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Valley View Mennonite Church (Criders, Virginia, USA)

Valley View Mennonite Church (Mennonite Conference), located 20 miles west of Broadway, Rockingham County, Virginia, is a member of the Northern District of the Vir­ginia Mennonite Conference.   Rural work was begun in this community about 1880-85 by the Northern District ministers, in schoolhouses and in the Caplingers Chapel (United Brethren) near by. In 1922 a frame church was built to accommodate the growing con­gregation. Preaching services are held twice a month and Sunday school every Sunday. The 1957 mem­bership was 92. Ray Emswiler was pastor.

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Address: 21806 Criders Road, Criders, VA 22820-2064

Phone: 540-852-9338

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 798. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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MLA style: Showalter, Timothy. "Valley View Mennonite Church (Criders, Virginia, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 23 May 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/valley_view_mennonite_church_criders_virginia_usa.

APA style: Showalter, Timothy. (1959). Valley View Mennonite Church (Criders, Virginia, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 23 May 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/valley_view_mennonite_church_criders_virginia_usa.
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