West Fairview Mennonite Church (Beaver Crossing, Nebraska, USA)
Source: Mennonite Community Photograph Collection, The Congregation (HM4-134 Box 1 photo 010.6-9).
Mennonite Church USA Archives, Goshen, Indiana.
West Fairview Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), located near Beaver Crossing, Seward County, Nebraska, was initially a member of the Iowa-Nebraska Mennonite Conference. It began as an extension Sunday school of the East Fairview Mennonite Church prior to 1904, for the benefit of members who lived too far away from the church. These members met in various schools until 1905, when a meetinghouse was built about five miles from the East Fairview meetinghouse.
Joe Whitaker from Parnell, Iowa, became the first minister. Other ministers who have served are John Steckley, Chris Steckley, Fred Gingerich, Jacob Oswald, John R. Troyer, Ezra Roth, Lloyal Burkey, Dale Oswald, and William R. Eicher (ordained as minister in 1916 and as bishop in 1932), the bishop-pastor in 1959. The membership in 1959 was 110. A new church, 72 x 42 ft, was dedicated in 1956.
West Fairview withdrew from the Iowa-Nebraska Mennonite Conference of the Mennonite Church (MC) and became an independent Mennonite congregation.
In 2014 the ministerial team included Bishop David A. Burkey, Minister Thaddeus Kremer, and Deacon Ervin Miller.
In 2023 the congregation remained unaffiliated with any Mennonite conference.
Bibliography
Yoder, Holly Blosser. The same spirit: History of Iowa-Nebraska Mennonites. Freeman, S.D.: Central Plains Mennonite Conference, 2003: 283.
Additional Information
Address: 597 350th, Beaver Crossing NE 68313
Phone: 402-761-2923
Denominational Affiliation:
Western District Amish Mennonite Conference
Iowa-Nebraska Mennonite Conference
| Author(s) | William R. Eicher |
|---|---|
| Samuel J. Steiner | |
| Date Published | August 2023 |
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Eicher, William R. and Samuel J. Steiner. "West Fairview Mennonite Church (Beaver Crossing, Nebraska, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. August 2023. Web. 28 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=West_Fairview_Mennonite_Church_(Beaver_Crossing,_Nebraska,_USA)&oldid=177344.
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Eicher, William R. and Samuel J. Steiner. (August 2023). West Fairview Mennonite Church (Beaver Crossing, Nebraska, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 28 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=West_Fairview_Mennonite_Church_(Beaver_Crossing,_Nebraska,_USA)&oldid=177344.
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