Whitewater Mennonite Church group (Manitoba)
The Whitewater Church was organized April 18, 1927 by Mennonite families from the Soviet Union who settled in that community in 1924. The first elder was Franz F. Enns of Lena, Manitoba, who had been elder of the Terek Mennonite Church. On 16 June 1938 G.G. Neufeld succeeded him.
In 1958 the congregation had 565 members and a total population of 1209 persons in 257 families. It had six congregations at that time: Whitewater (162 members), Rivers (96 members), Ninga (63 members), Lena (80 members), Crystal City (135 members), Manitou (29 members). Five of these groups had their own meetinghouses. In 1958 all worship was in German.
The Elder performed all baptisms and observed the Lord's Supper four times annually with all congregations. Footwashing was practiced at one time, but was dropped.
The Whitewater group of congregations merged into the Conference of Mennonites in Manitoba in 1947.
Bibliography
Neufeld, G. G. Die Geschichte der Whitewater Mennoniten Gemeinde in Manitoba, Canada 1925-1965. Altona, MB: D.W. Friesen, 1967.
Ens, Anna. In Search of Unity: Story of the Conference of Mennonites in Manitoba. Winnipeg, MB: CMBC Publications, 1996.
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