Risser's Mennonite Church (Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, USA)

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Risser (Rissers) Mennonite Church, located 4 miles east of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, a member of the Lancaster Conference, originated in 1737. The first meetinghouse was built in 1760 in a grove on Peter Risser's land. This was enlarged in 1865, and in 1887 replaced by the present frame church 50 x 70 ft. It is beautifully located, with a schoolhouse adjoining and a well-kept cemetery. In 1957 the membership was 138; Noah W. Risser and Clarence E. Lutz were the bishops, Walter W. Oberholtzer and J. Harold Forwood the ministers. It formerly shared its ministers with the Stauffer congregation at Bachmanville.


Author(s) Ira D Landis
Date Published 1959

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Landis, Ira D. "Risser's Mennonite Church (Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 12 Feb 2026. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Risser%27s_Mennonite_Church_(Elizabethtown,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=84587.

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Landis, Ira D. (1959). Risser's Mennonite Church (Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 12 February 2026, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Risser%27s_Mennonite_Church_(Elizabethtown,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=84587.



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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 341. All rights reserved.


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