Maple Grove Community Church Mennonite (Gulliver, Michigan, USA)
The Maple Grove Mennonite Church in Gulliver, Michigan, resulted from mission outreach by the Fernland Mennonite Church at Germfask. The congregation was established in 1942 in a home. The Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Mission Board ordained Norman P. Weaver as the minister in August 1943.
Maple Grove organized as a congregation on 11 January 1948 with 15 charter members.
The congregation built a church building in 1950 after meeting in the township hall and a local schoolhouse for seven years. It dedicated the new church on 21 May 1950.
In 2004, the Maple Grove Mennonite Church withdrew from the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference of Mennonite Church USA. It subsequently joined the Conservative Mennonite Conference (later called Rosedale Network of Churches) and changed its name to Maple Grove Community Church Mennonite.
Bibliography
Anabaptist (Mennonite) Directory 2011. Harrisonburg, VA: The Sword and Trumpet, 2011: 50.
Preheim, Rich. In Pursuit of Faithfulness: Conviction, Conflict, and Compromise in Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference. Harrisonburg, Va.: Herald Press, 2016: 144-145, 310.
Wenger, John Christian. The Mennonites in Indiana and Michigan. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1961: 252.
Additional Information
Address: 2521 West Quarry Road, Gulliver, Michigan 49840
Telephone: 906-286-0872
Website:
Denominational Affiliations:
Pastoral Leaders at Maple Grove Community Church Mennonite
| Name | Years of Service |
|---|---|
| Visiting Ministers | 1942-1943 |
| Norman P. Weaver (1903-1980) (Bishop) |
1943-1953 1953-1976? |
| Emerson E. Yordy (1917-1992) | 1958-1960 |
| Samuel J. Troyer | 1963-1967 |
| Carlton J. Wyse | 1973-1976 |
| Philip G. Hoffman (1938-2018) | 1976-2007 |
| Randall "Randy" Hoffman (1964-2020) | 2007-2020 |
| Lay Leadership | 2020- |
Maple Grove Community Church Mennonite Membership
| Year | Members |
|---|---|
| 1948 | 15 |
| 1950 | 22 |
| 1960 | 29 |
| 1970 | 18 |
| 1980 | 19 |
| 1990 | 15 |
| 2000 | 12 |
| 2003 | 12 |
| 2024 | 21 |
Original Mennonite Encyclopedia Article
By Norman Weaver. Copied by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 474. All rights reserved.
The Maple Grove Mennonite Church (Conservative Mennonite Conference), 2521 West Quarry Road, Gulliver, located in Schoolcraft County, Michigan, was originally a member of the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference. It began as a mission outpost in 1942. It was organized as a congregation on 11 January 1948 with 15 charter members. The first services were held in homes, then in the township hall and in the local schoolhouse. On 21 May 1950 a meetinghouse was dedicated. In 1955 the membership was 45, with Norman Weaver serving as bishop-pastor.
| Author(s) | Samuel J Steiner |
|---|---|
| Date Published | June 2024 |
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