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Spruce Mountain Mennonite ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) outpost, located in [[Sweedlin Valley (Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA)|Pendleton County]], on the eastern slope of the Allegheny Mountain six miles southwest of Onego, [[West Virginia (USA)|West Virginia]]. R. H. Benner (MC) responded to a call to preach here in the 1920's. Summer Bible schools and revival meetings were introduced in the 1930's. Since then the membership has declined; the young people have moved out. Only a few small families remain. Services are still held twice a month in a schoolhouse. The membership in 1958 was 5, with Earl J. Hartzler serving as pastor, under the [[Virginia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Virginia Mennonite (MC) Conference]]. | Spruce Mountain Mennonite ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) outpost, located in [[Sweedlin Valley (Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA)|Pendleton County]], on the eastern slope of the Allegheny Mountain six miles southwest of Onego, [[West Virginia (USA)|West Virginia]]. R. H. Benner (MC) responded to a call to preach here in the 1920's. Summer Bible schools and revival meetings were introduced in the 1930's. Since then the membership has declined; the young people have moved out. Only a few small families remain. Services are still held twice a month in a schoolhouse. The membership in 1958 was 5, with Earl J. Hartzler serving as pastor, under the [[Virginia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Virginia Mennonite (MC) Conference]]. | ||
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Spruce Mountain Mennonite (Mennonite Church) outpost, located in Pendleton County, on the eastern slope of the Allegheny Mountain six miles southwest of Onego, West Virginia. R. H. Benner (MC) responded to a call to preach here in the 1920's. Summer Bible schools and revival meetings were introduced in the 1930's. Since then the membership has declined; the young people have moved out. Only a few small families remain. Services are still held twice a month in a schoolhouse. The membership in 1958 was 5, with Earl J. Hartzler serving as pastor, under the Virginia Mennonite (MC) Conference.
| Author(s) | Harry A Brunk |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Brunk, Harry A. "Spruce Mountain Mennonite Church (Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 16 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Spruce_Mountain_Mennonite_Church_(Pendleton_County,_West_Virginia,_USA)&oldid=85228.
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Brunk, Harry A. (1959). Spruce Mountain Mennonite Church (Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 16 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Spruce_Mountain_Mennonite_Church_(Pendleton_County,_West_Virginia,_USA)&oldid=85228.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 604. All rights reserved.
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