Blossers Meetinghouse (Nappanee, Indiana, USA)
Blossers (Mennonite Church), Nappanee, Indiana. At an unknown date, possibly in the 1870s, a log meetinghouse was erected for the convenience of the Mennonites of the community in Harrison Township, Elkhart County, Indiana, about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Goshen. So far as is known, the group which worshiped there was never organized as a separate congregation, nor did they have resident ministers; in 1887 it was reported that the Blosser church was "supplied by ministers from the surrounding districts" (Cassel). After the Wisler schism of 1871 in the Yellow Creek congregation, the Wisler (Old Order) Mennonites used the Blosser meetinghouse as well as the Yellow Creek church building. The original log structure was replaced by a frame building about 1892. In 1949 the Old Order Mennonites enlarged and remodeled this frame building, and added a basement. The group who worship at Blossers are not organized as a separate congregation, but are a part of the Yellow Creek Old Order congregation.
| Author(s) | John C Wenger |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1953 |
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Wenger, John C. "Blossers Meetinghouse (Nappanee, Indiana, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Blossers_Meetinghouse_(Nappanee,_Indiana,_USA)&oldid=54823.
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Wenger, John C. (1953). Blossers Meetinghouse (Nappanee, Indiana, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Blossers_Meetinghouse_(Nappanee,_Indiana,_USA)&oldid=54823.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 366. All rights reserved.
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