South Lawrence Mennonite Church (MC), located 10 miles southeast of Glen Flora, Wisconsin, on state highway 73, and 12 miles east of the Sheldon Mennonite community. In May 1942 J. W. Martin and Sam Helmuth organized a Sunday school in the area and 4 years later Leroy Schrock was called in as pastor. On 9 December 1946, the group of 20 members, of whom 8 were of non-Mennonite background, was organized as a congregation in the North Central Conference. The membership in 1957 was 26, with Leroy Schrock as pastor.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 587. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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