Crowley's Ridge Mennonite Church (Advance, Missouri, USA)
The Crowley's Ridge Mennonite Church in Advance, Missouri, USA was established in 2004. The congregation started as a church plant of the Cedar Springs Amish Mennonite Church.
Cedar Springs began the outreach to "plant a plain witness in a community where there is none." Seven families, including the bishop, Melvin Troyer, were chosen by the home congregation to go with the outreach.
In 2021 the church was a member of the Ambassadors Amish Mennonite Churches and had a membership of 68. The bishop was Ethan Stutzman and the minister was Melvin Troyer.
Bibliography
Anderson, Cory. The Amish-Mennonites of North America: a portrait of our people. Medina, New York: Ridgeway Publishing, 2012: 123.
Anderson, Cory Alexander. "The Diffusion of Beachy Amish Mennonite Congregations in the US South: A Regional Chronicle and Spatial Analysis." Unpublished paper, 2006: 48. Web. 4 April 2018. http://www.beachyam.org/librarybooks/Anderson(2006)_Diffusion.pdf.
Mennonite Church directory (2018): 37; (2021): 39.
Additional Information
Address: 28447 County Road 307, Advance, Missouri
Phone: 573-733-4405
Website:
Denominational Affiliations:
Ambassadors Amish Mennonite Churches
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Crowley's Ridge Mennonite Church
| Author(s) | Samuel J Steiner |
|---|---|
| Date Published | March 2018 |
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