Silberfeld Sommerfeld Mennonite Church (Silberfeld, Manitoba, Canada)
The Silberfeld Sommerfeld Mennonite congregation at Silberfeld, MB began services in the 1890s. The first building was occupied in 1913, with a subsequent building program in 1917. The congregation originated through division from the Bergthaler Mennonites.
The church was moved to Reinland in the later 1920s or early 1930s according to Jake Peters, or in 1966 according to Zacharias. The congregation has dissolved. It was affiliated with the Sommerfeld Mennonite Church of Manitoba. The language of worship was German.
Bibliography
Canadian Mennonite (8 August 1969): 11.
Peters, Jake. "An Annotated Bibliography of Materials Relating to the Sommerfelder Mennonite Church." Research paper, Canadian Mennonite Bible College, 1979. Mennonite Heritage Centre.
Additional Information
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