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Strasburg Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]), located 9 miles southeast of [[Lancaster (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster]], Pennsylvania, a member of the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]], was from the start a strong Men­nonite community. This was the home of Bishop Benedict Brackbill (1665-1720), leader both in Eu­rope and here, his son Ulrich Brackbill (1703-39), also a minister, [[Herr, John (1782-1850)|John Herr]](III) (1708-83), and Preacher John Herr (1720-97), who in 1740 built a 2 1/2 -story stone house on the Brackbill farm as a dwelling, which was also provided with room for worship services and was used until 1804. (It is now owned by Charles E. Good.) That year John Brackbill, Sr., gave John Brackbill, Jr., John Funk, Henry Breneman, and Jacob Groff the present site of ground on the western edge of the borough, "be­ing willing and desirous to promote the spiritual growth and religious fellowship of the people called Menonists in this neighborhood." This beautiful stone church, 40 x 60 ft, of colonial architecture, was the largest Mennonite meetinghouse of its day. It was enlarged in 1877 and 1887, and razed in 1925 for a new brick church 57 x 103 ft. In 1957 Emory H. Herr was the pastor, with a membership of 348. It formerly was a part of the Brick-Strasburg circuit.
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Strasburg Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]), located 9 miles southeast of [[Lancaster (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster]], Pennsylvania, a member of the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]], was from the start a strong Men­nonite community. This was the home of Bishop Benedict Brackbill (1665-1720), leader both in Eu­rope and here, his son Ulrich Brackbill (1703-39), also a minister, [[Herr, John (1782-1850)|John Herr ]](III) (1708-83), and Preacher John Herr (1720-97), who in 1740 built a 2 1/2 -story stone house on the Brackbill farm as a dwelling, which was also provided with room for worship services and was used until 1804. (It is now owned by Charles E. Good.) That year John Brackbill, Sr., gave John Brackbill, Jr., John Funk, Henry Breneman, and Jacob Groff the present site of ground on the western edge of the borough, "be­ing willing and desirous to promote the spiritual growth and religious fellowship of the people called Menonists in this neighborhood." This beautiful stone church, 40 x 60 ft, of colonial architecture, was the largest Mennonite meetinghouse of its day. It was enlarged in 1877 and 1887, and razed in 1925 for a new brick church 57 x 103 ft.  
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In 1957 Emory H. Herr was the pastor, with a membership of 348. It formerly was a part of the Brick-Strasburg circuit.
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= Additional Information =
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'''Address''': 1514 Village Road, Strasburg PA
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'''Phone''': (717) 687-8471
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'''Website''': http://www.strasburgmennonite.org/
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':
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[http://www.lancasterconference.org/ Lancaster Mennonite Conference]
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[http://www.mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA]
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[[Map:Strasburg Mennonite Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)]]
 
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Latest revision as of 19:26, 8 August 2023

Strasburg Mennonite Church, Strasburg, Pennsylvania.
Source: Church website.

Strasburg Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), located 9 miles southeast of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, a member of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference, was from the start a strong Men­nonite community. This was the home of Bishop Benedict Brackbill (1665-1720), leader both in Eu­rope and here, his son Ulrich Brackbill (1703-39), also a minister, John Herr (III) (1708-83), and Preacher John Herr (1720-97), who in 1740 built a 2 1/2 -story stone house on the Brackbill farm as a dwelling, which was also provided with room for worship services and was used until 1804. (It is now owned by Charles E. Good.) That year John Brackbill, Sr., gave John Brackbill, Jr., John Funk, Henry Breneman, and Jacob Groff the present site of ground on the western edge of the borough, "be­ing willing and desirous to promote the spiritual growth and religious fellowship of the people called Menonists in this neighborhood." This beautiful stone church, 40 x 60 ft, of colonial architecture, was the largest Mennonite meetinghouse of its day. It was enlarged in 1877 and 1887, and razed in 1925 for a new brick church 57 x 103 ft.

In 1957 Emory H. Herr was the pastor, with a membership of 348. It formerly was a part of the Brick-Strasburg circuit.

Additional Information

Address: 1514 Village Road, Strasburg PA

Phone: (717) 687-8471

Website: http://www.strasburgmennonite.org/

Denominational Affiliations: Lancaster Mennonite Conference

Mennonite Church USA

Map

Map:Strasburg Mennonite Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)


Author(s) Ira D Landis
Date Published 1959

Cite This Article

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Landis, Ira D. "Strasburg Mennonite Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Strasburg_Mennonite_Church_(Lancaster,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=177311.

APA style

Landis, Ira D. (1959). Strasburg Mennonite Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Strasburg_Mennonite_Church_(Lancaster,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=177311.



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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, pp. 644-645. All rights reserved.


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