Jubilee Mennonite Church (Bellefontaine, Ohio, USA)

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The Jubilee Mennonite Church, Bellefontaine, Ohio, USA, began to meet informally in 1994 as a small group from the South Union Mennonite Church on Sunday evenings, partly to support terminally-ill cancer patients. In June 1995, the group began to consider a greater organization and formalized leadership. Joyce Wyse agreed to serve as an initial interim pastor two Sundays a month. The congregation met for a number of years at the Littleton Funeral Home.

Jubilee Mennonite joined the Ohio Mennonite Conference of the Mennonite Church (MC) and the Central District Conference of the General Conference Mennonite Church in 1996. It merged with the Bellefontaine Community Fellowship in 2000 and continued under the Jubilee Mennonite Church name. The merged congregation then met at the Friendly Senior Center in Bellefontaine. In about 2004, Jubilee decided to affiliate only with the Ohio Mennonite Conference of Mennonite Church USA. In 2019 the congregation withdrew from the Ohio Conference and affiliated with the Central District Conference because of the latter's greater openness to congregations that welcomed LGBTQ persons in long-term relationships.

In 2005 the Jubilee congregation built its own church facility at 169 County Road 32 North. In 2022 it sold this church building to the Redemption Bible Church and began to meet in The Olive Tree restaurant in Bellefontaine.

In 2023 the congregation was part of the Central District Conference of Mennonite Church USA.

Bibliography

"Jubilee Mennonite Church." Central District Reporter 40, no. 6 (September-October 1996): 2.

"Jubilee Mennonite Church." Central District Conference Reporter (September 2018): 3-4.

Lehman, Tim and Jeff Hooper. "New Church Profile: Jubilee Mennonite Church." Central District Reporter 42, no. 2 (March-April 1997): 3.

Additional Information

Meeting Address: The Olive Tree, 121 W. Chillicothe, Bellefontaine

Phone:

Website: https://www.jubileemennonite.com/

Denominational Affiliations: Central District Conference

Mennonite Church USA

Pastoral Leaders at Jubilee Mennonite Church

Name Years
of Service
Joyce Wyse (Interim) 1995-1997
Tim Lehman 1997-2008
Susan Gotwals Lehman (Associate) 1997-2001?
Tony Doehrmann 2008-2017
Lay Leadership 2018-

Membership at Jubilee Mennonite Church

Year Membership
2000 16
2009 40
2020 25


Author(s) Samuel J Steiner
Date Published March 2023

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Steiner, Samuel J. "Jubilee Mennonite Church (Bellefontaine, Ohio, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. March 2023. Web. 31 Oct 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Jubilee_Mennonite_Church_(Bellefontaine,_Ohio,_USA)&oldid=175016.

APA style

Steiner, Samuel J. (March 2023). Jubilee Mennonite Church (Bellefontaine, Ohio, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 31 October 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Jubilee_Mennonite_Church_(Bellefontaine,_Ohio,_USA)&oldid=175016.




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