Salem Mennonite Church (Shickley, Nebraska, USA)
Source: Mennonite Community Photograph Collection, The Congregation (HM4-134 Box 1 photo 010.8-5).
Mennonite Church USA Archives, Goshen, Indiana.
Salem Mennonite Church, Shickley, Nebraska, USA, emerged in 1891 from a new settlement of Amish Mennonites from the East Fairview congregation in Seward County, Nebraska.
Initially, the congregation met in a schoolhouse near Shickley, but after the first year moved to the township hall. In 1904, it built a meetinghouse several miles from Shickley. In 1966, it built a new church.
As part of the realignment of the Mennonite Church (MC) and General Conference Mennonite Church into Mennonite Church USA, Salem Mennonite was among the congregations that joined the new Central Plains Mennonite Conference in 2000.
In 2023 the congregation was part of the Central Plains Conference of Mennonite Church USA.
Bibliography
Lichti, Kate. "Salem Mennonite: a rural church remembers and looks ahead." theMennonite 5 January 2017. Web. https://anabaptistworld.org/rural-church-remembers-looks-ahead/.
Yoder, Holly Blosser. The same spirit: History of Iowa-Nebraska Mennonites. Freeman, S.D.: Central Plains Mennonite Conference, 2003: 37-38, 47-49, 53, 215-217, 283.
Additional Information
Mailing Address: PO Box 165, Shickley, Nebraska 68436-0165
Meeting Location: 820 Rd V, Shickley, Nebraska
Phone: 402-627-3215
Website: Salem Mennonite Church
Denominational Affiliations: Central Plains Mennonite Conference
Pastoral Leaders at Salem Mennonite Church
| Name | Years of Service |
|---|---|
| Paul P. "P. P." Hershberger (1840-1908) | 1891-1905 |
| Christian T. Beller (1856-1909) | 1891-? |
| Peter Kennel (1862-1923) (Bishop) |
1905-1912 1912-1923 |
| Jacob J. Swartzendruber (1848-1922) | 1907-1922 |
| Fred C. Reeb (1895-1984) | 1923- |
| Peter R. "P. R." Kennel (1889-1978) (Bishop) |
1928-1933 1933-1970s |
| Lee Schlegel (1916-1991)(Bishop) | 1962-1982? |
| Scott Swartzendruber | 1979?-1980? |
| Wilton Detweiler | 1982-2006? |
| Shawn Nolt | 2009-2020 |
| Benjamin J. "Ben" Schlegel | 2020- |
Membership at Salem Mennonite Church
| Year | Membership |
|---|---|
| 1913 | 184 |
| 1920 | 215 |
| 1930 | 235 |
| 1940 | 243 |
| 1950 | 248 |
| 1960 | 259 |
| 1970 | 225 |
| 1980 | 218 |
| 1990 | 205 |
| 2000 | 242 |
| 2009 | 191 |
| 2020 | 173 |
Original Mennonite Encyclopedia Article
By P. R. Kennel. Copied by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 405. All rights reserved.
Salem Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), four miles southeast of Shickley, Nebraska, was organized in 1891 by P. P. Hershberger and Chris Beller. Services were held in a township hall until 1904, when a meeting house was erected.
In 1957 the membership was approximately 265 with Peter R. Kennel serving as bishop and Fred C. Reeb as minister.
| Author(s) | Samuel J Steiner |
|---|---|
| Date Published | June 2023 |
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Steiner, Samuel J. "Salem Mennonite Church (Shickley, Nebraska, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. June 2023. Web. 25 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Salem_Mennonite_Church_(Shickley,_Nebraska,_USA)&oldid=175932.
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Steiner, Samuel J. (June 2023). Salem Mennonite Church (Shickley, Nebraska, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Salem_Mennonite_Church_(Shickley,_Nebraska,_USA)&oldid=175932.
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