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The Neffsville Mennonite Church, Neffsville, Pennsylvania, USA, dates from December 1951 when some persons dissatisfied with the discipline of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference met with Bishop Otis N. Johns of the Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference. They discussed launching a new congregation affiliated with that less conservative conference.

A group began meeting in a former Church of the Brethren meetinghouse on Buch Avenue. On 10 October 1952, O. N. Johns officiated at the congregation's organization with 72 charter members. Maurice Landis began as the first pastor in January 1953.

The congregation met on Buch Avenue until it dedicated a new facility on Lititz Pike on 9-10 June 1956. A substantial addition came in 1966. Finally, a new auditorium was dedicated on 19 May 1991.

In 2021 the congregation was part of the Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA. That conference was formerly the eastern part of the Ohio and Eastern Conference before it became a separate conference in 1978.

Bibliography

Author(s)	Samuel J Steiner
Date Published	December 2021

"First services were held...." Gospel Herald 49, no. 23 (5 June 1956): 548.

Metzler, Jeanette. "Neffsville moves into new facility." Atlantic Coast Conference Currents 12, no. 3 (May-June 1991): 4.

"Neffsville Mennonite Church" Atlantic Coast Conference Currents 2, no. 5 (September-October 1981): 1.

Stoltzfus, Grant M. Mennonites of the Ohio and Eastern Conference; From the Colonial Period in Pennsylvania to 1968. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite history, no. 13. Scottdale, Pa: Herald Press, 1969: 246, 325.

Additional Information

Address: 2371 Lititz Pike, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17601

Phone: 717-569-0012

Website: https://www.neffmc.org/

Denominational Affiliations: Atlantic Coast Conference

Mennonite Church USA

Pastoral Leaders at Neffsville Mennonite Church

Name	Years of Service
Maurice W. Landis (1913-2000)	1953-1961
John R. Martin (1928-2021)	1961-1971
Robert Shreiner (Interim)	1971-1973
Clyde D. Fulmer (1931-2000)	1973-1979
Kenneth Good (Interim)	1979-1980
G. Edwin Bontrager	1980-1987
Terry A. Yoder (Assistant)	1982-1989?
Linford King	1987-2002
Bradlee T. Bame (Youth)	1991-1994
Wilbur D. Miller (Music)	1991-1994
Shawn Erb (Youth)	1994-1998
Dwight Rohrer (Youth)	1999-2021
Arthur P. Dyck (Music)	1999-2006
Craig R. Schloneger	2003-2005
Truman H. Brunk (1931-2010) (Interim)	2005-2006
Harry Jarrett	2006-2013
Beth Jarrett (Associate)	2006-2013
Linda Helmus (Associate)	2009-2014
Alan Miller (Interim)	2013-2014 2021-present
F. Hunter Hess	2015-present
NanaSue Walker (Associate)	2017-2021

Membership at Neffsville Mennonite Church

Year	Membership
1952	72
1960	228
1970	402
1980	479
1990	480
2000	494
2007	605
2020	400

Original Mennonite Encyclopedia Article

Neffsville Mennonite Church (MC), originally a member of the Ohio and Eastern Conference (later Atlantic Coast Conference), was organized in 1952 largely by members who had withdrawn from the East Chestnut Street Church of the Lancaster Conference. Its meetinghouse, located at the south edge of Neffsville, Pennsylvania, 3½ miles (5.6 km.) north of Lancaster, was erected in 1957. In 1958 it had 229 members, with Maurice W. Landis as pastor.

Cite This Article

MLA style

Steiner, Samuel J. "Neffsville Mennonite Church (Neffsville, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. December 2021. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Neffsville_Mennonite_Church_(Neffsville,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=176935.

APA style

Steiner, Samuel J. (December 2021). Neffsville Mennonite Church (Neffsville, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Neffsville_Mennonite_Church_(Neffsville,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=176935.

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 By [[Bender, Harold Stauffer (1897-1962)|Harold S. Bender]]. Copied by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from ''Mennonite Encyclopedia'', Vol. 4, p. 1111. All rights reserved.
-Neffsville [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] (MC), originally a member of the [[Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference (MC)|Ohio and Eastern Conference]] (later [[Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA|Atlantic Coast Conference]]), was organized in 1952 largely by members who had withdrawn from the [[East Chestnut Street Mennonite Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)|East Chestnut Street Church]] of the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Conference]]. Its meetinghouse, located at the south edge of Neffsville, [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], 3½ miles (5.6 km.) north of [[Lancaster (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster]], was erected in 1957. In 1958 it had 229 members, with Maurice W. Landis as pastor.
+Neffsville [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] (MC), originally a member of the [[Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference (MC)|Ohio and Eastern Conference]] (later [[Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA|Atlantic Coast Conference]]), was organized in 1952 largely by members who had withdrawn from the [[East Chestnut Street Mennonite Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)|East Chestnut Street Church]] of the [[LMC: A Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Conference]]. Its meetinghouse, located at the south edge of Neffsville, [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], 3½ miles (5.6 km.) north of [[Lancaster (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster]], was erected in 1957. In 1958 it had 229 members, with Maurice W. Landis as pastor.
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