Progressive Conservative Mennonite Churches

[Josh]

Could someone, perhaps Josh or JBG, fill me in on the Martindale District leaving LMC? I’ve been out of the loop I suppose and I completely missed it. I checked out LMC’s website but they still have Martindale listed as an affiliated district with Daryl Weaver as their Bishop. What’s going on?

Bumping this from 3 years ago…still waiting for that response, Josh.

I was hoping someone would fill me in, as I don’t know anything about this. Grace probably knows the most?

[HondurasKeiser]

Does anyone know the current BMA membership?

And what about current membership with Bible Mennonite Fellowship in Oregon?

The last I spoke with someone, they were figuring out when to decide official numbers due to a large influx of churches (Martindale District, formerly a part of LMC, is courting BMA), alongside some departures.

What are some constituent churches of bmf?

What did this mean then?

[Grace]

Could someone, perhaps Josh or JBG, fill me in on the Martindale District leaving LMC? I’ve been out of the loop I suppose and I completely missed it. I checked out LMC’s website but they still have Martindale listed as an affiliated district with Daryl Weaver as their Bishop. What’s going on?

Bumping this from 3 years ago…still waiting for that response, Josh.

I was hoping someone would fill me in, as I don’t know anything about this. Grace probably knows the most?

Yes Martindale is still Lancaster conference. However a large group of it's members were no longer comfortable being part of Lancaster Conference. This group broke off, bought an unused United Zion Church in Stevens, Pa. and formed Heritage Mennonite. Heritage Mennonite joined BMA, (Biblical Mennonite Alliance).

[HondurasKeiser]

Bumping this from 3 years ago…still waiting for that response, Josh.

I was hoping someone would fill me in, as I don’t know anything about this. Grace probably knows the most?

Yes Martindale is still Lancaster conference. However a large group of it's members were no longer comfortable being part of Lancaster Conference. This group broke off, bought an unused United Zion Church in Stevens, Pa. and formed Heritage Mennonite. Heritage Mennonite joined BMA, (Biblical Mennonite Alliance).

Thank you, Grace. GAMEO lists a Heritage Mennonite Church in Ontario as being a constituent member of BMA...I'm guessing then there are now 2 Heritage Mennonite Congregations? Additionally, I noticed that the Churchtown congregation in Narvon is no longer a member of the Martindale district. Does that mean they've affiliated elsewhere or are they independent?

[Grace]

I was hoping someone would fill me in, as I don’t know anything about this. Grace probably knows the most?

Yes Martindale is still Lancaster conference. However a large group of it's members were no longer comfortable being part of Lancaster Conference. This group broke off, bought an unused United Zion Church in Stevens, Pa. and formed Heritage Mennonite. Heritage Mennonite joined BMA, (Biblical Mennonite Alliance).

Thank you, Grace. GAMEO lists a Heritage Mennonite Church in Ontario as being a constituent member of BMA...I'm guessing then there are now 2 Heritage Mennonite Congregations? Additionally, I noticed that the Churchtown congregation in Narvon is no longer a member of the Martindale district. Does that mean they've affiliated elsewhere or are they independent?

Yes, there probably are two Heritage Mennonite Churches.

According to this page, Churchtown is still Lancaster Conference, and in the Martindale district.

https://www.lancasterconference.org/wp- ... Bishop.pdf

[joshuabgood]

I was hoping someone would fill me in, as I don’t know anything about this. Grace probably knows the most?

Yes Martindale is still Lancaster conference. However a large group of it's members were no longer comfortable being part of Lancaster Conference. This group broke off, bought an unused United Zion Church in Stevens, Pa. and formed Heritage Mennonite. Heritage Mennonite joined BMA, (Biblical Mennonite Alliance).

Thank you, Grace. GAMEO lists a Heritage Mennonite Church in Ontario as being a constituent member of BMA...I'm guessing then there are now 2 Heritage Mennonite Congregations? Additionally, I noticed that the Churchtown congregation in Narvon is no longer a member of the Martindale district. Does that mean they've affiliated elsewhere or are they independent?

Churchtown went BMA also...also a few other Martindale district families left (though most were from Martindale church).

[ohio jones]

According to this page, Churchtown is still Lancaster Conference, and in the Martindale district.

https://www.lancasterconference.org/wp- ... Bishop.pdf

That page has no date, and I strongly suspect is not current.

[silentreader]

According to this page, Churchtown is still Lancaster Conference, and in the Martindale district.

https://www.lancasterconference.org/wp- ... Bishop.pdf

That page has no date, and I strongly suspect is not current.

Looks like it was uploaded in May of 2017, but not said it was current at that time.

[ohio jones]

Churchtown congregation in Narvon

It amuses me when people refer to something being "in" Narvon when there's not much "there" there except the post office, which services an area much larger than the actual community. My aunt's address was Narvon when she lived just outside Morgantown, because that's where the USPS boundary was. Churchtown itself, being unincorporated, doesn't really have official boundaries, but I would tend to say that Churchtown Mennonite (Weaverland) is in Churchtown but Churchtown Mennonite (LMC/BMA) is not, being half a mile from anything resembling a town (and 4 miles from where Google Maps says Narvon is).

[HondurasKeiser]

Churchtown congregation in Narvon

It amuses me when people refer to something being "in" Narvon when there's not much "there" there except the post office, which services an area much larger than the actual community. My aunt's address was Narvon when she lived just outside Morgantown, because that's where the USPS boundary was. Churchtown itself, being unincorporated, doesn't really have official boundaries, but I would tend to say that Churchtown Mennonite (Weaverland) is in Churchtown but Churchtown Mennonite (LMC/BMA) is not, being half a mile from anything resembling a town (and 4 miles from where Google Maps says Narvon is).

I'd forgotten how familiar you are with that area and group of people. I have another query for you then. I remember that when I was teaching in the area there was some controversy over at the Conestoga congregation over the issue of continued membership in MCUSA. A group under the leadership of Alvin Horning and _____ Petersheim (blanking on his first name), left there and formed Grace & Truth Fellowship and were thus one of the signatory congregations to the new AMEC group. When looking at the AMEC website now though I notice that Grace & Truth is no longer a constituent member and the congregation website states that they're independent. Do you happen to know under what circumstances that group left AMEC?