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When many Mennonites immigrated to Mexico from the Niverville, Manitoba area in the 1920s, they created the opportunity for recent Russian Mennonite immigrants to settle. These families began to meet for worship in 1926 and affiliated themselves with the Schoenwieser Gemeinde. The desire to become independent grew and so in 1944 the Niverville Mennonite Church emerged. They purchased their own meeting house in 1944. The membership in 1958 was 148. In 1958 they built a new larger meeting house which was expanded in 1967 and again in 1976. Dietrich Koop, |David A. Hausknecht, and Jacob Klassen are considered the founding leaders of the group. The congregation met together with the Mennonite Brethren in the early years.

During the 1960s a group left the congregation to form Elim Mennonite Church. Eventually the Elim congregation joined the Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference. After a number of years of working together, Elim Mennonite and Niverville Mennonite merged to form Niverville Community Fellowship on 1 January 2009.

The language of worship is English; the transition from German occurred in the 1970s.

Bibliography

Author(s)	Cornelius Krahn
	Marlene Epp
	Richard D. Thiessen
Date Published	July 2010

Canadian Mennonite (12 September 1958): 8.

CMC Nexus (December 1995): 7.

Krahn, Erica. "Niverville Mennonite Church." Research paper, Canadian Mennonite Bible College, 1978, 18 pp. Mennonite Heritage Centre.

Loeppky, Otto. "Niverville Mennonite Church." Research paper, Canadian Mennonite Bible College, 1965, 17 pp. Mennonite Heritage Centre.

Mennonite Reporter (15 September 1986): 14.

Niverville Community Church. "Church Story." Web. 20 February 2015. www.nivcf.ca/#/about-ncf/our-story

Archival Records

Church records at Mennonite Heritage Centre.

Additional Information

Address: Box 117, 112 3rd Ave. South, Niverville MB R0A 1E0

Phone: 204-388-4645

Denominational Affiliations:

Mennonite Church Manitoba

Mennonite Church Canada (1946-2008)

General Conference Mennonite Church (1953-2001)

Niverville Mennonite Church Ministers

Minister	Years of Service
Johann Braun	1928-1952
Dietrich Koop	1928-1930
Jacob J. Klassen	1933-1962
Peter Dirks	1937-1939
John Krahn	1958-1965
Albert Loeppky	1964-1972
Peter Janzen	1969-1970
John Siemens	1971-1981
Del Epp	1982-1986
Clarence Epp	1987-1991
Erwin Wiebe	1992
John Lenshyn	1993-1996
Del Epp	1997
Paul Adams	1998-2006

Niverville Mennonite Church Membership

Years	Members
1950	90
1955	139
1965	173
1975	109
1985	188
1995	160
2000	148
2006	160

Cite This Article

MLA style

Krahn, Cornelius, Marlene Epp and Richard D. Thiessen. "Niverville Mennonite Church (Niverville, Manitoba, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. July 2010. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Niverville_Mennonite_Church_(Niverville,_Manitoba,_Canada)&oldid=179717.

APA style

Krahn, Cornelius, Marlene Epp and Richard D. Thiessen. (July 2010). Niverville Mennonite Church (Niverville, Manitoba, Canada). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Niverville_Mennonite_Church_(Niverville,_Manitoba,_Canada)&oldid=179717.

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-When many Mennonites immigrated to [[Mexico|Mexico]] from the Niverville, Manitoba area in the 1920s, they created the opportunity for recent Russian Mennonite immigrants to settle. These families began to meet for worship in 1926 and affiliated themselves with the [[Schoenwiese Mennonite Church group (Manitoba)|Schoenwieser Gemeinde]]. The desire to become independent grew and so in 1944 the Niverville Mennonite Church emerged. They purchased their own meeting house in 1944. The membership in 1958 was 148. In 1958 they built a new larger meeting house which was expanded in 1967 and again in 1976. Dietrich Koop, David Hauseknecht, and Jacob Klassen are considered the founding leaders of the group. The congregation met together with the [[Fourth Avenue Bible Church (Niverville, Manitoba, Canada)|Mennonite Brethren]] in the early years.
+When many Mennonites immigrated to [[Mexico|Mexico]] from the Niverville, Manitoba area in the 1920s, they created the opportunity for recent Russian Mennonite immigrants to settle. These families began to meet for worship in 1926 and affiliated themselves with the [[Schoenwiese Mennonite Church group (Manitoba)|Schoenwieser Gemeinde]]. The desire to become independent grew and so in 1944 the Niverville Mennonite Church emerged. They purchased their own meeting house in 1944. The membership in 1958 was 148. In 1958 they built a new larger meeting house which was expanded in 1967 and again in 1976. Dietrich Koop, |[[Hausknecht, David A. (1898-1986)|David A. Hausknecht]], and Jacob Klassen are considered the founding leaders of the group. The congregation met together with the [[Fourth Avenue Bible Church (Niverville, Manitoba, Canada)|Mennonite Brethren]] in the early years.
 During the 1960s a group left the congregation to form [[Elim Mennonite Church (Niverville, Manitoba, Canada)|Elim Mennonite Church]]. Eventually the Elim congregation joined the [[Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference (EMMC)|Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference]]. After a number of years of working together, Elim Mennonite and Niverville Mennonite merged to form [[Niverville Community Fellowship (Niverville, Manitoba, Canada)|Niverville Community Fellowship]] on 1 January 2009.

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