Groffdale Old Order Mennonite Meetinghouse (Leola, Pennsylvania, USA)
In 1895 a frame meetinghouse was built a mile west of the original Groffdale house, for the Martinite division. Joseph O. Wenger and Aaron Z. Sensenig were the bishops in 1955; Isaac N. Zimmerman and Eli Hursh, ministers; and Benjamin Hoover, the deacon. This group has no Sunday school, summer Bible school, evangelistic meetings, nor youth activities. It had 325 members in 1955.
The Weaverland Conference group (Old Order Mennonite), who separated from the above in 1926, differing chiefly in permitting the automobile and home conveniences and English preaching. Moses Horning and Joseph Hostetter were bishops in 1955; Abram Hoover and Samuel Martin, ministers; and Eli Nolt, deacon. The two groups had well over 400 members at that time.
| Author(s) | Ira D Landis |
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| Date Published | 1956 |
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Landis, Ira D. "Groffdale Old Order Mennonite Meetinghouse (Leola, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 19 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Groffdale_Old_Order_Mennonite_Meetinghouse_(Leola,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=81466.
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Landis, Ira D. (1956). Groffdale Old Order Mennonite Meetinghouse (Leola, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Groffdale_Old_Order_Mennonite_Meetinghouse_(Leola,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=81466.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 587. All rights reserved.
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