Wayside Mennonite Church (Brimley, Michigan, USA)

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The Wayside Mennonite Church near Brimley, Michigan, began with the Lester Gage family moved to Brimley in 1947. This led Clarence Troyer, the pastor at Wildwood Mennonite Church, to launch a mission outpost at Brimley, located 15 miles west of Sault Sainte Marie. This began with a Summer Bible School in 1947. Sunday school began in a home in 1948.

A meetinghouse was dedicated on 17 May 1953.

The Wayside Mennonite Church closed in 2004. In 2024, the building was occupied by the All Nations Assembly of God congregation.

Bibliography

Kauffman, Freda Kurtz. "Visit Upper Michigan." Gospel Herald 48, no. 45 (8 November 1955): 1070-1072.

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

Wenger, John Christian. The Mennonites in Indiana and Michigan. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1961: 254.

Additional Information

Address: 7074 West M28, Brimley, Michigan 49715

Telephone:

Website:

Denominational Affiliations:

Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference

Mennonite Church USA

Pastoral Leaders at Wayside Mennonite Church

Name Years
of Service
Visiting Ministers 1948-1950
Ralph O. Birkey (1917-2005) 1950-1967
Visiting Ministers 1967-1970
Vernard E. Guengerich 1970-1981
Lay Leadership 1981-1982
Ronald D. Swartz 1982-2004

Wayside Mennonite Church Membership

Year Members
1951 17
1960 26
1970 18
1980 32
1990 24
2000 26

Original Mennonite Encyclopedia Article

By Melvin Gingerich. Copied by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 903. All rights reserved.

Wayside Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), near Brimley, Michigan, is located 15 miles southwest of Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. It was established in 1948 as a mission station under the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Mission Board. It had 32 members in 1958, with Ralph Birkey as pastor.


Author(s) Samuel J Steiner
Date Published August 2024

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Steiner, Samuel J. "Wayside Mennonite Church (Brimley, Michigan, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. August 2024. Web. 7 Oct 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Wayside_Mennonite_Church_(Brimley,_Michigan,_USA)&oldid=179541.

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Steiner, Samuel J. (August 2024). Wayside Mennonite Church (Brimley, Michigan, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 7 October 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Wayside_Mennonite_Church_(Brimley,_Michigan,_USA)&oldid=179541.




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