43745 Lougheed Hwy., Box 62, Lake Errock, BC, V0M 1N0. (604) 826-7488. Pastor Alec Niemi served in 2005 as the pastor.

The congregation began services about 1946, and formally organized in 1963. The first building was occupied in 1961. The congregation originated through outreach by Clearbrook Mennonite Brethren. It began as an amalgamation of two Sunday school outreach efforts by Clearbrook Mennonite Brethren on Nicomen Island and in Deroche.

Over time membership in the congregation dropped from 28 members to 5 in 1994. In 1999 the Board of Extension of the British Columbia Provincial Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches encouraged a restructuring and in early 2000 after a several interim pastors, Dan and Gladys Wolfe were called to serve, increasing membership to 7. Randy Heinrichs served from November 2002 to December 2003. Dan Wolfe remained in the church and stepped back into leadership in January-April 2004, when he fell ill with cancer. Larry Priebe provided leadership summer till Randy Heinrichs returned in fall 2004. Alec Niemi came and continued the restructuring in 2005. In 2005 there were 22 members with an average attendance of 50.

The congregation has been affiliated with the British Columbia Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches (1964-), Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1964-) and General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1964-2003). The language of worship is English. In 1965 there were 28 members; in 1975, 25; in 1985, 16; in 1994, 5; in 2000, 7; in 2005, 22.

Prior to 2000 the congregation was known as Lake Errock Community Church.

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