Calvary Church (Ayr, Ontario, Canada)

The Mennonite work in Ayr began in 1954 as an outreach by the Mannheim Mennonite Church and the Mennonite Conference of Ontario. The congregation formally organized in 1961, the same year it obtained a building. There was a subsequent building program in 1990.

The founding pastor was Osaiah Horst, who was also the pastor at the Mannheim Mennonite Church. When Horst accepted a call to Toronto, Howard Schmitt became the pastor. The congregation has served as a community church in the Ayr community. One of the congregation's unique ministry has been a "skate park" for young Ayr skateboarders.

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Calvary Church (Ayr, Ontario)

Bibliography

Canadian Mennonite (12 January 1962): 1.

Mennonite Reporter (17 September 1990): 18.

Additional Information

Address: 173 Northumberland Street, Ayr, Ontario

Phone: 519-632-7110

Denominational affiliations:

Mennonite Church Eastern Canada

Mennonite Church Canada

Calvary Pastors

Osiah Horst	1961-1964
Howard Schmitt	1964-August 1969
Darrel Jantzi	Sept. 1969-July 1974
Dan Burkholder	July 1974-1977
Tom Warner	1977-1980
James Sider	1981-1985
Reynold Kipfer	1985-1994
Bruce Sawatsky (Interim)	1995-1996
Phil Wagler	1997-2001
Dennis Bells (Interim)	2002
Pat Murphy	2003-2005
Ardith Frey (Interim)	2006
Lloyd Oakey	July 2006-

Calvary Membership

1965	35
1975	75
1985	52
1995	48
2000	86
2006	95

To cite this page:

MLA style: Steiner, Sam. "Calvary Church (Ayr, Ontario, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. March 2008. Web. 24 May 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/C282.html.

APA style: Steiner, Sam. (March 2008). Calvary Church (Ayr, Ontario, Canada). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 May 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/C282.html.

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