Deep Run West Mennonite Church (Perkasie, Pennsylvania, USA)
The Deep Run West Mennonite Church (MC USA) is located in Perkasie, Pennsylvania. It originally was a member of the Eastern District of the General Conference Mennonite Church. At the time of the 1847 division in the Franconia Mennonite Conference, a group at Deep Run withdrew from the old congregation in 1847 or 1848, but did not organize until 14 May 1849. Its charter, which fixes the official name of the congregation as the Mennonite Society of Deep Run and Plumstead, amended in 1913 and 1950, remains to the present day as the constitution of the congregation. Locally the congregation was known as the "New Mennonite" Church to distinguish it from the original Deep Run Mennonite (MC) Church. In the summer of 1849 the present brick meeting house was built near the meeting house of the original congregation. An addition was made to it in 1949.
Known ministers and their terms of service are: Martin Fretz, 1849-1851; Joseph D. Rosenberger, ca. 1851-1870; Enos F. Loux, ca. 1851-ca. 1865; Jacob S. Moyer, 1871-1883; Allen M. Fretz, 1883-1943; Rüssel Mast, 1940-1945; Herbert Fretz, 1945-1953; Claude Boyer, 1953- .
The Sunday school was organized about 1876, and in 1892 a Christian Endeavor was organized. The membership in 1849 was about 60, in 1899 it was 140, in 1954 it was 244, and in 2007 is was 165.
Bibliography
Cassel, Daniel Kolb. History of the Mennonites; historically and biographically arranged from the time of the reformation; more particularly from the time of their emigration to America. Containing sketches fo the oldest meeting houses and prominent ministers. Also, their Confession of faith, adopted at Dortrecht, in 1632. Philadelphia: D. K. Cassel, 1888. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/historymennonit00cassgoog
Fretz, A. J. A Brief History of the Old and New Mennonite Congregation of Deep Run. Bedminster, Pa.: 1912.
Fretz, J. Herbert. History of the Deep Run Mennonite Congregation: Eastern Conference. Bedminster, Pa. : The Church. 1949.
"History of the Deep Run Congregation,"1899 Mennonite Yearbook and Almanac. Quakertown, Pa.: 1899.
Minute Book of the Congregation. 1848- .
Wenger, John, Christian. History of the Mennonites of the Franconia Conference. Scottdale, Pa.: Mennonite Publishing House, 1938.
Additional Information
Address: 1008 Deep Run Rd., Perkasie PA 18944
Phone: 215-766-8157
Conference Affiliations:
| Author(s) | J. Herbert Fretz |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1956 |
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Fretz, J. Herbert. "Deep Run West Mennonite Church (Perkasie, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 25 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Deep_Run_West_Mennonite_Church_(Perkasie,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=120115.
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Fretz, J. Herbert. (1956). Deep Run West Mennonite Church (Perkasie, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Deep_Run_West_Mennonite_Church_(Perkasie,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=120115.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 26. All rights reserved.
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