https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Michigan_(USA)&feed=atom&action=historyMichigan (USA) - Revision history2024-03-28T11:18:24ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.1https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Michigan_(USA)&diff=175173&oldid=prevSamSteiner: Text replacement - "[[CMC (Conservative Mennonite Conference doing business as CMC)" to "[[Rosedale Network of Churches"2023-03-17T14:27:10Z<p>Text replacement - "[[CMC (Conservative Mennonite Conference doing business as CMC)" to "[[Rosedale Network of Churches"</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The group with the largest number of members in Michigan is the [[United Missionary Church|United Missionary Church]], formerly Mennonite Brethren in Christ, although as their historian J. A. Huffman writes, they have "but little Mennonite stock." The first mission stations were started in Huron and Lapeer counties in the "thumb" of Michigan in 1880. The first meetinghouses were built in 1884. In rapid succession a series of missions was founded: Grand Rapids (1897), Caro (1900), St. Clair (1903), [[Grace Community Missionary Church (Bad Axe, Michigan, USA) |Bad Axe]] (1903), Port Huron (1903), Flint (1904), Pontiac (1908), etc. Some stations have died out, but the general movement has been definitely forward. The [[Michigan Conference of the Missionary Church|Michigan Conference]] was organized in 1920 and included twenty congregations with 1,110 members in 1955. The chain of eighteen congregations across southern Michigan belonged to the [[Indiana Conference of the United Missionary Church|Indiana Conference]] (UMC) and embraced a total of 1,004 members. The following five U.M.C. congregations in Michigan had over 100 members in 1955: [[Brown City Missionary Church (Brown City, Michigan, USA)|Brown City]] in Sanilac County, 132; Port Huron in St. Clair County, 165; [[Calvary United Missionary Church (Detroit, Michigan, USA)|Calvary]] in Detroit, 111; [[Dakota Avenue United Missionary Church (Detroit, Michigan, USA)|Dakota Avenue]] in Detroit, 264; and Pleasant Hill in Branch County (originally MC), 104.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The group with the largest number of members in Michigan is the [[United Missionary Church|United Missionary Church]], formerly Mennonite Brethren in Christ, although as their historian J. A. Huffman writes, they have "but little Mennonite stock." The first mission stations were started in Huron and Lapeer counties in the "thumb" of Michigan in 1880. The first meetinghouses were built in 1884. In rapid succession a series of missions was founded: Grand Rapids (1897), Caro (1900), St. Clair (1903), [[Grace Community Missionary Church (Bad Axe, Michigan, USA) |Bad Axe]] (1903), Port Huron (1903), Flint (1904), Pontiac (1908), etc. Some stations have died out, but the general movement has been definitely forward. The [[Michigan Conference of the Missionary Church|Michigan Conference]] was organized in 1920 and included twenty congregations with 1,110 members in 1955. The chain of eighteen congregations across southern Michigan belonged to the [[Indiana Conference of the United Missionary Church|Indiana Conference]] (UMC) and embraced a total of 1,004 members. The following five U.M.C. congregations in Michigan had over 100 members in 1955: [[Brown City Missionary Church (Brown City, Michigan, USA)|Brown City]] in Sanilac County, 132; Port Huron in St. Clair County, 165; [[Calvary United Missionary Church (Detroit, Michigan, USA)|Calvary]] in Detroit, 111; [[Dakota Avenue United Missionary Church (Detroit, Michigan, USA)|Dakota Avenue]] in Detroit, 264; and Pleasant Hill in Branch County (originally MC), 104.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">CMC (Conservative Mennonite Conference doing business as CMC)</del>|Conservative Mennonite Conference]] was represented in Michigan by three well-established congregations with a total of 602 members (1955): Pigeon River in [[Huron County (Michigan, USA)|Huron County]], which began about 1902 and in 1955 had 270 members; the Riverside congregation at Au Gres in Arenac County, founded about 1911 and having 100 members; and the Riverview congregation in St. Joseph County near White Pigeon, established as an extension of the Conservative Amish Mennonite settlement in the vicinity of Middlebury, IN, with a 1955 membership of 174. The mission in Flint was founded in 1929, and in 1955 had 39 members; the mission in Vassar (1938) had 15 members in 1955; and the Mount Morris mission north of Flint (Genesee County) had four members; it was established in 1951. The Fairhaven mission at Sebewaing (southwest Pigeon, Huron County), founded in 1938, and the National City mission, Iosco County, had no resident membership. The oldest and chief congregation, Pigeon River, was host to the first session of the Conservative A.M. Conference in 1910. Emanuel Swartzendruber (1893- ), its bishop in the 1950s, ordained preacher in 1934, and bishop in 1944, had oversight of all the Conservative congregations and missions in Michigan except Riverview, where Onie Kauffman was in charge.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Rosedale Network of Churches</ins>|Conservative Mennonite Conference]] was represented in Michigan by three well-established congregations with a total of 602 members (1955): Pigeon River in [[Huron County (Michigan, USA)|Huron County]], which began about 1902 and in 1955 had 270 members; the Riverside congregation at Au Gres in Arenac County, founded about 1911 and having 100 members; and the Riverview congregation in St. Joseph County near White Pigeon, established as an extension of the Conservative Amish Mennonite settlement in the vicinity of Middlebury, IN, with a 1955 membership of 174. The mission in Flint was founded in 1929, and in 1955 had 39 members; the mission in Vassar (1938) had 15 members in 1955; and the Mount Morris mission north of Flint (Genesee County) had four members; it was established in 1951. The Fairhaven mission at Sebewaing (southwest Pigeon, Huron County), founded in 1938, and the National City mission, Iosco County, had no resident membership. The oldest and chief congregation, Pigeon River, was host to the first session of the Conservative A.M. Conference in 1910. Emanuel Swartzendruber (1893- ), its bishop in the 1950s, ordained preacher in 1934, and bishop in 1944, had oversight of all the Conservative congregations and missions in Michigan except Riverview, where Onie Kauffman was in charge.