allegheny Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Allegheny Mennonite Conference]] (formerly Southwestern Pennsylvania), was organized in 1927 with a membership of 46. D. H. Bender was the first Mennonite minister to preach in that community, about 1915. Ed Miller and Milton B. Miller of Springs, Pennsylvania served as ministers in the 1920s. Chester M. Helmick was ordained as minister in 1929, and the following year Robert P. Dayton was ordained to the ministry. The church building, a cement block structure that seats 250, was built in 1927. In the present (1957) membership of 100 there are representatives of ten denominations who have been received into fellowship. The ministers in 1956 were A. Lehman Longenecker and Chester M. Helmick.
 [[Category:Churches]]
-[[Category:Allegheny Mennonite Conference Congregations‏‎]]
+[[Category:Allegheny Mennonite Conference Congregations]]
 [[Category:LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches Congregations]]
 [[Category:Mennonite Church USA Congregations]]
 [[Category:Maryland Congregations]]
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 Pinto Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]), located in Pinto, [[Allegany County (Maryland, USA)|Allegany County]], Maryland, a member of the [[Allegheny Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Allegheny Mennonite Conference]] (formerly Southwestern Pennsylvania), was organized in 1927 with a membership of 46. D. H. Bender was the first Mennonite minister to preach in that community, about 1915. Ed Miller and Milton B. Miller of Springs, Pennsylvania served as ministers in the 1920s. Chester M. Helmick was ordained as minister in 1929, and the following year Robert P. Dayton was ordained to the ministry. The church building, a cement block structure that seats 250, was built in 1927. In the present (1957) membership of 100 there are representatives of ten denominations who have been received into fellowship. The ministers in 1956 were A. Lehman Longenecker and Chester M. Helmick.
-In 2015 the Pinto congregation left the Allegheny Conference and joined the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]]. This move was part of a larger realignment of Mennonite congregations formerly part of [[Mennonite Church USA]]. These congregations were unhappy with Mennonite Church USA's failure to take stronger disciplinary actions against area conferences and congregations who expressed openness to inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons. The Lancaster Mennonite Conference took action in 2015 to withdraw from Mennonite Church USA by the end of 2017, and became an attractive alternative for these congregations.
+In 2015 the Pinto congregation left the Allegheny Conference and joined the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]]. This move was part of a larger realignment of Mennonite congregations formerly part of [[Mennonite Church USA]]. These congregations were unhappy with Mennonite Church USA's failure to take stronger disciplinary actions against area conferences and congregations who expressed openness to inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons. The Lancaster Mennonite Conference took action in 2015 to withdraw from Mennonite Church USA by the end of 2017, and became an attractive alternative for these congregations.
 = Bibliography =
 "'Salt and Light': Fall Faith and Life Gathering." ''A M C News'' September-December 2015. Web. 29 May 2017. http://www.alleghenymennoniteconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/September-December-2015.pdf.

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-[[Category:Lancaster Mennonite Conference Congregations]]
+[[Category:LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches Congregations]]
 [[Category:Mennonite Church USA Congregations]]
 [[Category:Maryland Congregations]]
 [[Category:United States Congregations]]

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-Pinto Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]), located in Pinto, [[Allegany County (Maryland, USA)|Allegany County]], Maryland, a member of the [[Allegheny Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Allegheny Mennonite Conference]] (formerly Southwestern Pennsylvania), was organized in 1927 with a membership of 46. D. H. Bender was the first Mennonite minister to preach in that community, about 1915. Milton B. Miller of Springs, Pennsylvania served as minister. Chester M. Helmick was ordained as minister in 1929, and the following year Robert P. Dayton was ordained to the ministry. The church building, a cement block structure that seats 250, was built in 1927. In the present (1957) membership of 100 there are representatives of ten denominations who have been received into fellowship. The ministers in 1956 were A. Lehman Longenecker and Chester M. Helmick.
+Pinto Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]), located in Pinto, [[Allegany County (Maryland, USA)|Allegany County]], Maryland, a member of the [[Allegheny Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Allegheny Mennonite Conference]] (formerly Southwestern Pennsylvania), was organized in 1927 with a membership of 46. D. H. Bender was the first Mennonite minister to preach in that community, about 1915. Ed Miller and Milton B. Miller of Springs, Pennsylvania served as ministers in the 1920s. Chester M. Helmick was ordained as minister in 1929, and the following year Robert P. Dayton was ordained to the ministry. The church building, a cement block structure that seats 250, was built in 1927. In the present (1957) membership of 100 there are representatives of ten denominations who have been received into fellowship. The ministers in 1956 were A. Lehman Longenecker and Chester M. Helmick.
 In 2015 the Pinto congregation left the Allegheny Conference and joined the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]]. This move was part of a larger realignment of Mennonite congregations formerly part of [[Mennonite Church USA]]. These congregations were unhappy with Mennonite Church USA's failure to take stronger disciplinary actions against area conferences and congregations who expressed openness to inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons. The Lancaster Mennonite Conference took action in 2015 to withdraw from Mennonite Church USA by the end of 2017, and became an attractive alternative for these congregations.

