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Thurman Mennonite Church (Thurman, Colorado, USA)Thurman Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), located one mile north of Thurman, Colorado. The original settlers came from Nebraska and homesteaded in this area, retaining their conference affiliations with the Kansas-Nebraska Mennonite Conference and later the Iowa-Nebraska Mennonite Conference until 1958, when the congregation joined the South Central Mennonite Conference. The first minister to serve the church here was Joe Schrock, followed by N. M. Birky, Aaron Unternahrer, and Earl Yeackley (the pastor in 1958). On 22 March 1916, the first meetinghouse, built before 1888, was destroyed by a prairie fire; the present frame building was built on the same site. In 1956 the building was moved to its present location in Thurman. Largely because of the drought, the membership, which at one time numbered over 100, had decreased to 14 by 1958. 
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 720. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website. ©1996-2008 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved. To cite this page:MLA style: Yeackley, Earl. "Thurman Mennonite Church (Thurman, Colorado, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 July 2008 <http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/T5961.html> APA style: Yeackley, Earl. (1959). "Thurman Mennonite Church (Thurman, Colorado, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 July 2008 <http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/T5961.html> Document Actions |
