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| − | + | Mountain Home schoolhouse is the site of an extinct Mennonite ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) rural mission church under the [[Virginia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Virginia Mennonite Conference]], on the [[Virginia (USA)|Virginia]]-[[West Virginia (USA)|West Virginia]] line four miles (6.5 km) west of Criders, VA. About 1885 Mennonite ministers were invited to conduct services at this as well as other schoolhouses in this community. Preaching services were held here once a month until 1955. Here the minister stood in West Virginia and preached to his congregation in Virginia. The pastor in the 1950s was Ray Emsweiler. | |
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Latest revision as of 19:59, 20 August 2013
Mountain Home schoolhouse is the site of an extinct Mennonite (Mennonite Church) rural mission church under the Virginia Mennonite Conference, on the Virginia-West Virginia line four miles (6.5 km) west of Criders, VA. About 1885 Mennonite ministers were invited to conduct services at this as well as other schoolhouses in this community. Preaching services were held here once a month until 1955. Here the minister stood in West Virginia and preached to his congregation in Virginia. The pastor in the 1950s was Ray Emsweiler.
| Author(s) | Timothy Showalter |
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| Date Published | 1957 |
Cite This Article
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Showalter, Timothy. "Mountain Home Mission (Criders, Virginia, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Mountain_Home_Mission_(Criders,_Virginia,_USA)&oldid=90225.
APA style
Showalter, Timothy. (1957). Mountain Home Mission (Criders, Virginia, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Mountain_Home_Mission_(Criders,_Virginia,_USA)&oldid=90225.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 760. All rights reserved.
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