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Salem Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), located 2 miles southeast of Smithville, half way between Orrville and Wooster in Wayne County, Ohio, a member of the Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference, was founded in 1891 as a daughter congregation of the Martins church, the meetinghouse being built in that year. Actually the origin of the congregation was largely due to David Hostetler and Solomon Plank, preacher and deacon respectively in the Oak Grove Amish Mennonite Church, who, being dissatisfied with some of the conservative practices of the congregation, transferred to the Martins congregation in 1890, and became the first ministers of the Salem congregation. A few Oak Grove members followed them to Salem, but the total initial group was not large. In 1905 the membership was 55. In 1957 the membership was 45, with Daniel Hilty and Paul Showalter as ministers.

Salem Mennonite Church in Kidron, Ohio, was a member of the Central District Conference. The congregation joined the Ohio Conference of Mennonite Church USA in March 2014.

Bibliography

Huber, Tim. "Ohio Letter Urges Mountain States to Reverse Decision or Face Discipline." Mennonite World Review (17 March 2014). http://www.mennoworld.org/2014/3/17/ohio-letter-urges-mountain-states-reverse-decision/

Additional Information

Address: PO Box 7, Kidron, OH 44636-0007

Phone: 330-857-4131

Website Salem Mennonite Church

Denominational Affiliations:

Central District Conference

Ohio Conference of Mennonite Church USA

Mennonite Church USA


Author(s) Harold S Bender
Date Published March 2014

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Bender, Harold S. "Salem Mennonite Church (Wooster, Ohio, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. March 2014. Web. 4 Dec 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Salem_Mennonite_Church_(Wooster,_Ohio,_USA)&oldid=115670.

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Bender, Harold S. (March 2014). Salem Mennonite Church (Wooster, Ohio, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 4 December 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Salem_Mennonite_Church_(Wooster,_Ohio,_USA)&oldid=115670.




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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 406. All rights reserved.


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