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The Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA was originally the eastern section of the [[Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference (MC)|Ohio and Eastern Conference]] ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]). The congregations forming in this section were part of the Conestoga-Maple Grove and the Atlantic States mission districts.
 
The Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA was originally the eastern section of the [[Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference (MC)|Ohio and Eastern Conference]] ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]). The congregations forming in this section were part of the Conestoga-Maple Grove and the Atlantic States mission districts.
  
 
On 4 November 1978 these congregations approved a constitution that formed a new sister conference: the Atlantic Coast Conference of the Mennonite Church. Its primary purpose was to bring more continuity to mission, leadership, and youth activities. The new conference held its first full session in March 1979. The constitution was adopted on 28 March 1980, and revised in 1986, 1999 and 2003.
 
On 4 November 1978 these congregations approved a constitution that formed a new sister conference: the Atlantic Coast Conference of the Mennonite Church. Its primary purpose was to bring more continuity to mission, leadership, and youth activities. The new conference held its first full session in March 1979. The constitution was adopted on 28 March 1980, and revised in 1986, 1999 and 2003.
  
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When it was formed, the conference was composed of 36 congregations and 3,887 members. By 1986 there were 44 congregations and 4,630 members divided into eight overseer districts that spanned an area from Massachusetts to [[North Carolina (USA)|North Carolina]], and from the Atlantic Coast to the Appalachian Mountains. By 2003 there were 35 congregations and 4,635 members. After the merger of the Mennonite Church and [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] in 1999, the Atlantic Coast Conference became part of Mennonite Church USA. In July 2009 there were 35 congregations, including several church plants in formation, and 3,972 members located in Massachusetts, [[New York (USA)|New York]], [[Maryland (USA)|Maryland]] and [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]]. New church initiatives continued to evolve, especially in [[New England|New England]]. The majority of congregations are concentrated in the mid-Atlantic region, as the conference's name implies.
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When it was formed, the conference was composed of 36 congregations and 3,887 members. By 1986 there were 44 congregations and 4,630 members divided into eight overseer districts that spanned an area from Massachusetts to [[North Carolina (USA)|North Carolina]], and from the Atlantic Coast to the Appalachian Mountains. By 2003 there were 35 congregations and 4,635 members. After the merger of the Mennonite Church and [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] in 2001, the Atlantic Coast Conference became part of [[Mennonite Church USA]]. In July 2009 there were 35 congregations, including several church plants in formation, and 3,972 members located in Massachusetts, [[New York (USA)|New York]], [[Maryland (USA)|Maryland]] and [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]]. New church initiatives continued to evolve, especially in [[New England|New England]]. The majority of congregations are concentrated in the mid-Atlantic region, as the conference's name implies.
  
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<em> Currents </em>was the conference's bimonthly periodical in 2009. It was published in a newspaper format, carrying conference and churchwide news.
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''Currents'' was the conference's bimonthly periodical in 2014. Founded in 1979, it has been published in a newspaper format, carrying conference and churchwide news.
  
 
The conference developed a mission statement in 2007: Centered in Christ, Building Connections, Sharing God's Love.
 
The conference developed a mission statement in 2007: Centered in Christ, Building Connections, Sharing God's Love.
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== 2021 Directory ==
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In 2021 the following congregations were members (full members, associate members, or emerging/church plants) of the Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA:
  
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In 2010 the following congregations were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church:
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| African Community Church of Lancaster || Lancaster || Pennsylvania
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| [[African Community Church of Lancaster (Manheim, Pennsylvania, USA)|African Community Church of Lancaster]] || Lancaster || Pennsylvania
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| African Community Church of Lancaster, Steelton Outreach || Steelton || Pennsylvania
 
 
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| [[Akron Mennonite Church (Akron, Pennsylvania, USA)|Akron Mennonite Church]]  || Akron || Pennsylvania
 
| [[Akron Mennonite Church (Akron, Pennsylvania, USA)|Akron Mennonite Church]]  || Akron || Pennsylvania
 
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| Ark Bible Chapel  || Boyertown || Pennsylvania
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| [[Ark Bible Chapel (Boyertown, Pennsylvania, USA)|Ark Bible Chapel]]  || Boyertown || Pennsylvania
 
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| [[Bethel Mennonite Church (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA)|Bethel Mennonite Church]]  || Gettysburg || Pennsylvania
 
| [[Bethel Mennonite Church (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA)|Bethel Mennonite Church]]  || Gettysburg || Pennsylvania
 
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| Birch Grove Mennonite Church  || Port Allegany || Pennsylvania
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| [[Birch Grove Mennonite Church (Port Allegany, Pennsylvania, USA)|Birch Grove Mennonite Church]]  || Port Allegany || Pennsylvania
 
