Roseland Mennonite Church (Roseland, Nebraska, USA)
Source: Mennonite Community Photograph Collection, The Congregation (HM4-134 Box 1 photo 010.6-20).
Mennonite Church USA Archives, Goshen, Indiana.
Roseland Mennonite Church, located near Roseland, Nebraska, was organized on 20 March 1880, with 26 members, with Albrecht Schiffler as minister and Samuel W. Lapp as deacon. At least eight Mennonite families had settled in the area by 1879, including preacher Albrecht Schiffler who had moved from Tazewell County, Illinois. Already in 1879, the families held services every three weeks. These were Mennonite families with roots in Pennsylvania. This congregation became one of the anchors in the Kansas-Nebraska Mennonite Conference.
The Roseland Mennonites built a meetinghouse about two years later and replaced it in 1898 with a new one.
In 1890, John S. Coffman wrote in the Herald of Truth about this congregation: "There is quite a congregation of brethren here for a new country, and they have the advantage of having one minister who speaks in the German language—Bro. A. Schiffler, and one who speaks in the English language—Bro. Jonas Nice. They have built a good house of worship, hold meetings every two weeks, and have a flourishing Sunday-school in the Summer season."[1]
Very early the Roseland congregation supported the new Mennonite mission efforts in India, both with finances and home-grown missionaries. Missionaries from this church sent to India were Mahlon C. Lapp and Sarah Lapp, Jacob Burkhard and Mary Yoder Burkhard, Esther Ebersole Lapp, and Velma Lapp Hostetler.
The congregation was closed in 1962 after the membership dropped to less than 10 and the last pastor had moved away.
Notes
- ↑ J. S. Coffman, "Some congregations and scattered members in the West." Herald of Truth 27, no. 3 (1 February 1890): 42.
Bibliography
Burkhard, David. "From Adams Co., Nebraska." Herald of Truth 16, no. 2 (February 1879): 31-32.
Coffman, J. S. "Some congregations and scattered members in the West." Herald of Truth 27, no. 3 (1 February 1890): 42.
Yoder, Holly Blosser. The same spirit: History of Iowa-Nebraska Mennonites. Freeman, S.D.: Central Plains Mennonite Conference, 2003: 283.
Additional Information
Address: Roseland, Nebraska
Phone:
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Denominational Affiliations: Iowa-Nebraska Mennonite Conference
Pastoral Leaders at Roseland Mennonite Church
| Name | Years of Service |
|---|---|
| Albrecht Schiffler (1846-1928) (Bishop) |
1880-1883 1883-1915? |
| John L. Reisner (1853-1922) | 1880-1883? |
| Jonas T. Nice (1855-1935) | 1884-1892 |
| Abraham L. Stauffer (1845-1927) | 1892-1927 Did not preach |
| Daniel G. Lapp (1867-1951) (Bishop) |
1894-1915 1915-1940 |
| John M. Nunemaker (1848-1942) | 1894-1903 |
| Andrew Good (1841-1930) | 1899?-1900? 1905-1930 |
| John Kore "J. Kore" Zook (1894-1984) | 1928-1933 |
| Lay Leadership & Visiting Ministers |
1933-1948 |
| Edward Diener (1892-1953) | 1948-1950 |
| Lay Leadership & Visiting Ministers |
1950-1956 |
| Alton B. Miller (1915-1999) | 1956-1962 |
Roseland Mennonite Church Membership
| Year | Members |
|---|---|
| 1897 | 103 |
| 1907 | 90 |
| 1920 | 100 |
| 1930 | 67 |
| 1940 | 47 |
| 1950 | 30 |
| 1960 | 15 |
Original Mennonite Encyclopedia Article
By Sarah Schiffler Burkhard. Copied by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 358. All rights reserved.
Roseland Mennonite Church, located near Roseland, Nebraska, a member of the Iowa-Nebraska Conference, was organized on 20 March 1880, with 26 members, with Albrecht Schiffler as bishop and Samuel W. Lapp as deacon. A meetinghouse was built about two years later, replaced in 1898 by a new one, at which time the membership numbered 160. Daniel Lapp was ordained bishop. Ministers who have served the congregation are John L. Reisner, Jonas Nice, Andrew Good, John M. Nunemaker, Abraham Stauffer, Samuel G. Lapp [for South English, Iowa], Noah Ebersole [for Antioch, Nebraska], J. Kore Zook, Edward Diener, and Alton Miller. Missionaries from this church sent to India were Mahlon C. Lapp, Jacob Burkhard, George Lapp, Esther Ebersole Lapp, and Velma Lapp Hostetler.
In 1957 the bishop was Peter R. Kennel, and the membership was 17.
| Author(s) | Samuel J Steiner |
|---|---|
| Date Published | August 2023 |
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