Crossing Community Church (Valparaiso, Indiana, USA)

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On 13 November 1966, the Valparaiso Mennonite Church, Valparaiso, Indiana, held its first worship service. It began as an outreach of the Hopewell Mennonite Church at Kouts, Indiana, which purchased the Valparaiso Reformed Mennonite Church's meetinghouse at the corner of Napoleon and Willow Streets.

Approximately 50 Hopewell members participated in the new congregation. Samuel S. Miller and John F. Murray from Hopewell initially pastored the congregation.

In 1975, the congregation moved to a new church building on Silhavy Road. It also participated in a bread distribution ministry to needy families and a local homeless shelter.

By 2006, the congregation included an active group of Chinese members and participants from Valparaiso University.

In May 2018, the Valparaiso Mennonite Church withdrew from the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference of Mennonite Church USA. It joined the Evana Network.

In 2020, the Valparaiso Mennonite Church changed its name to Crossing Community Church.

Bibliography

Klumpe, John. "Valparaiso Mennonite." Gospel Evangel 87, no. 1 (January/February 2006): 4-5.

"Our story." Crossing Community Church. 2024. Web. 20 August 2024. https://www.c3valpo.org/about.

Preheim, Rich. In Pursuit of Faithfulness: Conviction, Conflict, and Compromise in Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference. Harrisonburg, Va.: Herald Press, 2016: 302, 312.

"Valparaiso Church, Indiana." Gospel Herald 60, no. 3 (17 January 1967): 52. {includes photo)

Additional Information

Address: 1305 Silhavy Road, Valparaiso, Indiana 46383

Telephone: 219-464-8187

Website: https://www.c3valpo.org/

Denominational Affiliations:

Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference (Until 2018)

Mennonite Church USA (Until 2018)

Evana Network (2018- )

Pastoral Leaders at Crossing Community Church

Name Years
of Service
Hopewell Pastors 1966-1968
Etril J. Leinbach (1910-2006)(Bishop) 1968-1976
Alvin R. Beachy (1929-2017) 1976-1980
Lay Leadership 1981-1982?
James R. Armstrong (1945-2022) 1982?-1988
Lay Leadership 1988-1990
Mario Bustos 1990-2016
Wilma J. Cender (1960-2019) 2017-2019
Steven Slagel (Transitional) 2017-2018
John Heflick 2019-2021
Ministry Team 2021-

Crossing Community Church Membership

Year Members
1968 50
1970 56
1980 119
1990 56
2000 58
2009 45


Author(s) Samuel J Steiner
Date Published August 2024

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Steiner, Samuel J. "Crossing Community Church (Valparaiso, Indiana, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. August 2024. Web. 7 Oct 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Crossing_Community_Church_(Valparaiso,_Indiana,_USA)&oldid=179493.

APA style

Steiner, Samuel J. (August 2024). Crossing Community Church (Valparaiso, Indiana, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 7 October 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Crossing_Community_Church_(Valparaiso,_Indiana,_USA)&oldid=179493.




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