Andrews Bridge Mennonite Fellowship (Christiana, Pennsylvania, USA)
Andrew's Bridge, an African-American mission of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference, elevated above the Octoraro in southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, was opened 16 January 1938 by the Mellinger congregation. The Lina May Thompson (Colored) home was the center of the work. In 1945 a new commodious meetinghouse was built by the mission board. Israel D. Rohrer, who was later ordained for the ministry to the deaf, was for some years the superintendent. Bernard B. Kautz also served in this position. Jacob K. Mellinger was ordained on 5 June 1946 as the first local minister, and on 11 May 1949 Daniel D. Leaman was ordained his assistant. The 1952 membership was 55. John R. Winey was ordained deacon on 20 July 1952. It later became an organized congregation of both African-Americans and whites, augmented by the influx of overflowing congregations more central, due to high prices of land in the heart of Lancaster County. It later became known as Andrews Bridge Mennonite Fellowship and later still as the Andrews Bridge Christian Fellowship.
Sometime after 2000, the congregation withdrew from the Lancaster Mennonite Conference and became part of the Alliance of Mennonite Evangelical Congregations.
| Author(s) | Jonas S Beachy |
|---|---|
| Sam Steiner | |
| Date Published | 1953 |
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Beachy, Jonas S and Sam Steiner. "Andrews Bridge Mennonite Fellowship (Christiana, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 18 Dec 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Andrews_Bridge_Mennonite_Fellowship_(Christiana,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=116145.
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Beachy, Jonas S and Sam Steiner. (1953). Andrews Bridge Mennonite Fellowship (Christiana, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 December 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Andrews_Bridge_Mennonite_Fellowship_(Christiana,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=116145.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 121. All rights reserved.
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