Indiantown Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church USA), located at 255 Indiantown Road, Ephrata, Pennsylvania, northern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a member of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference, was the central point for the eastern end of the Hammer Creek-Indiantown District. After worshiping for nine decades in eight private homes, meetinghouses were built in 1819 at both Hammer Creek and Indiantown (the latter in the last Indian reservation in this county). The congregation grew until the middle of the 19th century, when the Reformed Mennonites made a sizable schism. In the mid-20th century there were additions from Weaverland and from the Old Order Mennonites, and the congregation grew. The membership in 1954 was 150. Denver, once a preaching point, was a thriving outpost of Indiantown. The earlier preachers included Christian Risser, Abraham Brubaker, John R. and Jonas H. Hess, and more recently Noah Hurst, Henry P. Fox; and Isaac Gehman, with Amos S. Horst and Mahlon M. Zimmerman as bishops, and Jacob M. Hurst as deacon. In 2004 the membership was 165; Stephen L. Martin served as minister.          

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 31. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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