Rowe Mennonite Church (Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA)
Rowe Mennonite Church, located four miles west of Shippensburg, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, was organized in 1840. In 1957 it had 108 members, with Amos E. Martin as bishop and Paul C. Martin as minister, and was a member of the Washington County, Maryland, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania Conference.
In 1965 the Rowe congregation was part of a division in the Washington County, Maryland, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania Conference led by Bishop Amos E. Martin. Rowe became part of the Washington-Franklin (North) Conference, which itself divided in 1971. At that time Rowe followed Amos E. Martin as he formed the Cumberland Valley Mennonite Church.
In 2017 the congregation had 66 members; the bishop was Allan D. Martin.
Additional Information
Address: 754 Pinola Road, Shippensburg, PA 17257
Phone: 717-530-5711
Denominational Affiliation: Cumberland Valley Mennonite Church
| Author(s) | Harold S. Bender |
|---|---|
| Sam Steiner | |
| Date Published | 1959 |
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Bender, Harold S. and Sam Steiner. "Rowe Mennonite Church (Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 25 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Rowe_Mennonite_Church_(Shippensburg,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=156382.
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Bender, Harold S. and Sam Steiner. (1959). Rowe Mennonite Church (Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Rowe_Mennonite_Church_(Shippensburg,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=156382.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 374. All rights reserved.
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