Englewood Mennonite Church (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
The Englewood Mennonite Church, Chicago, Illinois, emerged when plans for the Dan Ryan Expressway forced the closing of the Mennonite Home Mission. The congregation moved to Chicago's Englewood area on 6 October 1957. Because the expressway construction was delayed, services continued at the Union Avenue location until 1959. Although the Englewood membership was initially white, the community over time became majority African American.
The congregation closed in 2015 due to decreasing membership. In 2022, the building remained boarded up.
Bibliography
Horst, Laurence M. "Englewood Church opens in Chicago." Gospel Herald 50, no. 48 (26 November 1957): 1023.
"The last Sunday...." Gospel Herald 50, no. 47 (19 November 1957): 997.
Smith, Willard H. Mennonites in Illinois. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, 24. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1983: 274, 430, 544.
Additional Information
Address: 832 West 68th Street, Chicago, Illinois
Phone:
Website:
Denominational Affiliations: Illinois Mennonite Conference
Pastoral Leaders at Englewood Mennonite Church
| Name | Years of Service |
|---|---|
| Laurence M. Horst (1915-2011) | 1957-1963 |
| Wayne D. King (1931-2021) | 1958 |
| Stanlee D. Kauffman | 1964-1970 |
| Lemon R. Sowell (1918-1987) | 1967-1968 |
| Maynard Brubaker | 1970 |
| Alvin Brown | 1970-1971 |
| Clarence N. Yutzy | 1971 |
| Patrick Hunt | 1971 |
| Ambers H. Wright (1922-1979) | 1971-1979 |
| Paul Smith | 1976-1977 |
| Louis Hagans | 1977-1984 |
| Charles Snipes (1926-1993) | 1981-1985 |
| Thomas Wilson | 1985-1990 |
| Anton Mathews | 1990-1994 |
| Lay leadership? | 1995-1996 |
| Barbara "Elaine" Bryant | 1997-2008? |
| Robert A. Spicer | 2006-2014 |
Englewood Mennonite Church Membership
| Year | Members |
|---|---|
| 1957 | 60 |
| 1960 | 62 |
| 1970 | 70 |
| 1980 | 53 |
| 1990 | 47 |
| 2000 | 51 |
| 2009 | 32 |
Original Mennonite Encyclopedia Article
By Harold S. Bender. Copied by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 1079. All rights reserved.
Englewood Mennonite Church, located at: 832 West 68th Street, Chicago, Illinois, was made up of a majority of the congregation formerly known as the Mennonite Home Mission, established in 1893, and from 1955 to 1957 called the Union Avenue Mennonite Church. The congregation purchased a church in Englewood where they opened services in October 1957, with a charter membership of 60 which was established in 1958, with Laurence M. Horst as pastor. The main body of the church moved to Englewood, but some of the members remained at the Union Avenue church to help administrate the continuing and growing Sunday school, under the administration of Laurence Horst.
| Author(s) | Samuel J Steiner |
|---|---|
| Date Published | March 2024 |
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