Home Street Mennonite Church (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
318 Home St., Winnipeg, MB, R3G 1X4. (204) 783-1721. Minister Tym Elias served in 2002 as a congregational leader. In 1965 there were 216 members; in 1975, 211; in 1985, 272; in 1995, 120; in 2000, 143. The congregation has been affiliated with Mennonite Church Manitoba (1957-), Conference of Mennonites in Canada / Mennonite Church Canada (1957-), and General Conference Mennonite Church (1968-1999). The language of worship is English.
The congregation began services and formally organized in 1957. The first building was occupied in 1958, with a subsequent building program in 1962. Ernest Wiebe is considered the founding leader of the group. The congregation originated through urbanization from rural Manitoba.
The congregation was originally part of Bergthaler church group. It suffered a division in early 1994 when seventy persons left to form the Good News Mennonite Church over issues of biblical interpretation, women in ministry and the role of conference affiliation.
Bibliography
Microfilmed records at Mennonite Heritage Centre
Canadian Mennonite (9 January 1959): 1; (20 May 1960): 22.
Mennonite Reporter (24 June 1974): 6; (1 November 1982): 13; (21 February 1994): 1-2.
Wiebe, Bernie. "The Story of the Winnipeg Bergthaler Mennonite Church." Research paper, Canadian Mennonite Bible College, 1958, 8 pp. Mennonite Heritage Centre.
Unpublished congregational history, 1966, 16 pp. Mennonite Heritage Centre.
Letkemann, Kathy. "The History of the Home St. (Bergthaler)Mennonite Church." Research paper, Canadian Mennonite Bible College, 1973, 29 pp. Mennonite Heritage Centre.
Stoesz, Dennis. The Story of the Home Street Mennonite Church: 1957-1982. Winnipeg: Home St. Mennonite Church, 1985, 111 pp.
Sawatzky, Tim. "The Story of the Home Street Mennonite Youth, 1958-86." Research paper, Canadiann Mennonite Bible College, 1986, Mennonite Heritage Centre.
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