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Risser (Rissers) [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]], located 4 miles east of [[Elizabethtown (Pennsylvania, USA)|Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania]], a member of the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Conference]], originated in 1737. The first meetinghouse was built in 1760 in a grove on Peter Risser's land. This was enlarged in 1865, and in 1887 replaced by the present frame church 50 x 70 ft. It is beautifully located, with a schoolhouse adjoining and a well-kept cemetery. In 1957 the membership was 138; Noah W. Risser and Clarence E. Lutz were the bishops, Walter W. Oberholtzer and J. Harold Forwood the ministers. It formerly shared its ministers with the [[Stauffer Mennonite Church (Conewago Township, Pennsylvania, USA)|Stauffer]] congregation at Bachmanville. | Risser (Rissers) [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]], located 4 miles east of [[Elizabethtown (Pennsylvania, USA)|Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania]], a member of the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Conference]], originated in 1737. The first meetinghouse was built in 1760 in a grove on Peter Risser's land. This was enlarged in 1865, and in 1887 replaced by the present frame church 50 x 70 ft. It is beautifully located, with a schoolhouse adjoining and a well-kept cemetery. In 1957 the membership was 138; Noah W. Risser and Clarence E. Lutz were the bishops, Walter W. Oberholtzer and J. Harold Forwood the ministers. It formerly shared its ministers with the [[Stauffer Mennonite Church (Conewago Township, Pennsylvania, USA)|Stauffer]] congregation at Bachmanville. | ||
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Risser (Rissers) Mennonite Church, located 4 miles east of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, a member of the Lancaster Conference, originated in 1737. The first meetinghouse was built in 1760 in a grove on Peter Risser's land. This was enlarged in 1865, and in 1887 replaced by the present frame church 50 x 70 ft. It is beautifully located, with a schoolhouse adjoining and a well-kept cemetery. In 1957 the membership was 138; Noah W. Risser and Clarence E. Lutz were the bishops, Walter W. Oberholtzer and J. Harold Forwood the ministers. It formerly shared its ministers with the Stauffer congregation at Bachmanville.
| Author(s) | Ira D Landis |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Landis, Ira D. "Risser's Mennonite Church (Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 12 Feb 2026. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Risser%27s_Mennonite_Church_(Elizabethtown,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=84587.
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Landis, Ira D. (1959). Risser's Mennonite Church (Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 12 February 2026, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Risser%27s_Mennonite_Church_(Elizabethtown,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=84587.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 341. All rights reserved.
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