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Gantz-Hernley Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]), of the vicinity of [[Manheim (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA)|Manheim]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], a member of [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]], worshipped in two meetinghouses. The Gantz meetinghouse, a brick building 40 x 60 ft., located 3.5 miles (six km) northwest of Manheim, was built in 1915 on the site of the first church, which had been purchased in 1880. The Hernley church was built one mile (two km) north of Manheim in 1745 on land contributed by the Penns and was enlarged in 1919. In the early 1950s Sunday school and worship services were held every Sunday alternately in the two churches. The membership in 1955 was 256; the ministers were Abram M. Risser and Clyde L. Metzler; the deacons were Isaac E. Tyson and John R. Nissley; the bishop in charge was Homer D. Bomberger. An early division resulted in a considerable loss into the [[Church of the Brethren|Church of the Brethren]].
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Gantz-Hernley Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]), of the vicinity of [[Manheim (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA)|Manheim]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], a member of [[LMC: A Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]], worshipped in two meetinghouses. The Gantz meetinghouse, a brick building 40 x 60 ft., located 3.5 miles (six km) northwest of Manheim, was built in 1915 on the site of the first church, which had been purchased in 1880. The Hernley church was built one mile (two km) north of Manheim in 1745 on land contributed by the Penns and was enlarged in 1919. In the early 1950s Sunday school and worship services were held every Sunday alternately in the two churches. The membership in 1955 was 256; the ministers were Abram M. Risser and Clyde L. Metzler; the deacons were Isaac E. Tyson and John R. Nissley; the bishop in charge was Homer D. Bomberger. An early division resulted in a considerable loss into the [[Church of the Brethren|Church of the Brethren]].
  
 
Before 1960 the joint congregation became two separate congregations -- Hernley Mennonite Church and Gantz Mennonite Church (by the late 1980s known as Grace Community Fellowship.)
 
Before 1960 the joint congregation became two separate congregations -- Hernley Mennonite Church and Gantz Mennonite Church (by the late 1980s known as Grace Community Fellowship.)

Revision as of 18:55, 8 August 2023

Gantz-Hernley Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), of the vicinity of Manheim, Pennsylvania, a member of Lancaster Mennonite Conference, worshipped in two meetinghouses. The Gantz meetinghouse, a brick building 40 x 60 ft., located 3.5 miles (six km) northwest of Manheim, was built in 1915 on the site of the first church, which had been purchased in 1880. The Hernley church was built one mile (two km) north of Manheim in 1745 on land contributed by the Penns and was enlarged in 1919. In the early 1950s Sunday school and worship services were held every Sunday alternately in the two churches. The membership in 1955 was 256; the ministers were Abram M. Risser and Clyde L. Metzler; the deacons were Isaac E. Tyson and John R. Nissley; the bishop in charge was Homer D. Bomberger. An early division resulted in a considerable loss into the Church of the Brethren.

Before 1960 the joint congregation became two separate congregations -- Hernley Mennonite Church and Gantz Mennonite Church (by the late 1980s known as Grace Community Fellowship.)

See also Grace Community Fellowship (Manheim, Pennsylvania, USA)

Additional Information

Address: 746 Lebanon Rd, Manheim, PA 17545

Phone: 717-665-5773

Website:

Denominational Affiliations: Lancaster Mennonite Conference

Mennonite Church USA

Map

Map:Hernley Mennonite Church (Manheim, Pennsylvania, USA)


Author(s) Ira D Landis
Samuel J. Steiner
Date Published March 2014

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Landis, Ira D and Samuel J. Steiner. "Hernley Mennonite Church (Manheim, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. March 2014. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hernley_Mennonite_Church_(Manheim,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=176770.

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Landis, Ira D and Samuel J. Steiner. (March 2014). Hernley Mennonite Church (Manheim, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hernley_Mennonite_Church_(Manheim,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=176770.



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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol.2, pp. 438-439. All rights reserved.


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