Carpenter Community Church (Talmage, Pennsylvania, USA)
The Carpenter's Mennonite Church (as it was first called), south of Talmage, Pennsylvania, began in November 1939 when a Mennonite Sunday school opened. The name came from an 1824 stone union church probably named after Heinrich Carpenter (German=Zimmerman), an early settler. Many of his descendants became Mennonites.
In October 1942, the Lancaster Mennonite Conference recognized it as a congregation in the Mahlon Witmer district, using the renovated 1824 Union church. The New Holland-Groffdale-Metzler district was responsible for the mission. The first members came from the Groffdale, Landis Valley, and Stumptown churches.
Michael N. Wenger was the first local pastor ordained for the church on 1 July 1943. The congregation initially met for worship every two weeks.
In 1989, Carpenter Mennonite hosted a new Mennonite congregation, Spiritual Life Fellowship, on Sunday afternoons in its facility. In 1993, Spiritual Life Fellowship merged with the Carpenter Mennonite Church, which became the Carpenter Community Church. The merged church was a member of the Groffdale District.
Bibliography
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Additional Information
Address: 378 Glenbrook Road, Talmage, Pennsylvania 17580
Telephone: 717-656-9731
Website: https://carpentercommunitychurch.com/
Denominational Affiliations:
LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches
Mennonite Church USA (Until 2017)
Pastoral Leaders at Carpenter Community Church
| Name | Years of Service |
|---|---|
| Visiting Ministers | 1939-1943 |
| Michael N. Wenger (1903-1980) | 1943-1978 |
| David M. Weaver (1918-2012) | 1969-1990 |
| Glenn A. Hoover | 1979?-2016? |
| Lloyd E. Hoover (Bishop) |
1990-1995 1995- |
| David H. Burkholder (1921-2012) | 1993-2012 |
| Harry W. Rutt | 1996?-2002? |
| Daryl L. Hoover (Youth) | 1999?-2003? |
| Dwayne A. Hoover (Associate) | 2006- |
| Samuel Mwangi (Lead) | 2017- |
Carpenter Community Membership
| Year | Members |
|---|---|
| 1943 | 43 |
| 1950 | 68 |
| 1960 | 85 |
| 1970 | 100 |
| 1980 | 90 |
| 1990 | 70 |
| 2000 | 149 |
| 2009 | 119 |
Original Mennonite Encyclopedia Article
By Ira D. Landis. Copied by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 521. All rights reserved.
Carpenter Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church (MC)) in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Dr. Heinrich Zimmermann came from the canton of Zürich (Switzerland) to Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1706. He first bought land in Lampeter and in 1733 in West Earl Township, Lancaster County. His two sons, Henry and Gabriel, started a family cemetery here along the Brownstown to Mechanicsburg Road in 1750. The cemetery was enlarged in 1821 and a union stone church was built nearby in 1824. On 26 November 1939 a Mennonite Sunday school was opened here. In October 1942 the Lancaster Mennonite Conference accepted it as a congregation in the Mahlon Witmer district, using the newly renovated old stone church. The membership in 1953 was 73, average Sunday-school attendance 84, summer Bible school enrollment 200. Michael N. Wenger is minister and John W. Wentling deacon.
| Author(s) | Samuel J Steiner |
|---|---|
| Date Published | November 2024 |
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