First Mennonite Church (Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA)

The Altoona Mennonite Gospel Mission in Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA was established in 1910, under the Southwestern Pennsylvania Mennonite Conference. In 1926 a meetinghouse was built at 2504 Fourth Avenue and named the First Mennonite Church. About one half of the congregation of 68 members in 1949 lived in the city. With the exception of the staff of workers, all the members were converts of the mission.

Harold Horst was the last pastor of the Altoona congregation in 1967. His predecessors included Charles H. Weyandt, Joseph M. Nissley, E. F. Hartzler, of Marshallville, Ohio; John L. Stouffer, later president of Eastern Mennonite Collage at Harrisonburg, Virginia; and Jacob Martin, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

The congregation closed about 1967. It had about 40 members at that time.

Author(s)	Joseph M Nissley
	Sam Steiner
Date Published	December 2015

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Nissley, Joseph M and Sam Steiner. "First Mennonite Church (Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. December 2015. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=First_Mennonite_Church_(Altoona,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=133048.

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Nissley, Joseph M and Sam Steiner. (December 2015). First Mennonite Church (Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=First_Mennonite_Church_(Altoona,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=133048.

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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 83. All rights reserved.

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