Bethel Community Church (Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania, USA)

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The Bethel Mennonite Church near Warfordsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, began as a mission outpost in 1963 of the Washington County (Maryland) and Franklin County (Pennsylvania) Mennonite Conference of the Mennonite Church (MC), particularly the Salem Ridge Mennonite Church.

Sometime before 2000, the congregation changed its name to Bethel Community Church.

In 2017, the congregation became part of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference when the small Franklin Mennonite Conference withdrew from Mennonite Church USA and voted to become a bishop district of the Lancaster Conference (later LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches).

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Additional Information

Address: 1040 Bethel Church Road, Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania 17267

Telephone: 301-991-7141

Website: https://www.facebook.com/BethelCCW/

Denominational Affiliations: Franklin Mennonite Conference (Until 2017)

LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches (2017- )

Mennonite Church USA (Until 2016)

Pastoral Leaders at Bethel Community Church

Name Years
of Service
Mahlon D. Eshleman (1926-2015)(Bishop) 1963-1969
Lauren B. Horst (1931-2017) 1969-1990
Gary Quackenbos 1991-2017
Joseph Martin 2017-2022
Rick Socks 2022-

Bethel Community Church Membership

Year Members
1965 5
1970 18
1980 29
1990 29
2000 42
2009 94


Author(s) Samuel J Steiner
Date Published October 2024

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Steiner, Samuel J. "Bethel Community Church (Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. October 2024. Web. 23 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Bethel_Community_Church_(Warfordsburg,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=179818.

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Steiner, Samuel J. (October 2024). Bethel Community Church (Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 23 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Bethel_Community_Church_(Warfordsburg,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=179818.




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