Evermore Community Church (Hartville, Ohio, USA)
Evermore Community Church (originally known as Hartville Mennonite Church), located 1.5 miles south and 0.5 mile west of Hartville, Ohio, formerly a member of the Ohio Mennonite Conference, was organized 10 December 1944 under the leadership of Bishop O. N. Johns and H. N. Troyer, with 49 charter members. The first meeting-house, 40 x 60 ft, was built in 1945. This was a basement church. A later building, 40 x 90 feet, with a Sunday-school wing 40 x 30 feet, was built in 1951. An educational wing was added in 1961, and a new sanctuary was built in 1997.
In 1956 the membership was 242, with Lester A. Wyse as pastor. In 2008 the membership was 546.
On 7 September 2014 the congregation passed a motion with 95% support to leave the Ohio Conference of Mennonite Church USA. The Ohio Conference officially released the congregation in March 2015 and in February 2016 the congregation joined the Fellowship of Evangelical Churches. The congregation changed its name to Evermore Community Church in March 2016.
Bibliography
Yoder, Kelli. "Large Ohio Church Leaves MC USA." Mennonite World Review. 22 September 2014. Web. 22 September 2014. http://mennoworld.org/2014/09/22/large-ohio-church-leaves-mc-usa/.
Additional Information
Address: 1470 Smith Kramer Street NE, Hartville, Ohio
Phone: 330-877-2050
Website: Evermore Community Church
Denominational Affiliations
Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference (MC) (1944-1999)
Mennonite Church (MC) (1944-1999)
Ohio Conference of Mennonite Church USA (1999-2015)
Mennonite Church USA (1999-2015)
Fellowship of Evangelical Churches (2016-present)
| Author(s) | Lester A Wyse |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1959 |
Cite This Article
MLA style
Wyse, Lester A. "Evermore Community Church (Hartville, Ohio, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 18 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Evermore_Community_Church_(Hartville,_Ohio,_USA)&oldid=178450.
APA style
Wyse, Lester A. (1959). Evermore Community Church (Hartville, Ohio, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Evermore_Community_Church_(Hartville,_Ohio,_USA)&oldid=178450.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 670. All rights reserved.
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