Church Without Walls (Elkhart, Indiana, USA)

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The Church Without Walls in Elkhart, Indiana, was established in January 1991 as an inner-city church plant in south-central Elkhart. David McKissic, a recent graduate of Eastern Mennonite College, launched the mission in a low-income area of the city. He said the church was "trying to develop ... a congregation that will empower African-Americans spiritually, culturally, mentally, physically, and socially."

Initially, worship was in the Roosevelt School, followed by a community building in Washington Gardens. The congregation broke ground for a new facility on Wagner Avenue in July 1994.

Church Without Walls became a member congregation of the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference of the Mennonite Church (MC) in 1997.

In April 2024, Church Without Walls withdrew from the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference of Mennonite Church USA and joined LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches.

Bibliography

Brown, Cora. "Church Without Walls." Gospel Evangel 87, no. 7 (November 2006): 3-4.

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

Price, Tom. "Black church started in needy neighborhood." Gospel Herald 84, no. 14 (2 April 1991): 10-11.

_____. "Finding shooting victim on a church doorstep, Mennonites mobilise neighbors." Gospel Herald 87, no. 32 (9 August 1994): 9.

"Program Book for Summer Fest 2024." Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference. (7-8 June 2024): 25.

Additional Information

Address: 731 Wagner Ave., Elkhart, Indiana 46516

Phone: 574-293-0776

Website: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Church-Without-Walls/159451994213931

Denominational Affiliations: Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference

Mennonite Church USA

Pastoral Leaders at Church Without Walls

Name Years
of Service
David McKissic 1991-1993
Wayne Welch (Assistant) 1991-1993
Jonathan Brown 1993-
Cora L. Brown 1997-
Joe Gary (Assistant) 2000?-2008?
Bernice Brown (Assistant) 2008?-2010

Church Without Walls Membership

Year Members
2000 60
2009 80
2020 50


Author(s) Samuel J Steiner
Date Published June 2024

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Steiner, Samuel J. "Church Without Walls (Elkhart, Indiana, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. June 2024. Web. 11 Oct 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Church_Without_Walls_(Elkhart,_Indiana,_USA)&oldid=179137.

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Steiner, Samuel J. (June 2024). Church Without Walls (Elkhart, Indiana, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 11 October 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Church_Without_Walls_(Elkhart,_Indiana,_USA)&oldid=179137.




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