New York Mennonite Conference is a regional conference of Mennonite Church USA

Mennonite Church USA

The Mennonite Church USA, or MCUSA, 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...

 comprising 16 churches scattered across upstate New York. Officially founded in 1973 as the NYS Mennonite Fellowship, its primary goal was to facilitate fellowship amongst congregations, while leaving most conference functions to the conferences from which members originated. By 1987, the Fellowship had taken on the functions of a conference, primarily ordination

Ordination

In general religious use, ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart as clergy to perform various religious rites and ceremonies. The process and ceremonies of ordination itself varies by religion and denomination. One who is in preparation for, or who is...

and nurture of pastoral leaders. In the early 1990s, the Fellowship took on the name, New York Mennonite Conference.

Southern District

• Chenunda Creek Fellowship
• Community Mennonite Fellowship of Corning
• Jesus Church, Avoca
• Pleasant Valley Mennonite Church, Hammondsport
• Sojourners Mennonite Fellowship, Belfast
• Yorks Corners Mennonite Church, Wellsville

Western District

• Alden Mennonite Church
• Clarence Center-Akron Mennonite Church
• Community of Faith, Williamson
• Rochester Area Mennonite Fellowship

Northern District

• First Mennonite Church, Lowville
• Lowville Mennonite Church
• Pine Grove Mennonite Church, Castorland
• Watertown Mennonite Church
• Bethel Gospel Church, Amsterdam