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Missionary Church|Missionary Church Association]] (MCA) was founded in 1898 as a schism from the [[Fellowship of Evangelical Churches|Defenseless Mennonite Church]], now Evangelical Mennonite Church. That very year a Missionary Church Association congregation was founded in Elkton, MI. In 1918-1947 the following nine mission stations and/or congregations were established: Eastlawn in Detroit (1918), East Detroit (1923), Roseville, northeast of Detroit (1929), Royal Oak, north of Detroit (1937), Flint (1940), East Lansing (1940), Jackson (1945), Sturgis (1945), and Loomis (1947). By 1954 there were 14 MCA congregations in Michigan including Augusta, northeast of Kalamazoo (1954), Bad Axe in Huron County, east of Pigeon (1952-53), Battle Creek in Calhoun County (1953), Clare in Clare County some fifty miles northwest of Saginaw, and Wayne, a few miles southwest of Detroit (1952-53). There were also (1954) two unorganized MCA congregations or mission stations in Michigan; viz., Midland, and Mt. Clemens, northeast of Detroit. When the Missionary Church Association began to appoint district superintendents in 1909, Michigan was one of nine districts given a superintendent. The three states, Michigan, Ohio, and [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], in 1954 constituted the Eastern District, a territory with the following organized congregations: Michigan, 14; Ohio, 11; and [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], 3. These 28 churches, plus Michigan's two unorganized churches, had a total membership of 1,432.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Missionary Church|Missionary Church Association]] (MCA) was founded in 1898 as a schism from the [[Fellowship of Evangelical Churches|Defenseless Mennonite Church]], now Evangelical Mennonite Church. That very year a Missionary Church Association congregation was founded in Elkton, MI. In 1918-1947 the following nine mission stations and/or congregations were established: Eastlawn in Detroit (1918), East Detroit (1923), Roseville, northeast of Detroit (1929), Royal Oak, north of Detroit (1937), Flint (1940), East Lansing (1940), Jackson (1945), Sturgis (1945), and Loomis (1947). By 1954 there were 14 MCA congregations in Michigan including Augusta, northeast of Kalamazoo (1954), Bad Axe in Huron County, east of Pigeon (1952-53), Battle Creek in Calhoun County (1953), Clare in Clare County some fifty miles northwest of Saginaw, and Wayne, a few miles southwest of Detroit (1952-53). There were also (1954) two unorganized MCA congregations or mission stations in Michigan; viz., Midland, and Mt. Clemens, northeast of Detroit. When the Missionary Church Association began to appoint district superintendents in 1909, Michigan was one of nine districts given a superintendent. The three states, Michigan, Ohio, and [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], in 1954 constituted the Eastern District, a territory with the following organized congregations: Michigan, 14; Ohio, 11; and [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], 3. These 28 churches, plus Michigan's two unorganized churches, had a total membership of 1,432.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One other related denomination is represented in Michigan, the [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]], a group founded by [[Engel, Jacob (1753-1833)|Jacob Engel ]]about the close of the Revolutionary War. This body was represented in Michigan by seven small congregations founded since 1880, most of the meetinghouses having been built in 1915-1935. The membership of these churches totaled 153 in 1954. These congregations have all been under the care of Bishop E. J. Swalm of Duntroon, ON, since 1954 because of the advanced age of the previous leader, Henry Schneider of Merrill, MI, who now had the status of bishop emeritus.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One other related denomination is represented in Michigan, the [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]], a group founded by [[Engel, Jacob (1753-1833)|Jacob Engel ]]about the close of the Revolutionary War. This body was represented in Michigan by seven small congregations founded since 1880, most of the meetinghouses having been built in 1915-1935. The membership of these churches totaled 153 in 1954. These congregations have all been under the care of Bishop E. J. Swalm of Duntroon, ON, since 1954 because of the advanced age of the previous leader, Henry Schneider of Merrill, MI, who now had the status of bishop emeritus.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The successful colonies of Mennonites in Michigan have not been numerous. The state has rather proved to be the "mission field" for the various groups of Mennonites in Indiana. Four bodies, [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] (1,716 members), [[United Missionary Church|United Missionary Church]] (2,114 members), [[Church of God in Christ, Mennonite (CGC)|Church of God in Christ, Mennonite]] (344 members), and [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">CMC (Conservative Mennonite Conference doing business as CMC)</del>|Conservative Mennonite Conference]] (602 members), constituted over 85 per cent of all the Mennonites in the state in 1955. Indeed, two of these, the Mennonite Church and the United Missionary Church, together comprised about 70 per cent of the total. -- ''John C. Wenger''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The successful colonies of Mennonites in Michigan have not been numerous. The state has rather proved to be the "mission field" for the various groups of Mennonites in Indiana. Four bodies, [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] (1,716 members), [[United Missionary Church|United Missionary Church]] (2,114 members), [[Church of God in Christ, Mennonite (CGC)|Church of God in Christ, Mennonite]] (344 members), and [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Rosedale Network of Churches</ins>|Conservative Mennonite Conference]] (602 members), constituted over 85 per cent of all the Mennonites in the state in 1955. Indeed, two of these, the Mennonite Church and the United Missionary Church, together comprised about 70 per cent of the total. -- ''John C. Wenger''</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>= 1990 Update =</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>= 1990 Update =</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] (MC) began 12 new congregations in this state between 1956 and 1987. Two of these 12, both in Kalamazoo, did not survive. The 10 new congregations that continued included four dual-conference fellowships (two in Ann Arbor, one in Detroit and one in East Lansing). The dual-conference relationships are all with the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] (GCM). Other new congregations are Stutsmanville Chapel in Emmet County with a membership of more than 100, North Park in Grand Rapids; Wasepi near Sturgis; West Odessa in Ionia County; Templo Menonita de la Hermosa in Kalamazoo; and Christian Fellowship Center in Sturgis.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] (MC) began 12 new congregations in this state between 1956 and 1987. Two of these 12, both in Kalamazoo, did not survive. The 10 new congregations that continued included four dual-conference fellowships (two in Ann Arbor, one in Detroit and one in East Lansing). The dual-conference relationships are all with the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] (GCM). Other new congregations are Stutsmanville Chapel in Emmet County with a membership of more than 100, North Park in Grand Rapids; Wasepi near Sturgis; West Odessa in Ionia County; Templo Menonita de la Hermosa in Kalamazoo; and Christian Fellowship Center in Sturgis.