Tourist Mennonite Church (Sarasota, Florida, USA)
Tourist Mennonite Church, originally called Pinecraft Mennonite Church, and later Pinecraft Tourist Mennonite Church, is located in Sarasota, Florida. It was originally a member of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference, and was organized about 1946 from among those attending the Union Mennonite Church in the Pinecraft area. It had a membership of 30 in 1957, with Joseph M. Nissley and Otho B. Shenk serving as preachers.
In the 1980s it became an unaffiliated Mennonite congregation.
In 2014 the church had 31 members. The ministerial team was comprised of Bishop David Graber and Deacon John D. Troyer.
Bibliography
Mennonite Church Directory 2014. Harrisonburg, VA: Christian Light Publications, Inc., 2014: 136.
Additional Information
Address: 3340 Bahia Vista Street, Sarasota, Florida
Map
Map:Tourist Mennonite Church (Sarasota, Florida, USA)
| Author(s) | Joseph M. Nissley |
|---|---|
| Richard D. Thiessen | |
| Date Published | April 2014 |
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Nissley, Joseph M. and Richard D. Thiessen. "Tourist Mennonite Church (Sarasota, Florida, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. April 2014. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Tourist_Mennonite_Church_(Sarasota,_Florida,_USA)&oldid=122952.
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Nissley, Joseph M. and Richard D. Thiessen. (April 2014). Tourist Mennonite Church (Sarasota, Florida, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Tourist_Mennonite_Church_(Sarasota,_Florida,_USA)&oldid=122952.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 181. All rights reserved.
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