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'']]     Vancouver, the great Canadian seaport (2006 estimated population, 611,869; 2007 metropolitan area estimate, 2,249,725) on the Pacific coast, is situated at the southwest corner of the province of [[British Columbia (Canada)|British Columbia]]. Mennonites have been living in Vancouver since 1930. By the late 1950s their number was about 3,000, including Van­couver's smaller twin city, New Westminster. At that time most of the Mennonites lived in South Vancouver, where the four churches were located - two [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite]] and two [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]]. There were 5 Mennonite physicians practicing in Van­couver. In the late 1950s, two homes, the [[Mary Martha Girls' Home (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Mary Martha Girls' Home]] and [[Bethel Girls' Home (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Bethel Girls' Home]], cared for the single women working in the city.
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Vancouver, the great Canadian seaport (2006 estimated population, 611,869; 2007 metropolitan area estimate, 2,249,725) on the Pacific coast, is situated at the southwest corner of the province of [[British Columbia (Canada)|British Columbia]]. Mennonites have been living in Vancouver since 1930. By the late 1950s their number was about 3,000, including Van­couver's smaller twin city, New Westminster. At that time most of the Mennonites lived in South Vancouver, where the four churches were located - two [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite]] and two [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]]. There were 5 Mennonite physicians practicing in Van­couver. In the late 1950s, two homes, the [[Mary Martha Girls' Home (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Mary Martha Girls' Home]] and [[Bethel Girls' Home (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Bethel Girls' Home]], cared for the single women working in the city.
  
 
Following World War II the number of Mennonites in Vancouver increased due to the relocation of Mennonites from the Fraser Valley and other areas of Canada as well as the immigration of Mennonites from Europe and South America. The population of Vancouver increased dramatically beginning in the 1980s due to immigration from Hong Kong and mainland China, other south-east Asian countries, India, and in more recent years, from South America. Both provincial Mennonite conferences focused much of their church planting work within a number of these immigrant groups, drastically changing the face of the Mennonite church in Vancouver.
 
Following World War II the number of Mennonites in Vancouver increased due to the relocation of Mennonites from the Fraser Valley and other areas of Canada as well as the immigration of Mennonites from Europe and South America. The population of Vancouver increased dramatically beginning in the 1980s due to immigration from Hong Kong and mainland China, other south-east Asian countries, India, and in more recent years, from South America. Both provincial Mennonite conferences focused much of their church planting work within a number of these immigrant groups, drastically changing the face of the Mennonite church in Vancouver.
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=== Mennonite congregations in Metro Vancouver, 2008 ===
  
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 <strong>Mennonite congregations in Metro Vancouver, 2008</strong>
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<table align="center" class="plain">  <tr> <th>Congregation</th> <th>Denomination</th> <th>Location</th> <th>Members</th> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Arabic Evangelical Church (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)|Arabic Evangelical Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Surrey</td> <td align="right">33</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Bethel Chinese Christian Mennonite Brethren Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Bethel Chinese Christian MB Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Vancouver</td> <td align="right">259</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Bethel Mennonite Church (Langley, British Columbia, Canada)|Bethel Mennonite Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Church</td> <td>Langley</td> <td align="right">246</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Burnaby Pacific Grace Chinese Church (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada)|Burnaby Pacific Grace Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Burnaby</td> <td align="right">195</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Cedar Park Church (Delta, British Columbia, Canada)|Cedar Park Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Delta</td> <td align="right">137</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Chinese Grace Mennonite Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Chinese Grace Mennonite Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Church</td> <td>Vancouver</td> <td align="right">70</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Coast Hills Community Church (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)|Coast Hills Community Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Surrey</td> <td align="right">52</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Culloden Mennonite Brethren Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Culloden MB Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Vancouver</td> <td align="right">192</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Deaf Community Christian Church (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada)|Deaf Community Christian Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Burnaby</td> <td align="right">53</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Discovery Church of Ridge Meadows (Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada)|Discovery Church of Ridge Meadows]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Maple Ridge</td> <td align="right">
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</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Eagle Ridge Bible Fellowship (Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada)|Eagle Ridge Bible Fellowship]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Coquitlam</td> <td align="right">138</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[East Ridge Community Fellowship (Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada)|East Ridge Community Fellowship]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Maple Ridge</td> <td align="right">60</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Emmaus Church (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)|Emmaus]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Surrey</td> <td align="right">
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</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Esperanza Multicultural Church (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada)|Esperanza Multicultural Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Burnaby</td> <td align="right">120</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Faithwerks (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Faithwerks Oakridge]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Vancouver</td> <td align="right">