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Of the Mennonite Church congregations already existing in 1956, five closed and four left the [[Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Indiana-Michigan Conference]], [[Bowne Mennonite Church (Clarksville, Michigan, USA)|Bowne]] in Kent County joined the [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">CMC (Conservative Mennonite Conference doing business as CMC)</del>|Conservative Mennonite Conference]], Seney in Michigan's Upper Peninsula joined the [[Midwest Mennonite Fellowship|Mid-West Mennonite Fellowship]], and White Cloud and Pleasantview (both in west-central Michigan) were unaffiliated in 1986. The Detroit Mission, begun in 1926, changed its name to [[Peace Community Mennonite Church (Detroit, Michigan, USA)|Peace Mennonite Church]] and, like both congregations in Saginaw, was interracial but largely Afro-American. Camp Amigo, near Sturgis, was owned by the Indiana-Michigan Conference and offered a strong camping and retreat program since opening in 1957. [[Little Eden Retreat Center (Onekama, Michigan, USA)|Little Eden Camp]] at Onekema has been an association-operated camp since 1945. The number of Mennonite Church congregations increased from 35 to 36 between 1956 and 1986. Membership grew from 1,700 to about 2,400 in those years.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Of the Mennonite Church congregations already existing in 1956, five closed and four left the [[Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Indiana-Michigan Conference]], [[Bowne Mennonite Church (Clarksville, Michigan, USA)|Bowne]] in Kent County joined the [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Rosedale Network of Churches</ins>|Conservative Mennonite Conference]], Seney in Michigan's Upper Peninsula joined the [[Midwest Mennonite Fellowship|Mid-West Mennonite Fellowship]], and White Cloud and Pleasantview (both in west-central Michigan) were unaffiliated in 1986. The Detroit Mission, begun in 1926, changed its name to [[Peace Community Mennonite Church (Detroit, Michigan, USA)|Peace Mennonite Church]] and, like both congregations in Saginaw, was interracial but largely Afro-American. Camp Amigo, near Sturgis, was owned by the Indiana-Michigan Conference and offered a strong camping and retreat program since opening in 1957. [[Little Eden Retreat Center (Onekama, Michigan, USA)|Little Eden Camp]] at Onekema has been an association-operated camp since 1945. The number of Mennonite Church congregations increased from 35 to 36 between 1956 and 1986. Membership grew from 1,700 to about 2,400 in those years.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Several small fellowships have begun at Fairview. Conservative Mennonite Fellowship began as a small group from the [[Fairview Mennonite Church (Fairview, Michigan, USA)|Fairview (MC) congregation]] in 1967. Since that time two other small groups have emerged from that one—Fairview Conservative (1977) and Pilgrim Fellowship (1984).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Several small fellowships have begun at Fairview. Conservative Mennonite Fellowship began as a small group from the [[Fairview Mennonite Church (Fairview, Michigan, USA)|Fairview (MC) congregation]] in 1967. Since that time two other small groups have emerged from that one—Fairview Conservative (1977) and Pilgrim Fellowship (1984).</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonites]] (GCM) grew by way of the dual-conference fellowships noted above. Camp Friedenswald in Cass County had a full schedule of camps or retreats. It was founded in 1950.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonites]] (GCM) grew by way of the dual-conference fellowships noted above. Camp Friedenswald in Cass County had a full schedule of camps or retreats. It was founded in 1950.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">CMC (Conservative Mennonite Conference doing business as CMC)</del>|Conservative Mennonite Conference]] (CMC) grew by two congregations since 1956. Bowne joined the conference after being unaffiliated for a time and North Wayne in Dewagiac, Cass County, was organized in 1974. This began as a mission in 1958 with Floyd Brenneman as superintendent. When the congregation was organized, he was ordained to be pastor. His son Robert was pastor in 1987. The membership of the conference increased from 428 to 659 in 10 congregations during from 1956-1986.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Rosedale Network of Churches</ins>|Conservative Mennonite Conference]] (CMC) grew by two congregations since 1956. Bowne joined the conference after being unaffiliated for a time and North Wayne in Dewagiac, Cass County, was organized in 1974. This began as a mission in 1958 with Floyd Brenneman as superintendent. When the congregation was organized, he was ordained to be pastor. His son Robert was pastor in 1987. The membership of the conference increased from 428 to 659 in 10 congregations during from 1956-1986.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]] (BIC) continued to have seven small churches in Michigan. The Lakeview Community Church in Goodrich, was a new congregation but the Dearborn congregation closed. The Oak Grove congregation at Gladwin continued as a BIC church but leadership was provided by the Fairview Mennonite (MC) congregation. In 1965 Camp Lakeview near Goodrich was opened. Two years later a half-interest was sold to the Missionary Church. It is now operated jointly.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]] (BIC) continued to have seven small churches in Michigan. The Lakeview Community Church in Goodrich, was a new congregation but the Dearborn congregation closed. The Oak Grove congregation at Gladwin continued as a BIC church but leadership was provided by the Fairview Mennonite (MC) congregation. In 1965 Camp Lakeview near Goodrich was opened. Two years later a half-interest was sold to the Missionary Church. It is now operated jointly.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The group with the largest number of members in Michigan is the [[United Missionary Church|United Missionary Church]], formerly Mennonite Brethren in Christ, although as their historian J. A. Huffman writes, they have "but little Mennonite stock." The first mission stations were started in Huron and Lapeer counties in the "thumb" of Michigan in 1880. The first meetinghouses were built in 1884. In rapid succession a series of missions was founded: Grand Rapids (1897), Caro (1900), St. Clair (1903), [[Grace Community Missionary Church (Bad Axe, Michigan, USA) |Bad Axe]] (1903), Port Huron (1903), Flint (1904), Pontiac (1908), etc. Some stations have died out, but the general movement has been definitely forward. The [[Michigan Conference of the Missionary Church|Michigan Conference]] was organized in 1920 and included twenty congregations with 1,110 members in 1955. The chain of eighteen congregations across southern Michigan belonged to the [[Indiana Conference of the United Missionary Church|Indiana Conference]] (UMC) and embraced a total of 1,004 members. The following five U.M.C. congregations in Michigan had over 100 members in 1955: [[Brown City Missionary Church (Brown City, Michigan, USA)|Brown City]] in Sanilac County, 132; Port Huron in St. Clair County, 165; [[Calvary United Missionary Church (Detroit, Michigan, USA)|Calvary]] in Detroit, 111; [[Dakota Avenue United Missionary Church (Detroit, Michigan, USA)|Dakota Avenue]] in Detroit, 264; and Pleasant Hill in Branch County (originally MC), 104.