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Gingrichs Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church USA) is a member of the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]], and is located a few miles south of Annville, [[Lebanon County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lebanon County]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], on a beautiful knoll, with a walled cemetery near by. The first church, built in 1792, served the congregation until 1920, when a larger brick church was built on the same site. Lebanon County had some of the overflow from [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]] in the latter half of the 18th century and again in the mid-20th cencutry, almost replacing the descendants of the earlier settlers. The first Sunday school was held in 1893. In 1954 the congregation was under the care of Simon G. Bucher as bishop, Daniel D. Wert and Elmer Showalter as ministers, and Harold Frey as deacon; the church membership was 64.  In 2007 the membership was 270; the interim pastoral leader was Rick Conrad.
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In the 18th century, the scattered Mennonite families in the northern part of [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], met in homes with visiting ministers. [[Lebanon County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lebanon County]] was created from parts of [[Dauphin County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Dauphin County]] and Lancaster County in 1813. The Mennonites who formed the Gingrich Mennonite congregation coalesced around 1730. The first Gingrich meetinghouse was built in 1792 near an earlier graveyard, which was accepted as a general public cemetery. The building also served as a school. The 1792 building was replaced in the summer of 1920 with a brick meetinghouse that opened for public worship on 17 February 1921. By the 1870s, the congregation met every four weeks for worship. By 1920, the frequency increased to every two weeks, but it reverted to every four weeks after Martin Risser's death, returning to every two weeks in the 1940s. Over the years, the congregation was called Gingrich, Gingrichs, Gingrich's, and Gingerich's in Mennonite publications.
  
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Sunday school began at Gingrichs in 1893.
  
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= Additional Information =
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= Bibliography =
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Address:
 
  
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100 Forney Road
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"About us." Gingrichs Mennonite Church. Web. 24 February 2025. https://gingrichsmennonite.com/?page_id=1696.
  
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Lebanon, Pennsylvania
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"Meeting Calender [sic] for November 1871." ''Herald of Truth'' 8, no. 11 (November 1871): 168.
  
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Phone:
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Ruth, John L. ''The Earth is the Lord's: a narrative history of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference''. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 2001: 369, 1138-1169.
  
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717-274-1521
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Umberger, Mary K. "Lebanon, Pa." ''Gospel Herald'' 13, no. 49 (3 March 1921): 961.
  
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Denominational Affiliations:
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Weaver, Martin G. ''Mennonites of Lancaster Conference: containing biographical sketches of Mennonite leaders, histories of congregations, missions, and Sunday schools, record of ordinations, and other interesting historical data''. Scottdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, 1931. Reprinted Ephrata, PA: Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church Publication Board, 1982: 225-227, 229. Available in full electronic text at https://archive.org/details/mennonitesoflanc00weav_0/page/n3/mode/2up.
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= Additional Information =
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[http://www.lanmenconf.org/ Lancaster Mennonite Conference]
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'''Address''': 100 Forney Road, Lebanon, Pennsylvania 17042
  
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[http://www.mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA]
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'''Telephone''': 717-274-1521
  
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Website:
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'''Website''': https://gingrichsmennonite.com/
  
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[http://www.gingrichsmennonite.com/ Gingrichs Mennonite Church]
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':
  
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[https://lmcchurches.org/ LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches]
  
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[https://www.mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA] (Until 2017)
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== Pastoral Leaders at Gingrichs Mennonite Church ==
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Name !! Years<br/>of Service
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| Visiting or<br />Unknown Ministers || ?-1830s
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| Michael Gingrich (1792-1860)<br />(Bishop) || By 1834-1844?<br />1844?-1860
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| Jacob Dohner (1806-1881)<br />(Bishop) || 1855?-1860s<br />by 1863-1881
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| Isaac Gingrich (1822-1892)<br />(Bishop) || 1861-1875<br />1875-1892
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| Martin N. Risser (1851-1926) || 1891-1926
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|-
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| David Westenberger (1857-1933)<br />(Bishop) || 1888-1893<br />1893-1933
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| Cyrus Witmoyer (1829-1896) || By 1871-1896
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| Jacob E. Ebersole (1861-1939) || 1926-1939
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| Daniel D. Wert (1904-1969) || 1934-1969
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| Elmer M. Showalter (1920-2012) || 1954-1960
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| Abram N. Hoover (1927-2018) || 1969-1997?
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| John G. Landis (1937- ) || 1977-2007
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| Daryl G. Martin (1959- ) || 1990-1995
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| Rick A. Conrad (Interim) || 2007-2010
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| David Scheirer (Youth & Young Adult) || 2008?-?
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| David W. Musser (Family Ministries) || 2008?-2013?
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| Nathan Pierce (Lead) || 2010-2013
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| James Schwenk (Lead) || 2013-2017?
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| Doreen Miller (Spiritual Director) || 2015-
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| Amanda Rohrer (Lead) || 2020-2023?
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| Steven Mann (Special) || 2021-?
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| Philip Bollinger (Lead) || 2023-
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|}
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== Gingrichs Mennonite Church Membership ==
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
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! Year !! Members
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| 1913 || 60
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| 1920 || 60
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| 1930 || 63
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| 1940 || 45
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| 1950 || 50
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| 1960 || 54
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| 1970 || 79
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| 1980 || 148
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| 1990 || 161
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| 2000 || 244
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| 2009 || 177
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= Original Mennonite Encyclopedia Article =
  
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By Ira D. Landis. Copied by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from ''Mennonite Encyclopedia'', Vol. 2, p. 521. All rights reserved.
  
