First Mennonite Church of Broken Bow (Broken Bow, Nebraska, USA)
First Mennonite Church of Broken Bow (formerly Broken View Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church (MC)) was located four miles (6.5 km) north and two miles (three km) northeast of Broken Bow, Nebraska. It was organized in June 1923 by Daniel Lapp and in 1953 had 46 members, with Royden Schweitzer as minister. Its meetinghouse was built in 1938.
In the early 1980s it moved into the town of Broken Bow at North 16th and B Street. It closed in the late 1990s; the last pastor was Alvin B. Eichelberger. The membership in 1996 was 12.
Bibliography
Mennonite Yearbook (1992): 62; (1996): 64.
Author(s) | Melvin Gingerich |
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Sam Steiner | |
Date Published | 2009 |
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Gingerich, Melvin and Sam Steiner. "First Mennonite Church of Broken Bow (Broken Bow, Nebraska, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 2009. Web. 17 Sep 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=First_Mennonite_Church_of_Broken_Bow_(Broken_Bow,_Nebraska,_USA)&oldid=77235.
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Gingerich, Melvin and Sam Steiner. (2009). First Mennonite Church of Broken Bow (Broken Bow, Nebraska, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 17 September 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=First_Mennonite_Church_of_Broken_Bow_(Broken_Bow,_Nebraska,_USA)&oldid=77235.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 436. All rights reserved.
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