Caney Creek Mennonite Church (Lost Creek, Kentucky, USA)

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In 1952 the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Mission Board purchased three and one-half acres of land on Caney Creek in Kentucky and planned to build a church and home there. Fred Hays, a member of the Belmont Mennonite Church in Elkhart, Indiana, directed the initial work in Kentucky. Wayne and Mae Wenger and their family moved from Dryden, Michigan, to lead the work in August 1952.

The Caney Creek church building was dedicated on 24 May 1953.

In 1968, the Caney Creek Mennonite Church changed its affiliation to the Conservative Mennonite Conference.

Bibliography

"The Indiana-Michigan Mission Board...." Gospel Herald 45, no. 9 (26 February 1952): 212.

Preheim, Rich. In Pursuit of Faithfulness: Conviction, Conflict, and Compromise in Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference. Harrisonburg, Va.: Herald Press, 2016: 308.

Wenger, John Christian. The Mennonites in Indiana and Michigan. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1961: 257.

Additional Information

Address: Caney Rd, Lost Creek, Kentucky 41348

Phone: 606-666-4723

Website: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064696570721

Denominational Affiliations: Rosedale Network of Churches

Pastoral Leaders at Caney Creek Mennonite Church

Name Years
of Service
Wayne J. Wenger (1919-2008) 1952-1961
Robert L. Stoltzfus (1926-1995) 1961-1971?
Albert S. Miller (1930-2003) 1968?-2002
Thomas Miller 2002-

Caney Creek Mennonite Church Membership

Year Members
1960 5
1970 5
1980 14
1990 17
2000 37
2011 37
2024 44


Author(s) Samuel J Steiner
Date Published April 2024

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Steiner, Samuel J. "Caney Creek Mennonite Church (Lost Creek, Kentucky, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. April 2024. Web. 10 Oct 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Caney_Creek_Mennonite_Church_(Lost_Creek,_Kentucky,_USA)&oldid=178712.

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Steiner, Samuel J. (April 2024). Caney Creek Mennonite Church (Lost Creek, Kentucky, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 10 October 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Caney_Creek_Mennonite_Church_(Lost_Creek,_Kentucky,_USA)&oldid=178712.




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