Berean Christian Fellowship (Tallahassee, Florida, USA)

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The Berean Conservative Mennonite Church began in 1963 as an outreach of the Bethel Mennonite Church in Blountstown, Florida. John and Edith Nissley moved to Tallahassee from Blountstown in December 1963. John Nissley, a surgical technician, provided leadership to the new worshipping group in a rented building. He was formally ordained on 10 July 1966.

The Tallahassee congregation built a church building in 1966 and became an independent congregation in the Conservative Mennonite Conference in 1968. The congregation completed an addition to the building in 1976, and a third addition in 2000. In about 1992, the congregation changed its name to Berean Mennonite Christian Fellowship; in 2005 it changed its name again to Berean Christian Fellowship. It noted the Mennonite name was unfamiliar in that part of Florida.

In the late 1970s, Berean was also affiliated with the Southeast Mennonite Conference of the Mennonite Church (MC). It left this affiliation in the late 1990s. Sometime after 2011 the congregation left the Conservative Mennonite Conference and joined the Good News Fellowship.

Bibliography

Berean Christian Fellowship. "History." Berean Christian Fellowship. Web. 29 November 2023. https://bcftally.com/history-and-beliefs.

Lehman, Martin W. Roots & Branches: a Narrative History of the Amish and Mennonites in Southeast United States, 1892-1992, 2 vols. Telford, Pa.: Cascadia Publishing Company, 2010-2011: v. 1: 185; v. 2: 29-30.

Additional Information

Address: 6214 Blountstown Highway, Tallahassee, Florida 32310

Phone: 850-574-6034

Website: https://bcftally.com/

Denominational Affiliations:

Good News Fellowship

Pastoral Leaders at Berean Christian Fellowship

Name Years

of Service

John E. Nissley (1939-2017) 1963-2009
Donovan D. Zook (Associate) 1995-2000
Steve Nissley 2009-2015
Doug Gingerich 2015-
Paul Padgett (Care) 2015-?

Berean Christian Fellowship Membership

Year Members
1970 13
1980 43
1990 41
2000 61
2009 58


Author(s) Samuel J Steiner
Date Published November 2023

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Steiner, Samuel J. "Berean Christian Fellowship (Tallahassee, Florida, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. November 2023. Web. 31 Oct 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Berean_Christian_Fellowship_(Tallahassee,_Florida,_USA)&oldid=177853.

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Steiner, Samuel J. (November 2023). Berean Christian Fellowship (Tallahassee, Florida, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 31 October 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Berean_Christian_Fellowship_(Tallahassee,_Florida,_USA)&oldid=177853.




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