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Local Church Directory Prepared By: Campus Ministries local church directory Prepared by: Campus Ministries Visit www.goshen.edu/faith/church-directory for additional information about each congregation AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL St James AME Church Jennifer Tinsley 122 Dr Martin Luther King Elkhart 574-294-4950 APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN Apostolic Pentecostal Church Michael Curton, Jack DeVault, 63983 CR 15 Goshen 574-875-3220 goshenapc.com Annette Curton, Richard Curton Faith Apostolic Ministries Eddie L. & Diana Miller 935 North Bendix Drive South Bend 574- 234-4309 myspace.com/faithapostolicministries ASSEMBLIES OF GOD First Assembly of God Jason Kincaid, Matt Armstrong 1706 Westplains Dr Goshen 574-533-7333 goshenfirstag.org Iglesia Sinai Noe Campos 1213 E Lincoln Ave Goshen 574-533-2789 BAPTIST First Baptist Church Gregg Lanzen, James Shrock, 1011 S Indiana Ave Goshen 574-533-3139 fbcgoshen.org Brant VanHooser Maple City Baptist Church Don Simmons 3104 W Wilden Ave Goshen 574-534-2065 BRETHREN CHURCH Clearview United Brethren Victor Mojica 67622 US Hwy 33 Goshen 574-642-4245 Dunkard Brethren Church Terry Gunderman 22538 CR 118 Goshen 574-875-7155 dunkardbrethrenchurch.com First Brethren Church Ted Schowengerdt 19076 3rd St New Paris 574-831-2766 newparisfbc.com First Brethren Church John Drexler 215 W Clinton St Goshen 574-533-7660 Goshen Evangelical Church Mitch Hile 61103 CR 17 Goshen 574-875-1444 Jefferson Brethren Church Ron Spyker, Vickie Oldenburg, 58915 SR 15 Goshen 574-533-1121 jeffersonbrethren.org Kyle Koch, Pam Garber Old Brethren Church Melvin Coning 64865 CR 7 Goshen 574-862-2782 Old German Baptist Brethren Paul Stahl 25811 CR 38 Goshen 574-862-2796 Slavic Evangelical Baptist Church Pavel Sanzhora 420 S. West Blvd. Elkhart 574-293-1501 Union Grove Brethren in Christ Darin Simms 69954 CR 11 Nappanee 740-424-1286 CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA Greene Road Church Dave Van Der Wiele 518 N Greene Rd Goshen 574-533-2676 facebook.com/GreeneRoadChurch CHURCH OF CHRIST Goshen Church of Christ Brad Price 61073 SR 15 N Goshen 574-533-1856 goshencoc.com CHURCH OF GOD Goshen Church of God Pete Ramie 1304 E Lincoln Goshen 574-533-7019 Lifepoint Church Troy Scott, Cody Collier, 1006 S. 16th St. Goshen 574-533-1191 lifepointgoshen.org Zach Shaner, Danyell Myers CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN Bethany Church of the Brethren Tim Sollenberger Morphew 19003 US Hwy 6 New Paris 574-831-4993 Community Church of Waterford Chris Russell, Sue Juday, 65154 CR 21 Goshen 574-534-5433 communitychurchofwaterford.com Norma Miller, Karen Green Goshen City Church of the Brethren Bev Weaver, Steve Norton 203 N 5th St Goshen 574-533-1884 goshencitychurch.org Maple Grove Church of the Brethren Dwayne Runkle 20430 CR 46 New Paris 574-831-4421 maplegrovechurch.net New Paris Church of the Brethren Stanley L. Godfrey Jr. 68170 CR 23 New Paris 574-831-2434 npcob.com Rock Run Church of the Brethren Tim Waits, Herman Kauffman 64985 CR 33 Goshen 574-642-4301 rockrunchurch.net West Goshen Church of the Brethren Norman L. Replogle 1200 Berkey Ave Goshen 574-533-6360 Yellow Creek Church of the Brethren Mark Bendes 65575 CR 11 