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Elmwood Mennonite Brethren Church (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)

The congregation began services in 1907, and formally organized in 1913. The first building was occupied in 1911, with subsequent building programs in 1929 and 1954. Johann Warkentin is considered the founding leader of the group. The congregation originated through urbanization from rural Manitoba. Several persons from the Winkler area opened a city mission in Winnipeg in 1907 under the leadership of Johann Warkentin. The Northern District (Canadian) Conference took over the venture in 1913. The congregation had its own leading minister after 1937. Pastors have been salaried since 1949. The language of worship is English and German; the transition from German occurred in the 1960s.

The congregation was known as North End Mennonite Brethren until 1953 when a new building was located in the Elmwood district. Originally North End, South End, and North Kildonan Mennonite Brethren were under one organization, along with a number of rural branches in Springstein, Marquette, McAuley, Foxwarren and Moosehorn-Ashern.

In 1936 the South End (Portage Ave. Mennonite Brethren) group organized with a membership of 110. In 1942 Springstein organized with 50 members.

Bibliography

Canadian Mennonite (20 May 1960), 17.

Elmwood Mennonite Brethren Church: pictorial history 1970 (1970), 63 pp. Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies.

Klassen, Catherine. "Early History of North End and Elmwood MB Church." 5 pp. Mennonite Historical Society of Canada collection, Mennonite Archives of Ontario.

Mennonite Brethren Herald (27 May 1988): 42.

Penner, Peter. No Longer at Arm's Length: Mennonite Brethren Church Planting in Canada. Winnipeg, MB : Kindred Press, 1987.

Thiessen, Anna. "Die Entstehung und Entwickelung der Mennoniten Brueder Gemeinde in Winnipeg, 1907-1966." 1966, 152 pp. Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies.

Toews, John A. A History of the Mennonite Brethren Church: Pilgrims and Pioneers. 1975: 162.

Archival Records:

Church records at Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies.

Additional Information

Address: 145 Henderson Highway, Winnipeg MB R2L 1L4

Telephone: 204-668-3244

Website: Elmwood Mennonite Brethren Church

Denominational Affiliations:

Mennonite Brethren Church of Manitoba (1929-present)

Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1929-present)

General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1929-2003)

Elmwood MB Church Leading Ministers

Minister
 Years
Wilhelm J. Bestvater 1913-1921
Erdman Nickel 1921-1925
C. N. Hiebert 1925-1936
Franz Isaac 1936-1939
Franz C. Thiessen 1939-1943
B. B. Fast 1943-1949
David K. Duerksen 1949-1953
I. W. Redekop 1953-1967
W. J. Schmidt 1968-1971
Eugene Gerbrandt 1972-1975
Peter R. Toews 1977-1979
Henry Brucks 1981
Jacob J. "Jay" Neufeld 1983-1987
Abe Klassen 1989-1997
Keith Poysti 1997-2006
Victor Kliewer
 2006-2009
Terry Sawatsky
 2009-present

Elmwood MB Church Membership

Year
 Members
1913 33
1925 60
1950 301
1965 621
1985 450
1995 398

 

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