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The group with the largest number of members in Michigan is the [[United Missionary Church|United Missionary Church]], formerly Mennonite Brethren in Christ, although as their historian J. A. Huffman writes, they have "but little Mennonite stock." The first mission stations were started in Huron and Lapeer counties in the "thumb" of Michigan in 1880. The first meetinghouses were built in 1884. In rapid succession a series of missions was founded: Grand Rapids (1897), Caro (1900), St. Clair (1903), [[Grace Community Missionary Church (Bad Axe, Michigan, USA) |Bad Axe]] (1903), Port Huron (1903), Flint (1904), Pontiac (1908), etc. Some stations have died out, but the general movement has been definitely forward. The [[Michigan Conference of the Missionary Church|Michigan Conference]] was organized in 1920 and included twenty congregations with 1,110 members in 1955. The chain of eighteen congregations across southern Michigan belonged to the [[Indiana Conference of the United Missionary Church|Indiana Conference]] (UMC) and embraced a total of 1,004 members. The following five U.M.C. congregations in Michigan had over 100 members in 1955: [[Brown City Missionary Church (Brown City, Michigan, USA)|Brown City]] in Sanilac County, 132; Port Huron in St. Clair County, 165; [[Calvary United Missionary Church (Detroit, Michigan, USA)|Calvary]] in Detroit, 111; [[Dakota Avenue United Missionary Church (Detroit, Michigan, USA)|Dakota Avenue]] in Detroit, 264; and Pleasant Hill in Branch County (originally MC), 104.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Conservative Mennonite Conference]] was represented in Michigan by three well-established congregations with a total of 602 members (1955): Pigeon River in [[Huron County (Michigan, USA)|Huron County]], which began about 1902 and in 1955 had 270 members; the Riverside congregation at Au Gres in Arenac County, founded about 1911 and having 100 members; and the Riverview congregation in St. Joseph County near White Pigeon, established as an extension of the Conservative Amish Mennonite settlement in the vicinity of Middlebury, IN, with a 1955 membership of 174. The mission in Flint was founded in 1929, and in 1955 had 39 members; the mission in Vassar (1938) had 15 members in 1955; and the Mount Morris mission north of Flint (Genesee County) had four members; it was established in 1951. The Fairhaven mission at Sebewaing (southwest Pigeon, Huron County), founded in 1938, and the National City mission, Iosco County, had no resident membership. The oldest and chief congregation, Pigeon River, was host to the first session of the Conservative A.M. Conference in 1910. Emanuel Swartzendruber (1893- ), its bishop in the 1950s, ordained preacher in 1934, and bishop in 1944, had oversight of all the Conservative congregations and missions in Michigan except Riverview, where Onie Kauffman was in charge.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">CMC (Conservative Mennonite Conference doing business as CMC)|</ins>Conservative Mennonite Conference]] was represented in Michigan by three well-established congregations with a total of 602 members (1955): Pigeon River in [[Huron County (Michigan, USA)|Huron County]], which began about 1902 and in 1955 had 270 members; the Riverside congregation at Au Gres in Arenac County, founded about 1911 and having 100 members; and the Riverview congregation in St. Joseph County near White Pigeon, established as an extension of the Conservative Amish Mennonite settlement in the vicinity of Middlebury, IN, with a 1955 membership of 174. The mission in Flint was founded in 1929, and in 1955 had 39 members; the mission in Vassar (1938) had 15 members in 1955; and the Mount Morris mission north of Flint (Genesee County) had four members; it was established in 1951. The Fairhaven mission at Sebewaing (southwest Pigeon, Huron County), founded in 1938, and the National City mission, Iosco County, had no resident membership. The oldest and chief congregation, Pigeon River, was host to the first session of the Conservative A.M. Conference in 1910. Emanuel Swartzendruber (1893- ), its bishop in the 1950s, ordained preacher in 1934, and bishop in 1944, had oversight of all the Conservative congregations and missions in Michigan except Riverview, where Onie Kauffman was in charge.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Missionary Church|Missionary Church Association]] (MCA) was founded in 1898 as a schism from the [[Fellowship of Evangelical Churches|Defenseless Mennonite Church]], now Evangelical Mennonite Church. That very year a Missionary Church Association congregation was founded in Elkton, MI. In 1918-1947 the following nine mission stations and/or congregations were established: Eastlawn in Detroit (1918), East Detroit (1923), Roseville, northeast of Detroit (1929), Royal Oak, north of Detroit (1937), Flint (1940), East Lansing (1940), Jackson (1945), Sturgis (1945), and Loomis (1947). By 1954 there were 14 MCA congregations in Michigan including Augusta, northeast of Kalamazoo (1954), Bad Axe in Huron County, east of Pigeon (1952-53), Battle Creek in Calhoun County (1953), Clare in Clare County some fifty miles northwest of Saginaw, and Wayne, a few miles southwest of Detroit (1952-53). There were also (1954) two unorganized MCA congregations or mission stations in Michigan; viz., Midland, and Mt. Clemens, northeast of Detroit. When the Missionary Church Association began to appoint district superintendents in 1909, Michigan was one of nine districts given a superintendent. The three states, Michigan, Ohio, and [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], in 1954 constituted the Eastern District, a territory with the following organized congregations: Michigan, 14; Ohio, 11; and [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], 3. These 28 churches, plus Michigan's two unorganized churches, had a total membership of 1,432.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Missionary Church|Missionary Church Association]] (MCA) was founded in 1898 as a schism from the [[Fellowship of Evangelical Churches|Defenseless Mennonite Church]], now Evangelical Mennonite Church. That very year a Missionary Church Association congregation was founded in Elkton, MI. In 1918-1947 the following nine mission stations and/or congregations were established: Eastlawn in Detroit (1918), East Detroit (1923), Roseville, northeast of Detroit (1929), Royal Oak, north of Detroit (1937), Flint (1940), East Lansing (1940), Jackson (1945), Sturgis (1945), and Loomis (1947). By 1954 there were 14 MCA congregations in Michigan including Augusta, northeast of Kalamazoo (1954), Bad Axe in Huron County, east of Pigeon (1952-53), Battle Creek in Calhoun County (1953), Clare in Clare County some fifty miles northwest of Saginaw, and Wayne, a few miles southwest of Detroit (1952-53). There were also (1954) two unorganized MCA congregations or mission stations in Michigan; viz., Midland, and Mt. Clemens, northeast of Detroit. When the Missionary Church Association began to appoint district superintendents in 1909, Michigan was one of nine districts given a superintendent. The three states, Michigan, Ohio, and [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], in 1954 constituted the Eastern District, a territory with the following organized congregations: Michigan, 14; Ohio, 11; and [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], 3. These 28 churches, plus Michigan's two unorganized churches, had a total membership of 1,432.