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|[[Arabic Evangelical Church (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)|Arabic Evangelical Church]]
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</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[First United Mennonite Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|First United Mennonite Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Church</td> <td>Vancouver</td> <td align="right">282</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[First United Spanish Mennonite Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|First United Spanish Mennonite Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Church</td> <td>Vancouver</td> <td align="right">50</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Fraserview Mennonite Brethren Church (Richmond, British Columbia, Canada)|Fraserview MB Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Richmond</td> <td align="right">211</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Grace Ethiopian Evangelical Church (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada)|Grace Ethiopian Evangelical Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Burnaby</td> <td align="right">85</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Gracepoint Community Church (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)|Gracepoint Community Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Surrey</td> <td align="right">403</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Heritage Mountain Community Church (Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada)|Heritage Mountain Community Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Port Moody</td> <td align="right">105</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Hindi Punjabi Gospel Chapel (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)|Hindi Punjabi Gospel Chapel]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Surrey</td> <td align="right">56</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[House For All Nations International Church (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada)|House For All Nations]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Burnaby</td> <td align="right">300</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Hyde Creek Community Church (Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada)|Hyde Creek Community Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Port Coquitlam</td> <td align="right">75</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Imago Dei Christian Community (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Imago Dei Christian Community]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Vancouver</td> <td align="right">10</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Jericho Ridge Community Church (Langley, British Columbia, Canada)|Jericho Ridge Community Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Langley</td> <td align="right">117</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Killarney Park Mennonite Brethren Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Killarney Park MB Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Vancouver</td> <td align="right">141</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Langley Mennonite Fellowship (Langley, British Columbia, Canada)|Langley Mennonite Fellowship]]</td> <td>Mennonite Church</td> <td>Langley</td> <td align="right">110</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Lao Christian Mennonite Brethren Church (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)|Lao Christian MB Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Surrey</td> <td align="right">38</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Living Hope Christian Fellowship (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)|Living Hope Christian Fellowship]]</td> <td>Mennonite Church</td> <td>Surrey</td> <td align="right">149</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Maple Ridge Community Church (Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada)|Maple Ridge Community Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Maple Ridge</td> <td align="right">135</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[mennonite_japanese_christian_fellowship_surrey|Mennonite Japanese Christian Fellowship]]</td> <td>Mennonite Church</td> <td>Surrey</td> <td align="right">15</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[New Hope Christian Church (Delta, British Columbia, Canada)|New Hope Christian Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Delta</td> <td align="right">156</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[North Langley Community Church (Langley, British Columbia, Canada)|North Langley Community Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Langley</td> <td align="right">452</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[North Shore Bethel Christian Mennonite Brethren Church (North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|North Shore Bethel Christian MB]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Vancouver</td> <td align="right">88</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[North Shore Japanese Church (West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|North Shore Japanese Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Church</td> <td>West Vancouver</td> <td align="right">11</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[North Shore Pacific Grace Mandarin Church (North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|North Shore Pacific Grace Mandarin]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>North Vancouver</td> <td align="right">103</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[North Shore Pacific Grace Mennonite Brethren Church (North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|North Shore Pacific Grace MB Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>North Vancouver</td> <td align="right">14</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Pacific Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Pacific Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Vancouver</td> <td align="right">
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|Surrey
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</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Pacific Grace Mandarin Church (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada)|Pacific Grace Mandarin Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Burnaby</td> <td align="right">104</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Pacific Grace Mennonite Brethren Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Pacific Grace MB Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Vancouver</td> <td align="right">322</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Pacific North</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Vancouver</td> <td align="right">
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|33
