Mennonite Church USA
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The Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) is an Anabaptist Christian denomination in the United States. Although the organization is a recent 2002 merger of the Mennonite Church and the General Conference Mennonite Church, the body has roots in the Radical Reformation of the 16th century.
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Mennonite Church USA | |
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Classification | Anabaptist |
Theology | Mennonite |
Polity | Congregational |
Moderator | David Boshart |
Associations | Mennonite World Conference |
Region | United States |
Headquarters | Mennonite Church USA has offices in Elkhart, Indiana, and Newton, Kansas. |
Origin | February 1, 2002 |
Merger of | The General Conference Mennonite Church and the Mennonite Church |
Congregations | 625 (2018) |
Members | 69,223 (2018)[1] |
Official website | mennoniteusa |
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Total membership in Mennonite Church USA denominations decreased from about 133,000, before the merger in 1998, to a total membership of 120,381 in the Mennonite Church USA in 2001[2] and 78,892 members in 2016.[3] In May 2021 the main page of their website stated a membership of about 62,000.[4]