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Blainsport Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church USA), Reinholds, [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] (before 1947 known as Cocalico) was a mission station of the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]] in northeastern [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]], Pennsylvania, in the old Swamp Union Meetinghouse built in 1865. The [[Indiantown Mennonite Church (Ephrata, Pennsylvania, USA)|Indiantown]]-[[Bowmansville Mennonite Church (East Earl, Pennsylvania, USA)|Bowmansville]] ministers held meetings in the vicinity in the 19th century, but not in this building. The Ephrata congregation reopened this house as a mission station in 1926 with Christian Mosemann and Daniel Stauffer as superintendents. The field workers of the Lancaster Mennonite Mission Board and the ministers of the Ephrata-Indiantown congregation preached here until Wilmer M. Eby was ordained for the work in 1938. Levi G. High in 1946 was ordained as deacon. In 1947 a brick church was built near Blainsport, two miles east of the Union House. In 1953 the membership was 63, with a Sunday-school enrollment of 136 and a summer Bible school with an average attendance of 155. In 2009 the membership was 171; the pastor was Eric P. Marshall.
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Blainsport Mennonite Church, Reinholds, [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] (before 1947 known as the Cocalico Mennonite Mission) was a mission station of the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]] in northeastern [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]], Pennsylvania, in the small stone Swamp Union Meetinghouse built in 1865. The [[Indiantown Mennonite Church (Ephrata, Pennsylvania, USA)|Indiantown]]-[[Bowmansville Mennonite Church (East Earl, Pennsylvania, USA)|Bowmansville]] ministers held meetings in the vicinity in the 19th century, but not in this building. The Ephrata congregation reopened this house as a mission station in 1926, with Christian H. Mosemann and Daniel Stauffer as superintendents, holding services on Sunday afternoons. Services changed to Sunday morning in 1946.
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The congregation built its own brick meetinghouse in 1947 and dedicated it on 8 February 1948. Since the new meetinghouse was close to Blainsport, the congregation began using the name Blainsport Mennonite Church.
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= Bibliography =
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Kautz, Bernard B. "Observations." ''Gospel Herald'' 30, no. 16 (15 July 1937): 346.
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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: 289. Available in full electronic text at https://archive.org/details/mennonitesoflanc00weav_0/page/n3/mode/2up.
 
= Additional Information =
 
= Additional Information =
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'''Address:''' 85 South Blainsport Road, Reinholds, Pennsylvania 17569
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'''Address''': 85 South Blainsport Road, Reinholds, Pennsylvania 17569
  
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'''Phone:''' 717-336-3424
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'''Telephone''': 717-336-3424
  
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<strong>Website:</strong> [http://www.forministry.com/USPAMENOCBMC2/ Blainsport Mennonite Church]
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'''Website''': https://www.blainsport.org/
  
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'''Denominational Affiliations:'''
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':
  
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[http://www.lancasterconference.org/ Lancaster Mennonite Conference]
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[https://lmcchurches.org/ LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches]
  
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[http://www.mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA]
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[https://www.mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA] (Until 2017)
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== Pastoral Leaders at Blainsport Mennonite Church ==
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Name !! Years<br/>of Service
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| Visiting Ministers || 1926-1938
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| Wilmer M. Eby (1916-2002) || 1938-1984
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| John W. Eby || 1959-1969
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| Harold "H. Raymond" Charles (1918-1988)(Bishop) || 1969-1971
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| Lewis E. Weber (1930-1994) || 1970-1994
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| Lester "L. Keith" Weaver<br />(Bishop) || 1979-1988<br />1988-1990?
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| James R. Fahnestock(Lead/Associate) || 1991?-2010s?
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| Kevin S. Smoker (1961-2014)(Associate) || 1995-2003?
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| Eric P. Marshall (Youth/Lead) || 1995-
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| Darren Martin (Associate) || 2010s-2016
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| David Wise (Associate) || 2010s-2016
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| Bruce O'Neill (Youth) || 2017-?
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|}
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== Blainsport Mennonite Church Membership ==
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
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! Year !! Members
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| 1940 || 9
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| 1950 || 31
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| 1960 || 112
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| 1970 || 97
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| 1980 || 124
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| 1990 || 125
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| 2000 || 137
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| 2009 || 166
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|}
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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. 1, p. 351. All rights reserved.
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Blainsport Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church USA), Reinholds, [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] (before 1947 known as Cocalico) was a mission station of the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]] in northeastern [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]], Pennsylvania, in the old Swamp Union Meetinghouse built in 1865. The [[Indiantown Mennonite Church (Ephrata, Pennsylvania, USA)|Indiantown]]-[[Bowmansville Mennonite Church (East Earl, Pennsylvania, USA)|Bowmansville]] ministers held meetings in the vicinity in the 19th century, but not in this building. The Ephrata congregation reopened this house as a mission station in 1926 with Christian Mosemann and Daniel Stauffer as superintendents. The field workers of the Lancaster Mennonite Mission Board and the ministers of the Ephrata-Indiantown congregation preached here until Wilmer M. Eby was ordained for the work in 1938. Levi G. High in 1946 was ordained as deacon. In 1947 a brick church was built near Blainsport, two miles east of the Union House. In 1953 the membership was 63, with a Sunday-school enrollment of 136 and a summer Bible school with an average attendance of 155.
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Latest revision as of 11:17, 14 October 2024

