Rockville Mennonite Church (Honey Brook, Pennsylvania, USA)
The Rockville Mennonite Church, near Honey Brook, Pennsylvania, USA, began in July 1951. Families from the Sandy Hill congregation began offering Summer Bible school in an unused two-story school building in Honey Brook, soon followed by Sunday school and preaching services. David Yoder preached the first sermon in July 1951. The congregation was regarded as a mission station until 1959 when it became an independent congregation in the Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference.
After the school board sold the building in 1955, the congregation held services at the Tel-Hai Camp until 22 January 1956. Groundbreaking took place for a new building on 14 April 1956. No services were held during construction, but the congregation dedicated the new building on 19 August 1956. It added a new sanctuary and fellowship hall in 1991.
Millard Shoup became the first regular pastor for Rockville in 1958.
In October 2002 the Rockville congregation withdrew from Mennonite Church USA and the Atlantic Coast Conference. It became a member of the Alliance of Mennonite Evangelical Congregations.
Bibliography
Pechart, Diane. "Rockville 'enlarges the tent'." Atlantic Coast Conference Currents 12, no. 3 (May-June 1991): 5.
Pechart, Diane. "Rockville Mennonite Church." Atlantic Coast Conference Currents 2, no. 3 (May-June 1981): 1.
Stoltzfus, Grant M. Mennonites of the Ohio and Eastern Conference; From the Colonial Period in Pennsylvania to 1968. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite history, no. 13. Scottdale, Pa: Herald Press, 1969: 245.
Additional Information
Address: 210 Cupola Road, Honey Brook, PA 19344
Phone: 610-273-9577
Website: Rockville Mennonite Church
Denominational Affiliation:
Alliance of Mennonite Evangelical Congregations
Pastoral Leaders at Rockville Mennonite Church
| Name | Years of Service |
|---|---|
| Ministerial District Pastors |
1951-1958 |
| Millard R. Shoup (1914-1996) | 1958-1984 |
| Amos K. Stoltzfus (Assistant) (Lead) (Interim) |
1979-1984 1984-? 2017-2000 |
| P. Melville Nafziger (Interim) | 2000-2001 |
| ? | ?-? |
| Clint Stoltzfus (Assistant) | 2018-2020 |
| Todd Baisley | 2020-present |
Membership at Rockville Mennonite Church
| Year | Membership |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 44 |
| 1970 | 73 |
| 1980 | 56 |
| 1990 | 100 |
| 2000 | 218 |
Maps
Map:Rockville Mennonite Church (Honey Brook, Pennsylvania)
Original Mennonite Encyclopedia Article
By Melvin Gingerich. Copied by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 349. All rights reserved.
Rockville Mennonite Mission (MC), located at Honey Brook, Pennsylvania, was established in 1951. In 1957 Millard Shoup was the pastor, with a membership of 62. It belonged to the Ohio and Eastern Conference.
| Author(s) | Samuel J Steiner |
|---|---|
| Date Published | January 2022 |
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