View source for Halbstadt Mennonite Church (Halbstadt, Manitoba, Canada)

Box 60, Halbstadt, MB, R0A 0S0. (204) 327-5381. Minister Harry Siemens served in 1995 as a congregational leader. In 1965 there were 47 members; in 1975, 40; in 1985, 68; in 1995, 71. The congregation was affiliated with the [[Mennonite Church Manitoba|Conference of Mennonites in Manitoba]], [[Conference of Mennonites in Canada|Conference of Mennonites in Canada]], and General Conference Mennonite Church, but withdrew from all these conference levels in 1996. The language of worship is English; the transition from German occurred in the 1960s.

The congregation began services in 1892, and formally organized in 1937. The first building was occupied in 1937, with a subsequent building program in 1955. Diedrich Loeppky is considered the founding leader of the group. The congregation originated through colonization of the [[West Reserve (Manitoba, Canada)|West Reserve]] in [[Manitoba (Canada)|Manitoba]].

The congregation was earlier known as the Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church.

This congregation withdrew from membership in the Conference of Mennonites in Canada in 1994.
= Bibliography =

Ens, Adolf. <em>Becoming a National Church: a History of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada</em>. Winnipeg, MB: CMU Press, 2004: 113.

''Mennonite Reporter'' (15 May 1978): 11.

Hildebrand, Stanley. "History of the Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church." Research paper, Canadiann Mennonite Bible College, 1965, 23 pp. [http://www.mennonitechurch.ca/programs/archives/index.htm  Mennonite Heritage Centre.]

[http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/halbstadtcemetery.shtml "Historic Sites of Manitoba: Halbstadt West Mennonite Church and Cemetery (RM of Rhineland)"] Manitoba Historical Society website.

Gerbrandt, H. J. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Adventure in Faith.</em> Altona, MB: Bergthaler Mennonite Church of Manitoba, 1970, 379 pp.
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