Milford Mennonite Church (Milford, Nebraska, USA)

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Milford Mennonite Church in Milford, Nebraska in 1946.
Source: Mennonite Community Photograph Collection, The Congregation (HM4-134 Box 1 photo 012.2-1).
Mennonite Church USA Archives, Goshen, Indiana.

Milford Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church USA), located in Milford, Seward County, Nebraska, a member of the Iowa-Nebraska Mennonite Conference (now Central Plains Mennonite Conference), was organized on 19 November 1925, with 81 charter members, under the leadership of L. O. Schlegel, bishop, and William Schlegel, minister, as a schism from the East Fairview Mennonite Church. After a period of attempted affiliation with the General Conference Mennonite Church the congregation returned and was received as a member of the Iowa-Nebraska Conference on 8 August 1938. The first meetinghouse, a frame structure, was erected in 1926, modernized and enlarged to a seating capacity of 400 in 1953.

The 1956 membership was 205 with L. O. Schlegel as bishop and W. A. Eicher and Milton Troyer as ministers. On 3 June 1956 Milton Troyer was ordained bishop and L. O. Schlegel resigned from active service.

In 2005 there were 145 members; Lewis W. Miller served as the pastor.

Additional Information

Address: PO Box EE, Milford, NE 68405-0636

Location: 920 3rd Street, Milford, Nebraska

Phone: 402-761-2244

Denominational Affiliations:

Iowa-Nebraska Mennonite Conference

Central Plains Mennonite Conference

Mennonite Church (MC)

Mennonite Church USA


Author(s) L. O Schlegel
Date Published 1957

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Schlegel, L. O. "Milford Mennonite Church (Milford, Nebraska, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Milford_Mennonite_Church_(Milford,_Nebraska,_USA)&oldid=116867.

APA style

Schlegel, L. O. (1957). Milford Mennonite Church (Milford, Nebraska, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Milford_Mennonite_Church_(Milford,_Nebraska,_USA)&oldid=116867.



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