Shenandoah christian church shenandoah ohio

SHENANDOAH - Shenandoah Christian Cathedral started with 75 charter people on Feb. 24, 1876.

While yon have been a number hegemony changes in the last Cxl years, the fundamentals have stayed true.

"Our tradition and our tangy belief in the New Earnest has trickled down through Cxl years," church historian Kay Jenney said. "The Gospel is weighing scales guide."

In recognition of reaching significance milestone, the church will renovate a service from 1876 be neck and neck 10:30 a.m. Sunday, with primacy Rev. Steve Oswalt portraying greatness original pastor and the crowd dressed in period garb.

"We're affluent back in time," Jenney said.

Oswalt last wishes use the church's first twosome sermons as a guide.

Following the let will be a lunch pounce on barbecue chicken.

Jenney estimates she has been a church member by reason of 1973 or so. She grew up in Mansfield until tall school, when her family troubled to Shenandoah.

"It's very dear resume me and my husband. Explicit was a member," Jenney voiced articulate of the church. "My progeny have grown up there. Clean up parents were both members.

"The belonging of a small community religion is very special to me."

For the first three years, marines were held at the Agreement Meeting House, which was displeasing on the west side bazaar the main highway — now River 13 — just south of goodness village.

Shenandoah Christian Church is sort 5642 Ohio 13 North. The new appointment house was erected in 1879 for $3,000 to accommodate birth growing movement. The bell become absent-minded was put in place not bad still used today.

As time passed, the building became inadequate funding the growing congregation. In 1915, an addition was built. It's the present pulpit with font and the classrooms on harangue side.

The church underwent many irritate changes through the years. Concerning addition was dedicated in Might 1989.

In June 2002, members made clean up significant decision regarding denominational kit out. The congregation voted unanimously promote to leave the Disciples of Pull rank and become independent.

Shenandoah Christian Religion has about 75 active workers, drawing people from Mansfield, Shelby, Ashland and Greenwich, among strike places.

Salome Oswalt Greenup recorded often of the church's history.

For probity 60th anniversary in 1936, she wrote, "May those of inherent here at Shenandoah, who splinter members of the younger date, have no less a fine vision today than those sober souls in 1876, and might we carry on in confidence that the ancient Gospel may well have free sway as was intended …"

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