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</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Peace Chinese Mennonite Church (Richmond, British Columbia, Canada)|Peace Chinese Mennonite Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Church</td> <td>Richmond</td> <td align="right">60</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Peace Mennonite Church (Richmond, British Columbia, Canada)|Peace Mennonite Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Church</td> <td>Richmond</td> <td align="right">189</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Point Grey Inter-Mennonite Fellowship (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Point Grey Inter-Mennonite Fellowship]]</td> <td>MB / MC</td> <td>Vancouver</td> <td align="right">57</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Port Moody Pacific Grace Mennonite Brethren Church (Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada)|Port Moody Pacific Grace MB Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Port Moody</td> <td align="right">335</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Potter's Hand Community Church (North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Potter's Hand Community Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>North Vancouver</td> <td align="right">17</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Real Life Community Church (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)|Real Life Community Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Surrey</td> <td align="right">
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|[[Bethel Chinese Christian Mennonite Brethren Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Bethel Chinese Christian MB Church]]
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|Mennonite Brethren
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</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Reality Vancouver (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Reality Vancouver]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Vancouver</td> <td align="right">
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|Vancouver
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|259
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</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Richmond Bethel Church (Richmond, British Columbia, Canada)|Richmond Bethel Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Richmond</td> <td align="right">158</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Richmond Chinese Mennonite Brethren Church (Richmond, British Columbia, Canada)|Richmond Chinese MB Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Richmond</td> <td align="right">197</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Richmond Pacific Grace Mennonite Brethren Church (Richmond, British Columbia, Canada)|Richmond Pacific Grace MB Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Richmond</td> <td align="right">50</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Sherbrooke Korean Mennonite Fellowship (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Sherbrooke Korean Mennonite Fellowship]]</td> <td>Mennonite Church</td> <td>Vancouver</td> <td align="right">12</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Sherbrooke Mennonite Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Sherbrooke Mennonite Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Church</td> <td>Vancouver</td> <td align="right">223</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Silver Valley Community Church (Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada)|Silver Valley Community Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Maple Ridge</td> <td align="right">22</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[South Hill Mennonite Brethren Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|South Hill MB Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Vancouver</td> <td align="right">116</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[South Langley Mennonite Brethren Church (Langley, British Columbia, Canada)|South Langley MB Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Langley</td> <td align="right">210</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[South Vancouver Pacific Grace Mennonite Brethren Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|South Vancouver Pacific Grace MB Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Vancouver</td> <td align="right">156</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Surrey Mennonite Church (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)|Surrey Mennonite Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Church</td> <td>Surrey</td> <td align="right">15</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Tri-City Chinese Christian Church (Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada)|Tri-City Chinese Christian Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Port Moody</td> <td align="right">50</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Urban Journey (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Urban Journey]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Vancouver</td> <td align="right">
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|[[Bethel Mennonite Church (Langley, British Columbia, Canada)|Bethel Mennonite Church]]
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</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Vancouver Chinese Mennonite Brethren Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Vancouver Chinese MB Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Vancouver</td> <td align="right">110</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Vancouver Chinese Mennonite Church</td> <td>Mennonite Church</td> <td>Vancouver</td> <td align="right">170</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Vancouver Christian Logos Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Vancouver Christian Logos Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Vancouver</td> <td align="right">101</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Vancouver Vietnamese Mennonite Brethren Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Vancouver Vietnamese MB Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Vancouver</td> <td align="right">7</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Vancouver Vietnamese Mennonite Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Vancouver Vietnamese Mennonite Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Church</td> <td>Vancouver</td> <td align="right">31</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Westside Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Westside Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Vancouver</td> <td align="right">76</td> </tr> <tr> <td>White Rock Mennonite Christian Fellowship</td> <td>Mennonite Church</td> <td>White Rock</td> <td align="right">30</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[[Willingdon Church (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada)|Willingdon MB Church]]</td> <td>Mennonite Brethren</td> <td>Burnaby</td> <td align="right">2,031</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Total</strong></td> <td><strong>
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|Langley
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|246
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</strong></td> <td align="right"><strong>9,510</strong></td> </tr>  </table>
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|[[Burnaby Pacific Grace Chinese Church (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada)|Burnaby Pacific Grace Church]]
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|Mennonite Brethren
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The information for this table is taken from the 2007 directories for the British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches and Mennonite Church British Columbia.
