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Crest Hill Community Church (Crest Hill Mennonite Church until 2000)(Mennonite Church USA), three miles north of Wardensville, West Virginia, is under the [[Virginia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Virginia Conference]]. The church is a frame building purchased from the Presbyterians in 1924. Services had been held in Wardensville and nearby places by Virginia ministers 1905-1924. The Washington County, Maryland, Mennonites took over the work. They ordained a minister and deacon from among the sons of Thomas Heishman, who had moved here in 1905, thus organizing a congregation.  A few years later the oversight was returned to the Virginia Conference. Most of the members are descendants of Thomas Heishman. The 1953 membership was 28. In 2008 the membership was 15; the co-pastors were Carolyn and Milford Lyndaker.
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Crest Hill Community Church (Crest Hill Mennonite Church until 2000) (Mennonite Church USA), three miles north of Wardensville, [[West Virginia (USA)|West Virginia]], is under the [[Virginia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Virginia Conference]]. The church is a frame building purchased from the Presbyterians in 1924. Services had been held in Wardensville and nearby places by Virginia ministers 1905-1924. The Washington County, Maryland, Mennonites took over the work. They ordained a minister and deacon from among the sons of Thomas Heishman, who had moved here in 1905, thus organizing a congregation.  A few years later the oversight was returned to the Virginia Conference. Most of the members are descendants of Thomas Heishman. The 1953 membership was 28.  
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In 2008 the membership was 15; the co-pastors were Carolyn June Lyndaker and Milford E. Lyndaker.
 
= Additional Information =
 
= Additional Information =
Address: 2322 Highway 259N, Wardensville, West Virginia
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'''Address''': PO Box 64, Wardensville, WV 26851-0064
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'''Location''': 2322 Highway 259N, Wardensville, West Virginia
  
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'''Phone''': 304-874-3928
  
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Latest revision as of 02:15, 4 April 2014

Crest Hill Mennonite Church, Wardensville, West Virginia, 1993.
Source: Mennonite Archives of Virginia
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Crest Hill Community Church (Crest Hill Mennonite Church until 2000) (Mennonite Church USA), three miles north of Wardensville, West Virginia, is under the Virginia Conference. The church is a frame building purchased from the Presbyterians in 1924. Services had been held in Wardensville and nearby places by Virginia ministers 1905-1924. The Washington County, Maryland, Mennonites took over the work. They ordained a minister and deacon from among the sons of Thomas Heishman, who had moved here in 1905, thus organizing a congregation.  A few years later the oversight was returned to the Virginia Conference. Most of the members are descendants of Thomas Heishman. The 1953 membership was 28.

In 2008 the membership was 15; the co-pastors were Carolyn June Lyndaker and Milford E. Lyndaker.

Additional Information

Address: PO Box 64, Wardensville, WV 26851-0064

Location: 2322 Highway 259N, Wardensville, West Virginia

Phone: 304-874-3928

Denominational Affiliations:

Virginia Mennonite Conference

Mennonite Church USA


Author(s) Timothy Showalter
Date Published 1953

Cite This Article

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Showalter, Timothy. "Crest Hill Community Church (Wardensville, West Virginia, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 18 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Crest_Hill_Community_Church_(Wardensville,_West_Virginia,_USA)&oldid=117282.

APA style

Showalter, Timothy. (1953). Crest Hill Community Church (Wardensville, West Virginia, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Crest_Hill_Community_Church_(Wardensville,_West_Virginia,_USA)&oldid=117282.




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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 740. All rights reserved.


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