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The Comins (Michigan) Mennonite Church began as a union Sunday school sponsored by F. F. Stutesman and a number of Mennonite and Methodist families living in that vicinity. Revival meetings were held in the fall of 1924, and in the summer of 1925, separate congregations were organized, and a Mennonite church was built.

The congregation erected a church building that was dedicated on 1 November 1925. Until 1944 the congregation rented a house in Comins as parsonage, but that year it built its own parsonage on a donated lot.

On 3 July 1999, a tornado destroyed the Comins church and parsonage along with many other buildings in Comins. Pastor Terry Berg and his family were away from home at a funeral and stopped on the way home for ice cream. When they finally arrived, nothing was left. Mennonite Disaster Service helped to reconstruct the parsonage by the end of August and a new church by the end of the year.

On 24 October 2010, Comins Mennonite Church withdrew from the Central District Conference and Mennonite Church USA and continued as an independent Mennonite church. A letter from its Spiritual Life Board expressed concern "about the direction we have observed CDC and MC USA leaning toward in regards to Biblical teachings. . . ." It initiated a process to find another denomination in late 2011. By 2013 it became a member of the Fellowship of Evangelical Churches.

In October 2016, the congregation changed its name to Comins Community Church.

Bibliography

Author(s)	Grace Miller
	Samuel J. Steiner
Date Published	August 2022

"Comins church and parsonage fall victim to tornado." The Central District Reporter 43, no. 3 (August 1999): 5.

"Comins votes to become independent Mennonite congregation." Central District Conference Reporter (January 2011): 3. Web. 7 December 2011. http://centraldistrict.mennonite.net/News/CDC_Reporter#.

Comins Mennonite Church. "Newsletter" (November-December 2011). Web. 7 December 2011. [Broken link].

Doncevic, Marisa. "Blessing in disguise." Mennonite Brethren Herald 39 (12 May 2000). Web. 7 December 2011. [Broken link].

Krehbiel, Evelyn. "Who? When? Why?--Comins Church." Central District Reporter 36, no. 3 (March 1992): 1.

"Timing spares villagers from tornado fury." Toledo Blade (7 July 1999). Web. 7 December 2011. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19990707&id=nVxIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ngMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6766,2009809

Wenger, John C. The Mennonites in Indiana and Michigan. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1961: 364-365.

Additional Information

Address: 4263 North First Street West, Comins, Michigan

Phone: 989-848-2909

Website: Comins Community Church

Pastoral Leaders at Comins Community Church

Name	Years of Service
Harvey E. Nunemaker (1893-1972)	1926-1931
Frank R. Mitchell (1896-1972)	1931-1941
Paul Kreft	1942-1945
LaVerne Rutschman (1919-2018)	1946-1947
Amos M. Eash (1883-1952)	1947-1948
Joseph E. Atherton (1921-2002)	1949-1955
Archie Kliewer	1955-1960
Rudolf C. Martens (1926-2013)	1960-1965
Walter H. Regier (1915-1998)	1965-1968
Paul H. Diller	1969-1976
Russell R. Welty (1924-2011)	1977-1989
Thomas E. "Tom" Voth	1989-1996
Terry L. Berg	1997-2000
Robert Martz	2000-2004
Steve Gusler (Interim)	2005?-2006?
John Nelson King	2005?-?
Kevin Salsbury	2007?-present

Membership at Comins Community Church

Year	Membership
1950	164
1960	98
1970	161
1980	98
1990	106
2000	92
2008	103

Maps

Map:Comins Mennonite Church (Comins, Michigan)

Cite This Article

MLA style

Miller, Grace and Samuel J. Steiner. "Comins Community Church (Comins, Michigan, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. August 2022. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Comins_Community_Church_(Comins,_Michigan,_USA)&oldid=175008.

APA style

Miller, Grace and Samuel J. Steiner. (August 2022). Comins Community Church (Comins, Michigan, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Comins_Community_Church_(Comins,_Michigan,_USA)&oldid=175008.

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-The Comins ([[Michigan (USA)|Michigan]]) Mennonite Church began as a union Sunday school, sponsored by F. F. Stutesman and a number of Mennonite families living in that vicinity. Revival meetings were held in the fall of 1924; and in the summer of 1925 a congregation was organized and a church built. There were 166 members in 1953.
+The Comins ([[Michigan (USA)|Michigan]]) Mennonite Church began as a union Sunday school sponsored by F. F. Stutesman and a number of Mennonite and Methodist families living in that vicinity. Revival meetings were held in the fall of 1924, and in the summer of 1925, separate congregations were organized, and a Mennonite church was built.
-The congregation erected a church building that was dedicated 1 November 1925.
+The congregation erected a church building that was dedicated on 1 November 1925. Until 1944 the congregation rented a house in Comins as parsonage, but that year it built its own parsonage on a donated lot.
-On 3 July 1999 a tornado destroyed the Comins church and parsonage along with many other buildings in Comins. Pastor Terry Berg and family were away from home at a funeral, and stopped on the way home for ice cream. When they finally arrived nothing was left. Mennonite Disaster Service helped to reconstruct the parsonage by the end of August and a new church by the end of the year.
+On 3 July 1999, a tornado destroyed the Comins church and parsonage along with many other buildings in Comins. Pastor Terry Berg and his family were away from home at a funeral and stopped on the way home for ice cream. When they finally arrived, nothing was left. Mennonite Disaster Service helped to reconstruct the parsonage by the end of August and a new church by the end of the year.
 On 24 October 2010, Comins Mennonite Church withdrew from the [[Central District Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Central District Conference]] and Mennonite Church USA and continued as an independent Mennonite church. A letter from its Spiritual Life Board expressed concern "about the direction we have observed CDC and MC USA leaning toward in regards to Biblical teachings. . . ." It initiated a process to find another denomination in late 2011. By 2013 it became a member of the [[Fellowship of Evangelical Churches]].
 In October 2016, the congregation changed its name to Comins Community Church.
-In 2008 the membership was 103.
-In 2022 the pastor was Kevin Salsbury.
 = Bibliography =
 "Comins church and parsonage fall victim to tornado." ''The Central District Reporter'' 43, no. 3 (August 1999): 5.
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 Doncevic, Marisa. "Blessing in disguise." ''Mennonite Brethren Herald'' 39 (12 May 2000). Web. 7 December 2011. [Broken link].
+Krehbiel, Evelyn. "Who? When? Why?--Comins Church." ''Central District Reporter'' 36, no. 3 (March 1992): 1.
 "Timing spares villagers from tornado fury." ''Toledo Blade'' (7 July 1999). Web. 7 December 2011. [http://news.google.com/newspapers http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&amp;dat=19990707&amp;id=nVxIAAAAIBAJ&amp;sjid=ngMEAAAAIBAJ&amp;pg=6766,2009809]
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 ! Name !! Years<br/>of Service
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-| Harvey E. Nunemaker (1893-1972) || 1927-1931
+| Harvey E. Nunemaker (1893-1972) || 1926-1931
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 | Frank R. Mitchell (1896-1972) || 1931-1941
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 | Russell R. Welty (1924-2011) || 1977-1989
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-| Tom Voth || 1989-1996
+| Thomas E. "Tom" Voth || 1989-1996
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 | Terry L. Berg || 1997-2000
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 | John Nelson King || 2005?-?
 |-
-| Kevin Salsbury || 2007-present
+| Kevin Salsbury || 2007?-present
 |}
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