Our History & Affiliation

Discover Faith and Community at Millport MC one mile south of Rothsville, PA

Millport’s DNA (Our History)

Millport began as a home mission congregation. The first meetings were held in community homes, then moved into the original meeting room on Log Cabin Road for Sunday afternoon services on November 15, 1953. Eventually the services were moved to Sunday mornings. Summer Bible School outreach brought many children from the community into our small building. Through personal connections, many persons became followers of Jesus and members at Millport. 

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    Our congregation has had a strong mission emphasis, presently supporting four mission families who are sharing Christ in locations around the world. Many of our members have served in short-term mission projects taking them to countries on six continents and to many locations in the United States. Others have served in prison ministry both locally and nationally. Helping Hands, our women’s caring ministry specializes in making comforters for those in need and quilts for mission fundraisers. In addition, we support nine other local and international mission programs. 


    We are not finished!


    God’s desire to reach others with the love of Christ is deeply deposited in our DNA. Each week we encourage our members to help others come to know Jesus and follow His ways. Millport's mission is and has always been helping people embrace Jesus as Lord and Savior and teaching them how to live life following Him.  


    We would love for you, your family, and your friends to be a part of our history!


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Original Meeting House - 1846

Our Affiliation

LMC is a 300-year old organization of more than 270 congregations with rich diversity, many complexities, and a culture that is ever-changing. Today, the LMC churches range from coast to coast in the United States and include numerous churches in Central American and the Caribbean Region. Since the twentieth century, we have embraced a host of new immigrant groups including Spanish, Asian, and African cultures.

We hold many basic convictions in common with other Christians. We believe in a personal God who is both holy and gracious, in salvation through repentance and faith, in the deity of Christ, in the inspiration of Scripture, in the importance of prayer, and in the church as the body of Christ. 

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    Mennonites are a subset of 16th century reformers known as Anabaptists. Many of these various Anabaptist groups eventually took the name “Mennonite” from an early Dutch leader Menno Simons. The Swiss-German Anabaptists who immigrated to what became Lancaster County arrived in Philadelphia in 1710. 


    The term “Anabaptist” literally means “to rebaptize” which was used to describe these Christians who rejected infant baptism and recovered the practice of believer’s baptism. During the early years of the Reformation, many persons from Catholic and Protestant churches joined the movement and were rebaptized upon their confession of faith. 


    The Anabaptists were Christian reformers who also rejected the church-state system embraced by the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches which the Anabaptists concluded fell far short of what was necessary in light of the New Testament texts. Their lack of conformity to either Catholic or Protestant groups resulted in severe persecution and martyrdom for two centuries in Europe. Many Anabaptist migrations occurred, both to the east and west, as safe havens were sought.


    Many of their beliefs and practices that were unique for their time have now been embraced by many other Christian groups including Believer’s Baptism, Separation of Church and State, and the Priesthood of All Believers. 

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