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− | Erisman Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) formerly met in a meetinghouse built in 1798 on lands of Abraham Erisman in Rapho Township on the Mt. Joy-Manheim Road, in [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]], Pennsylvania In 1891 the present brick church was built. The congregation of 214 (1953), belonging to the [[ | + | Erisman Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) formerly met in a meetinghouse built in 1798 on lands of Abraham Erisman in Rapho Township on the Mt. Joy-Manheim Road, in [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]], Pennsylvania In 1891 the present brick church was built. The congregation of 214 (1953), belonging to the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]], was a conservative growing fellowship which still bore the impress of the work of Bishop [[Brubacher, Jacob N. (1838-1913)|Jacob N. Brubacher]] (died 1913). In 1953 Henry E. Lutz and Homer D. Bomberger were the bishops, Martin G. Metzler and John S. Eby the ministers, and Harvey E. Metzler the deacon. Missionaries [[Stauffer, Elam (1899-1981)|Elam]] and Grace Metzler Stauffer in Africa and the Elam Hollingers in [[Alabama (USA)|Alabama]] are from this congregation. |
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Latest revision as of 19:15, 8 August 2023
Erisman Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church) formerly met in a meetinghouse built in 1798 on lands of Abraham Erisman in Rapho Township on the Mt. Joy-Manheim Road, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania In 1891 the present brick church was built. The congregation of 214 (1953), belonging to the Lancaster Mennonite Conference, was a conservative growing fellowship which still bore the impress of the work of Bishop Jacob N. Brubacher (died 1913). In 1953 Henry E. Lutz and Homer D. Bomberger were the bishops, Martin G. Metzler and John S. Eby the ministers, and Harvey E. Metzler the deacon. Missionaries Elam and Grace Metzler Stauffer in Africa and the Elam Hollingers in Alabama are from this congregation.
In October 2021 the congregation changed its name to Crossings Community Church.
Additional Information
Address: 8 South Erisman Road Manheim, Pennsylvania 17545
Phone: 717-653-4791
Website: https://crossingscc.org/
Denominational Affiliations: Lancaster Mennonite Conference
Map
Map:Erisman Mennonite Church (Rapho Township, Pennsylvania, USA)
Author(s) | Ira D Landis |
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Date Published | 1956 |
Cite This Article
MLA style
Landis, Ira D. "Crossings Community Church (Manheim, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 21 Dec 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Crossings_Community_Church_(Manheim,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=177159.
APA style
Landis, Ira D. (1956). Crossings Community Church (Manheim, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 December 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Crossings_Community_Church_(Manheim,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=177159.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 244. All rights reserved.
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