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| [[Blossom Hill Mennonite Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)|Blossom Hill Mennonite Church]]  || Lancaster || Pennsylvania
 
| [[Blossom Hill Mennonite Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)|Blossom Hill Mennonite Church]]  || Lancaster || Pennsylvania
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| [[Conestoga Mennonite Church (Morgantown, Pennsylvania, USA)|Conestoga Mennonite Church]]  || Morgantown || Pennsylvania
 
| [[Conestoga Mennonite Church (Morgantown, Pennsylvania, USA)|Conestoga Mennonite Church]]  || Morgantown || Pennsylvania
 
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| CrossWay Church  || Ocean City || Maryland
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| [[CrossWay Church (Ocean City, Maryland, USA)|CrossWay Church]]  || Ocean City || Maryland
 
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| Ebenezer Evangelical Mennonite Church  || Columbia || Pennsylvania
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| [[East Chestnut Street Mennonite Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)|East Chestnut Street Mennonite Church]]  || Lancaster || Pennsylvania
 
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| [[Forest Hills Mennonite Church (Leola, Pennsylvania, USA)|Forest Hills Mennonite Church]]  || Leola || Pennsylvania
 
| [[Forest Hills Mennonite Church (Leola, Pennsylvania, USA)|Forest Hills Mennonite Church]]  || Leola || Pennsylvania
 
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| [[Frazer Mennonite Church (Frazer, Pennsylvania, USA)|Frazer Mennonite Church]]  || Frazer || Pennslvania
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| [[Frazer Mennonite Church (Frazer, Pennsylvania, USA)|Frazer Mennonite Church]]  || Frazer || Pennsylvania
 
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| Friendship Community Church  || Bronx || New York
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| [[Friendship Community Church (Bronx, New York, USA)|Friendship Community Church]] || Bronx || New York
 
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| Grace Ubuntu Fellowship  || Lancaster || Pennsylvania
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| [[Grace and Peace Mennonite Church (New York, New York, USA)|Grace and Peace Mennonite Church]] || New York || New York
 
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| Great Joy Christian Fellowship || Bear || Delaware
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| [[Grace Ubuntu Fellowship (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)|Grace Ubuntu Fellowship]]  || Lancaster || Pennsylvania
 
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| Hebron Mennonite Church  || Hagerstown || Maryland
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| [[Hebron Mennonite Church (Hagerstown, Maryland, USA)|Hebron Mennonite Church]]  || Hagerstown || Maryland
 
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| Hiwet Legeta Church (Life for Christ)  || Lancaster || Pennsylvania
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| [[Hope Community Church of Fleetwood (Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA)|Hope Community Church of Fleetwood]]  || Fleetwood || Pennsylvania
 
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| [[Holly Grove Mennonite Church (Westover, Maryland, USA)|Holly Grove Mennonite Church]]  || Westover || Maryland
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| [[James Street Mennonite Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)|James Street Mennonite Church]]  || Lancaster || Pennsylvania
 
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| Hope Community Church  || Fleetwood || Pennsylvania
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| [[Landisville Mennonite Church (Landisville, Pennsylvania, USA)|Landisville Mennonite Church]]  || Landisville || Pennsylvania
 
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| Hopewell Mennonite Church  || Reading || Pennsylvania
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| [[Laurel Street Mennonite Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)|Laurel Street Mennonite Church]]  || Lancaster || Pennsylvania
 
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| Iglesia Evangelica Menonita Eben-Ezer  || Bronx || New York
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| [[Manhattan Mennonite Fellowship (New York, New York, USA)|Manhattan Mennonite Fellowship]]  || New York || New York
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| Iglesia Menonita de Aibonito || Aibonito || Puerto Rico
 
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| Iglesia Menonita de Bauta || Orocovis || Puerto Rico
 
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| Iglesia Menonita de Bayamón || Toa Alta || Puerto Rico
 
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| Iglesia Menonita de Betania || Aibonito || Puerto Rico
 
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| Iglesia Menonita de Botijas || Orocovis || Puerto Rico
 
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| Iglesia Menonita de Cayey || Cayey || Puerto Rico
 
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| Iglesia Menonita de La Plata || La Plata || Puerto Rico
 
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| Iglesia Menonita de Palo Hincado || La Plata || Puerto Rico
 
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| Iglesia Menonita de Ponce || Ponce || Puerto Rico
 
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| Iglesia Menonita de Summit Hills || Cayey || Puerto Rico
 
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| Iglesia Menonita de Coamo || Coamo || Puerto Rico
 
