Pleasant Valley Mennonite Church (Hills, Iowa, USA)
Pleasant Valley Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), sometimes known as Sandtown, located 8 miles south of Iowa City, Iowa, and 2½ miles southeast of Hills, was organized as a congregation 23 July 1956. In 1948 the East Union and Lower Deer Creek congregations began a rural mission in the area, using an abandoned Methodist church, which is still used as a meetinghouse. The membership in 1958 was 20. Herman J. Smucker was pastor of the church.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, pp. 190-191. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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MLA style: Smucker, Herman J. "Pleasant Valley Mennonite Church (Hills, Iowa, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 22 May 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/pleasant_valley_mennonite_church_hills_iowa_usa.
APA style: Smucker, Herman J. (1959). Pleasant Valley Mennonite Church (Hills, Iowa, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 May 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/pleasant_valley_mennonite_church_hills_iowa_usa.
