Yoder Amish Mennonite Church (Rock Creek, Illinois, USA)
The Yoder (Rock Creek) Amish Mennonite Church, the mother church of the Central (Illinois) Conference, was organized by the members of the Mackinaw congregation living in McLean County. It was called the Yoder church because of its long-time leader, Bishop Jonathan Yoder (1795-1869), who had moved into the community from Juniata County, Pennsylvania, in the spring of 1851. In 1853 a meetinghouse was erected at Rock Creek, 4 miles (6.4 km.) north of Danvers, the first Amish meetinghouse west of Malvern, Pennsylvania. The congregation grew rapidly from some 100 to 400 members by 1872. In that year a new meetinghouse was erected two miles south of the old location, later called the North Danvers church. Joseph Stuckey, the later leader in the founding of the Central Conference, was ordained minister here in 1860 and bishop in 1864, and became the leader of the congregation. In 1871 or 1872 the congregation was renamed North Danvers.
| Author(s) | Harold S Bender |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Bender, Harold S. "Yoder Amish Mennonite Church (Rock Creek, Illinois, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Yoder_Amish_Mennonite_Church_(Rock_Creek,_Illinois,_USA)&oldid=69409.
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Bender, Harold S. (1959). Yoder Amish Mennonite Church (Rock Creek, Illinois, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Yoder_Amish_Mennonite_Church_(Rock_Creek,_Illinois,_USA)&oldid=69409.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 1138. All rights reserved.
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