 
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| Immanuel Community Church  || Flushing || New York
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| [[Mennonite Congregation of Boston (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)|Mennonite Congregation of Boston]]  || Cambridge || Massachusetts
 
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| Manhattan Mennonite Fellowship  || New York || New York
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| [[Neffsville Mennonite Church (Neffsville, Pennsylvania, USA)|Neffsville Mennonite Church]]  || Lancaster || Pennsylvania
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| [[Maple Grove Mennonite Church of Atglen (Atglen, Pennsylvania, USA)|Maple Grove Mennonite Church of Atglen]]  || Atglen || Pennsylvania
 
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| Mennonite Congregation of Boston  || Cambridge || Massachusetts
 
 
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| [[Neffsville Mennonite Church (Neffsville, Pennsylvania, USA)|Neffsville Mennonite Church]]  || Lancaster || Pennsylvania
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| [[New Holland Mennonite Church (New Holland, Pennsylvania, USA)|New Holland Mennonite Church]]  || New Holland || Pennsylvania
 
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| North Baltimore Mennonite Church  || Baltimore || Maryland
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| [[North Baltimore Mennonite Church (Baltimore, Maryland, USA)|North Baltimore Mennonite Church]]  || Baltimore || Maryland
 
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| [[Oley Mennonite Church (Oley Valley, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA)|Oley Valley Mennonite Church]]  || Oley || Pennsylvania
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| [[North Bronx Mennonite Church (Bronx, New York, USA)|North Bronx Mennonite Church]]  || Bronx || New York
 
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| Pocomoke River Church  || Pocomoke City || Maryland
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| [[Oley Valley Mennonite Church (Oley, Pennsylvania, USA)|Oley Valley Mennonite Church]]  || Oley || Pennsylvania
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| [[First Mennonite Church in Brooklyn (Brooklyn, New York, USA)|Primera Iglesia Menonita de Brooklyn]] || Brooklyn || New York
 
 
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| Promilenio Iglesia Menonita Cristiana  || Queens || New York
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| [[Pilgrims Mennonite Church (Akron, Pennsylvania, USA)|Pilgrims Mennonite Church]]  || Akron || Pennsylvania
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| Radical Living Community || Brooklyn || New York
 
 
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| Ridgeview Mennonite Church  || Gordonville || Pennsylvania
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| [[Ridgeview Mennonite Church (Gordonville, Pennsylvania, USA)|Ridgeview Mennonite Church]]  || Gordonville || Pennsylvania
 
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| Sandy Hill Community Church  || Coatesville || Pennsylvania
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| [[Rossmere Mennonite Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)|Rossmere Mennonite Church]] || Lancaster|| Pennsylvania
 
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| [[Zion Mennonite Church (Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, USA)|Zion Mennonite Church]]  || Birdsboro || Pennsylvania
 
| [[Zion Mennonite Church (Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, USA)|Zion Mennonite Church]]  || Birdsboro || Pennsylvania
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= Bibliography =
 
= Bibliography =
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<em class="gameo_bibliography"> Mennonite Yearbook and Directory </em> (1986-87): 49-51.
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<em> Mennonite Yearbook and Directory </em> (1986-87): 49-51.
  
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<em class="gameo_bibliography">Mennonite Church USA Directory</em> (2003): 38-40.
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<em>Mennonite Church USA Directory</em> (2003): 38-40.
  
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Lehman, Glenn. "Pennsylvania Seeds, Ohio Fruit." <em class="gameo_bibliography">Gospel Herald </em> (14 July 1987): 488-500.
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Lehman, Glenn. "Pennsylvania Seeds, Ohio Fruit." <em>Gospel Herald </em> (14 July 1987): 488-500.
  
 
Rudy, John. <em>Unity and Diversity: Historical Highlights and Commentaries of God and His People 1978-2003</em>. Morgantown, PA: Masthof Press, 2003. Includes ACC 25th anniversary highlights.
 
Rudy, John. <em>Unity and Diversity: Historical Highlights and Commentaries of God and His People 1978-2003</em>. Morgantown, PA: Masthof Press, 2003. Includes ACC 25th anniversary highlights.
 
= Additional Information =
 
= Additional Information =
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<strong>Address:</strong> 2257 Old Philadelphia Pike Lancaster, PA 17602
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'''Address:''' 2257 Old Philadelphia Pike Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17602
  
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<strong>Phone:</strong> 717-394-8107
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'''Phone:''' 717-394-8107
  
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<strong>Website:</strong> [http://www.atlanticcoastconference.net/ Atlantic Coast Conference]
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'''Website:''' [https://atlanticcoastconference.net/ Atlantic Coast Conference]
 
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Latest revision as of 15:49, 6 January 2022

The Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA was originally the eastern section of the Ohio and Eastern Conference (Mennonite Church). The congregations forming in this section were part of the Conestoga-Maple Grove and the Atlantic States mission districts.

