Iglesia Evangélica El Buen Pastor (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)
The Iglesia Evangélica El Buen Pastor (Good Shepherd Evangelical Church) began through the efforts of William G. Lauver, a former missionary in Argentina and Texas. The Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities asked him to give leadership to an outreach to Spanish-speaking people in areas served by the Lancaster Mennonite Conference. In 1956, he began holding Friday night home services in Lancaster, although a congregation did not immediately form.
Elmer Weaver assumed leadership in 1963 and helped to stabilize the group, which then began to grow. The congregation met in a space in downtown Lancaster. It constructed a church on Harrison Street in 1970 and dedicated it on 19 December 1970.
By the 2020s, the congregation's worship services were bilingual.
Bibliography
Falcón, Rafael. The Hispanic Mennonite Church in North America 1932-1982 Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1986: 95-96, 183, 189.
Additional Information
Address: 645 Harrison Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17602
Telephone: 717-393-4312
Website: https://www.facebook.com/p/Iglesia-Evang%C3%A9lica-El-Buen-Pastor-100090406681769/
Denominational Affiliations:
LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches
Mennonite Church USA (Until 2018)
Pastoral Leaders at Iglesia Evangélica El Buen Pastor
| Name | Years of Service | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| William G. Lauver (1896-1984) | 1956-1963 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elmer P. Weaver (1931-2012) | 1963-1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Artemio De Jesús | 1969-1971 1976-1977 1987?-1994? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| José A. Santiago | 1971-1975 1982-1983 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| César Segura | 1975-1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rosemberg Rojas | 1977-1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nering Huete | 1984-1987? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eugenio Romero | 1987-1994? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Juan González | 1995-2020s? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eliezer González | 2020s- | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ivelisse González | 2020s- | }
Iglesia Evangélica El Buen Pastor Membership
Cite This ArticleMLA style Steiner, Samuel J. "Iglesia Evangélica El Buen Pastor (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. May 2025. Web. 15 Apr 2026. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Iglesia_Evang%C3%A9lica_El_Buen_Pastor_(Lancaster,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=180781. APA style Steiner, Samuel J. (May 2025). Iglesia Evangélica El Buen Pastor (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 15 April 2026, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Iglesia_Evang%C3%A9lica_El_Buen_Pastor_(Lancaster,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=180781.
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