New Life Fellowship (Osceola, Indiana, USA)

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The Osceola Mennonite Church in Osceola, Indiana, was a mission outpost of the North Main Street Mennonite Church in Nappanee, Indiana. In 1951, it conducted a survey of the Osceola community and held its first Sunday school service there on 7 October 1951 in the Raymond Loy home.

In December 1951, the North Main Street congregation bought a partially finished basement home. After repairs were completed, the first service was held in the facility on 18 March 1952. Regular preaching services began on 15 March 1953.

Osceola Mennonite Church was organized as a separate congregation in July 1956. It built a new meetinghouse that was dedicated on 13 September 1959.

In about 1983, the congregation changed its name to New Life Fellowship. In 1987 it withdrew from the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference of the Mennonite Church (MC).

It is uncertain what happened to the New Life Fellowship or when it likely closed. In 2024 the building was occupied by The Sanctuary of Osceola.

Bibliography

Preheim, Rich. In Pursuit of Faithfulness: Conviction, Conflict, and Compromise in Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference. Harrisonburg, Va.: Herald Press, 2016: 311.

Wenger, John Christian. The Mennonites in Indiana and Michigan. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1961: 225-226.

Additional Information

Address: 10143 Lehman Street, Osceola, Indiana 46561

Telephone:

Website:

Denominational Affiliations:

Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference (Until 1987)

Mennonite Church (MC) (Until 1987)

Pastoral Leaders at New Life Fellowship

Name Years
of Service
Visiting pastors 1951-1953
George "Maurice" Long (1903-1978) 1953-1961
Earl W. Hartman (1914-1995) 1962?-1964
Harold G. Kreider (1924-2022) 1964-1972
Clarence N. Yutzy 1972-1979
Wendell C. Yoder 1980-1984
Ronald O. Martin 1983-?

New Life Fellowship Membership

Year Members
1956 26
1960 28
1970 50
1980 65
1986 12


Author(s) Samuel J Steiner
Date Published July 2024

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Steiner, Samuel J. "New Life Fellowship (Osceola, Indiana, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. July 2024. Web. 7 Oct 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=New_Life_Fellowship_(Osceola,_Indiana,_USA)&oldid=179274.

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Steiner, Samuel J. (July 2024). New Life Fellowship (Osceola, Indiana, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 7 October 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=New_Life_Fellowship_(Osceola,_Indiana,_USA)&oldid=179274.




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