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One other related denomination is represented in Michigan, the [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]], a group founded by [[Engel, Jacob (1753-1833)|Jacob Engel ]]about the close of the Revolutionary War. This body was represented in Michigan by seven small congregations founded since 1880, most of the meetinghouses having been built in 1915-1935. The membership of these churches totaled 153 in 1954. These congregations have all been under the care of Bishop E. J. Swalm of Duntroon, ON, since 1954 because of the advanced age of the previous leader, Henry Schneider of Merrill, MI, who now had the status of bishop emeritus.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One other related denomination is represented in Michigan, the [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]], a group founded by [[Engel, Jacob (1753-1833)|Jacob Engel ]]about the close of the Revolutionary War. This body was represented in Michigan by seven small congregations founded since 1880, most of the meetinghouses having been built in 1915-1935. The membership of these churches totaled 153 in 1954. These congregations have all been under the care of Bishop E. J. Swalm of Duntroon, ON, since 1954 because of the advanced age of the previous leader, Henry Schneider of Merrill, MI, who now had the status of bishop emeritus.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The successful colonies of Mennonites in Michigan have not been numerous. The state has rather proved to be the "mission field" for the various groups of Mennonites in Indiana. Four bodies, [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] (1,716 members), [[United Missionary Church|United Missionary Church]] (2,114 members), [[Church of God in Christ, Mennonite (CGC)|Church of God in Christ, Mennonite]] (344 members), and [[Conservative Mennonite Conference]] (602 members), constituted over 85 per cent of all the Mennonites in the state in 1955. Indeed, two of these, the Mennonite Church and the United Missionary Church, together comprised about 70 per cent of the total. -- ''John C. Wenger''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The successful colonies of Mennonites in Michigan have not been numerous. The state has rather proved to be the "mission field" for the various groups of Mennonites in Indiana. Four bodies, [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] (1,716 members), [[United Missionary Church|United Missionary Church]] (2,114 members), [[Church of God in Christ, Mennonite (CGC)|Church of God in Christ, Mennonite]] (344 members), and [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">CMC (Conservative Mennonite Conference doing business as CMC)|</ins>Conservative Mennonite Conference]] (602 members), constituted over 85 per cent of all the Mennonites in the state in 1955. Indeed, two of these, the Mennonite Church and the United Missionary Church, together comprised about 70 per cent of the total. -- ''John C. Wenger''</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>= 1990 Update =</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>= 1990 Update =</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] (MC) began 12 new congregations in this state between 1956 and 1987. Two of these 12, both in Kalamazoo, did not survive. The 10 new congregations that continued included four dual-conference fellowships (two in Ann Arbor, one in Detroit and one in East Lansing). The dual-conference relationships are all with the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] (GCM). Other new congregations are Stutsmanville Chapel in Emmet County with a membership of more than 100, North Park in Grand Rapids; Wasepi near Sturgis; West Odessa in Ionia County; Templo Menonita de la Hermosa in Kalamazoo; and Christian Fellowship Center in Sturgis.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] (MC) began 12 new congregations in this state between 1956 and 1987. Two of these 12, both in Kalamazoo, did not survive. The 10 new congregations that continued included four dual-conference fellowships (two in Ann Arbor, one in Detroit and one in East Lansing). The dual-conference relationships are all with the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] (GCM). Other new congregations are Stutsmanville Chapel in Emmet County with a membership of more than 100, North Park in Grand Rapids; Wasepi near Sturgis; West Odessa in Ionia County; Templo Menonita de la Hermosa in Kalamazoo; and Christian Fellowship Center in Sturgis.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Of the Mennonite Church congregations already existing in 1956, five closed and four left the [[Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Indiana-Michigan Conference]], [[Bowne Mennonite Church (Clarksville, Michigan, USA)|Bowne]] in Kent County joined the [[Conservative Mennonite Conference]], Seney in Michigan's Upper Peninsula joined the [[Midwest Mennonite Fellowship|Mid-West Mennonite Fellowship]], and White Cloud and Pleasantview (both in west-central Michigan) were unaffiliated in 1986. The Detroit Mission, begun in 1926, changed its name to [[Peace Community Mennonite Church (Detroit, Michigan, USA)|Peace Mennonite Church]] and, like both congregations in Saginaw, was interracial but largely Afro-American. Camp Amigo, near Sturgis, was owned by the Indiana-Michigan Conference and offered a strong camping and retreat program since opening in 1957. [[Little Eden Retreat Center (Onekama, Michigan, USA)|Little Eden Camp]] at Onekema has been an association-operated camp since 1945. The number of Mennonite Church congregations increased from 35 to 36 between 1956 and 1986. Membership grew from 1,700 to about 2,400 in those years.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Of the Mennonite Church congregations already existing in 1956, five closed and four left the [[Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Indiana-Michigan Conference]], [[Bowne Mennonite Church (Clarksville, Michigan, USA)|Bowne]] in Kent County joined the [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">CMC (Conservative Mennonite Conference doing business as CMC)|</ins>Conservative Mennonite Conference]], Seney in Michigan's Upper Peninsula joined the [[Midwest Mennonite Fellowship|Mid-West Mennonite Fellowship]], and White Cloud and Pleasantview (both in west-central Michigan) were unaffiliated in 1986. The Detroit Mission, begun in 1926, changed its name to [[Peace Community Mennonite Church (Detroit, Michigan, USA)|Peace Mennonite Church]] and, like both congregations in Saginaw, was interracial but largely Afro-American. Camp Amigo, near Sturgis, was owned by the Indiana-Michigan Conference and offered a strong camping and retreat program since opening in 1957. [[Little Eden Retreat Center (Onekama, Michigan, USA)|Little Eden Camp]] at Onekema has been an association-operated camp since 1945. The number of Mennonite Church congregations increased from 35 to 36 between 1956 and 1986. Membership grew from 1,700 to about 2,400 in those years.