Chortitz Rudnerweider Church (Chortitz, Saskatchewan, Canada)
The Chortitz Rudnerweider congregation in Chortitz, Saskatchewan began services in the 1930s, and formally organized in 1944. The first building was occupied in 1939. The congregation originated through division from the Old Colony Mennonites and outreach by the Manitoba Rudnerweider churches. The congregation was independent and unaffiliated for the first four years. In 1962 Pastor John Neudorf served as a congregational leader. In 1962 there were 30 members. It merged with the Hague Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference church in 1963. It had been affiliated with the Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference.
Bibliography
EMMC Recorder (May 1984), 4.
Heppner, Jack. Search for Renewal: The Story of the Rudnerweider/EMMC 1937-1987. 1987: 101ff.
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