Virginia Mennonite Missions
Virginia Mennonite Missions (formerly Virginia Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities) (Mennonite Church USA), was organized in 1916, and incorporated in 1919. In the 1950s it consisted of 21 members elected by the bishop districts and certain congregations of the Virginia Mennonite Conference. In 1959 it operated nine home mission stations (six city missions in Virginia, one city mission in Tennessee, and two rural missions in Kentucky). It also operated foreign missions in Jamaica and Sicily. Its official organ is the Missionary Light.
Additional Information
Address: 901 Parkwood Drive, Harrisonburg, Virginia
Phone: 540-434-9727
Websites: Virginia Mennonite Missions ; Virginia Mennonite Conference
Author(s) | Harold S Bender |
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Date Published | 1959 |
Cite This Article
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Bender, Harold S. "Virginia Mennonite Missions." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 16 Aug 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Virginia_Mennonite_Missions&oldid=68906.
APA style
Bender, Harold S. (1959). Virginia Mennonite Missions. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 16 August 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Virginia_Mennonite_Missions&oldid=68906.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 1132. All rights reserved.
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