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Bethel Missionary Church (Lion's Head, Ontario, Canada)

The Bethel Missionary Church (formerly Bruce Peninsula Mennonite Brethren in Christ/United Missionary Church), located at  Lion's Head, Ontario, 45 miles (75 km) north of Owen Sound, was established in 1885. The first meetinghouse was built in 1904. In 1950 the membership was 37. For a time it was one of three meetinghouses on the Bruce Peninsula, but as travel improved became the only location.

The building was initially located at Ferndale, but was moved into Lion's Head on Main Street in 1945. It served at this location until 1997 when a new church was built on the edge of Lion's Head.

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Bibliography

Gingerich, Charles S. The Peninsula Pilgrims: a History of Bethel Church. Lion's Head: The Church, 2007.

Additional Information

Address: 18 Ferndale Road, Lion's Head, Ontario

Phone: 519-793-3221

Denominational Affiliation: Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada

Mennonite Brethren in Christ/Missionary Church Ministers
on the Bruce Peninsula

William Schroeder
 1885-1891
William Little
1895-1897
Sylvester Fretz
1905-1908
R. J. McLaren
1909-1912
Albert Remington
1909-1912
William Yates
1912-1914
Robert Eltherington
1914-1918
Charles Sinden
1918-1922
Nicholas Schwalm
1922-1925
Leslie Groves
1925-1930
Ernest Lucas
1930-1934
Harold R. Brown
1934-1938
Percy R. Barley
1938-1942
William Purdy
1942-1947
Orville Bell
1947-1949
George Turnbull
1949-1950
Clinton Bell
1950-1951
John Hamilton
1951-1955
Douglas Gray
1955-1958
James Hill
1958-1978
Peter Dennison
1978-1981
Claran Martin
1981-1984
Robert Marcus
1984-1988
George Grierson
1988-1999
Charles Gingerich
1999-2008
Phil English
 2008-

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 443. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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