Niagara Christian Fellowship Chapel (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada)
The Niagara Christian Fellowship Chapel began services in 1951, and formally organized in 1957. The first building was occupied in 1954. The congregation originated through outreach by the Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches and Virgil Mennonite Brethren Church.
In 1994 Niagara Christian Fellowship Chapel merged with Virgil Mennonite Brethren Church to form Cornerstone Community Church on the site of the Virgil church.
In 1965 there were 76 members; in 1975, 100; in 1985, 80; in 1992, 73. The congregation ceased as a separate congregation in 1994. It had been affiliated with the Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1957-94), the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1958-94) and the General Conference of Mennonite Brethren (1960-94). The language of worship was English.
Group 6, R.R. 3, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON. The church was located between Lines 3 and 4 on Concession 2. Pastor Gus Quadrizius served in 1992 as a salaried congregational leader.
Bibliography
Mennonite Brethren Herald (27 May 1988): 51; (18 March 1994): 17.
Niagara Christian Fellowship Chapel, 15th anniversary. 1969, 20 pp.
Friesen, C. Alfred. Memoirs of the Virgil-Niagara Mennonites. 1984: 49-51.
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