Pilgrim Fellowship Church (Cochranton, Pennsylvania, USA)
Pilgrim Fellowship Church, located 7.5 km (4.7 miles) south-west of Cochranton, Pennsylvania, USA, was established in 1966 when Minister Noah C. Wengerd from Maple Grove Amish Mennonite Church in Hadley, Pennsylvania led a group of people from the congregation to establish a new church. Wengerd was ordained as bishop of the congregation on 8 December 1968. Wengerd left to Tennessee in 1971 when the congregation elected to make a shift to the English language in order to facilitate mission outreach. Allan A. Miller was ordained bishop on 7 July 1974 and served until his move to Fairview, Missouri in 1981. Walter Sommers was ordained as bishop on 6 June 1982.
In 2018 Pilgrim Fellowship was a member of the Mennonite Christian Fellowship and had 51 members. The church was served by Bishop Ervin Schlabach, Minister Jonas A. Coblentz, and Deacon Mose Troyer.
Bibliography
Anderson, Cory. The Amish-Mennonites of North America: a portrait of our people. Medina, New York: Ridgeway Publishing, 2012: 236-237.
The Beachy Amish-Mennonites. "Amish-Mennonite Churches in Pennsylvania." Web. 6 December 2013. http://www.beachyam.org/churches/pa.htm.
Mennonite Church Directory (2013): 87; (2018): 99.
Miller, Allan A., compiler. The origin of the Fellowship Churches. Gap Mills, West Virginia: Yoder's Select Books, 2004: 19.
Yoder, Elmer S. The Beachy Amish Mennonite Fellowship Churches. Hartville, OH: Diakonia Ministries, 1987: 348.
Additional Information
Address: 843 Deer Creek Road, Cochranton, PA (coordinates: 41.47228, -80.11219 [N 41 28' 20" W 80 6' 43"])
Phone: 814-425-7754
Denominational Affiliations:
Mennonite Christian Fellowship
Map
Map:Pilgrim Fellowship Church, Cochranton, Pennsylvania
| Author(s) | Richard D Thiessen |
|---|---|
| Date Published | December 2013 |
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