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1957 Article

The North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church (MC) was a part of the Missouri-Iowa Conference until the merger in 1920 of all Mennonite (MC) and Amish conferences west of Indiana. It was then organized as the Dakota-Montana Conference in 1921. In 1945, because of its enlarged borders, the name was changed to the North Central Mennonite Conference. This was the smallest of the conferences organized at the time of the merger, and each of the other conferences (four) agreed to send a delegate to the annual conference held the second Thursday in June. In 1946 the Illinois Conference District requested that they be permitted to discontinue sending a delegate because they felt this conference could carry on without their help. The other conferences were still sending delegates in the mid-1950s, and they were greatly appreciated. I. S. Mast served as the only bishop until 1926, when Eli G. Hochstetler was ordained. The district included congregations in eastern Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, having a total membership in 1956 of 766 in 10 congregations and 12 mission outposts, with 4 bishops, 20 ministers and 4 deacons. The district annually sponsored a winter Bible school and a fall mission meeting. After 1945 an annual ministers' conference was held -- Floyd E. Kauffman.

2010 Update

In 2010 11 congregations were members of the North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church:

Congregation City State
Bethlehem Mennonite Church Bloomfield Montana
Coalridge Mennonite Church Dagmar Montana
Exeland Mennonite Church Exeland Wisconsin
Lake Region Mennonite Church Ogema Minnesota
Lakeview Mennonite Church Wolford North Dakota
Red Top Mennonite Church Bloomfield Montana
Sand Lake Mennonite Chapel Stone Lake Wisconsin
South Lawrence Mennonite Church Glen Flora Wisconsin
Strawberry Lake Mennonite Church Ogema Minnesota
Swiss Mennonite Church Langdon North Dakota
White Chapel Mennonite Church Glendive Montana


Author(s) Floyd E Kauffman
Date Published July 2010

Cite This Article

MLA style

Kauffman, Floyd E. "North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. July 2010. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=North_Central_Conference_of_the_Mennonite_Church&oldid=148621.

APA style

Kauffman, Floyd E. (July 2010). North Central Conference of the Mennonite Church. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=North_Central_Conference_of_the_Mennonite_Church&oldid=148621.




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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 915; vol. 5, p. 638. All rights reserved.


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