Paoli Mennonite Fellowship (Paoli, Indiana, USA)

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The Paoli Mennonite Fellowship began as a house church in late 1974 when a group of physicians from First Mennonite Church in Indianapolis moved to Paoli to provide health care in this rural part of southern Indiana. These doctors included Wallace Schellenberger.

The congregation joined the Central District and the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference in 1980 and the General Conference Mennonite Church in 1986.

The fellowship constructed its own building in 1986, partially with the assistance of a loan from Church Extension Services of the General Conference Mennonite Church.

In 2022 the congregation was part of the Central District Conference of Mennonite Church USA. It withdrew from the Indiana-Michigan Conference in 2020.

Bibliography

"Paoli (Ind.) Mennonite Fellowship" The Mennonite 100, no. 23 (10 December 1985): 589; 101, no. 10 (27 May 1986): 224.

Rich, Elaine Sommers, ed. Walking Together in Faith: The Central District Conference, 1957-1990. Bluffton, Ohio: The Conference, 2003: 82.

Additional Information

Address: 2589 N County Road 100 W, Paoli, Indiana 47454

Phone: 812-723-2414

Website: http://paolimennonite.org/

Denominational Affiliations: Central District Conference

Mennonite Church USA

Pastoral Leaders at Paoli Mennonite Fellowship

Name Years
of Service
Lay Leadership 1974-1977
Tom Kauffman
(Transitional)
1977-1987
2018-2019
Lay Leadership 1987-1988
Charles Watson (Co-pastor) 1988-1996
Linda Watson (Co-pastor) 1988-1996
Howard N. Palmatier (1926-2009)(Interim?) 1997
Mary Mininger (Co-pastor) 1998-2012?
Philip K. Mininger (Co-pastor) 1998-2012?
Rebecca Hope Kauffman 2012-2018
Lay Leadership 2020
Paul Brubaker 2020-present

Membership at Paoli Mennonite Fellowship

Year Membership
1980 29
1990 75
2000 70
2009 68
2020 80


Author(s) Samuel J Steiner
Date Published December 2022

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Steiner, Samuel J. "Paoli Mennonite Fellowship (Paoli, Indiana, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. December 2022. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Paoli_Mennonite_Fellowship_(Paoli,_Indiana,_USA)&oldid=178947.

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Steiner, Samuel J. (December 2022). Paoli Mennonite Fellowship (Paoli, Indiana, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Paoli_Mennonite_Fellowship_(Paoli,_Indiana,_USA)&oldid=178947.




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