Rock Creek Bible Church (Congerville, Illinois, USA)
The Congerville Mennonite Church (Fellowship of Evangelical Churches), located in Woodford County, Illinois, was the first Amish church to be established in a village. A few Mennonite families moved into the community and opened a Sunday school in 1891. In January 1896 Peter Schantz organized the congregation at this place. In 1917 the remodeled church earlier purchased from the Christian Church and moved into Congerville was rededicated. When the Central Illinois Conference of Mennonites was formed in 1908 Congerville was a charter member. The congregation had 100 members in 1951. In 1999 the congregation had 334 members; the pastor was Arthur John Simpson, Jr.
In 2000 the congregation withdrew from the General Conference Mennonite Church and joined the Evangelical Mennonite Church (now Fellowship of Evangelical Churches).
Additional Information
Address: 307 East Kauffman, Congerville, Illinois
Phone: 309-448-2319
Denominational Affiliation: Fellowship of Evangelical Churches
| Author(s) | Grace Miller |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1953 |
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Miller, Grace. "Rock Creek Bible Church (Congerville, Illinois, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 9 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Rock_Creek_Bible_Church_(Congerville,_Illinois,_USA)&oldid=136365.
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Miller, Grace. (1953). Rock Creek Bible Church (Congerville, Illinois, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 9 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Rock_Creek_Bible_Church_(Congerville,_Illinois,_USA)&oldid=136365.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, pp. 689-690. All rights reserved.
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