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Mennonite Christian Fellowship 1954 Md. Rt. 292. Still Pond, Md. 3. Robert Stetter, Jr. 4. John M. Thomas 5. 38

6. Very successful summer Bible

school in community.

Mennonite House of Friendship 1957

2281 Southern Blvd., Bronx, New York.

3. John I. Smucker

4. John I. Smucker

5. 72

6. The Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities, Elkhart, Ind., sent Abner Stoltzfus, pastor of the Maple Grove congregation, Atglen, Pa., to begin another witness for Christ among New York City's eight million people. Only 8 percent of New York City's population attend church regularly.

Metzler's Meetinghouse 1835

First building, 1835; present brick, 1873. See North Lima, North Lima, Ohio.

Midway 1948

Ohio Rt. 46. Three miles north of Columbiana, Ohio.

3. Paul Yoder

4. Ernest D. Martin

5. 187

6. Formerly part of the ColumbianaMahoning District which was organized in 1815. At Midway is located the site of the old log Oberholtzer's meetinghouse built in 1825 and now marked with a granite stone. Here also is the old Oberholtzer meetinghouse cemetery. See also Columbiana-Mahoning District.

Miller Church 1883

Later called the Detwiler Church, formed by a group of members who left the Oak Grove and Walnut Grove congregations near West Liberty, Ohio. The group held services in the Walnut Grove and Oak Grove meetinghouses on alternate Sundays when not used by the mother groups. Joined the Indiana Amish Mennonite Conference in 1890, which predated the organization of the Eastern A.M. Conference. Membership dwindled and group disbanded several years later. John Kauffman ordained minister, but later resigned.

Millersburg 1954

207 E. Jackson, Millersburg, Ohio. 3. John C. King

4. Paul Lantz 5. 113

6. Martin's Creek congregation, near

Millersburg, can be considered as the parent organization, as part of the membership at Millersburg came from Martin's Creek.

Millwood 1945

On Millwood Road. Two miles from Gap,

Pa.

3. Gideon Stoltzfus

4. Four ministers and two deacons 5. 199

6. Joined Lancaster Conference in 1945.

For early history see Millwood-Maple

Grove District.

Millwood-Maple Grove District 1882

Millwood meetinghouse erected in 1882; Maple Grove meetinghouse erected in 1909. In 1945 a division occurred when one-third of the membership with the Millwood meetinghouse joined the Lancaster Conference. About two-thirds of the membership with the Maple Grove meetinghouse remained in the Ohio and Eastern Conference. Between 1877 and 1945 Millwood and Maple Grove functioned as one congregation. See Maple Grove and Millwood.

Morral 1920

In Marion County, east of Morral, Ohio. 3. Levi L. Hartzler

6. Extinct since 1927.

Monterey 1946

53 West Eby Road, Leola, Pa. 3. Glenn Esh

4. Gordon Zook 5. 238

6. Provided nucleus of members for

the new congregation at Akron, Pa.

Moyer's Meetinghouse 1830

Cloverdale, Ohio

Located near present site of Mt. Pleasant Church. Built of logs in 1840. The first white man in Putnam County, Samuel Myers, who came in 1828, was a friend to the Indians who were still in Putnam County. Myers was the first Mennonite. New church building erected in 1866, called Forest Grove. See Forest Grove and Mt. Pleasant.

Mt. Pleasant 1830

South of Ohio Rt. 15 on Putnam

County Road I-17 west, of Ottawa. Clo

verdale, Ohio.

3. Henry Shank

4. Ronald D. Martin 5. 32

6. For early history see Moyer's

meetinghouse and Forest Grove.