Église évangelique mennonite de Rawdon (Rawdon, Quebec, Canada)
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| Église évangelique mennonite de Rawdon. Mel & Ellen Schmidt standing in front. |
The Église évangelique mennonite de Rawdon began services in 1980, and formally organized in 1982. Rawdon is a small bilingual town 100 km north of Montreal, Quebec.
Since the early 1960s Mel & Ellen Schmidt had been travelling 50 km to Église évangelique de Joliette to worship and eventually became members there. Over the years other families from Rawdon began attending too. Transportation was a problem and as numbers grew the Joliette building became inadequate.
In 1976 David Shantz, pastor in Joliette, began Bible studies in Rawdon. In 1980 Sunday evening services began in the United Church building in Rawdon. This rental continued until a new Mennonite building was completed in September 1991 with substantial construction help from Mennonites from Joliette, Montreal, Vermont and all over Ontario. The Église évangélique mennonite de Rawdon was officially organized and recognized as a congregation separate from Joliette in 1982 within Mennonite Conference of Eastern Canada. Various conflicts and part-time pastorates from 1991 till the present time have left a small congregation in a large building. There were periods when there was no pastor. At these times, members of the church led the mid-week meetings and guest pastors/speakers from Montreal and elsewhere brought messages during the worship service on Sunday mornings. Throughout evangelism has remained a major emphasis with support from the Conseil Mennonite du Québec.
In 2006, a resident pastorate for Église évangelique mennonite de Rawdon was restarted, sharing a pastor with Joliette. The language of worship is French although there have always been English members.
Bibliography
Mennonite Reporter (12 May 1980): 12; (12 October 1981): 14; (1 October 1990): B1; (29 July 1991): 11; (29 June 1992): B2.
Janet Martin in Hervé Finès (ed.), Album II du protestantisme français en Amérique du Nord. Montreal: L'Aurore, 1988: 68-69.
Additional Information
Address:
4100 Queen St.
Rawdon, Quebec J0K 1S0
Phone:
450-834-6872
Denominational Affiliations:
Mennonite Church Eastern Canada
Table 1: Pastoral Leaders of Église évangelique mennonite de Rawdon
| André Joly & Danny Milton (with Joliette) |
Jan 1976-1979 Dec |
| David Shantz (with Joliette) |
Jan 1980-1981 Sep |
| Armand Roussin |
Jan 1982-1984 Jan |
| David Shantz |
Sep 1984-1991 Apr |
| Denis Tremblay | Aug 1992-1993 July |
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Jean-Guy Lantin (1/2 time) |
Mar 1994-1999 June |
| Daniel Genest (part-time) |
Jan 2000-2005 Dec. |
| André Ouimet (with Joliette) |
Oct 2006- |
Table 2: Membership of Église évangelique mennonite de Rawdon
| Year | Membership |
| 1985 | 15 |
| 1995 | 12 |
| 2000 | 11 |
| 2005 | 15 |
| 2008 | 15 |
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