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|Burnaby
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|195
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|-
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|[[Cedar Park Church (Delta, British Columbia, Canada)|Cedar Park Church]]
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|Mennonite Brethren
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|Delta
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|137
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|-
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|[[Chinese Grace Mennonite Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Chinese Grace Mennonite Church]]
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|Mennonite Church
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|Vancouver
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|70
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|-
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|[[Coast Hills Community Church (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)|Coast Hills Community Church]]
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|Mennonite Brethren
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|Surrey
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|52
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|-
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|[[Culloden Mennonite Brethren Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Culloden MB Church]]
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|Mennonite Brethren
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|Vancouver
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|192
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|-
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|[[Deaf Community Christian Church (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada)|Deaf Community Christian Church]]
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|Mennonite Brethren
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|Burnaby
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|53
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|-
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|[[Discovery Church of Ridge Meadows (Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada)|Discovery Church of Ridge Meadows]]
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|Mennonite Brethren
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|Maple Ridge
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|
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|-
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|[[Eagle Ridge Bible Fellowship (Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada)|Eagle Ridge Bible Fellowship]]
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|Mennonite Brethren
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|Coquitlam
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|138
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|-
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|[[East Ridge Community Fellowship (Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada)|East Ridge Community Fellowship]]
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|Mennonite Brethren
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|Maple Ridge
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|60
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|-
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|[[Emmaus Church (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)|Emmaus]]
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|Mennonite Brethren
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|Surrey
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|
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|-
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|[[Esperanza Multicultural Church (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada)|Esperanza Multicultural Church]]
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|Mennonite Brethren
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|Burnaby
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|120
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|-
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|[[Faithwerks (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Faithwerks Oakridge]]
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|Mennonite Brethren
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|Vancouver
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|
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|-
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|[[First United Spanish Mennonite Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|First United Spanish Mennonite Church]]
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|Mennonite Church
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|Vancouver
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|50
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|-
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|[[Fraserview Mennonite Brethren Church (Richmond, British Columbia, Canada)|Fraserview MB Church]]
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|Mennonite Brethren
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|Richmond
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|211
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|-
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|[[Grace Ethiopian Evangelical Church (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada)|Grace Ethiopian Evangelical Church]]
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|Mennonite Brethren
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|Burnaby
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|85
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|-
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|[[Gracepoint Community Church (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)|Gracepoint Community Church]]
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|Mennonite Brethren
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|Surrey
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|403
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|-
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|[[Heritage Mountain Community Church (Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada)|Heritage Mountain Community Church]]
