Emmaus Mennonite Church (Rhineland, Saskatchewan, Canada)
Emmaus Mennonite Church in Rhineland, Saskatchewan was a member of the Emmaus Mennonite Church Group (Gemeinde) and also affiliated with the Conference of Mennonites in Canada. It traces its beginning to 1944 when J.J.M. Friesen gathered children of several homes into his house for a weekly “Children’s Hour. (Friesen had been ordained on 24 September 1944 by Aeltester J.J. Nickel from Main Centre.) These weekly children’s meetings developed into a Sunday school held in the village every Sunday morning in the public school. Sunday evening services were added later. Eventually a small building was purchased from Jake Smith in 1954 and moved to the village to serve as a church. After 10 years the Sunday had grown from one class of seven students to five classes with total of fifty students.[1] There were regular Christian Endeavor Meetings and guest speakers from various places that came through the area. In 1958 and 1959 were was a revival in the area. A number of people from the Sommerfelder Mennonite background began to associate with this group because of their emphasis on evangelism and missions. By 1958 the majority of group were no longer members of the Emmaus group. They decided to organize as a separate independent church, called the Christian Fellowship Church of Rhineland, which in essence signaled the end of the Emmaus Mennonite Church of Rhineland. The Emmaus Mennonite church at Rhineland did not exist after 1958.
Notes
- ↑ "South Saskatchewan Village Marks Church Growth", Canadian Mennonite, 19 March 1954: 1.
Bibliography
Sawatzky, Ernie. "The History of the Emmaus Mennonite Church of Swift Current and South." Research paper, Mennonite Biblical Seminary, 1961. 26 pp. Mennonite Heritage Centre.
| Author(s) | Marlene Epp |
|---|---|
| Alf Redekopp | |
| Date Published | August 2021 |
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