Seven Persons Mennonite Mission (Seven Persons, Alberta, Canada)
The Seven Persons Mennonite Mission at Seven Persons, AB began services in 1956. The first building was occupied in 1962. Abe Bergen is considered the founding leader of the group. The congregation originated through colonization from Rosemary and Coaldale. The congregation disintegrated as people moved to Medicine Hat.
The congregation dissolved in 1968. It had been affiliated with the Conference of Mennonites in Canada and Conference of Mennonites in Alberta. The language of worship was English.
Bibliography
Canadian Mennonite (14 September 1962): 5.
Dick, C. L. The Mennonite Conference of Alberta: a History of its Churches and Institutions. Edmonton: The Mennonite Conference of Alberta, 1981: 113-115.
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