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Shafter [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]] Church a member of the [[Pacific District Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (United States Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches)|Pacific District Conference]], was organized in the fall of 1918, when a number of recent settlers met in the home of Henry Kohfeld. Deacon Frank C. Penner, formerly of Escondido, California, also assisted in the organization. For a time the congregation met in private homes and later in the local school. In 1919 a tabernacle was built near the center of town at the corner of Kern and California Streets. The membership in 1958 was 522 with H. H. Dick as the pastor in charge, and D. W. Nikkel assistant pastor. | Shafter [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]] Church a member of the [[Pacific District Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (United States Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches)|Pacific District Conference]], was organized in the fall of 1918, when a number of recent settlers met in the home of Henry Kohfeld. Deacon Frank C. Penner, formerly of Escondido, California, also assisted in the organization. For a time the congregation met in private homes and later in the local school. In 1919 a tabernacle was built near the center of town at the corner of Kern and California Streets. The membership in 1958 was 522 with H. H. Dick as the pastor in charge, and D. W. Nikkel assistant pastor. | ||
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<strong>Addres: </strong>400 Kern St., Shafter, CA <span class="LBD_body" id="ctl00_ctl00_MainContent_MainContent_dl_BasicListing_ctl00_lblZip">93263</span> | <strong>Addres: </strong>400 Kern St., Shafter, CA <span class="LBD_body" id="ctl00_ctl00_MainContent_MainContent_dl_BasicListing_ctl00_lblZip">93263</span> | ||
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<strong>Website</strong>: [http://shaftermb.org/ http://shaftermb.org/] | <strong>Website</strong>: [http://shaftermb.org/ http://shaftermb.org/] | ||
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Revision as of 19:32, 20 August 2013
Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church a member of the Pacific District Conference, was organized in the fall of 1918, when a number of recent settlers met in the home of Henry Kohfeld. Deacon Frank C. Penner, formerly of Escondido, California, also assisted in the organization. For a time the congregation met in private homes and later in the local school. In 1919 a tabernacle was built near the center of town at the corner of Kern and California Streets. The membership in 1958 was 522 with H. H. Dick as the pastor in charge, and D. W. Nikkel assistant pastor.
Additional Information
Addres: 400 Kern St., Shafter, CA 93263
Phone: 661-746-4969
Website: http://shaftermb.org/
| Author(s) | Ernest Siemens |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
Cite This Article
MLA style
Siemens, Ernest. "Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church (Shafter, California, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 4 May 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Shafter_Mennonite_Brethren_Church_(Shafter,_California,_USA)&oldid=84888.
APA style
Siemens, Ernest. (1959). Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church (Shafter, California, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 4 May 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Shafter_Mennonite_Brethren_Church_(Shafter,_California,_USA)&oldid=84888.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 509. All rights reserved.
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