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− | The Washington Center Mennonite Church ([[Central Conference Mennonite Church|Central Conference]]), now extinct, located near Ashley, [[Michigan (USA)|Michigan]], some 25 miles (40 km | + | The Washington Center Mennonite Church ([[Central Conference Mennonite Church|Central Conference]]), now extinct, located near Ashley, [[Michigan (USA)|Michigan]], some 25 miles (40 km) north of Lansing, was organized in 1924 by a number of families which had moved into the area from Pekin, [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], in the early 1920s, together with three families from the [[Bethel Mennonite Church (Ashley, Michigan, USA)|Ashley Mennonite Church]] ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] [MC]) congregation. The group bought a church in 1924. It never had a minister and never reached more than 27 in membership. In 1933 the group dissolved, some members returning to the Mennonite Church congregation. |
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The Washington Center Mennonite Church (Central Conference), now extinct, located near Ashley, Michigan, some 25 miles (40 km) north of Lansing, was organized in 1924 by a number of families which had moved into the area from Pekin, Illinois, in the early 1920s, together with three families from the Ashley Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church [MC]) congregation. The group bought a church in 1924. It never had a minister and never reached more than 27 in membership. In 1933 the group dissolved, some members returning to the Mennonite Church congregation.
Author(s) | Harold S Bender |
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Date Published | 1959 |
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Bender, Harold S. "Washington Center Mennonite Church (Ashley, Michigan, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 8 Sep 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Washington_Center_Mennonite_Church_(Ashley,_Michigan,_USA)&oldid=134962.
APA style
Bender, Harold S. (1959). Washington Center Mennonite Church (Ashley, Michigan, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 8 September 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Washington_Center_Mennonite_Church_(Ashley,_Michigan,_USA)&oldid=134962.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 1134. All rights reserved.
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