Bethany Mennonite Church (Briery Branch Gap, Virginia, USA)
Photo by Elwood Yoder; used with permission.
Source: Mennonite Archive of Virginia.
Bethany Mennonite Church (formerly Mennonite Church, now Southeastern Mennonite Conference), located in the Briery Branch Gap, four miles (six km) southwest of Spring Creek, Ashby District, Rockingham County, Virginia, was a local mission congregation of the Middle District of the Virginia Mennonite Conference. The church was founded in 1910 and land was purchased for the church in 1913. There were 18 baptized members in the early 1950s.
In 2014 the church had 56 members and was served by Bishop Clair J. Heatwole, Ministers David F. Showalter and Jonathan Burkholder, and Deacon Allen D. Good.
Bibliography
Mennonite Church Directory 2014. Harrisonburg, VA: Christian Light Publications, Inc., 2014: 126.
Additional Information
Address: 7349 Briery Branch Road, Dayton, VA
Denominational Affiliation:
Virginia Mennonite Conference (MC)
Southeastern Mennonite Conference
| Author(s) | Harry A Brunk |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1953 |
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Brunk, Harry A. "Bethany Mennonite Church (Briery Branch Gap, Virginia, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 3 Apr 2025. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Bethany_Mennonite_Church_(Briery_Branch_Gap,_Virginia,_USA)&oldid=117469.
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Brunk, Harry A. (1953). Bethany Mennonite Church (Briery Branch Gap, Virginia, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 3 April 2025, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Bethany_Mennonite_Church_(Briery_Branch_Gap,_Virginia,_USA)&oldid=117469.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 303. All rights reserved.
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