Bethel Missionary Church (Lion's Head, Ontario, Canada)
The Bethel Missionary Church (formerly Bruce Peninsula Mennonite Brethren in Christ/United Missionary Church), located at Lion's Head, Ontario, 45 miles (75 km) north of Owen Sound, was established in 1885. The first meetinghouse was built in 1904. In 1950 the membership was 37. For a time it was one of three meetinghouses on the Bruce Peninsula, but as travel improved became the only location.
The building was initially located at Ferndale, but was moved into Lion's Head on Main Street in 1945. It served at this location until 1997 when a new church was built on the edge of Lion's Head.
Bibliography
Gingerich, Charles S. The Peninsula Pilgrims: a History of Bethel Church. Lion's Head: The Church, 2007.
Additional Information
Address: 18 Ferndale Road, Lion's Head, Ontario
Phone: 519-793-3221
Denominational Affiliation: Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada
Mennonite Brethren in Christ/Missionary Church Ministers
on the Bruce Peninsula
| William Schroeder |
1885-1891 |
| William Little |
1895-1897 |
| Sylvester Fretz |
1905-1908 |
| R. J. McLaren |
1909-1912 |
| Albert Remington |
1909-1912 |
| William Yates |
1912-1914 |
| Robert Eltherington |
1914-1918 |
| Charles Sinden |
1918-1922 |
| Nicholas Schwalm |
1922-1925 |
| Leslie Groves |
1925-1930 |
| Ernest Lucas |
1930-1934 |
| Harold R. Brown |
1934-1938 |
| Percy R. Barley |
1938-1942 |
| William Purdy |
1942-1947 |
| Orville Bell |
1947-1949 |
| George Turnbull |
1949-1950 |
| Clinton Bell |
1950-1951 |
| John Hamilton |
1951-1955 |
| Douglas Gray |
1955-1958 |
| James Hill |
1958-1978 |
| Peter Dennison |
1978-1981 |
| Claran Martin |
1981-1984 |
| Robert Marcus |
1984-1988 |
| George Grierson |
1988-1999 |
| Charles Gingerich |
1999-2008 |
| Phil English |
2008- |
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 443. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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