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Gingrichs Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church (MC)) is a member of the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]], and is located a few miles south of Annville, [[Lebanon County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lebanon County]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], on a beautiful knoll, with a walled cemetery near by. The first church, built in 1792, served the congregation until 1920, when a larger brick church was built on the same site. Lebanon County had some of the overflow from [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]] in the latter half of the 18th century and again in the last ten years, almost replacing the descendants of the earlier settlers. The first Sunday school was held in 1893. In 1954 the congregation was under the care of [[Bucher, Simon Gingrich (1887-1972)|Simon G. Bucher]] as bishop, Daniel D. Wert and Elmer Showalter as ministers, and Harold Frey as deacon; the church membership was 64.
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[[Category:Churches]]
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[[Category:LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches Congregations]]
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[[Category:Mennonite Church (MC) Congregations]]
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[[Category:Mennonite Church USA Congregations]]
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[[Category:Pennsylvania Congregations]]
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[[Category:United States Congregations]]

Latest revision as of 13:51, 27 February 2025

In the 18th century, the scattered Mennonite families in the northern part of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, met in homes with visiting ministers. Lebanon County was created from parts of Dauphin County and Lancaster County in 1813. The Mennonites who formed the Gingrich Mennonite congregation coalesced around 1730. The first Gingrich meetinghouse was built in 1792 near an earlier graveyard, which was accepted as a general public cemetery. The building also served as a school. The 1792 building was replaced in the summer of 1920 with a brick meetinghouse that opened for public worship on 17 February 1921. By the 1870s, the congregation met every four weeks for worship. By 1920, the frequency increased to every two weeks, but it reverted to every four weeks after Martin Risser's death, returning to every two weeks in the 1940s. Over the years, the congregation was called Gingrich, Gingrichs, Gingrich's, and Gingerich's in Mennonite publications.

Sunday school began at Gingrichs in 1893.

Bibliography

"About us." Gingrichs Mennonite Church. Web. 24 February 2025. https://gingrichsmennonite.com/?page_id=1696.

"Meeting Calender [sic] for November 1871." Herald of Truth 8, no. 11 (November 1871): 168.

Ruth, John L. The Earth is the Lord's: a narrative history of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 2001: 369, 1138-1169.

Umberger, Mary K. "Lebanon, Pa." Gospel Herald 13, no. 49 (3 March 1921): 961.

Weaver, Martin G. Mennonites of Lancaster Conference: containing biographical sketches of Mennonite leaders, histories of congregations, missions, and Sunday schools, record of ordinations, and other interesting historical data. Scottdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, 1931. Reprinted Ephrata, PA: Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church Publication Board, 1982: 225-227, 229. Available in full electronic text at https://archive.org/details/mennonitesoflanc00weav_0/page/n3/mode/2up.

Additional Information

Address: 100 Forney Road, Lebanon, Pennsylvania 17042

Telephone: 717-274-1521

Website: https://gingrichsmennonite.com/

Denominational Affiliations:

LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches

Mennonite Church USA (Until 2017)

Pastoral Leaders at Gingrichs Mennonite Church

Name Years
of Service
Visiting or
Unknown Ministers		 ?-1830s
Michael Gingrich (1792-1860)
(Bishop)		 By 1834-1844?
1844?-1860
Jacob Dohner (1806-1881)
(Bishop)		 1855?-1860s
by 1863-1881
Isaac Gingrich (1822-1892)
(Bishop)		 1861-1875
1875-1892
Martin N. Risser (1851-1926) 1891-1926
David Westenberger (1857-1933)
(Bishop)		 1888-1893
1893-1933
Cyrus Witmoyer (1829-1896) By 1871-1896
Jacob E. Ebersole (1861-1939) 1926-1939
Daniel D. Wert (1904-1969) 1934-1969
Elmer M. Showalter (1920-2012) 1954-1960

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Abram N. Hoover (1927-2018) 1969-1997?
John G. Landis (1937- ) 1977-2007
Daryl G. Martin (1959- ) 1990-1995
Rick A. Conrad (Interim) 2007-2010
David Scheirer (Youth & Young Adult) 2008?-?
David W. Musser (Family Ministries) 2008?-2013?
Nathan Pierce (Lead) 2010-2013
James Schwenk (Lead) 2013-2017?
Doreen Miller (Spiritual Director) 2015-
Amanda Rohrer (Lead) 2020-2023?
Steven Mann (Special) 2021-?
Philip Bollinger (Lead) 2023-

Gingrichs Mennonite Church Membership

Year Members
1913 60
1920 60
1930 63
1940 45
1950 50
1960 54
1970 79
1980 148
1990 161
2000 244
2009 177

Original Mennonite Encyclopedia Article

By Ira D. Landis. Copied by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 521. All rights reserved.

Gingrichs Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church (MC)) is a member of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference, and is located a few miles south of Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, on a beautiful knoll, with a walled cemetery near by. The first church, built in 1792, served the congregation until 1920, when a larger brick church was built on the same site. Lebanon County had some of the overflow from Lancaster County in the latter half of the 18th century and again in the last ten years, almost replacing the descendants of the earlier settlers. The first Sunday school was held in 1893. In 1954 the congregation was under the care of Simon G. Bucher as bishop, Daniel D. Wert and Elmer Showalter as ministers, and Harold Frey as deacon; the church membership was 64.


Author(s) Samuel J Steiner
Date Published February 2025

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Steiner, Samuel J. "Gingrichs Mennonite Church (Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. February 2025. Web. 2 Feb 2026. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Gingrichs_Mennonite_Church_(Lebanon,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=180282.

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Steiner, Samuel J. (February 2025). Gingrichs Mennonite Church (Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 2 February 2026, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Gingrichs_Mennonite_Church_(Lebanon,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=180282.



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