Winton Mennonite Brethren Church (Winton, California, USA)

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Winton Mennonite Brethren Church, ca. 1947-1952.
Creator: Henry J. Wiens (1885-1975)
Digitized by Hiebert Library. Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies
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Winton Mennonite Brethren Church, located at Winton, California, was organized on 9 June 1922 as the Livingston Mennonite Brethren Church in Livingston, California under the lead­ership of J. M. Enns. The congregation relocated to the nearby town of Winton in 1924 and took the name Winton Mennonite Brethren Church. The membership in 1957 was 51, with Menno A. Shellenberg as pastor. In 1958 the church moved to Atwater and changed its name to Atwater Mennonite Brethren Church.

In the mid-1960s the congregation merged with the Sharon Mennonite Church and the Bethel Mennonite Church, both of Winton. This new group eventually came to be known as the Atwater United Mennonite Church, though the Mennonite Brethren members did not relinquish their original conference identity until the 1980s. The Atwater United Mennonite Church closed in 1989.

For some years in the 1960s, the Atwater Mennonite Brethren Church used the name Atwater Missionary Brethren Church.

Bibliography

Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies (Fresno, Calif.). "Atwater Mennonite Brethren Church (Atwater, Calif.)." Web. 9 May 2008. http://www.fresno.edu/sharedmedia/library/cb502.pdf.

Archival Records

Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies, Fresno, CA: Atwater Mennonite Brethren Church (Atwater, Cal.). Records, 1926-1972. Record Group CB502.

Additional Information

Denominational Affiliations:

Pacific District Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches

US Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches

General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches


Author(s) Menno A. Schellenberg
Richard D. Thiessen
Date Published 2008

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Schellenberg, Menno A. and Richard D. Thiessen. "Winton Mennonite Brethren Church (Winton, California, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 2008. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Winton_Mennonite_Brethren_Church_(Winton,_California,_USA)&oldid=138947.

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Schellenberg, Menno A. and Richard D. Thiessen. (2008). Winton Mennonite Brethren Church (Winton, California, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Winton_Mennonite_Brethren_Church_(Winton,_California,_USA)&oldid=138947.




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