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Franklin Conference
The offices for Franklin Conference,
Franklin Mennonite Mission Board, and Cumberland Valley Historic
Association are all located together along Route 11 south of
Chambersburg, Pa. The Historic Association maintains an archive,
museum, and bookstore. The Mission Board oversees the foreign mission
commitments of our conference churches in Guatemala, Cambodia, and
The Gambia. We work in collaboration with Eastern Mennonite Missions
in administering these church development endeavors. The Conference
staff consists of a full-time Conference Minister and a ½ time
Minister to Youth and Young Adults. Mennonite related institutions in our
Conference area include Shalom Christian Academy, Cove Valley Camp,
Menno Haven Retirement Communities, Cumberland Valley Relief Center
(MCC), and Mennonite Mutual Aid and Mennonite Foundation offices. Persons may contact Franklin Mennonite Conference at 4856 Molly Pitcher Highway South, Chambersburg, Pa. 17201, or phone 717-375-4544, or email . Mennonite Church USA
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Franklin
Mennonite Conference is a cluster of fourteen congregations located
in south central Pennsylvania and north central Maryland. Our
congregations represent a diversity from traditional to new, rural to
urban, and small to large. Among the many Mennonite groups in our
geographic area Franklin Conference represents those congregations
relating to MCUSA and the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite
Perspective (1995).
Mennonite Church USA is one of nearly 20 formally organized groups of Mennonites in North America that vary in lifestyle and religious practice but all stem from the Anabaptist movement. Though their streams of faith may differ, Mennonite groups hold common beliefs: Jesus Christ is central to worship and to everyday living. Behavior is to follow Christ's example. The Bible is considered the inspired word of God. Membership continues to be voluntary, with adult baptism upon declaration of faith.