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| [[Clearbrook Mennonite Brethren Church (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)|Clearbrook Mennonite Brethren Church]] | | [[Clearbrook Mennonite Brethren Church (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)|Clearbrook Mennonite Brethren Church]] |
Revision as of 03:35, 27 May 2023
1955 Article
The British Columbia Provincial Mennonite Brethren Conference was organized on 31 October 1931 with three local churches, Agassiz, Sardis, and Yarrow, having an approximate total membership of 170. Attracted by the mild climate and large farm incomes, the Mennonite Brethren membership of this area increased until 1948, after which a recession occurred, due to economic difficulties and floods. In 1949 there were 13 churches in the conference with a total membership of 3,077. The churches were located in the southwest part of British Columbia, with eleven in the Fraser Valley, one in the Okanagan Valley, and one on Vancouver Island, in an area stretching about 200 miles eastward from the Pacific coast along the United States border.
Activities in the conference at that time included Bible conferences, youth conferences, tract mission work, radio broadcasts, a city mission in Vancouver, and widespread daily vacation Bible school work. The institutions of the conference included a girls' home in Vancouver, the West Coast Children's Mission, three Bible schools in Yarrow, South Abbotsford, and East Chilliwack, and a high school in North Abbotsford. The conference was active in the resettling of European refugees and in the support of the relief program of the Mennonite Central Committee. C. C. Peters, secretary of the conference after 1948, contributed much to the establishment of the conference. -- G. H. Suckau
1990 Article
The British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches was organized in 1931. Johannes A. Harder, Peter D. Loewen and Cornelius C. Peters significantly shaped the Conference in its formative years.
From its inception, the conference emphasized evangelism and Christian education. The earliest outreach activities included establishing a city mission in Vancouver, and by 1945, support of the West Coast Children's Mission. Simultaneously, much emphasis was placed on Bible conferences, Sunday School conventions, and music festivals.
During the 1970s and 1980s, priority was given to church planting, including congregations among non-English ethnic groups. The conference also supports Stillwood Camp and Conference Centre, and together with the Mennonite Church British Columbia, co-sponsors Columbia Bible College in Abbotsford.
2021 Update
In 2021 the British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches had 91 congregations, 19,470 members, and an average weekly attendance of 23,651. In 2015 the British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches had 106 congregations, 20,106 members, and an average weekly attendance of 29,087, and in 2010 the conference had 104 congregations and 19,698 members. The following congregations were members of the British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches in June 2021:
Bibliography
Minutes of the Annual Meetings (1931-1996). Clearbrook [Abbotsford], B.C.: B.C. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches, published annually.
Klassen, Agatha E. Yarrow: A Portrait in Mosaic. Yarrow: A.E. Klassen, 1976.
Penner, Peter. Reaching the Otherwise Unreached. Clearbrook: West Coast Children's Mission 1959.
Toews, John A. History of the Mennonite Brethren Church, ed. A.J. Klassen. Fresno, Calif.: Mennonite Brethren Board of Literature and Publication, 1975, index, esp. 167-71.
