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Rockwell Mennonite Church (Sheffield, Illinois, USA)Rockwell Mennonite Church (MC), now extinct, located in Sheffield, Bureau County, Illinois, was organized in 1945 under the District Mission Board of the Illinois Mennonite Conference. The first services, in 1943, were held in homes; later they were held in the Danish Lutheran Church in Sheffield. The 1948 membership of 17 consisted largely of Mennonites who had moved there from other communities. Ministers who served the congregation were John S. Detwiler 1945-47 and John I. Byler 1948-?. It was last listed in the Yearbook of 1950, when it had 22 members. 
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, pp. 349-350. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website. ©1996-2013 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved. To cite this page: MLA style: Culp, Elmer I. "Rockwell Mennonite Church (Sheffield, Illinois, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 20 May 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/rockwell_mennonite_church_sheffield_bureau_county. APA style: Culp, Elmer I. (1959). Rockwell Mennonite Church (Sheffield, Illinois, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 20 May 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/rockwell_mennonite_church_sheffield_bureau_county. Document Actions |