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|Mennonite Brethren
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|Port Moody
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|105
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|-
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|[[Hindi Punjabi Gospel Chapel (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)|Hindi Punjabi Gospel Chapel]]
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|Mennonite Brethren
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|Surrey
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|56
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|-
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|[[House For All Nations International Church (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada)|House For All Nations]]
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|Mennonite Brethren
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|Burnaby
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|300
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|-
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|[[Hyde Creek Community Church (Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada)|Hyde Creek Community Church]]
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|Mennonite Brethren
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|Port Coquitlam
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|75
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|-
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|[[Imago Dei Christian Community (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Imago Dei Christian Community]]
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|Mennonite Brethren
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|Vancouver
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|10
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|-
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|[[Jericho Ridge Community Church (Langley, British Columbia, Canada)|Jericho Ridge Community Church]]
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|Mennonite Brethren
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|Langley
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|117
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|-
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|[[Killarney Park Mennonite Brethren Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Killarney Park MB Church]]
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|Mennonite Brethren
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|Vancouver
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|141
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|-
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|[[Langley Mennonite Fellowship (Langley, British Columbia, Canada)|Langley Mennonite Fellowship]]
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|Mennonite Church
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|Langley
 +
|110
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|-
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|[[Lao Christian Mennonite Brethren Church (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)|Lao Christian MB Church]]
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|Mennonite Brethren
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|Surrey
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|38
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|-
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|[[Living Hope Christian Fellowship (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)|Living Hope Christian Fellowship]]
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|Mennonite Church
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|Surrey
 +
|149
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|-
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|[[Maple Ridge Community Church (Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada)|Maple Ridge Community Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Brethren
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|Maple Ridge
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|135
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|-
 +
|[[Mennonite Japanese Christian Fellowship (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)|Mennonite Japanese Christian Fellowship]]
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|Mennonite Church
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|Surrey
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|15
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|-
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|[[New Hope Christian Church (Delta, British Columbia, Canada)|New Hope Christian Church]]
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|Mennonite Brethren
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|Delta
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|156
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|-
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|[[North Langley Community Church (Langley, British Columbia, Canada)|North Langley Community Church]]
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|Mennonite Brethren
 +
|Langley
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|452
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|-
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|[[North Shore Bethel Christian Mennonite Brethren Church (North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|North Shore Bethel Christian MB]]
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|Mennonite Brethren
 +
|Vancouver
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|88
 +
|-
 +
|[[North Shore Japanese Church (West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|North Shore Japanese Church]]
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|Mennonite Church
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|West Vancouver
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|11
 +
|-
 +
|[[North Shore Pacific Grace Mandarin Church (North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|North Shore Pacific Grace Mandarin]]
 +
|Mennonite Brethren
 +
|North Vancouver
 +
|103
 +
|-
 +
