The Cedar Grove Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church USA), south of Greencastle, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, became an independent congregation in 1937, having until that time been a member of the Washington Co., Maryland, and Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, Conference. In 1951 it was received into the Ohio Mennonite and Eastern A.M. Conference. As part of a conference restructuring in 1976, Cedar Grove became part of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The meetinghouse was built and the congregation organized with about 50 members in 1905. Services were conducted by ministers of the Washington County churches 5-15 miles away. In 1911 A. Dorsey Martin of Scottdale, Pennsylvania, formerly of this community, became the first resident minister. In 1929 the brick building burned but was rebuilt with an addition, which made a seating capacity of 500. The membership in 1952 was 189, mostly rural people. In 2009 the membership was 225.

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Additional Information

Additional Information: 13343 Williamsport Pike, Greencastle, Pennsylvania 17225

Phone: 717-597-1943

Website: Cedar Grove Mennonite Church

Denominational Affiliations:

Atlantic Coast Conference

Mennonite Church USA

Cedar Grove Mennonite Church Pastors

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, pp. 537-538. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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