Evangelical Mennonite Church (Fort Dodge, Iowa, USA)

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The Evangelical Mennonite Church, Fort Dodge, Iowa, USA, began in 1953 as a mission outreach of the Manson Mennonite Church. In fall 1953 the Manson Mennonite Church launched the East Lawn Acres Sunday School in a private home in Fort Dodge after holding a successful Summer Bible School there.

In August 1957, the Iowa-Nebraska Mennonite Mission Board decided to purchase a former Evangelical United Brethren building and parsonage in downtown Fort Dodge. It began to raise funds and completed the purchase in September 1958. On 21 September 1958, the congregation formally organized. It held a dedication service of the facilities on 2 November 1958.

In 1995 the congregation purchased a former Presbyterian church which it used until it closed.

As part of the realignment of the Mennonite Church (MC) and General Conference Mennonite Church into Mennonite Church USA, Evangelical Mennonite was among the congregations that joined the new Central Plains Mennonite Conference in 2000.

Evangelical Mennonite Church closed in 2008; the building was bought by a performing arts school.

Bibliography

Glick, Elvin D., Mrs. "Church organized at Fort Dodge, Iowa." Gospel Herald 51, no. 45 (11 November 1958): 1066.

Yoder, Holly Blosser. The same spirit: History of Iowa-Nebraska Mennonites. Freeman, S.D.: Central Plains Mennonite Conference, 2003: 271.

Additional Information

Address: 1633 North 29th Street, Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501-7937

Phone:

Website:

Denominational Affiliations: Central Plains Mennonite Conference

Mennonite Church USA

Pastoral Leaders at Evangelical Mennonite Church

Name Years
of Service
Visiting Ministers 1955-1957?
Roman E. Hershberger (1924-2021) 1957-1962
D. Richard Miller 1962-1971
Daryl E. Miller (1945-1986) 1971-1972
John D. Otto (1936-2018) 1973-1978?
Daniel Benner 1978-1983
Scott Swartzendruber 1983-1992
Bradley Schantz 1992-1997?
David Groh (Interim) 1997?-1998?
Michael R. Holmes (1953-2011) 1998?-2002
Larry Evers 2002-2008

Membership at Evangelical Mennonite Church

Year Membership
1958 31
1970 48
1980 53
1990 59
2000 72
2007 42


Author(s) Samuel J Steiner
Date Published July 2023

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Steiner, Samuel J. "Evangelical Mennonite Church (Fort Dodge, Iowa, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. July 2023. Web. 11 Oct 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Evangelical_Mennonite_Church_(Fort_Dodge,_Iowa,_USA)&oldid=176389.

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Steiner, Samuel J. (July 2023). Evangelical Mennonite Church (Fort Dodge, Iowa, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 11 October 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Evangelical_Mennonite_Church_(Fort_Dodge,_Iowa,_USA)&oldid=176389.




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