View source for Crestwood Mennonite Brethren Church (Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada)

The Crestwood Mennonite Brethren congregation was founded in 1965 by the [[Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches|Alberta Mennonite Brethren Home Missions]]. In 1968 the congregation officially organized and joined the [[Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches|Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches]] and [[Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches|Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches]]. They met in rented facilities until 1969 when they completed construction of their own meeting house. They allowed inter-Mennonite individual membership from 1975.

The congregation received members of the [[Seven Persons Mennonite Mission (Seven Persons, Alberta, Canada)|Seven Persons Church]] when that congregation dissolved in 1975.
= Bibliography =
<em>Mennonite Brethren Herald</em> (27 May 1988): 4; (13 September 1991): 16; (10 November 1995): 16; (4 February 2005).

<em>Mennonite Reporter</em> (23 February 1976): 3.

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

Toews, John A. <em>A History of the Mennonite Brethren Church: Pilgrims and Pioneers</em>. 1975: 167.

<h3>Archival Records</h3> Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies, Winnipeg, MB: [http://www.mbconf.ca/home/products_and_services/resources/published_genealogies/mb_provincial_conferences_and_church_congregation_records/alberta_archives/crestwood_mennonite_brethren_church_archives/ Volume 337].
= Additional Information =
Address: 2348 Dunmore Rd. SE, Medicine Hat, AB T1A 2A2

Phone: 403-526-5596

<h3>Crestwood Mennonite Brethren Church Ministers</h3> <table class="vertical listing">  <tr> <th>Minister</th> <th>Years</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Abe Martens

</td> <td align="right">1965-1970</td> </tr> <tr> <td>W. Epp </td> <td align="right">1970-1973</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Walter Wiens </td> <td align="right">1973-1977</td> </tr> <tr> <td>D. Rempel </td> <td align="right">1977-1978</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jacob Penner </td> <td align="right">1978-1981</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Elmer Thiessen (interim)

</td> <td align="right">1982</td> </tr> <tr> <td>David Rempel </td> <td align="right">1983</td> </tr> <tr> <td>David Funk </td> <td align="right">1984-1989</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mark Jantzen </td> <td align="right">1990-1997</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Murray Schmidt 

</td> <td align="right">1998-2004</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jim Miller

</td> <td align="right">2005-2006 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>John Willems

</td> <td align="right">2007-present 

</td> </tr>  </table> <h3>Crestwood Mennonite Brethren Church Membership</h3> <table class="vertical listing"> <tr> <th>Year

</th> <th>Members

</th> </tr>  <tr> <td>1975</td> <td align="right">61</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1985</td> <td align="right">74</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1995</td> <td align="right">97</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2000</td> <td align="right">100</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2010</td> <td align="right">89</td> </tr>  </table>
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