Peace Community Mennonite Church (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Peace Community Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church USA)(formerly Detroit Mennonite Gospel Mission), is located at 15800 Curtis Street. It was begun in 1926 by Mennonites who came to the city to secure employment. In 1927 the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference took over the work and built a small church. In 1930, it was transferred to the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities. Over 100 people had been baptized in the mission by the 1950s. The 1954 membership was 38. F. B. Raber was pastor 1930-1950, J. F. Erb 1950-1956, and C. Nevin Miller after 1956.
In 2007 the congreation was led by Evelyn E. Childs, and had a membership of 61.
Additional Information
Address:
15800 Curtis St.
Detroit, MI 48235
Phone:
313-273-7999
Affiliations:
African-American Mennonite Association
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 40. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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MLA style: Raber, F. B. "Peace Community Mennonite Church (Detroit, Michigan, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 24 May 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/peace_community_mennonite_church_detroit_michigan.
APA style: Raber, F. B. (1956). Peace Community Mennonite Church (Detroit, Michigan, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 May 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/peace_community_mennonite_church_detroit_michigan.
