Toto Mennonite Church (North Judson, Indiana, USA)

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In 1946, the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Mission Board asked the Salem Mennonite Church, New Paris, Indiana, to conduct a church survey in the village of Toto. Salem conducted a Summer Bible School in the Gleaners Hall in 1947 and built a basement church that was dedicated on 28 August 1948. Preaching services began once a month late that year. Salem completed the building and dedicated it on 23 March 1952.

Three Salem families moved to Toto in 1950 and began evening worship services in the church.

When the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference approved the ordination of women in 1981, Toto Mennonite Church and its mother congregation, Salem Mennonite, withdrew from the conference. Toto Mennonite then became an independent Mennonite congregation.

Bibliography

"Dedication services...." Gospel Herald 45, no. 15 (8 April 1952): 348.

Hartman, Mrs. Elmer [Alice]. "New Paris, Indiana." Gospel Herald 41, no. 29 (20 July 1948): 676.

_____. "New Paris, Indiana." Gospel Herald 42, no. 4 (25 January 1949): 91-92.

Preheim, Rich. In Pursuit of Faithfulness: Conviction, Conflict, and Compromise in Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference. Harrisonburg, Va.: Herald Press, 2016: 260, 312.

Wenger, John Christian. The Mennonites in Indiana and Michigan. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1961: 233-234.

Additional Information

Address: 120 West Toto Road, North Judson, Indiana

Telephone:

Website:

Denominational Affiliations:

Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference (Until 1981)

Mennonite Church (MC)

Pastoral Leaders at Toto Mennonite Church

Name Years
of Service
Salem Pastors 1948-1952
Jency L. Hershberger (1918-2001) 1952-1964
Walter W. Keim (1914-2008)
(Bishop)
1965-1977
1977-1998
Paul L. Newcomer 1988-
Arlo D. Schmidt
(Bishop)
2000-2006
2006-

Toto Mennonite Church Membership

Year Members
1950 8
1960 36
1970 13
1980 25
1990 23
1997 17
2007 13
2024 9


Author(s) Richard D. Thiessen
Samuel J. Steiner
Date Published August 2024

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Thiessen, Richard D. and Samuel J. Steiner. "Toto Mennonite Church (North Judson, Indiana, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. August 2024. Web. 7 Oct 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Toto_Mennonite_Church_(North_Judson,_Indiana,_USA)&oldid=179466.

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Thiessen, Richard D. and Samuel J. Steiner. (August 2024). Toto Mennonite Church (North Judson, Indiana, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 7 October 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Toto_Mennonite_Church_(North_Judson,_Indiana,_USA)&oldid=179466.




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