Goodville Mennonite Church (Goodville, Pennsylvania, USA)

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Goodville Mennonite Church in May 1946.
Source: Mennonite Community Photographs, 1947-1953. The Congregation. (HM4-134 Box 1 photo 010.0-22) Mennonite Church USA Archives, Goshen, Indiana.

Goodville Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church USA) was organized in 1900 by a number of retired Mennonite farmers as a member of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference. It is located in the strong Weaverland district of the beautiful fertile Weaverland Valley on Route 23. The first meetinghouse was greatly enlarged in 1924. In 1953 the total church membership was 113 with A. G. Martin as minister and J. Paul Graybill as bishop. An outstation summer Bible school was held at Bender's Church near Bangor in 1952.

In 2008 the membership was 96; Bruce L. Sauder was the pastor.

Additional Information

Address: 1556 Main Street, Goodville, Pennsylvania

Phone: 717-445-4205

Denominational Affiliations:

Lancaster Mennonite Conference

Mennonite Church USA

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Goodville Mennonite Church (Goodville, Pennsylvania, USA)


Author(s) Ira D Landis
Date Published 1956

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Landis, Ira D. "Goodville Mennonite Church (Goodville, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 11 Oct 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Goodville_Mennonite_Church_(Goodville,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=177099.

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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, pp. 541-542. All rights reserved.


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