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by 1880 – 1990s at least · present state unconfirmed
Chapman's 1880 census of the village counts "two churches," and the second of them is the Christian Church. Chapman seats exactly two congregations in the village, each with a building: the M.E. church, and this one — "The Christian Church has a society in Lakeville, Mr. Snow being their present Pastor. They have a good building in the village and include in their membership many of the best citizens." Howard corroborates the in-town seat a generation later: "The Christian Society has a fine church in Lakeville." Every other candidate was tested against the two histories: the United Brethren sit two miles north of town, at Olive Branch; no Evangelical, Baptist, Catholic, or Lutheran society is seated in the village or the township by either book. One alternative prints unresolved beside the finding: Chapman's Advent passage carries a new Advent building commenced about 1 March 1880 and dedicated 18 July 1880 — the census year — but does not state its location, the society's earlier meetings having been at the Olive Branch school-house north of town; whether that building stood in the village is not settled by any carrier read, and the census pair prints as M.E. and Christian on Chapman's own seatings.
The congregation's later course is carried at thinner strength: a tax-exempt listing carries LAKEVILLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, PO Box 496, Lakeville, with an exempt-status date of 07/1951; obituary carriers show marriages at the church in 1952 and 1970; and Cornerstone Community Fellowship's staff page states that Pastor Steve Cox directed youth activities at Lakeville Christian Church from 1984, came on staff full-time in 1991, and left in July 1994. Its present operating state as of November 2026 was not established — it appears in no current directory or listing found — and it is not declared closed. The gap banks with its settler: the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Indiana regional directory, or a current town listing.