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Several small fellowships have begun at Fairview. Conservative Mennonite Fellowship began as a small group from the [[Fairview Mennonite Church (Fairview, Michigan, USA)|Fairview (MC) congregation]] in 1967. Since that time two other small groups have emerged from that one—Fairview Conservative (1977) and Pilgrim Fellowship (1984).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Several small fellowships have begun at Fairview. Conservative Mennonite Fellowship began as a small group from the [[Fairview Mennonite Church (Fairview, Michigan, USA)|Fairview (MC) congregation]] in 1967. Since that time two other small groups have emerged from that one—Fairview Conservative (1977) and Pilgrim Fellowship (1984).</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Conservative Mennonite Conference]] (CMC) grew by two congregations since 1956. Bowne joined the conference after being unaffiliated for a time and North Wayne in Dewagiac, Cass County, was organized in 1974. This began as a mission in 1958 with Floyd Brenneman as superintendent. When the congregation was organized, he was ordained to be pastor. His son Robert was pastor in 1987. The membership of the conference increased from 428 to 659 in 10 congregations during from 1956-1986.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">CMC (Conservative Mennonite Conference doing business as CMC)|</ins>Conservative Mennonite Conference]] (CMC) grew by two congregations since 1956. Bowne joined the conference after being unaffiliated for a time and North Wayne in Dewagiac, Cass County, was organized in 1974. This began as a mission in 1958 with Floyd Brenneman as superintendent. When the congregation was organized, he was ordained to be pastor. His son Robert was pastor in 1987. The membership of the conference increased from 428 to 659 in 10 congregations during from 1956-1986.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]] (BIC) continued to have seven small churches in Michigan. The Lakeview Community Church in Goodrich, was a new congregation but the Dearborn congregation closed. The Oak Grove congregation at Gladwin continued as a BIC church but leadership was provided by the Fairview Mennonite (MC) congregation. In 1965 Camp Lakeview near Goodrich was opened. Two years later a half-interest was sold to the Missionary Church. It is now operated jointly.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]] (BIC) continued to have seven small churches in Michigan. The Lakeview Community Church in Goodrich, was a new congregation but the Dearborn congregation closed. The Oak Grove congregation at Gladwin continued as a BIC church but leadership was provided by the Fairview Mennonite (MC) congregation. In 1965 Camp Lakeview near Goodrich was opened. Two years later a half-interest was sold to the Missionary Church. It is now operated jointly.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The group with the largest number of members in Michigan is the [[United Missionary Church|United Missionary Church]], formerly Mennonite Brethren in Christ, although as their historian J. A. Huffman writes, they have "but little Mennonite stock." The first mission stations were started in Huron and Lapeer counties in the "thumb" of Michigan in 1880. The first meetinghouses were built in 1884. In rapid succession a series of missions was founded: Grand Rapids (1897), Caro (1900), St. Clair (1903), [[Grace Community Missionary Church (Bad Axe, Michigan, USA) |Bad Axe]] (1903), Port Huron (1903), Flint (1904), Pontiac (1908), etc. Some stations have died out, but the general movement has been definitely forward. The [[Michigan Conference of the Missionary Church|Michigan Conference]] was organized in 1920 and included twenty congregations with 1,110 members in 1955. The chain of eighteen congregations across southern Michigan belonged to the [[Indiana Conference of the United Missionary Church|Indiana Conference]] (UMC) and embraced a total of 1,004 members. The following five U.M.C. congregations in Michigan had over 100 members in 1955: [[Brown City Missionary Church (Brown City, Michigan, USA)|Brown City]] in Sanilac County, 132; Port Huron in St. Clair County, 165; [[Calvary United Missionary Church (Detroit, Michigan, USA)|Calvary]] in Detroit, 111; [[Dakota Avenue United Missionary Church (Detroit, Michigan, USA)|Dakota Avenue]] in Detroit, 264; and Pleasant Hill in Branch County (originally MC), 104.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The group with the largest number of members in Michigan is the [[United Missionary Church|United Missionary Church]], formerly Mennonite Brethren in Christ, although as their historian J. A. Huffman writes, they have "but little Mennonite stock." The first mission stations were started in Huron and Lapeer counties in the "thumb" of Michigan in 1880. The first meetinghouses were built in 1884. In rapid succession a series of missions was founded: Grand Rapids (1897), Caro (1900), St. Clair (1903), [[Grace Community Missionary Church (Bad Axe, Michigan, USA) |Bad Axe]] (1903), Port Huron (1903), Flint (1904), Pontiac (1908), etc. Some stations have died out, but the general movement has been definitely forward. The [[Michigan Conference of the Missionary Church|Michigan Conference]] was organized in 1920 and included twenty congregations with 1,110 members in 1955. The chain of eighteen congregations across southern Michigan belonged to the [[Indiana Conference of the United Missionary Church|Indiana Conference]] (UMC) and embraced a total of 1,004 members. The following five U.M.C. congregations in Michigan had over 100 members in 1955: [[Brown City Missionary Church (Brown City, Michigan, USA)|Brown City]] in Sanilac County, 132; Port Huron in St. Clair County, 165; [[Calvary United Missionary Church (Detroit, Michigan, USA)|Calvary]] in Detroit, 111; [[Dakota Avenue United Missionary Church (Detroit, Michigan, USA)|Dakota Avenue]] in Detroit, 264; and Pleasant Hill in Branch County (originally MC), 104.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Conservative Mennonite Conference|</del>Conservative Mennonite Conference]] was represented in Michigan by three well-established congregations with a total of 602 members (1955): Pigeon River in [[Huron County (Michigan, USA)|Huron County]], which began about 1902 and in 1955 had 270 members; the Riverside congregation at Au Gres in Arenac County, founded about 1911 and having 100 members; and the Riverview congregation in St. Joseph County near White Pigeon, established as an extension of the Conservative Amish Mennonite settlement in the vicinity of Middlebury, IN, with a 1955 membership of 174. The mission in Flint was founded in 1929, and in 1955 had 39 members; the mission in Vassar (1938) had 15 members in 1955; and the Mount Morris mission north of Flint (Genesee County) had four members; it was established in 1951. The Fairhaven mission at Sebewaing (southwest Pigeon, Huron County), founded in 1938, and the National City mission, Iosco County, had no resident membership. The oldest and chief congregation, Pigeon River, was host to the first session of the Conservative A.M. Conference in 1910. Emanuel Swartzendruber (1893- ), its bishop in the 1950s, ordained preacher in 1934, and bishop in 1944, had oversight of all the Conservative congregations and missions in Michigan except Riverview, where Onie Kauffman was in charge.