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"Comins votes to become independent Mennonite congregation." ''Central District Conference Reporter'' (January 2011): 3. Web. 7 December 2011. [http://centraldistrict.mennonite.net/News/CDC_Reporter http://centraldistrict.mennonite.net/News/CDC_Reporter#]. | "Comins votes to become independent Mennonite congregation." ''Central District Conference Reporter'' (January 2011): 3. Web. 7 December 2011. [http://centraldistrict.mennonite.net/News/CDC_Reporter http://centraldistrict.mennonite.net/News/CDC_Reporter#]. | ||
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Wenger, John C. ''The Mennonites in Indiana and Michigan.'' Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1961: 364-365. | Wenger, John C. ''The Mennonites in Indiana and Michigan.'' Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1961: 364-365. | ||
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'''Address''': 4263 North First Street West, Comins, Michigan | '''Address''': 4263 North First Street West, Comins, Michigan | ||
Revision as of 15:33, 18 August 2022
The Comins (Michigan) Mennonite Church began as a union Sunday school, sponsored by F. F. Stutesman and a number of Mennonite families living in that vicinity. Revival meetings were held in the fall of 1924; and in the summer of 1925 a congregation was organized and a church built. There were 166 members in 1953.
The congregation erected a church building that was dedicated 1 November 1925.
On 3 July 1999 a tornado destroyed the Comins church and parsonage along with many other buildings in Comins. Pastor Terry Berg and family were away from home at a funeral, and stopped on the way home for ice cream. When they finally arrived nothing was left. Mennonite Disaster Service helped to reconstruct the parsonage by the end of August and a new church by the end of the year.
On 24 October 2010, Comins Mennonite Church withdrew from the Central District Conference and Mennonite Church USA and continued as an independent Mennonite church. A letter from its Spiritual Life Board expressed concern "about the direction we have observed CDC and MC USA leaning toward in regards to Biblical teachings. . . ." It initiated a process to find another denomination in late 2011. By 2013 it became a member of the Fellowship of Evangelical Churches.
In October 2016, the congregation changed its name to Comins Community Church.
In 2008 the membership was 103.
In 2022 the pastor was Kevin Salsbury.
Bibliography
"Comins church and parsonage fall victim to tornado." The Central District Reporter 43, no. 3 (August 1999): 5.
"Comins votes to become independent Mennonite congregation." Central District Conference Reporter (January 2011): 3. Web. 7 December 2011. http://centraldistrict.mennonite.net/News/CDC_Reporter#.
Comins Mennonite Church. "Newsletter" (November-December 2011). Web. 7 December 2011. [Broken link].
Doncevic, Marisa. "Blessing in disguise." Mennonite Brethren Herald 39 (12 May 2000). Web. 7 December 2011. [Broken link].
"Timing spares villagers from tornado fury." Toledo Blade (7 July 1999). Web. 7 December 2011. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19990707&id=nVxIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ngMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6766,2009809
Wenger, John C. The Mennonites in Indiana and Michigan. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1961: 364-365.
Additional Information
Address: 4263 North First Street West, Comins, Michigan
Phone: 989-848-2909
Website: Comins Community Church
Maps
Map:Comins Mennonite Church (Comins, Michigan)
| Author(s) | Grace Miller |
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| Samuel J. Steiner | |
| Date Published | August 2022 |
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Miller, Grace and Samuel J. Steiner. "Comins Community Church (Comins, Michigan, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. August 2022. Web. 12 May 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Comins_Community_Church_(Comins,_Michigan,_USA)&oldid=174134.
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Miller, Grace and Samuel J. Steiner. (August 2022). Comins Community Church (Comins, Michigan, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 12 May 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Comins_Community_Church_(Comins,_Michigan,_USA)&oldid=174134.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 648. All rights reserved.
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