Porter Mission (Estacada, Oregon, USA)
Porter Mission (Mennonite Church) in the foothills near Estacada, Oregon, was established in 1939 as an outgrowth of a rural visitation project of the Bethel Mennonite Church of Canby, Oregon. In 1956, 20 members organized as a congregation of the Pacific Coast Mennonite Conference. Ernest J. Bontrager was the minister in charge. Services were held weekly in a small church built in 1943.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 204. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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