Good Shepherd Community Church (Reamstown, Pennsylvania, USA)

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The Good Shepherd Community Church, Reamstown, Pennsylvania, USA, began in September 1991 as a church plant of the Hopewell Mennonite Church in Elverson. Jim Wetzel, who had been an assistant pastor at Hopewell, provided leadership to a group of families who had been driving from the Denver area to Hopewell for church. Earlier in 1991, the group met in homes as a Bible study. The first service of the new congregation was held 1 September 1991 in the Stevens Fire Hall. Sunday morning services began in October 1991.

In 2001 Good Shepherd was part of the decision to form the Hopewell Network of Churches that left the Atlantic Coast Conference and Mennonite Church USA. It then became a non-denominational congregation.

In 2022 the congregation remained part of the Hopewell Network of Churches.

Bibliography

Betz, Lisa and Lester Zimmerman. The handprint of God: History of the Hopewell Network. New Holland, Pa.: Hopewell Network, 2017.

Sensenig, Naomi, Dale Gehman, and Jim Wetzel. "Three new congregations emerge in '91." Atlantic Coast Conference Currents 12, no. 6 (November-December 1991): 1-2.

Additional Information

Address: 1360 Ridge Ave, Reamstown, Pennsylvania 48446

Phone: 717-335-7393

Website: https://goodshepherdcommunitychurch.org/

Denominational Affiliations: Hopewell Network

Pastoral Leaders at Good Shepherd Community Church

Name Years
of Service
James A. Wetzel 1991-1995
James M. Bowman 1995-1997
Allan H. Yoder 1997-present

Membership at Good Shepherd Community Church

Year Membership
1994 64
2000 71


Author(s) Samuel J Steiner
Date Published January 2022

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Steiner, Samuel J. "Good Shepherd Community Church (Reamstown, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. January 2022. Web. 27 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Good_Shepherd_Community_Church_(Reamstown,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=172961.

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Steiner, Samuel J. (January 2022). Good Shepherd Community Church (Reamstown, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 27 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Good_Shepherd_Community_Church_(Reamstown,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=172961.



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