Locust Grove Church (Burr Oak, Michigan, USA)
Locust Grove Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church USA), located five miles (eight km) northwest of Burr Oak, St. Joseph County, Michigan, is a member of the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference. It was started as a mission station by the Shore congregation near Shipshewana, Indiana, about 1940. On 18 November 1945, the church was organized with 61 charter members, and Orvin H. Hooley was ordained as pastor. Lee J. Miller, bishop of the Shore congregation, served as bishop. The 1954 membership was 190. The first meetinghouse was built in 1941 and enlarged in 1950.
In 2008 the membership was 194; the pastors were Jim and Faith Carpenter.
In 2016 the Locust Grove congregation withdrew from the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference. This move was part of a larger realignment of Mennonite congregations in the 2010s that were formerly part of Mennonite Church USA. These congregations were unhappy with Mennonite Church USA's failure to take stronger disciplinary actions against area conferences and congregations who expressed openness to inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons.
Additional Information
Address: 29525 Findley Road, Burr Oak, Michigan
Phone: 269-489-5041
Website: https://lgmc.blogspot.ca/
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| Author(s) | Orvin H Hooley |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1957 |
Cite This Article
MLA style
Hooley, Orvin H. "Locust Grove Church (Burr Oak, Michigan, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Locust_Grove_Church_(Burr_Oak,_Michigan,_USA)&oldid=148720.
APA style
Hooley, Orvin H. (1957). Locust Grove Church (Burr Oak, Michigan, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Locust_Grove_Church_(Burr_Oak,_Michigan,_USA)&oldid=148720.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 384. All rights reserved.
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