On 4 November 1978 these congregations approved a constitution that formed a new sister conference: the Atlantic Coast Conference of the Mennonite Church. Its primary purpose was to bring more continuity to mission, leadership, and youth activities. The new conference held its first full session in March 1979. The constitution was adopted on 28 March 1980, and revised in 1986, 1999 and 2003.

When it was formed, the conference was composed of 36 congregations and 3,887 members. By 1986 there were 44 congregations and 4,630 members divided into eight overseer districts that spanned an area from Massachusetts to North Carolina, and from the Atlantic Coast to the Appalachian Mountains. By 2003 there were 35 congregations and 4,635 members. After the merger of the Mennonite Church and General Conference Mennonite Church in 2001, the Atlantic Coast Conference became part of Mennonite Church USA. In July 2009 there were 35 congregations, including several church plants in formation, and 3,972 members located in Massachusetts, New York, Maryland and Pennsylvania. New church initiatives continued to evolve, especially in New England. The majority of congregations are concentrated in the mid-Atlantic region, as the conference's name implies.

Currents was the conference's bimonthly periodical in 2014. Founded in 1979, it has been published in a newspaper format, carrying conference and churchwide news.

The conference developed a mission statement in 2007: Centered in Christ, Building Connections, Sharing God's Love.

2021 Directory

In 2021 the following congregations were members (full members, associate members, or emerging/church plants) of the Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA:

Congregation City State
African Community Church of Lancaster  Lancaster Pennsylvania
Akron Mennonite Church  Akron Pennsylvania
Ark Bible Chapel  Boyertown Pennsylvania
Bethel Mennonite Church  Gettysburg Pennsylvania
Birch Grove Mennonite Church  Port Allegany Pennsylvania
Blossom Hill Mennonite Church  Lancaster Pennsylvania
Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster  Lancaster Pennsylvania
Conestoga Mennonite Church  Morgantown Pennsylvania
CrossWay Church  Ocean City Maryland
East Chestnut Street Mennonite Church  Lancaster Pennsylvania
Forest Hills Mennonite Church  Leola Pennsylvania
Frazer Mennonite Church  Frazer Pennsylvania
Friendship Community Church Bronx New York
Grace and Peace Mennonite Church New York New York
Grace Ubuntu Fellowship  Lancaster Pennsylvania
Hebron Mennonite Church  Hagerstown Maryland
Hope Community Church of Fleetwood  Fleetwood Pennsylvania
James Street Mennonite Church  Lancaster Pennsylvania
Landisville Mennonite Church  Landisville Pennsylvania
Laurel Street Mennonite Church  Lancaster Pennsylvania
Manhattan Mennonite Fellowship  New York New York
Mennonite Congregation of Boston  Cambridge Massachusetts
Neffsville Mennonite Church  Lancaster Pennsylvania
New Holland Mennonite Church  New Holland Pennsylvania
North Baltimore Mennonite Church  Baltimore Maryland
North Bronx Mennonite Church  Bronx New York
Oley Valley Mennonite Church  Oley Pennsylvania
Pilgrims Mennonite Church  Akron Pennsylvania
Ridgeview Mennonite Church  Gordonville Pennsylvania
Rossmere Mennonite Church Lancaster Pennsylvania
Zion Mennonite Church  Birdsboro Pennsylvania

Bibliography

Mennonite Yearbook and Directory (1986-87): 49-51.

Mennonite Church USA Directory (2003): 38-40.

Lehman, Glenn. "Pennsylvania Seeds, Ohio Fruit." Gospel Herald (14 July 1987): 488-500.

Rudy, John. Unity and Diversity: Historical Highlights and Commentaries of God and His People 1978-2003. Morgantown, PA: Masthof Press, 2003. Includes ACC 25th anniversary highlights.

Additional Information

Address: 2257 Old Philadelphia Pike Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17602

Phone: 717-394-8107

Website: Atlantic Coast Conference


Author(s) Dennis R. Kuhns
Warren Tyson
Date Published July 2010

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Kuhns, Dennis R. and Warren Tyson. "Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. July 2010. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Atlantic_Coast_Conference_of_Mennonite_Church_USA&oldid=172845.

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Kuhns, Dennis R. and Warren Tyson. (July 2010). Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Atlantic_Coast_Conference_of_Mennonite_Church_USA&oldid=172845.



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