Beth-Car Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church (Staten Island, New York, USA)

Beth-Car Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church was located at Staten Island, New York. Organized in 1938, the 1953 membership was 51, with Robert W. Smock serving as pastor. In 1959, after the Pennsylvania Mennonite Brethren in Christ became the Bible Fellowship Church, the congregation became the Bible Fellowship Church of Staten Island. In 1991 the congregation asked Ralph Ritter, a member of the Plymouth Brethren, to be its pastor. Within a short time the congregation identified with the "open" Brethren and left the Bible Fellowship Church. In 1999 it had 63 members.

Bibliography

Peterson, Ralph L. A history of some assemblies of Christians in the United States and Canada. 1999. http://www.emmaus.edu/files/Documents/History%20of%20Brethren%20Mvt/history_8.htm (accessed 20 May 2009)

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 304. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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MLA style: Riggall, J. H. and Sam Steiner. "Beth-Car Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church (Staten Island, New York, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. May 2009. Web. 21 May 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/B48555.html.

APA style: Riggall, J. H. and Sam Steiner. (May 2009). Beth-Car Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church (Staten Island, New York, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 May 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/B48555.html.

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