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Conservative Mennonite Conference]] was represented in Michigan by three well-established congregations with a total of 602 members (1955): Pigeon River in [[Huron County (Michigan, USA)|Huron County]], which began about 1902 and in 1955 had 270 members; the Riverside congregation at Au Gres in Arenac County, founded about 1911 and having 100 members; and the Riverview congregation in St. Joseph County near White Pigeon, established as an extension of the Conservative Amish Mennonite settlement in the vicinity of Middlebury, IN, with a 1955 membership of 174. The mission in Flint was founded in 1929, and in 1955 had 39 members; the mission in Vassar (1938) had 15 members in 1955; and the Mount Morris mission north of Flint (Genesee County) had four members; it was established in 1951. The Fairhaven mission at Sebewaing (southwest Pigeon, Huron County), founded in 1938, and the National City mission, Iosco County, had no resident membership. The oldest and chief congregation, Pigeon River, was host to the first session of the Conservative A.M. Conference in 1910. Emanuel Swartzendruber (1893- ), its bishop in the 1950s, ordained preacher in 1934, and bishop in 1944, had oversight of all the Conservative congregations and missions in Michigan except Riverview, where Onie Kauffman was in charge.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Missionary Church|Missionary Church Association]] (MCA) was founded in 1898 as a schism from the [[Fellowship of Evangelical Churches|Defenseless Mennonite Church]], now Evangelical Mennonite Church. That very year a Missionary Church Association congregation was founded in Elkton, MI. In 1918-1947 the following nine mission stations and/or congregations were established: Eastlawn in Detroit (1918), East Detroit (1923), Roseville, northeast of Detroit (1929), Royal Oak, north of Detroit (1937), Flint (1940), East Lansing (1940), Jackson (1945), Sturgis (1945), and Loomis (1947). By 1954 there were 14 MCA congregations in Michigan including Augusta, northeast of Kalamazoo (1954), Bad Axe in Huron County, east of Pigeon (1952-53), Battle Creek in Calhoun County (1953), Clare in Clare County some fifty miles northwest of Saginaw, and Wayne, a few miles southwest of Detroit (1952-53). There were also (1954) two unorganized MCA congregations or mission stations in Michigan; viz., Midland, and Mt. Clemens, northeast of Detroit. When the Missionary Church Association began to appoint district superintendents in 1909, Michigan was one of nine districts given a superintendent. The three states, Michigan, Ohio, and [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], in 1954 constituted the Eastern District, a territory with the following organized congregations: Michigan, 14; Ohio, 11; and [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], 3. These 28 churches, plus Michigan's two unorganized churches, had a total membership of 1,432.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Missionary Church|Missionary Church Association]] (MCA) was founded in 1898 as a schism from the [[Fellowship of Evangelical Churches|Defenseless Mennonite Church]], now Evangelical Mennonite Church. That very year a Missionary Church Association congregation was founded in Elkton, MI. In 1918-1947 the following nine mission stations and/or congregations were established: Eastlawn in Detroit (1918), East Detroit (1923), Roseville, northeast of Detroit (1929), Royal Oak, north of Detroit (1937), Flint (1940), East Lansing (1940), Jackson (1945), Sturgis (1945), and Loomis (1947). By 1954 there were 14 MCA congregations in Michigan including Augusta, northeast of Kalamazoo (1954), Bad Axe in Huron County, east of Pigeon (1952-53), Battle Creek in Calhoun County (1953), Clare in Clare County some fifty miles northwest of Saginaw, and Wayne, a few miles southwest of Detroit (1952-53). There were also (1954) two unorganized MCA congregations or mission stations in Michigan; viz., Midland, and Mt. Clemens, northeast of Detroit. When the Missionary Church Association began to appoint district superintendents in 1909, Michigan was one of nine districts given a superintendent. The three states, Michigan, Ohio, and [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], in 1954 constituted the Eastern District, a territory with the following organized congregations: Michigan, 14; Ohio, 11; and [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], 3. These 28 churches, plus Michigan's two unorganized churches, had a total membership of 1,432.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One other related denomination is represented in Michigan, the [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]], a group founded by [[Engel, Jacob (1753-1833)|Jacob Engel ]]about the close of the Revolutionary War. This body was represented in Michigan by seven small congregations founded since 1880, most of the meetinghouses having been built in 1915-1935. The membership of these churches totaled 153 in 1954. These congregations have all been under the care of Bishop E. J. Swalm of Duntroon, ON, since 1954 because of the advanced age of the previous leader, Henry Schneider of Merrill, MI, who now had the status of bishop emeritus.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One other related denomination is represented in Michigan, the [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]], a group founded by [[Engel, Jacob (1753-1833)|Jacob Engel ]]about the close of the Revolutionary War. This body was represented in Michigan by seven small congregations founded since 1880, most of the meetinghouses having been built in 1915-1935. The membership of these churches totaled 153 in 1954. These congregations have all been under the care of Bishop E. J. Swalm of Duntroon, ON, since 1954 because of the advanced age of the previous leader, Henry Schneider of Merrill, MI, who now had the status of bishop emeritus.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The successful colonies of Mennonites in Michigan have not been numerous. The state has rather proved to be the "mission field" for the various groups of Mennonites in Indiana. Four bodies, [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] (1,716 members), [[United Missionary Church|United Missionary Church]] (2,114 members), [[Church of God in Christ, Mennonite (CGC)|Church of God in Christ, Mennonite]] (344 members), and [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Conservative Mennonite Conference|</del>Conservative Mennonite Conference]] (602 members), constituted over 85 per cent of all the Mennonites in the state in 1955. Indeed, two of these, the Mennonite Church and the United Missionary Church, together comprised about 70 per cent of the total. -- ''John C. Wenger''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The successful colonies of Mennonites in Michigan have not been numerous. The state has rather proved to be the "mission field" for the various groups of Mennonites in Indiana. Four bodies, [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] (1,716 members), [[United Missionary Church|United Missionary Church]] (2,114 members), [[Church of God