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Erisman Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) formerly met in a meetinghouse built in 1798 on lands of Abraham Erisman in Rapho Township on the Mt. Joy-Manheim Road, in [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]], Pennsylvania In 1891 the present brick church was built. The congregation of 214 (1953), belonging to the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]], was a conservative growing fellowship which still bore the impress of the work of Bishop [[Brubacher, Jacob N. (1838-1913)|Jacob N. Brubacher]] (died 1913). In 1953 Henry E. Lutz and Homer D. Bomberger were the bishops, Martin G. Metzler and John S. Eby the ministers, and Harvey E. Metzler the deacon. Missionaries [[Stauffer, Elam (1899-1981)|Elam]] and Grace Metzler Stauffer in Africa and the Elam Hollingers in [[Alabama (USA)|Alabama]] are from this congregation.
 
Erisman Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) formerly met in a meetinghouse built in 1798 on lands of Abraham Erisman in Rapho Township on the Mt. Joy-Manheim Road, in [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]], Pennsylvania In 1891 the present brick church was built. The congregation of 214 (1953), belonging to the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]], was a conservative growing fellowship which still bore the impress of the work of Bishop [[Brubacher, Jacob N. (1838-1913)|Jacob N. Brubacher]] (died 1913). In 1953 Henry E. Lutz and Homer D. Bomberger were the bishops, Martin G. Metzler and John S. Eby the ministers, and Harvey E. Metzler the deacon. Missionaries [[Stauffer, Elam (1899-1981)|Elam]] and Grace Metzler Stauffer in Africa and the Elam Hollingers in [[Alabama (USA)|Alabama]] are from this congregation.
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= Additional Information =
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'''Address''': 8 South Erisman Road Manheim, Pennsylvania 17545
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'''Phone''': 717-653-4791
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'''Website''': http://www.erismanmennonitechurch.org/
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'''Denominational Affiliations''':
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[http://www.lancasterconference.org/ Lancaster Mennonite Conference]
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[http://www.mennoniteusa.org/ Mennonite Church USA]
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= Map =
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[[Map:Erisman Mennonite Church (Rapho Township, Pennsylvania, USA)]]
 
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Revision as of 18:29, 21 March 2014

Erisman Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church) formerly met in a meetinghouse built in 1798 on lands of Abraham Erisman in Rapho Township on the Mt. Joy-Manheim Road, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania In 1891 the present brick church was built. The congregation of 214 (1953), belonging to the Lancaster Mennonite Conference, was a conservative growing fellowship which still bore the impress of the work of Bishop Jacob N. Brubacher (died 1913). In 1953 Henry E. Lutz and Homer D. Bomberger were the bishops, Martin G. Metzler and John S. Eby the ministers, and Harvey E. Metzler the deacon. Missionaries Elam and Grace Metzler Stauffer in Africa and the Elam Hollingers in Alabama are from this congregation.

Additional Information

Address: 8 South Erisman Road Manheim, Pennsylvania 17545

Phone: 717-653-4791

Website: http://www.erismanmennonitechurch.org/

Denominational Affiliations: Lancaster Mennonite Conference

Mennonite Church USA

Map

Map:Erisman Mennonite Church (Rapho Township, Pennsylvania, USA)


Author(s) Ira D Landis
Date Published 1956

Cite This Article

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Landis, Ira D. "Crossings Community Church (Manheim, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 19 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Crossings_Community_Church_(Manheim,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=116466.

APA style

Landis, Ira D. (1956). Crossings Community Church (Manheim, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Crossings_Community_Church_(Manheim,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=116466.



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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 244. All rights reserved.


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