Pleasant Grove Mennonite Church (Tremont, Illinois, USA)
The Dillon Creek Amish Mennonite Church near Tremont, Illinois, was organized as a congregation in 1837 under the leadership of Bishop Andrew Ropp. It was sometimes called the Tremont congregation and later took the name Pleasant Grove Amish Mennonite Church. It sometimes struggled as a congregation, losing members to the Defenseless Mennonites and the Joseph Stuckey Mennonites, and later the Apostolic Christian and "sleeping preacher" groups, and even divine healing preacher, John Alexander Dowie.
The Dillon Creek Amish built their first meetinghouse in 1879, after which they soon initiated a Sunday school.
Pleasant Grove was part of the Western District Amish Mennonite Conference until that conference dissolved, and its Illinois congregations joined the Illinois Mennonite Conference in 1920.
Pleasant Grove had sponsored a Sunday school in Morton, Illinois, beginning in 1939, with preaching services twice a month.
In 1941, Pleasant Grove merged with the Goodfield congregation and erected a new building in Morton. The merged congregation called itself the Morton Mennonite Church.
See also First Mennonite Church of Morton.
Bibliography
Smith, Willard H. Mennonites in Illinois. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, 24. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1983: 66, 170-172, 182, 185, 213-214, 440, 549.
Additional Information
Address: 22100 Allentown Road, Tremont, Illinois
Phone:
Website:
Denominational Affiliations: Western District Amish Mennonite Conference
Pastoral Leaders at Pleasant Grove Mennonite Church
| Name | Years of Service |
|---|---|
| Michael Moseman (1802-1898) | 1837 |
| Andrew Ropp (1807-1890) (Bishop) |
1837-ca. 1840 ca. 1840-1890 |
| Valentine Birky (1817-1856) | ca. 1847-1856 |
| John Sutter (1795-1887) | 1850-1854 |
| Peter Hostetler (1834-1924) | ca. 1858-1868 |
| Joseph Burcky (1833-1920) | 1863-1868 |
| Daniel Roth (1833-1922) | ca. 1866-1922 |
| Peter W. Ropp (1845-1921) | ca. 1890-1897 |
| Joseph M. Litwiller (1837-1902) | before 1892-1902 |
| Isaac A. Miller (1839-1903) | ca. 1895-ca. 1899 |
| John Smith (1843-1906)(Bishop) | 1896-1906 |
| Jonas Litwiller (1865-1944) | 1904-1941 |
| John C. Birky (1849-1920)(Bishop) | 1906-1911 |
| Samuel Gerber (1863-1929) (Bishop) |
1897-1911 1911-1929 |
| Simon Litwiller (1880-1956)(Bishop) | 1929-1941 |
| Leland A. Bachman (1907-1998) | 1932-1941 |
| Joseph W. Davis (1895-1984) | 1935-1937 |
Pleasant Grove Mennonite Church Membership
| Year | Members |
|---|---|
| 1913 | 35 |
| 1920 | 81 |
| 1930 | 114 |
| 1940 | 114 |
| 1941 | 117 |
| Author(s) | Samuel J Steiner |
|---|---|
| Date Published | March 2024 |
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