Fairfield Bethel Mennonite Church (Huron, South Dakota, USA)

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In 1921, the Hutterthal Mennonite Church of Carpenter, South Dakota, had worship centers in three areas because of its scattered membership. It built one close to Fairfield School #4 in Beadle County.

In 1927 the Fairfield church located 12 miles north and two miles west of Huron as the Fairfield Bethel Church. An enclosed basement served as the meeting place until 1956, when the building was completed.

The Fairfield Bethel Church joined the Northern District Conference of the General Conference Mennonite Church in 1941.

The ongoing migration of members from rural areas into the city of Huron created difficulties for the congregation, and it decided to dissolve in 1962. The Mount Olivet Mennonite Church in Huron invited Fairfield Bethel members to transfer. Some members also went to other churches.

After the church finally closed in 1963, the building was sold and moved to Tulare, South Dakota.

Bibliography

Janzen, Rod A. The Prairie People: Forgotten Anabaptists. Hanover, New Hampshire: University Press of New England, 1999: 80-81.

Schmidt, Diena, ed. The Northern District Conference of the General Conference Mennonite Church 1891-1991. Freeman, S.D.: The Conference, 1991: 157-158.

Additional Information

Address: Huron, South Dakota

Phone:

Website:

Denominational Affiliations: Northern District Conference

General Conference Mennonite Church

Pastoral Leaders at Fairfield Bethel Mennonite Church

Name Years
of Service
Peter P. "P. P." Tschetter (1886-1976) 1921-1939
Jacob Friesen 1939-1940
Frank S. Harder (1917-1992) 1941-1946
Isaac A. Derksen 1947-1951
William H. Dahlenburg (1921-2009) 1952-1961
Menno Pullman (1921-1981) 1962-1963

Fairfield Bethel Mennonite Church Membership

Year Members
1944 32
1950 58
1960 59
1962 62

Original Mennonite Encyclopedia Article

By Isaac A. Derksen. Copied by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 288. All rights reserved.

Fairfield Bethel Mennonite Church (General Conference Mennonite), in Beadle County, South Dakota, 11 miles north and two miles west of Huron, a member of the Northern District, was organized on 13 July 1927 under the leadership of Elder P. P. Tschetter. The congregation had 53 members in 1955, with Wm. H. Dahlenburg serving as minister.


Author(s) Samuel J Steiner
Date Published October 2023

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