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Source: Mennonite Community Photograph Collection, The Congregation (HM4-134 Box 1 photo 010.6-20).<br /> | Source: Mennonite Community Photograph Collection, The Congregation (HM4-134 Box 1 photo 010.6-20).<br /> | ||
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| − | Roseland [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]], located near Roseland, [[Nebraska (USA)|Nebraska]], a member of the [[Iowa-Nebraska Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church)|Iowa-Nebraska Conference]], was organized on 20 March 1880, with 26 members, with Albrecht Schiffler as bishop and Samuel W. Lapp as deacon. A meetinghouse was built about two years later, replaced in 1898 by a new one, at which time the membership numbered 160. Daniel Lapp was ordained bishop. Ministers who have served the congregation are John L. | + | Roseland [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]], located near Roseland, [[Nebraska (USA)|Nebraska]], a member of the [[Iowa-Nebraska Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church)|Iowa-Nebraska Conference]], was organized on 20 March 1880, with 26 members, with Albrecht Schiffler as bishop and Samuel W. Lapp as deacon. A meetinghouse was built about two years later, replaced in 1898 by a new one, at which time the membership numbered 160. Daniel Lapp was ordained bishop. Ministers who have served the congregation are John L. Reisner, Jonas Nice, Andrew Good, [[Nunemaker, John M. (1848-1942)|John M. Nunemaker]], Abraham Stauffer, Samuel G. Lapp, Noah Ebersole, J. Kore Zook, Edward Diener, and Alton Miller. Missionaries from this church sent to [[India|India]] were Mahlon C. Lapp, Jacob Burkhard, George Lapp, Esther Ebersole Lapp, and Velma Lapp Hostetler. |
In 1957 the bishop was Peter R. Kennel, and the membership was 17. | In 1957 the bishop was Peter R. Kennel, and the membership was 17. | ||
Revision as of 15:01, 8 August 2023
Source: Mennonite Community Photograph Collection, The Congregation (HM4-134 Box 1 photo 010.6-20).
Mennonite Church USA Archives, Goshen, Indiana.
Roseland Mennonite Church, located near Roseland, Nebraska, a member of the Iowa-Nebraska Conference, was organized on 20 March 1880, with 26 members, with Albrecht Schiffler as bishop and Samuel W. Lapp as deacon. A meetinghouse was built about two years later, replaced in 1898 by a new one, at which time the membership numbered 160. Daniel Lapp was ordained bishop. Ministers who have served the congregation are John L. Reisner, Jonas Nice, Andrew Good, John M. Nunemaker, Abraham Stauffer, Samuel G. Lapp, Noah Ebersole, J. Kore Zook, Edward Diener, and Alton Miller. Missionaries from this church sent to India were Mahlon C. Lapp, Jacob Burkhard, George Lapp, Esther Ebersole Lapp, and Velma Lapp Hostetler.
In 1957 the bishop was Peter R. Kennel, and the membership was 17.
The congregation was closed in 1962 after the membership dropped to less than 10.
Bibliography
Yoder, Holly Blosser. The same spirit: History of Iowa-Nebraska Mennonites. Freeman, S.D.: Central Plains Mennonite Conference, 2003: 283.
| Author(s) | Sarah Schiffler Burkhard |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Burkhard, Sarah Schiffler. "Roseland Mennonite Church (Roseland, Nebraska, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Roseland_Mennonite_Church_(Roseland,_Nebraska,_USA)&oldid=176741.
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Burkhard, Sarah Schiffler. (1959). Roseland Mennonite Church (Roseland, Nebraska, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Roseland_Mennonite_Church_(Roseland,_Nebraska,_USA)&oldid=176741.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 359. All rights reserved.
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