Goshen 574-862-2672 yellowcreekcob.org CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Crossroads Community Church James D. Fischer, 57415 Alpha Dr Goshen 574-875-4479 mycrossroadscommunity.com Marc D. Royer, Tim Fisher New Paris Church of the Nazarene Don Meiner 67136 SR 15 New Paris 574-831-6880 EASTERN ORTHODOX Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Silouan Rolando, James Stickel 61314 CR 21 Goshen 812-339-4561 holytrinity.unmercenary.com Holy Virgin Protection Orthodox Church Hieromonk Fr. Timothy 61355 County Road 21 Goshen 219-210-9792 orthodoxgoshen.org St. Mary’s Orthodox Church 65159 County Road 33 Goshen 574-642-3312 stmarysorthodox.org EPISCOPAL St James Episcopal Church Larry Biller 105 S 6th St Goshen 574-533-4984 stjamesparishepiscopal.blogspot.com St. John of the Cross Episcopal Church Rev. Jen Fulton 601 E Vistula Street Bristol 574-848-7114 stjohncec.org FELLOWSHIP OF GRACE BRETHREN CHURCHES Grace Community Church Jim Brown, Jon Rauch, Jeremiah Olson, 20076 CR 36 Goshen 574-533-7546 gracecommunity-church.com Rich Yauger, Jeremy Byng JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses 2310 Eisenhower Dr N Goshen 574-533-4645 LUTHERAN Faith Lutheran Church John Hickey, Kay Hoffmeister, 202 S Greene Rd Goshen 574-533-5760 trinitygoshen.org Dean DeVoe, Rex Ellsworth Prince of Peace Lutheran Church Andrew J. Wollman 18548 CR 18 Goshen 574-533-7705 popgoshen.net MENNONITE CHURCH USA Assembly Mennonite Church Dawn Yoder Harms, 1201 S 11th St Goshen 574-534-4190 assemblymennonite.org Lora Nafziger, Karl Shelly Belmont Mennonite Church Larry Rohrer, Mandy Yoder 925 Oxford St Elkhart 574-293-5160 Benton Mennonite Church Brenda H. Meyer, Doug H. Kaufman 15350 CR 44 Goshen 574-642-3245 bentonchurch.org Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship Dan Schrock, Marilyn Rudy-Froese 2509 Berkey Ave Goshen 574-534-2398 berkeyavenue.org Bonneyville Mennonite Church Dale Shenk, Marcella Hershberger 15273 SR 120 Bristol 574-848-7148 bonneyville.in.us.mennonite.net Church Without Walls Jonathan Brown, Cora Brown 731 Wagner Ave Elkhart 574-293-0776 churchwithoutwalls.in.us.mennonite.net College Mennonite Church Lee Dengler, Susan Dengler, 1900 S Main St Goshen 574-535-7262 collegemennonite.org Phil Waite, Marty Lehman, Daniel Keim Yoder, Pamela Yoder, Talashia Keim Yoder, Gwen Gustafson-Zook East Goshen Mennonite Church Merle Hostetler, Sherm Kauffman 17861 SR 4 Goshen 574-533-7161 eastgoshenmc.org Eighth Street Mennonite Church Brenda Sawatzky Paetkau, 602 S 8th St Goshen 574-533-6720 8thstmennonite.org Julia Gingerich Faith Mennonite Church Deron Bergstresser, 1201 S 11th St Goshen 574-533-9702 faith.in.us.mennonite.net Kay Bontrager-Singer Family Worship Center at the Lighthouse James Hochstetler 306 S 27th St Goshen 574-533-6778 Fellowship of Hope Suella Gerber 1618 S 6th St Elkhart 574-294-1416 fellowshipofhope.org First Mennonite Church Janet Brown 106 N Williams Nappanee 574-773-7294 First Mennonite Church Kent Miller, Derrick Ramer 203 E Lawrence St Middlebury 574-825-5135 firstmennonite.net Florence Church of the Brethren-Mennonite Nina Lanctot 17975 Centreville- Constantine 269-435-5945 florencechurch.blogspot.com Constantine Rd., MI Forks Mennonite Church Eugene Bontrager, Richard E. Martin, 11435 W 025 S Middlebury 