Yellow Creek Mennonite Church is a community of believers striving to put genuine faith into practice.  While we have a long history, we are defined more by our love for others and the pursuit of God’s call. Our “smaller church” Sunday school classes are important to our mutual care and we stay and talk a lot after church. We love children and strongly support the faith development and activities of the youth ministries.  Our worship is a blended style with multiple worship teams and we value the contribution of all ages in our corporate gatherings.  We are Anabaptist congregation that supports a number of Mennonite agencies including MCC and MDS.  We are a committed member of LMC – a fellowship of Anabaptist churches, and have long-valued our global church connections, partnership and missional support.

 
Our Mission
 
Is to call and prepare everyone to be fully committed followers of Jesus Christ.
 
 
Our Values
 
The authority and application of scripture.
Authentic and caring community.
Commitment to discipleship and spiritual growth.
Global partnerships and missional perspective.
Nurturing faith in children, youth and families.
 

Our Confession of Faith and Faith Statement

These statements can be found on the following LMC links.

Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective:
 
The Church and Homosexuality: 

 

Yellow Creek is a member of LMC, a fellowship of anabaptist churches, therefore our beliefs and practices align with these documents on their website.

We, at Yellow Creek Mennonite Church, commit together to allow God
to be at work in our lives in the following ways:
 
To receive God’s gracious gift of salvation made possible through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Acts 4:8-14; Romans 10:6-10; I Peter 1:3-13; John 3:1-21
 
To find wholeness as we leave the sinfulness of this world and ask God to bring healing and
hope into all areas of our lives.
Ephesians 2:1-10; Ephesians 4:17-24; Luke 4:14-22, 31-44; Acts 2:25-28
 
To live our lives consistent with Christ-like and scriptural standards of moral conduct.
I Corinthians 5:1-13; Colossians 3:1-18; Romans 8:1-17; Ephesians 4:17-32
 
To grow spiritually as we deepen our understandings of faith, strengthen our relationship with
Jesus Christ, and practice spiritual disciplines.
Ephesians 4:11-16; Ephesians 6:10-18; Philippians 3:12-16
 
To participate faithfully in individual and corporate experiences of worship – giving praise,
thanksgiving, and honor to God.
John 4:21-26; Romans 12:1-8; Colossians 3:15-17; Hebrews 10;19-25
 
To experience community in smaller group settings for mutual support and accountability in
spiritual growth and ministry.
Romans 12:3-21; Ephesians 4:11-13; Acts 2:42-47
 
To share the good news of salvation in word and action as God opens the doors in our relationships.
Matthew 28:16-20; Mark 6:6b-13; Acts 13-20
 
To embrace the spiritual gifts God has given us and use them in ministry in the church and community.
Romans 12:1-8; Ephesians 4:7-16; I Corinthians 3:5-17; I Corinthians 12:1-30
 
To give generously of time and resources to God’s mission in this congregation and in the wider world.
Mark 12:38-44; II Corinthians 8:1-24; II Corinthians 9:1-15; Philippians 4:10-20
 
To live in agreement with the “Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective.”
Ephesians 2:11-22; Ephesians 4:1-6; John 17:20-26

Our Past to Our Future

Our church was founded in 1845 when a few families settled west of Goshen, Indiana. Yellow Creek Mennonite Church is the 2nd oldest Mennonite congregation in the state and has played an historic role in this community. Yellow Creek Mennonite has planted a number of other congregations nearby. There were two church splits over a hundred years ago, which resulted in the Wisler Mennonites and The Missionary Church both of which have grown and are operating well to this day. Yellow Creek has sustained a decades-long emphasis on supporting children and youth ministry. Through recent restructuring initiatives and strategic planning the Yellow Creek has moved to a staff-led approach to ministries and the Leadership Board is focused more on vision development.  We are also exploring further partnerships with the Anabaptist churches around the world.