Churchtown Old Order Mennonite Meetinghouse (Churchtown, Pennsylvania, USA)The Churchtown Old Order Mennonite meetinghouse is located at the east end of Churchtown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The building was constructed in 1910. The congregation belongs to the Groffdale Conference, under Bishops Joseph O. Wenger and A. Z. Sensenig. Preachers serving the congregation in the 1950s were Samuel S. Horning and Isaac W. Zimmerman. The Old Order group under Bishop Joseph O. Weaver, belonging to the Weaverland Conference, also worshiped here.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 603; vol. 4, p. 1143. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website. ©1996-2012 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved. To cite this page: MLA style: Shirk, Eli M. "Churchtown Old Order Mennonite Meetinghouse (Churchtown, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 14 February 2012. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/C499.html. APA style: Shirk, Eli M. (1953). Churchtown Old Order Mennonite Meetinghouse (Churchtown, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 14 February 2012, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/C499.html. Document Actions |
