The South Cayuga Mennonite congregation near Dunnville, ON began services in 1835. A frame building was built in 1850. John Fry and Jacob Culp are considered the founding leaders of the group. The congregation originated through colonization from Welland County, York County, and The Twenty areas of Ontario. The congregation was originally known as Fry's Corners Mennonite.

Land was conveyed for worship and school purposes in 1839 and 1843. The Old Order segment of the community was stronger after the division of 1889, under the influence of Bishop Christian Gayman. When John Shirk, the last Old Order minister in the community, moved to Waterloo County, the Old Order group in Dunnville ceased to exist.

Other ministers in the South Cayuga congregation included Moses Hoover and A. Lewis Fretz.

In 1925 there were 9 members; in 1950, 15 ; in 1965, 29. The congregation dissolved in 1966 It had been affiliated with the Mennonite Conference of Ontario since 1835. South Cayuga Mennonite was part of the Mennonite Church segment of the Mennonite "family." The language of worship was English.

After the congregation closed most members affiliated with the Rainham Mennonite Church.

The church was located eleven km west of Dunnville on the Rainham Rd. at Fry's Corners.

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