Carman Mennonite Church (Carman, Manitoba, Canada)
The Carman Mennonite congregation began services and organized in 1945. Mennonite families settled in the Carman area after the immigration movement in the 1920s and during the 1930s attempts were made by the Mennonite families to worship together. A group was officially organized as a Bergthaler group in 1945 and in 1954 it became a congregation. During these years a meeting house was completed and leadership was provided by the Bergthaler Lehrdienst and the Home Mission Board of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada. Until 1953 Carman was still considered a mission station of the Canadian conference. When it became a congregation it was known as the Graysville-Carman congregation. The leaders of the Graysville part of the group were Franz Letkemann and J. Janzen. In 1962 it became known as the Carman Bergthaler Mennonite Church. A larger meeting house was completed in 1982.
In 1965 there were 30 members; in 1975, 88; in 1985, 162; in 1995, 206; in 2000, 127. The congregation has been affiliated with the Conference of Mennonites in Manitoba / Mennonite Church Manitoba, Conference of Mennonites in Canada / Mennonite Church Canada, and General Conference Mennonite Church (1968-1999). The language of worship is English; transition from German occurred in the 1950s.
Pastoral leaders have included Henry Funk (1949-1954), Frank Thiessen (1956-1958), Daniel Doell (1960-1963), Alfred Heinrichs (1963-1964), Henry Isaak (1965-1971), David Klassen (1972-1973, 1979, 1982), David Friesen (1974-1978), Ed Pries (1980-1981), John Krahn (1983-1991), Cornie Thiessen (1992), Marvin Friesen (1993-1996), Dave Wilson (1997-2000), Bob Pauls (2000- ).
The church is located at Box 267, 105 N. Main St., Carman, MB, R0G 0J0. (204) 745-3837.
Bibliography
Braun, Braun. "The Carman Mennonite Church, 1945-1985." Unpublished Research Paper, CMBC, 1985, 29 pp. Mennonite Heritage Centre.
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