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Mennonite Gospel Mission Church in Peoria, Illinois, was opened in 1914 by the Home Mission Committee of the [[Central Conference Mennonite Church|Central Conference]]([[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]]). Jacob Sommer, who was assisting at the [[Mennonite Gospel Mission (Chicago, Illinois, USA)|Mennonite Gospel Mission]] in [[Chicago (Illinois, USA)|Chicago]], was called to open this new work in Peoria. The first service was held in a rented store building at 920 North Adams St., with 37 in attendance; in 1916 the building utilized in 1956 was erected at 1001 North Adams St. In 1956 there was a church membership of 148, which afforded a strong working group for constant need of mission work in a city such as Peoria, and the minister is Samuel Ummel, with Melvin Norquist as assistant.
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