Harnish Mennonite Church (New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, USA)
Harnish Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), now extinct, was a preaching station of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference near New Bloomfield, Perry County, Pennsylvania, in 1881, taken care of by William Auker who lived in Pfoutz Valley and Juniata brethren. In 1861 Christian Harnish with a large family joined the earlier families of Forrey, Miller, and Ayles. They converted a dwelling into a meetinghouse where services were held for some decades.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 665. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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