|[[North Shore Pacific Grace Mennonite Brethren Church (North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|North Shore Pacific Grace MB Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Brethren
 +
|North Vancouver
 +
|14
 +
|-
 +
|[[Pacific Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Pacific Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Brethren
 +
|Vancouver
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Pacific Grace Mandarin Church (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada)|Pacific Grace Mandarin Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Brethren
 +
|Burnaby
 +
|104
 +
|-
 +
|[[Pacific Grace Mennonite Brethren Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Pacific Grace MB Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Brethren
 +
|Vancouver
 +
|322
 +
|-
 +
|Pacific North
 +
|Mennonite Brethren
 +
|Vancouver
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Peace Chinese Mennonite Church (Richmond, British Columbia, Canada)|Peace Chinese Mennonite Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Church
 +
|Richmond
 +
|60
 +
|-
 +
|[[Peace Church on 52nd (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Peace Church on 52nd]]
 +
|Mennonite Church
 +
|Vancouver
 +
|282
 +
|-
 +
|[[Peace Mennonite Church (Richmond, British Columbia, Canada)|Peace Mennonite Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Church
 +
|Richmond
 +
|189
 +
|-
 +
|[[Point Grey Inter-Mennonite Fellowship (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Point Grey Inter-Mennonite Fellowship]]
 +
|MB / MC
 +
|Vancouver
 +
|57
 +
|-
 +
|[[Port Moody Pacific Grace Mennonite Brethren Church (Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada)|Port Moody Pacific Grace MB Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Brethren
 +
|Port Moody
 +
|335
 +
|-
 +
|[[Potter's Hand Community Church (North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Potter's Hand Community Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Brethren
 +
|North Vancouver
 +
|17
 +
|-
 +
|[[Real Life Community Church (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)|Real Life Community Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Brethren
 +
|Surrey
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Reality Vancouver (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Reality Vancouver]]
 +
|Mennonite Brethren
 +
|Vancouver
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Richmond Bethel Church (Richmond, British Columbia, Canada)|Richmond Bethel Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Brethren
 +
|Richmond
 +
|158
 +
|-
 +
|[[Richmond Chinese Mennonite Brethren Church (Richmond, British Columbia, Canada)|Richmond Chinese MB Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Brethren
 +
|Richmond
 +
|197
 +
|-
 +
|[[Richmond Pacific Grace Mennonite Brethren Church (Richmond, British Columbia, Canada)|Richmond Pacific Grace MB Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Brethren
 +
|Richmond
 +
|50
 +
|-
 +
|[[Sherbrooke Korean Mennonite Fellowship (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Sherbrooke Korean Mennonite Fellowship]]
 +
|Mennonite Church
 +
|Vancouver
 +
|12
 +
|-
 +
|[[Sherbrooke Mennonite Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Sherbrooke Mennonite Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Church
 +
|Vancouver
 +
|223
 +
|-
 +
|[[Silver Valley Community Church (Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada)|Silver Valley Community Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Brethren
 +
|Maple Ridge
 +
|22
 +
|-
 +
|[[South Hill Mennonite Brethren Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|South Hill MB Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Brethren
 +
|Vancouver
 +
|116
 +
|-
 +
|[[South Langley Mennonite Brethren Church (Langley, British Columbia, Canada)|South Langley MB Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Brethren
 +
|Langley
 +
|210
 +
|-
 +
|[[South Vancouver Pacific Grace Mennonite Brethren Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|South Vancouver Pacific Grace MB Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Brethren
 +
|Vancouver
 +
|156
 +
|-
 +
|[[Surrey Mennonite Church (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)|Surrey Mennonite Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Church
 +
|Surrey
 +
|15
 +
|-
 +
|[[Tri-City Chinese Christian Church (Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada)|Tri-City Chinese Christian Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Brethren
 +
|Port Moody
 +
|50
 +
|-
 +
|[[Urban Journey (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Urban Journey]]
 +
|Mennonite Brethren
 +
|Vancouver
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Vancouver Chinese Mennonite Brethren Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Vancouver Chinese MB Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Brethren
 +
|Vancouver
 +
|110
 +
|-
 +
|[[Vancouver Chinese Mennonite Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Vancouver Chinese Mennonite Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Church
 +
|Vancouver
 +
|170
 +
|-
 +
|[[Vancouver Christian Logos Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Vancouver Christian Logos Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Brethren
 +
|Vancouver
 +
|101
 +
|-
 +
|[[Vancouver Vietnamese Mennonite Brethren Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Vancouver Vietnamese MB Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Brethren
 +
|Vancouver
 +
|7
 +
|-
 +
|[[Vancouver Vietnamese Mennonite Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Vancouver Vietnamese Mennonite Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Church
 +
|Vancouver
 +
|31
 +
|-
 +
|[[Westside Church (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)|Westside Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Brethren
 +
|Vancouver
 +
|76
 +
|-
 +
|[[White Rock Mennonite Christian Fellowship (White Rock, British Columbia, Canada)|White Rock Mennonite Christian Fellowship]]
 +
|Mennonite Church
 +
|White Rock
 +
|30
 +
|-
 +
|[[Willingdon Church (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada)|Willingdon MB Church]]
 +
|Mennonite Brethren
 +
|Burnaby
 +
|2,031
 +
|-
 +
|'''Total'''
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|'''9,510'''
 +
|}