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+{{GAMEO_footer|hp=Vol. 4, p. 182|date=1959|a1_last=Helmick|a1_first=Chester M.|a2_last=Steiner|a2_first=Samuel J.}}
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−	~~<span>~~Pinto Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)\|Mennonite Church]]), located in Pinto, [[Allegany County (Maryland, USA)\|Allegany County]], Maryland, a member of the [[Allegheny Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)\|Allegheny Mennonite Conference]] (formerly Southwestern Pennsylvania), was organized in 1927 with a membership of 46. D. H. Bender was the first Mennonite minister to preach in that community, about 1915. Milton B. Miller of Springs, Pennsylvania served as minister. Chester M. Helmick was ordained as minister in 1929, and the following year Robert P. Dayton was ordained to the ministry. The church building, a cement block structure that seats 250, was built in 1927. In the present (1957) membership of 100 there are representatives of ten denominations who have been received into fellowship. The ministers in 1956 were A. Lehman Longenecker and Chester M. Helmick. </~~span>~~	+	__TOC__
−	{{GAMEO_footer\|hp=Vol. 4, p. 182\|date=1959\|a1_last=Helmick\|a1_first=Chester M\|a2_last=\|a2_first=}}	+	Pinto Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)\|Mennonite Church]]), located in Pinto, [[Allegany County (Maryland, USA)\|Allegany County]], Maryland, a member of the [[Allegheny Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)\|Allegheny Mennonite Conference]] (formerly Southwestern Pennsylvania), was organized in 1927 with a membership of 46. D. H. Bender was the first Mennonite minister to preach in that community, about 1915. Milton B. Miller of Springs, Pennsylvania served as minister. Chester M. Helmick was ordained as minister in 1929, and the following year Robert P. Dayton was ordained to the ministry. The church building, a cement block structure that seats 250, was built in 1927. In the present (1957) membership of 100 there are representatives of ten denominations who have been received into fellowship. The ministers in 1956 were A. Lehman Longenecker and Chester M. Helmick.
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		+	In 2015 the Pinto congregation left the Allegheny Conference and joined the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)\|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]]. This move was part of a larger realignment of Mennonite congregations formerly part of Mennonite Church USA. These congregations were unhappy with Mennonite Church USA's failure to take stronger disciplinary actions against area conferences and congregations who expressed openness to inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons. The Lancaster Mennonite Conference took action in 2015 to withdraw from Mennonite Church USA by the end of 2017, and became an attractive alternative for these congregations.
		+	= Bibliography =
		+	"'Salt and Light': Fall Faith and Life Gathering." ''A M C News'' September-December 2015. Web. 29 May 2017. http://www.alleghenymennoniteconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/September-December-2015.pdf.
		+
		+	= Additional Information =
		+	'''Address''': 13822 Pinto Road Southwest, Cumberland, MD 21502
		+
		+	'''Phone''': 301-729-2714
		+
		+	'''Website''': http://www.pintochurch.org/
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		+	'''Denominational Affiliations''': [https://www.lancasterconference.org/ Lancaster Mennonite Conference]
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		+	{{GAMEO_footer\|hp=Vol. 4, p. 182\|date=1959\|a1_last=Helmick\|a1_first=Chester M\|a2_last=Steiner\|a2_first=Sam}}
		+	[[Category:Churches]]
		+	[[Category:Allegheny Mennonite Conference Congregations‏‎]]
		+	[[Category:Lancaster Mennonite Conference Congregations]]
		+	[[Category:Mennonite Church USA Congregations]]
		+	[[Category:Maryland Congregations]]
		+	[[Category:United States Congregations]]

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	<span>Pinto Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)\|Mennonite Church]]), located in Pinto, [[Allegany County (Maryland, USA)\|Allegany County]], Maryland, a member of the [[Allegheny Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)\|Allegheny Mennonite Conference]] (formerly Southwestern Pennsylvania), was organized in 1927 with a membership of 46. D. H. Bender was the first Mennonite minister to preach in that community, about 1915. Milton B. Miller of Springs, Pennsylvania served as minister. Chester M. Helmick was ordained as minister in 1929, and the following year Robert P. Dayton was ordained to the ministry. The church building, a cement block structure that seats 250, was built in 1927. In the present (1957) membership of 100 there are representatives of ten denominations who have been received into fellowship. The ministers in 1956 were A. Lehman Longenecker and Chester M. Helmick. </span>		<span>Pinto Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)\|Mennonite Church]]), located in Pinto, [[Allegany County (Maryland, USA)\|Allegany County]], Maryland, a member of the [[Allegheny Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)\|Allegheny Mennonite Conference]] (formerly Southwestern Pennsylvania), was organized in 1927 with a membership of 46. D. H. Bender was the first Mennonite minister to preach in that community, about 1915. Milton B. Miller of Springs, Pennsylvania served as minister. Chester M. Helmick was ordained as minister in 1929, and the following year Robert P. Dayton was ordained to the ministry. The church building, a cement block structure that seats 250, was built in 1927. In the present (1957) membership of 100 there are representatives of ten denominations who have been received into fellowship. The ministers in 1956 were A. Lehman Longenecker and Chester M. Helmick. </span>
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