Elmira Mennonite Church interior, March 27, 1949. L: Pastor Howard Bauman; L: Bishop Oliver Snider. Scan courtesy Mennonite Church USA Archives-Goshen X-31.1, Box 18/22

58 Church St. W., Elmira, Ontario, N3B 1N2. (519) 669-5123. Pastor Steven Janzen served in 2009 as a congregational leader. In 1925 there were 60 members; in 1950, 248; in 1965, 336; in 1975, 240; in 1985, 271; in 1995, 316; in 2000, 332. The congregation affiliated with the Mennonite Conference of Ontario in 1925, the Mennonite Conference of Eastern Canada in 1988 and the Conference of Mennonites in Canada / Mennonite Church Canada in 1995. Elmira Mennonite is part of the Mennonite Church segment of the Mennonite "family." The language of worship is English.

The congregation began services in 1924, and occupied its first building the same year. Oliver D. Snider is considered the founding leader of the group. The congregation originated through church planting from the Floradale Mennonite Church. Elmira is a parent church to Bethel Mennonite at Elora (1947), Hawkesville Mennonite (1950) and Zion Mennonite Fellowship (Elmira) (1987).

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