in Christ, Mennonite (CGC)|Church of God in Christ, Mennonite]] (344 members), and [[Conservative Mennonite Conference]] (602 members), constituted over 85 per cent of all the Mennonites in the state in 1955. Indeed, two of these, the Mennonite Church and the United Missionary Church, together comprised about 70 per cent of the total. -- ''John C. Wenger''</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>= 1990 Update =</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>= 1990 Update =</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] (MC) began 12 new congregations in this state between 1956 and 1987. Two of these 12, both in Kalamazoo, did not survive. The 10 new congregations that continued included four dual-conference fellowships (two in Ann Arbor, one in Detroit and one in East Lansing). The dual-conference relationships are all with the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] (GCM). Other new congregations are Stutsmanville Chapel in Emmet County with a membership of more than 100, North Park in Grand Rapids; Wasepi near Sturgis; West Odessa in Ionia County; Templo Menonita de la Hermosa in Kalamazoo; and Christian Fellowship Center in Sturgis.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] (MC) began 12 new congregations in this state between 1956 and 1987. Two of these 12, both in Kalamazoo, did not survive. The 10 new congregations that continued included four dual-conference fellowships (two in Ann Arbor, one in Detroit and one in East Lansing). The dual-conference relationships are all with the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] (GCM). Other new congregations are Stutsmanville Chapel in Emmet County with a membership of more than 100, North Park in Grand Rapids; Wasepi near Sturgis; West Odessa in Ionia County; Templo Menonita de la Hermosa in Kalamazoo; and Christian Fellowship Center in Sturgis.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Of the Mennonite Church congregations already existing in 1956, five closed and four left the [[Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Indiana-Michigan Conference]], [[Bowne Mennonite Church (Clarksville, Michigan, USA)|Bowne]] in Kent County joined the [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Conservative Mennonite Conference|</del>Conservative Mennonite Conference]], Seney in Michigan's Upper Peninsula joined the [[Midwest Mennonite Fellowship|Mid-West Mennonite Fellowship]], and White Cloud and Pleasantview (both in west-central Michigan) were unaffiliated in 1986. The Detroit Mission, begun in 1926, changed its name to [[Peace Community Mennonite Church (Detroit, Michigan, USA)|Peace Mennonite Church]] and, like both congregations in Saginaw, was interracial but largely Afro-American. Camp Amigo, near Sturgis, was owned by the Indiana-Michigan Conference and offered a strong camping and retreat program since opening in 1957. [[Little Eden Retreat Center (Onekama, Michigan, USA)|Little Eden Camp]] at Onekema has been an association-operated camp since 1945. The number of Mennonite Church congregations increased from 35 to 36 between 1956 and 1986. Membership grew from 1,700 to about 2,400 in those years.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Of the Mennonite Church congregations already existing in 1956, five closed and four left the [[Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Indiana-Michigan Conference]], [[Bowne Mennonite Church (Clarksville, Michigan, USA)|Bowne]] in Kent County joined the [[Conservative Mennonite Conference]], Seney in Michigan's Upper Peninsula joined the [[Midwest Mennonite Fellowship|Mid-West Mennonite Fellowship]], and White Cloud and Pleasantview (both in west-central Michigan) were unaffiliated in 1986. The Detroit Mission, begun in 1926, changed its name to [[Peace Community Mennonite Church (Detroit, Michigan, USA)|Peace Mennonite Church]] and, like both congregations in Saginaw, was interracial but largely Afro-American. Camp Amigo, near Sturgis, was owned by the Indiana-Michigan Conference and offered a strong camping and retreat program since opening in 1957. [[Little Eden Retreat Center (Onekama, Michigan, USA)|Little Eden Camp]] at Onekema has been an association-operated camp since 1945. The number of Mennonite Church congregations increased from 35 to 36 between 1956 and 1986. Membership grew from 1,700 to about 2,400 in those years.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Several small fellowships have begun at Fairview. Conservative Mennonite Fellowship began as a small group from the [[Fairview Mennonite Church (Fairview, Michigan, USA)|Fairview (MC) congregation]] in 1967. Since that time two other small groups have emerged from that one—Fairview Conservative (1977) and Pilgrim Fellowship (1984).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Several small fellowships have begun at Fairview. Conservative Mennonite Fellowship began as a small group from the [[Fairview Mennonite Church (Fairview, Michigan, USA)|Fairview (MC) congregation]] in 1967. Since that time two other small groups have emerged from that one—Fairview Conservative (1977) and Pilgrim Fellowship (1984).</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Conservative Mennonite Conference|</del>Conservative Mennonite Conference]] (CMC) grew by two congregations since 1956. Bowne joined the conference after being unaffiliated for a time and North Wayne in Dewagiac, Cass County, was organized in 1974. This began as a mission in 1958 with Floyd Brenneman as superintendent. When the congregation was organized, he was ordained to be pastor. His son Robert was pastor in 1987. The membership of the conference increased from 428 to 659 in 10 congregations during from 1956-1986.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Conservative Mennonite Conference]] (CMC) grew by two congregations since 1956. Bowne joined the conference after being unaffiliated for a time and North Wayne in Dewagiac, Cass County, was organized in 1974. This began as a mission in 1958 with Floyd Brenneman as superintendent. When the congregation was organized, he was ordained to be pastor. His son Robert was pastor in 1987. The membership of the conference increased from 428 to 659 in 10 congregations during from 1956-1986.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]] (BIC) continued to have seven small churches in Michigan. The Lakeview Community Church in Goodrich, was a new congregation but the Dearborn congregation closed. The Oak Grove congregation at Gladwin continued as a BIC church but leadership was provided by the Fairview Mennonite (MC) congregation. In 1965 Camp Lakeview near Goodrich was opened. Two years later a half-interest was sold to the Missionary Church. It is now operated jointly.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]] (BIC) continued to have seven small churches in Michigan. The Lakeview Community Church in Goodrich, was a new congregation but the Dearborn congregation closed. The Oak Grove congregation at Gladwin continued as a BIC church but leadership was provided by the Fairview Mennonite (MC) congregation. In 1965 Camp Lakeview near Goodrich was opened. Two years later a half-interest was sold to the Missionary Church. It is now operated jointly.</div></td></tr>
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