574-825-9333 Philip W. Yoder Hively Avenue Mennonite Church Charles Geiser 800 E Hively Ave Elkhart 574-294-3423 hivelymennonite.org Holdeman Mennonite Church Betty Jo Leichty, Randy Detweiler 65723 CR 1 Wakarusa 574-862-4751 holdemanmc.org New Foundation United in Christ Shawn Lange 28103 CR 20 W Elkhart 574-522-7211 Mennonite Fellowship North Goshen Mennonite Church Mark Schloneger, Izaete Nafziger, 501 N 8th St Goshen 574-533-4255 northgoshen.in.us.mennonite.net Jerry E. Wittrig Olive Mennonite Church Kevin & Sharon Yoder, Veva Mumaw 61081 CR 3 S Elkhart 574-293-2320 olivemc.org Zimmerman Mumaw Pleasant View Mennonite Church Ron Diener, Tyler Hartford 58529 CR 23 Goshen 574-533-2872 mypv.org Prairie Street Mennonite Church Nelson Kraybill, Frances Ringenberg 1316 Prairie St., P O Box 1 Elkhart 574-293-0377 prairiestreetmc.org Silverwood Mennonite Church Rachel Nolt, Jeremy Shue, Eric Martin 1712 W Clinton St Goshen 574-533-1922 silverwoodmc.org Southside Fellowship David Moser 3003 Benham Ave Elkhart 574-293-2825 SSFElkhart.org Sunnyside Mennonite Church Terry Zehr, Melissa Fisher-Fast, 23786 Sunnyside Ave Elkhart 574-875-7790 sunnysidemennonitechurch.in.us.mennonite.net Amy Kratzer True Vine Tabernacle Nancy Rodriguez-Lora 54365 Independence St Elkhart 574-536-1485 truevinetabernacle.org Walnut Hill Mennonite Church Jane Stoltzfus Buller, Brent Siegrist 909 N 6th St Goshen 574 -533 -8023 walnuthill.in.us.mennonite.net Waterford Mennonite Church Neil Amstutz, Cindy Voth, Lyle Miller, 65975 SR 15 Goshen 574-533-5642 waterford.in.us.mennonite.net Velma Swartz Yellow Creek Mennonite Church Wesley Bontreger, Harold Yoder, 64901 CR 11 Goshen 574-862-2595 yellowcreekmc.org Jason Ramer MENNONITE-OTHER Clinton Brick Mennonite Church David Mark Hathaway 62499 SR 13 Goshen 574-642-3805 Clinton Frame Mennonite Church Terry Diener, Anita Yoder, Danny Yoder, 63846 CR 35 Goshen 574-642-3165 clintonframe.org Linda Miller, Matt Yoder Griner Mennonite Church Robert Reigsecker, Andrew Coblentz, 12418 CR 20 Middlebury 574-825-5641 grinerchurch.com Jason Miller, Dewayne Yoder Iglesia Menonita del Buen Pastor David Arujio 523 S 6th St Goshen 574-534-1357 iglesiamenonitadelbuenpastor.in.us. mennonite.net Living Water Mennonite Church Todd E. Neuschwander, 65215 CR 27 Goshen 574-533-3761 Marvin D. Troyer Maple City Chapel Jay Shetler, Gary Miller, Scott Herbert, 2015 Lincolnway E Goshen 574-533-0327 maplecitychapel.org Joe Miller, Lynette Miller Mount Joy Conservative Mennonite Ben Shirk 200 N 23rd St Goshen 574-533-8355 Roselawn Conservative Mennonite John D. Yoder 206 S Mill St Middlebury 574-825-7450 Siloam Mennonite Fellowship Vern Hostetler 61616 CR 35 Goshen 574-825-3111 Topeka Mennonite Church 206 E Lake St Topeka 260-593-2389 Woodlawn Amish Mennonite Church Elmer J. Miller 63511 CR 33 Goshen 574-642-3056 MISSIONARY CHURCH Bethel Missionary Church Joel Gentz 63503 CR 7 Goshen 574-862-2631 bethelmissionarychurch.org Beulah Missionary Church Brent Poe, Bryon Smith, 57595 Old CR 17 Goshen 574-875-6537 beulahchurch.org Rod Tackett, Lottie Hines Brenneman Memorial Missionary Church Bill Richardson, Russ Hunsberger, 61115 SR 15 Goshen 574-534-1491 bmmchurch.org Matt Ransom Liberty Community Church Mo Vincic 2004 Bashor
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