Pleasant View Mennonite Church (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA)
The Pleasant View Mennonite Church, northwest of Marion, Pennsylvania, began as the result of the Marion Mennonite Church's outreach initiatives in 1907 and 1908. In late 1908, some families asked the Marion church to erect a meetinghouse in their area. A Mennonite farmer donated an acre of land, and the Marion church undertook the project in 1909. It dedicated the building on 15 August 1909. Twenty-two persons became charter members of the new group, including minister George W. Ernst.
The congregation began Sunday school immediately and had Young People's Bible Meetings by 1912. It held worship services every two weeks until at least into the 1950s.
On 28 September 2017, the Franklin Mennonite Conference voted to become a bishop district of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference. This meant a change to Pleasant View's regional conference relationship.
Bibliography
Burdge Jr., Edsel and Samuel Horst. Building on the Gospel Foundation: The Mennonites of Franklin County, Pennsylvania and Washington County, Maryland, 1730-1970. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 2004: 385-387, 518, .
"The Formation of the Church." Pleasant View Mennonite Church. 2009. Web. 29 January 2026. https://www.pv-mc.com/our-story.
Additional Information
Address: 346 Warm Spring Road, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 17202
Telephone: 717-264-1319
Website: https://www.pv-mc.com/
Denominational Affiliations:
LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches
Mennonite Church USA (Until 2017)
Pastoral Leaders at Pleasant View Mennonite Church
| Name | Years of Service |
|---|---|
| George W. Ernst (1853-1952) | 1909-1952 |
| Walter H. Lehman (1901-1980) | 1929-1980 |
| John B. Sollenberger (1930-1989) | 1949-1981 |
| Aldus M. Lehman (1927-2001) | 1972-1991? |
| Jay "J. Allen" Lehman | 1983-2012 |
| Lee E. Ebersole | 1989-1993? |
| Harold E. Yeager | 2013-2018? |
| Allen Eshleman | 2015-2020? |
| Charles Brenner | 2020-2022 |
| Eric Lehman | 2022- |
| Jerry Roth | 2020s- |
Pleasant View Mennonite Church Membership
| Year | Members |
|---|---|
| 1909 | 22 |
| 1920 | 30 |
| 1930 | 37 |
| 1940 | 61 |
| 1950 | 91 |
| 1960 | 96 |
| 1970 | 90 |
| 1980 | 102 |
| 1990 | 104 |
| 2000 | 125 |
| 2009 | 93 |
Original Mennonite Encyclopedia Article
By Walter H. Lehman. Copied by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 192. All rights reserved.
Pleasant View Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), located 2½ miles west of Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, is a member of the Franklin Mennonite Conference. The church was built in the summer of 1909 by members of the Marion and Chambersburg congregations and was dedicated on 15 August 1909. Ministers serving this congregation have been George W. Ernst 1909-52, Walter H. Lehman 1929- , and John B. Sollenberger 1949- . The membership was about 35 in 1909, and 104 in 1958.
| Author(s) | Samuel J Steiner |
|---|---|
| Date Published | January 2026 |
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Steiner, Samuel J. "Pleasant View Mennonite Church (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. January 2026. Web. 12 Feb 2026. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Pleasant_View_Mennonite_Church_(Chambersburg,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=181488.
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Steiner, Samuel J. (January 2026). Pleasant View Mennonite Church (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 12 February 2026, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Pleasant_View_Mennonite_Church_(Chambersburg,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=181488.
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