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| − | The Central Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]), located in [[Elida (Ohio, USA)|Elida]], [[Allen County (Ohio, USA)|Allen County]], [[Ohio ( | + | The Central Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]), located in [[Elida (Ohio, USA)|Elida]], [[Allen County (Ohio, USA)|Allen County]], [[Ohio (USA)|Ohio]], was organized in December 1925 by a group excommunicated in 1924 from the [[Salem Mennonite Church (Elida, Allen County, Ohio, USA)|Salem-Pike congregation]] and joined later by the Sunday-school superintendents, Ruda R. Brenneman and Menno L. Troyer, and one of the ministers, Andrew Brenneman. After the group requested and was granted by the [[Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference (MC)|Ohio Mennonite and Eastern A.M. Conference]] permission to organize a separate congregation, they purchased a vacant church building in Elida. Ordinations: M. L. Troyer, deacon 1927, minister 1940, bishop 1950; Timothy H. Brenneman, minister 1938, appointed missionary to [[Argentina|Argentina]]. The membership in 1953 stood at 99, with Andrew Brenneman and Menno L. Troyer as ministers. |
The congregation closed about 1974. | The congregation closed about 1974. | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:27, 20 February 2014
The Central Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), located in Elida, Allen County, Ohio, was organized in December 1925 by a group excommunicated in 1924 from the Salem-Pike congregation and joined later by the Sunday-school superintendents, Ruda R. Brenneman and Menno L. Troyer, and one of the ministers, Andrew Brenneman. After the group requested and was granted by the Ohio Mennonite and Eastern A.M. Conference permission to organize a separate congregation, they purchased a vacant church building in Elida. Ordinations: M. L. Troyer, deacon 1927, minister 1940, bishop 1950; Timothy H. Brenneman, minister 1938, appointed missionary to Argentina. The membership in 1953 stood at 99, with Andrew Brenneman and Menno L. Troyer as ministers.
The congregation closed about 1974.
| Author(s) | John S Umble |
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| Date Published | 1953 |
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Umble, John S. "Central Mennonite Church (Elida, Ohio, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 25 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Central_Mennonite_Church_(Elida,_Ohio,_USA)&oldid=113272.
APA style
Umble, John S. (1953). Central Mennonite Church (Elida, Ohio, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Central_Mennonite_Church_(Elida,_Ohio,_USA)&oldid=113272.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 542. All rights reserved.
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