Blainsport Mennonite Church, Reinholds, Pennsylvania (before 1947 known as the Cocalico Mennonite Mission) was a mission station of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference in northeastern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the small stone Swamp Union Meetinghouse built in 1865. The Indiantown-Bowmansville ministers held meetings in the vicinity in the 19th century, but not in this building. The Ephrata congregation reopened this house as a mission station in 1926, with Christian H. Mosemann and Daniel Stauffer as superintendents, holding services on Sunday afternoons. Services changed to Sunday morning in 1946.

The congregation built its own brick meetinghouse in 1947 and dedicated it on 8 February 1948. Since the new meetinghouse was close to Blainsport, the congregation began using the name Blainsport Mennonite Church.

Bibliography

Kautz, Bernard B. "Observations." Gospel Herald 30, no. 16 (15 July 1937): 346.

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: 289. Available in full electronic text at https://archive.org/details/mennonitesoflanc00weav_0/page/n3/mode/2up.

Additional Information

Address: 85 South Blainsport Road, Reinholds, Pennsylvania 17569

Telephone: 717-336-3424

Website: https://www.blainsport.org/

Denominational Affiliations:

LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches

Mennonite Church USA (Until 2017)

Pastoral Leaders at Blainsport Mennonite Church

Name Years
of Service
Visiting Ministers 1926-1938
Wilmer M. Eby (1916-2002) 1938-1984
John W. Eby 1959-1969
Harold "H. Raymond" Charles (1918-1988)(Bishop) 1969-1971
Lewis E. Weber (1930-1994) 1970-1994
Lester "L. Keith" Weaver
(Bishop)		 1979-1988
1988-1990?
James R. Fahnestock(Lead/Associate) 1991?-2010s?
Kevin S. Smoker (1961-2014)(Associate) 1995-2003?
Eric P. Marshall (Youth/Lead) 1995-
Darren Martin (Associate) 2010s-2016
David Wise (Associate) 2010s-2016
Bruce O'Neill (Youth) 2017-?

Blainsport Mennonite Church Membership

Year Members
1940 9
1950 31
1960 112
1970 97
1980 124
1990 125
2000 137
2009 166

Original Mennonite Encyclopedia Article

By Ira D. Landis. Copied by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 351. All rights reserved.

Blainsport Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church USA), Reinholds, Pennsylvania (before 1947 known as Cocalico) was a mission station of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference in northeastern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the old Swamp Union Meetinghouse built in 1865. The Indiantown-Bowmansville ministers held meetings in the vicinity in the 19th century, but not in this building. The Ephrata congregation reopened this house as a mission station in 1926 with Christian Mosemann and Daniel Stauffer as superintendents. The field workers of the Lancaster Mennonite Mission Board and the ministers of the Ephrata-Indiantown congregation preached here until Wilmer M. Eby was ordained for the work in 1938. Levi G. High in 1946 was ordained as deacon. In 1947 a brick church was built near Blainsport, two miles east of the Union House. In 1953 the membership was 63, with a Sunday-school enrollment of 136 and a summer Bible school with an average attendance of 155.


Author(s) Ira D. Landis
Samuel J. Steiner
Date Published October 2024

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Landis, Ira D. and Samuel J. Steiner. (October 2024). Blainsport Mennonite Church (Reinholds, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 December 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Blainsport_Mennonite_Church_(Reinholds,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=179886.



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