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<h4>Bethel Mennonite Church Pastoral Leaders</h4> <table class="vertical listing">  <tr> <th>Name</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Peter P. Lehman</td> </tr> <tr> <td>M. S. Moyer</td> </tr> <tr> <td>D. D. King</td> </tr> <tr> <td>John M. Regier</td> </tr> <tr> <td>P. P. Hilty</td> </tr> <tr> <td>J. D. Warkentin</td> </tr> <tr> <td>C. H. Kirks</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jacob Unruh</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Leonard Metzker</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Howard Raid</td> </tr> <tr> <td>E. A. Albrecht</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ernest Porzelius</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Abraham Friesen</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Russel Welty</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ralph Graber</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lloyd Penner</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ward Shelley</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bruno Penner</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tom Voth</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dave Zapf</td> </tr>  </table> <h4>Bethel Mennonite Church Membership</h4> <table class="vertical listing">  <tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Membership</th> </tr> <tr> <td>1952</td> <td> <div align="right">137</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>1999</td> <td> <div align="right">219</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>2005</td> <td> <div align="right">140</div> </td> </tr>  </table>
 
<h4>Bethel Mennonite Church Pastoral Leaders</h4> <table class="vertical listing">  <tr> <th>Name</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Peter P. Lehman</td> </tr> <tr> <td>M. S. Moyer</td> </tr> <tr> <td>D. D. King</td> </tr> <tr> <td>John M. Regier</td> </tr> <tr> <td>P. P. Hilty</td> </tr> <tr> <td>J. D. Warkentin</td> </tr> <tr> <td>C. H. Kirks</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jacob Unruh</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Leonard Metzker</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Howard Raid</td> </tr> <tr> <td>E. A. Albrecht</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ernest Porzelius</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Abraham Friesen</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Russel Welty</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ralph Graber</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lloyd Penner</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ward Shelley</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bruno Penner</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tom Voth</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dave Zapf</td> </tr>  </table> <h4>Bethel Mennonite Church Membership</h4> <table class="vertical listing">  <tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Membership</th> </tr> <tr> <td>1952</td> <td> <div align="right">137</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>1999</td> <td> <div align="right">219</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>2005</td> <td> <div align="right">140</div> </td> </tr>  </table>
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Revision as of 21:24, 29 October 2019

Bethel Mennonite Church, Fortuna, Missouri, ca. 1910.
Source: Mennonite Library and Archives, Bethel College, North Newton, KS: Photo Collection 2011-0100.

Bethel Mennonite Church (Fellowship of Evangelical Churches, formerly General Conference Mennonite Church) at  Fortuna, Moniteau County, Missouri, was a member of the Middle District Conference. In April 1866 five families left Wayne County, Ohio, to become the first Mennonite settlers of this community. Others soon followed and on 21 April 1867, ministers John Schmidt and Jacob Pletscher of Summerfield, Illinois, visited the colony to have communion service and organize a church. Nineteen persons took part in this service. The first meetinghouse was built in 1869, enlarged in 1894; it was replaced by a larger church in 1908, with a seating capacity of about 450, which was in use in 2005. The 1952 membership was 137; in 1999 it was 219.

About 1990 the Bethel congregation withdrew from the General Conference Mennonite Church, but maintained its membership in the Central District Conference. At the time of the formation of Mennonite Church USA the congregation switched its affiliation to the Evangelical Mennonite Church (renamed Fellowship of Evangelical Churches in 2003).

Bibliography

Bethel Mennonite Church. "Bethel Mennonite Church - History." Web. 30 December 2006. http://www.bethelmennchurch.org/history.htm.

History of Bethel Church. Fortuna, MO: The Church, 1967.

Additional Information

Address: 37830 Bethel Church Road, Fortuna, Missouri

Phone: 573-378-4878

Website: Bethel Mennonite Church

Denominational Affiliation: Fellowship of Evangelical Churches

Bethel Mennonite Church Pastoral Leaders

Name
Peter P. Lehman
M. S. Moyer
D. D. King
John M. Regier
P. P. Hilty
J. D. Warkentin
C. H. Kirks
Jacob Unruh
Leonard Metzker
Howard Raid
E. A. Albrecht
Ernest Porzelius
Abraham Friesen
Russel Welty
Ralph Graber
Lloyd Penner
Ward Shelley
Bruno Penner
Tom Voth
Dave Zapf

Bethel Mennonite Church Membership

Year Membership
1952
137
1999
219
2005
140


Author(s) E. A. Albrecht
Samuel J. Steiner
Date Published 2008

Cite This Article

MLA style

Albrecht, E. A. and Samuel J. Steiner. "Bethel Fellowship Church (Fortuna, Missouri, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 2008. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Bethel_Fellowship_Church_(Fortuna,_Missouri,_USA)&oldid=165607.

APA style

Albrecht, E. A. and Samuel J. Steiner. (2008). Bethel Fellowship Church (Fortuna, Missouri, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Bethel_Fellowship_Church_(Fortuna,_Missouri,_USA)&oldid=165607.



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