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Valley View Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Conference]]), located 20 miles west of Broadway, Rockingham County, Virginia, is a member of the Northern District of the [[Virginia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|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. | Valley View Mennonite Church ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Conference]]), located 20 miles west of Broadway, Rockingham County, Virginia, is a member of the Northern District of the [[Virginia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|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. | ||
Revision as of 07:21, 6 April 2014
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. In 2014 membership was 66 and the minister was H. Michael Shenk III.
Additional Information
Address: PO Box 20, Criders, VA 22820-0020
Location: 21806 Criders Road, Criders, Virginia
Phone: 540-852-9338
Denominational Affiliation:
| Author(s) | Timothy Showalter |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
Cite This Article
MLA style
Showalter, Timothy. "Valley View Mennonite Church (Criders, Virginia, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 19 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Valley_View_Mennonite_Church_(Criders,_Virginia,_USA)&oldid=117462.
APA style
Showalter, Timothy. (1959). Valley View Mennonite Church (Criders, Virginia, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Valley_View_Mennonite_Church_(Criders,_Virginia,_USA)&oldid=117462.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 798. All rights reserved.
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