Maple Avenue Mennonite Church (Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA)

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The Milwaukee Mennonite Fellowship began in 1974 in association with an older Hispanic mission outreach by the Illinois Mennonite Conference of the Mennonite Church (MC). In 1982 the congregation moved to Waukesha, an older city west of Milwaukee. It changed its name to Maple Avenue Mennonite Church in 1987 after the congregation purchased a large Victorian residence.

In 1996, The Illinois Conference of the Mennonite Church narrowly defeated a resolution at its annual sessions calling for the expulsion of Maple Avenue and Oak Park Mennonite because of their positions on homosexuality. The two congregations accepted as members noncelibate homosexuals in covenanted, monogamous relationships. The delegate vote was just short of the two-thirds majority needed. The following year the conference did suspend the privileges of the two congregations until 2002.

The Maple City Mennonite Church dissolved as a corporate entity in May 2011.

Bibliography

"By a 73 percent vote,..." The Mennonite 112, no. 10 (27 May 1997): 18.

"The Illinois Conference...." The Mennonite 111, no. 9 (14 May 1996): 16.

"Maple Avenue Mennonite Church." Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions. 2023. Web. 27 January 2023. https://www.wdfi.org/apps/CorpSearch/Results.aspx?type=Simple&q=Maple+Avenue+Mennonite+Church.

Rich, Elaine Sommers, ed. Walking Together in Faith: The Central District Conference, 1957-1990. Bluffton, Ohio: The Conference, 2003: 79.

Additional Information

Address: 346 Maple Avenue, Waukesha, Wisconsin 53186

Phone:

Website:

Denominational Affiliations: Central District Conference

Mennonite Church USA

Pastoral Leaders at Maple Avenue Mennonite Church

Name Years
of Service
Lay Leadership 1974-1977
William Shumaker 1977-1980
Lay Leadership 1980-1983
Lawrence M. Kratz (Co-Pastor) 1983-2011
Clarice B. Kratz (Co-Pastor) 1983-2011

Membership at Maple Avenue Mennonite Church

Year Membership
1980 19
1990 39
2000 39
2009 25


Author(s) Samuel J Steiner
Date Published January 2023

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Steiner, Samuel J. "Maple Avenue Mennonite Church (Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. January 2023. Web. 15 Oct 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Maple_Avenue_Mennonite_Church_(Waukesha,_Wisconsin,_USA)&oldid=174761.

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Steiner, Samuel J. (January 2023). Maple Avenue Mennonite Church (Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 15 October 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Maple_Avenue_Mennonite_Church_(Waukesha,_Wisconsin,_USA)&oldid=174761.




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