New Community Mennonite Church (Berwyn, Pennsylvania, USA)

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New Community Mennonite Church, Berwyn, Pennsylvania, USA began in 1986 as an outreach of the New Life Mennonite Church of Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Its initial name was Living Waters Fellowship when it met in the Upper Main Line YMCA in Berwyn. It soon moved and took the name, Hopewell Mennonite Church of Paoli. It became a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference of the Mennonite Church (MC) as a self-supporting congregation in March 1989.

In 1992 the congregation began to rent space at the Trinity Presbyterian Church in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. In 1994 the congregation reorganized as a church plant with a cell church structure. It again changed its name to New Community Mennonite Church.

In July 1999 the congregation closed because of declining membership after consultation with conference leadership persons.

Bibliography

Betz, Lisa and Lester Zimmerman. The handprint of God: History of the Hopewell Network. New Holland, Pa.: Hopewell Network, 2017.

Ralph, James. "Hopewell-Berywn comes home." Atlantic Coast Conference Currents 16, no. 4 (July-August 1995): 3.

Waldeyer, Donna. "New Community Mennonite Church closes its doors." Atlantic Coast Conference Currents 20, no. 5 (September-October 1999): 5.

Additional Information

Address: 31 Waterloo Ave., Berwyn, Pennsylvania

Phone:

Website:

Denominational Affiliations: Atlantic Coast Conference

Mennonite Church USA

Pastoral Leaders at New Community Mennonite Church

Name Years
of Service
Mark Nicolas 1986-1993
James Ralph 1993-1999

Membership at New Community Mennonite Church

Year Membership
1990 45
1999 17


Author(s) Samuel J Steiner
Date Published February 2022

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Steiner, Samuel J. "New Community Mennonite Church (Berwyn, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. February 2022. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=New_Community_Mennonite_Church_(Berwyn,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=173028.

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Steiner, Samuel J. (February 2022). New Community Mennonite Church (Berwyn, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=New_Community_Mennonite_Church_(Berwyn,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=173028.




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