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| − | [[File:AMC_X-31-1_17_41.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Emmanuel Mennonite Church, 1952 | + | [[File:AMC_X-31-1_17_41.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Emmanuel Mennonite Church, 1952. Scan courtesy [http://www.mennoniteusa.org/executive-board/archives/ Mennonite Church USA Archives-Goshen] X-31.1, Box 17/41'']] |
| − | + | Emmanuel Mennonite Church (unaffiliated), located in [[Meade County (Kansas, USA)|Meade County]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]], five miles (eight km) south and four miles (6.5 km) east of the city of Meade, was organized 30 April 1944 as an independent church with 124 charter members, under the leadership of Henry R. Harms, who served as its first pastor, as a direct result of the dissolution of the [[Kleine Gemeinde|Kleine Gemeinde]] congregation at Meade. One of the two church buildings formerly used by this group was enlarged to seat about 350, and was then used by the Emmanuel Mennonite Church. In the winter of 1952-53 the congregation built a new parsonage near the church. Samuel H. Epp, the pastor as of 1954, successor to H. R. Harms, served an average congregation of 230, the membership being 210. The deacons assisting the pastor were George J. Rempel and Peter L. Classen. In 2008 the pastor was Kenneth Harder. | |
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| − | X-31.1, Box 17/41'']] Emmanuel Mennonite Church (unaffiliated), located in [[Meade County (Kansas, USA)|Meade County]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]], five miles (eight km) south and four miles (6.5 km) east of the city of Meade, was organized 30 April 1944 as an independent church with 124 charter members, under the leadership of Henry R. Harms, who served as its first pastor, as a direct result of the dissolution of the [[Kleine Gemeinde|Kleine Gemeinde]] congregation at Meade. One of the two church buildings formerly used by this group was enlarged to seat about 350, and was then used by the Emmanuel Mennonite Church. In the winter of 1952-53 the congregation built a new parsonage near the church. Samuel H. Epp, the pastor as of 1954, successor to H. R. Harms, served an average congregation of 230, the membership being 210. The deacons assisting the pastor were George J. Rempel and Peter L. Classen. In 2008 the pastor was Kenneth Harder. | ||
= Additional Information = | = Additional Information = | ||
| − | + | '''Address''': 415 East Green Street, Meade, Kansas | |
| − | + | '''Phone''': 620-873-2742 | |
| − | + | '''Website''': [http://www.emmanuelmc.org/ Emmanuel Mennonite Church] | |
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Latest revision as of 22:40, 8 November 2016
Emmanuel Mennonite Church (unaffiliated), located in Meade County, Kansas, five miles (eight km) south and four miles (6.5 km) east of the city of Meade, was organized 30 April 1944 as an independent church with 124 charter members, under the leadership of Henry R. Harms, who served as its first pastor, as a direct result of the dissolution of the Kleine Gemeinde congregation at Meade. One of the two church buildings formerly used by this group was enlarged to seat about 350, and was then used by the Emmanuel Mennonite Church. In the winter of 1952-53 the congregation built a new parsonage near the church. Samuel H. Epp, the pastor as of 1954, successor to H. R. Harms, served an average congregation of 230, the membership being 210. The deacons assisting the pastor were George J. Rempel and Peter L. Classen. In 2008 the pastor was Kenneth Harder.
Additional Information
Address: 415 East Green Street, Meade, Kansas
Phone: 620-873-2742
Website: Emmanuel Mennonite Church
| Author(s) | Samuel H Epp |
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| Date Published | 1956 |
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MLA style
Epp, Samuel H. "Emmanuel Mennonite Church (Meade, Kansas, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Emmanuel_Mennonite_Church_(Meade,_Kansas,_USA)&oldid=140019.
APA style
Epp, Samuel H. (1956). Emmanuel Mennonite Church (Meade, Kansas, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Emmanuel_Mennonite_Church_(Meade,_Kansas,_USA)&oldid=140019.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 203. All rights reserved.
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