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Vancouver, the great Canadian seaport (2006 estimated population, 611,869; 2007 metropolitan area estimate, 2,249,725) on the Pacific coast, is situated at the southwest corner of the province of British Columbia. Mennonites have been living in Vancouver since 1930. By the late 1950s their number was about 3,000, including Van­couver's smaller twin city, New Westminster. At that time most of the Mennonites lived in South Vancouver, where the four churches were located - two General Conference Mennonite and two Mennonite Brethren. There were 5 Mennonite physicians practicing in Van­couver. In the late 1950s, two homes, the Mary Martha Girls' Home and Bethel Girls' Home, cared for the single women working in the city.

Following World War II the number of Mennonites in Vancouver increased due to the relocation of Mennonites from the Fraser Valley and other areas of Canada as well as the immigration of Mennonites from Europe and South America. The population of Vancouver increased dramatically beginning in the 1980s due to immigration from Hong Kong and mainland China, other south-east Asian countries, India, and in more recent years, from South America. Both provincial Mennonite conferences focused much of their church planting work within a number of these immigrant groups, drastically changing the face of the Mennonite church in Vancouver.

Mennonite congregations in Metro Vancouver, 2008

Congregation Denomination Location Members
Arabic Evangelical Church Mennonite Brethren Surrey 33
Bethel Chinese Christian MB Church Mennonite Brethren Vancouver 259
Bethel Mennonite Church Mennonite Church Langley 246
Burnaby Pacific Grace Church Mennonite Brethren Burnaby 195
Cedar Park Church Mennonite Brethren Delta 137
Chinese Grace Mennonite Church Mennonite Church Vancouver 70
Coast Hills Community Church Mennonite Brethren Surrey 52
Culloden MB Church Mennonite Brethren Vancouver 192
Deaf Community Christian Church Mennonite Brethren Burnaby 53
Discovery Church of Ridge Meadows Mennonite Brethren Maple Ridge
Eagle Ridge Bible Fellowship Mennonite Brethren Coquitlam 138
East Ridge Community Fellowship Mennonite Brethren Maple Ridge 60
Emmaus Mennonite Brethren Surrey
Esperanza Multicultural Church Mennonite Brethren Burnaby 120
Faithwerks Oakridge Mennonite Brethren Vancouver
First United Spanish Mennonite Church Mennonite Church Vancouver 50
Fraserview MB Church Mennonite Brethren Richmond 211
Grace Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mennonite Brethren Burnaby 85
Gracepoint Community Church Mennonite Brethren Surrey 403
Heritage Mountain Community Church Mennonite Brethren Port Moody 105
Hindi Punjabi Gospel Chapel Mennonite Brethren Surrey 56
House For All Nations Mennonite Brethren Burnaby 300
Hyde Creek Community Church Mennonite Brethren Port Coquitlam 75
Imago Dei Christian Community Mennonite Brethren Vancouver 10
Jericho Ridge Community Church Mennonite Brethren Langley 117
Killarney Park MB Church Mennonite Brethren Vancouver 141
Langley Mennonite Fellowship Mennonite Church Langley 110
Lao Christian MB Church Mennonite Brethren Surrey 38
Living Hope Christian Fellowship Mennonite Church Surrey 149
Maple Ridge Community Church Mennonite Brethren Maple Ridge 135
Mennonite Japanese Christian Fellowship Mennonite Church Surrey 15
New Hope Christian Church Mennonite Brethren Delta 156
North Langley Community Church Mennonite Brethren Langley 452
North Shore Bethel Christian MB Mennonite Brethren Vancouver 88
North Shore Japanese Church Mennonite Church West Vancouver 11
North Shore Pacific Grace Mandarin Mennonite Brethren North Vancouver 103
North Shore Pacific Grace MB Church Mennonite Brethren North Vancouver 14
Pacific Church Mennonite Brethren Vancouver
Pacific Grace Mandarin Church Mennonite Brethren Burnaby 104
Pacific Grace MB Church Mennonite Brethren Vancouver 322
Pacific North Mennonite Brethren Vancouver
Peace Chinese Mennonite Church Mennonite Church Richmond 60
Peace Church on 52nd Mennonite Church Vancouver 282
Peace Mennonite Church Mennonite Church Richmond 189
Point Grey Inter-Mennonite Fellowship MB / MC Vancouver 57
Port Moody Pacific Grace MB Church Mennonite Brethren Port Moody 335
Potter's Hand Community Church Mennonite Brethren North Vancouver 17
Real Life Community Church Mennonite Brethren Surrey
Reality Vancouver Mennonite Brethren Vancouver
Richmond Bethel Church Mennonite Brethren Richmond 158
Richmond Chinese MB Church Mennonite Brethren Richmond 197
Richmond Pacific Grace MB Church Mennonite Brethren Richmond 50
Sherbrooke Korean Mennonite Fellowship Mennonite Church Vancouver 12
Sherbrooke Mennonite Church Mennonite Church Vancouver 223
Silver Valley Community Church Mennonite Brethren Maple Ridge 22
South Hill MB Church Mennonite Brethren Vancouver 116
South Langley MB Church Mennonite Brethren Langley 210
South Vancouver Pacific Grace MB Church Mennonite Brethren Vancouver 156
Surrey Mennonite Church Mennonite Church Surrey 15
Tri-City Chinese Christian Church Mennonite Brethren Port Moody 50
Urban Journey Mennonite Brethren Vancouver
Vancouver Chinese MB Church Mennonite Brethren Vancouver 110
Vancouver Chinese Mennonite Church Mennonite Church Vancouver 170
Vancouver Christian Logos Church Mennonite Brethren Vancouver 101
Vancouver Vietnamese MB Church Mennonite Brethren Vancouver 7
Vancouver Vietnamese Mennonite Church Mennonite Church Vancouver 31
Westside Church Mennonite Brethren Vancouver 76
White Rock Mennonite Christian Fellowship Mennonite Church White Rock 30
Willingdon MB Church Mennonite Brethren Burnaby 2,031
Total 9,510

The information for this table is taken from the 2007 directories for the British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches and Mennonite Church British Columbia.

At the beginning of the 21st century, the Mennonite church in Vancouver was multi-ethnic and multi-lingual, with approximately 10,000 members and several thousand more attending worship services every Sunday.


Author(s) Heinrich Goerz
Richard D. Thiessen
Date Published December 2008

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Goerz, Heinrich and Richard D. Thiessen. "Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. December 2008. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Vancouver_(British_Columbia,_Canada)&oldid=162265.

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Goerz, Heinrich and Richard D. Thiessen. (December 2008). Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Vancouver_(British_Columbia,_Canada)&oldid=162265.



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