Pottstown Mennonite Church (Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA)
Pottstown Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), located in Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, a member of the Franconia Mennonite Conference, began as a mission station under the Franconia Conference Mission Board on 23 November 1930, with Elmer G. Kolb as superintendent, who was ordained as pastor 7 June 1938. A new church building with a seating capacity of 180 was dedicated 4 May 1952. On 6 March 1954, the congregation was organized with a membership of 60, mostly rural. Norman H. Bechtel (ordained 1953) also served as minister at that time.
Pottstown Mennonite Church closed about 1992.
Author(s) | Elmer G Kolb |
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Samuel J. Steiner | |
Date Published | 1959 |
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Kolb, Elmer G and Samuel J. Steiner. "Pottstown Mennonite Church (Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 7 Dec 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Pottstown_Mennonite_Church_(Pottstown,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=165951.
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Kolb, Elmer G and Samuel J. Steiner. (1959). Pottstown Mennonite Church (Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 7 December 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Pottstown_Mennonite_Church_(Pottstown,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=165951.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 207. All rights reserved.
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