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The Nashville Mennonite Church began in 1986 in Nashville, Tennessee, as a church-planting effort by the Mennonite Board of Missions and the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference. Wayne and Sue Graber Detweiler led the effort; they were ordained in May 1989.

The fledgling congregation changed its name to Harmony Christian Fellowship in 1987. It was also called Harmony Mennonite Church as early as 2000, though the "Mennonite Directory" used Harmony Christian Fellowship through 2009. Throughout its life, it was essentially a house church.

Beginning in the 1990s, helped to host a Kids' Church program in Nashville directed at inner-city children. It featured Sunday school and recreation every other Sunday.

The Harmony Mennonite Church closed in 2011.

Bibliography

Bowman, Ken. "Harmony Mennonite." Gospel Evangel" 87, no. 3 (May/June 2006): 2-3.

"Detweilers use media to help plant church in Nashville." Gospel Herald 79, no. 36 (9 September 1986): 614.

Preheim, Rich. In Pursuit of Faithfulness: Conviction, Conflict, and Compromise in Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference. Harrisonburg, Va.: Herald Press, 2016: 309.

"Service Adventure unit to open this summer in Nashville." Gospel Herald 83, no. 24 (12 June 1990): 418.

Zuercher, Melanie. "More than driving horses and buggies: Mennonites struggle to carve their niche in Nashville." theMennonite 4, no. 21 (5 June 2001): 14-15.

Additional Information

Address: Nashville, Tennessee

Telephone:

Website:

Denominational Affiliations:

Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference

Mennonite Church USA

Pastoral Leaders at Harmony Mennonite Church

Name Years
of Service
Sue Graber Detweiler 1986-1995
Wayne Graber Detweiler 1986-1995
Richard Wineland 1995-1997?
Lay Leadership 1997?-2011

Harmony Mennonite Church Membership

Year Members
1990 25
2000 37
2009 13


Author(s) Samuel J Steiner
Date Published June 2024

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MLA style

Steiner, Samuel J. "Harmony Mennonite Church (Nashville, Tennessee, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. June 2024. Web. 18 Jun 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Harmony_Mennonite_Church_(Nashville,_Tennessee,_USA)&oldid=179088.

APA style

Steiner, Samuel J. (June 2024). Harmony Mennonite Church (Nashville, Tennessee, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 June 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Harmony_Mennonite_Church_(Nashville,_Tennessee,_USA)&oldid=179088.




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