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Woodlawn Mennonite Church ([[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite]]), Chicago, Illinois, located at 1143 East 46th Street, was organized as a congregation in 1951. It grew out of a Sunday school which had been operated several years before that by the staff and students of the [[Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Chicago, Illinois, USA) |Mennonite Biblical Seminary]]. J. N. Smucker came as the first pas­tor in 1952. It is a member of the [[Central District Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Central District Conference]]. It is an interracial church in an area of growing African American population. In 1959 it had 51 mem­bers, with [[Franz, Delton Willis (1932-2006)|Delton W. Franz]] (served 1955-1968) and Vincent G. Harding (served 1958-1961) serving as co-pastors.
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[http://www.mcusa-archives.org/mhb/Kehrberg-Atlanta.html Mennonite Historical Bulletin]'']]    Woodlawn Mennonite Church ([[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite]]), Chicago, Illinois, located at 1143 East 46th Street, was organized as a congregation in 1951. It grew out of a Sunday school which had been operated several years before that by the staff and students of the [[Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Chicago, Illinois, USA) |Mennonite Biblical Seminary]]. J. N. Smucker came as the first pas­tor in 1952. It is a member of the [[Central District Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Central District Conference]]. It is an interracial church in an area of growing African American population. In 1959 it had 51 mem­bers, with [[Franz, Delton Willis (1932-2006)|Delton W. Franz]] (served 1955-1968) and Vincent G. Harding (served 1958-1961) serving as co-pastors.
 
 
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Vincent and Rosemarie Harding.
Source: Mennonite Historical Bulletin]

Woodlawn Mennonite Church (General Conference Mennonite), Chicago, Illinois, located at 1143 East 46th Street, was organized as a congregation in 1951. It grew out of a Sunday school which had been operated several years before that by the staff and students of the Mennonite Biblical Seminary. J. N. Smucker came as the first pas­tor in 1952. It is a member of the Central District Conference. It is an interracial church in an area of growing African American population. In 1959 it had 51 mem­bers, with Delton W. Franz (served 1955-1968) and Vincent G. Harding (served 1958-1961) serving as co-pastors.


Author(s) Melvin Gingerich
Date Published 1959

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Gingerich, Melvin. "Woodlawn Mennonite Church (Chicago, Illinois, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 16 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Woodlawn_Mennonite_Church_(Chicago,_Illinois,_USA)&oldid=104893.

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Gingerich, Melvin. (1959). Woodlawn Mennonite Church (Chicago, Illinois, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 16 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Woodlawn_Mennonite_Church_(Chicago,_Illinois,_USA)&oldid=104893.



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