Additional Information
Address: 302 - 32025 George Ferguson Way, Abbotsford, BC V2T 2K7
Phone: 604-746-4436
Website: BC Conference of MB Churches
British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches Executive
Date of Election | Moderator | Assistant Moderator | Secretary |
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1931 June 21 | Johannes A. Harder | Jacob B. Harder and Peter D. Loewen | |
1931 October 25 | Heinrich G. Dueck | Petrus Martens and Peter D. Loewen | |
1932 June 19 | K. A. Klassen | Cornelius C. Peters and Petrus Martens | |
1932 November 17 | K. A. Klassen | Cornelius C. Peters and Petrus Martens | |
1933 June 11 | K. A. Klassen | Johannes A. Harder | Alexander Baumann and Peter D. Loewen |
1933 November 26 | K. A. Klassen | Heinrich G. Dueck | Jacob B. Harder and Cornelius C. Peters |
1934 May 27 | Heinrich G. Dueck | ||
1934 August 12 | K. A. Klassen | Johannes A. Harder and Cornelius C. Peters | |
1934 November 25 | Heinrich G. Dueck | Johannes A. Harder | Peter D. Loewen and Jacob B. Harder |
1935 November 10 | Heinrich G. Dueck | Johannes A. Harder | Peter D. Loewen and Jacob B. Harder |
1936 November 8 | Heinrich G. Dueck | Johannes A. Harder | Peter D. Loewen and Jacob B. Harder |
1937 November 21 | Johannes A. Harder | Heinrich G. Dueck | Cornelius C. Peters and Peter D. Loewen |
1938 November 27 | Heinrich G. Dueck | Johannes A. Harder | Cornelius C. Peters and Peter D. Loewen |
1939 November 11 | Heinrich G. Dueck | Johannes A. Harder | Cornelius C. Peters |
1940 November 10 | Heinrich G. Dueck | Johannes A. Harder | Cornelius C. Peters |
1941 November 2 | Johannes A. Harder | Heinrich G. Dueck | Cornelius C. Peters and Peter D. Loewen |
1942 November 15 | Heinrich G. Dueck | Johannes A. Harder | Cornelius C. Peters |
1943 November 21 | Heinrich G. Dueck | Johannes A. Harder | Cornelius C. Peters |
1944 November 25 | Heinrich G. Dueck | Johannes A. Harder | Cornelius C. Peters |
1945 November 3 | Heinrich G. Dueck | Johannes A. Harder | Cornelius C. Peters |
1946 November 16 | Jacob F. Redekop | Johann P. Braun | Cornelius C. Peters |
1947 November 8 | Jacob F. Redekop | Heinrich G. Dueck | Cornelius C. Peters |
1948 August 14 | Heinrich G. Dueck | Johannes A. Harder | David A. Friesen |
1949 June 11 | Jacob F. Redekop | Aron A. Toews | David A. Friesen |
1950 October 28 | Jacob F. Redekop | Heinrich G. Dueck | David A. Friesen |
1951 June 9 | Heinrich G. Dueck | Jacob F. Redekop | David A. Friesen |
1952 June 7 | Heinrich G. Dueck | Johannes A. Harder | David A. Friesen |
1953 June 6 | Johannes A. Harder | Jacob F. Redekop | David A. Friesen |
1954 June 12 | Heinrich G. Dueck | Herman Lenzmann | David A. Friesen |
1955 June 18 | Herman Lenzmann | Gerhard Thielmann | David A. Friesen |
1956 June 9 | Herman Lenzmann | Gerhard Thielmann | David A. Friesen |
1957 June 9 | Peter R. Toews | Gerhard Thielmann | David A. Friesen |
1958 June 7 | Peter R. Toews | Herman Lenzmann | David A. Friesen |
1959 June 6 | Herman Voth | Peter R. Toews | Johannes A. Harder |
1960 June 10 | Herman Voth | Peter R. Toews | Abram Goerz |
1961 June 9 | Peter R. Toews | Isaac H. Tiessen | George Konrad |
1962 June 8 | Peter R. Toews | Herman Voth | David A. Friesen |
1963 June 7 | Henry Brucks | Herbert J. Brandt | Henry J. Unger |
1964 June 5 | Henry Brucks | Nick Willems | Henry J. Unger |
1965 June 11 | Herbert J. Brandt | Nick Willems | Henry J. Unger |
1966 June 10 | Herbert J. Brandt | David H. Neumann | Henry J. Unger |
1967 June 2 | Jacob H. Quiring | David H. Neumann | Hugo W. Jantz |
1968 June 7 | Jacob H. Quiring | Peter R. Toews | John H. Neumann |
1969 June 6 | Herman Lenzmann | Jacob H. Quiring | John H. Neumann |
1970 June 5 | Jacob H. Quiring | Herbert J. Brandt | John H. Neumann |
1971 June 11 | Jacob H. Quiring | Rudie Willms | Harry E. Pankratz |
1972 June 9 | Herbert J. Brandt | Rudie Willms | Harry E. Pankratz |
1973 June 16 | Loyal A. Funk | Rudie Willms | Leonard Doerksen |
1974 June 14 | Loyal A. Funk | Harold Ratzlaff | Frank Peters |
1975 June 13 | Loyal A. Funk | Harry Heidebrecht | Frank Peters |
1976 June 11 | Loyal A. Funk | Harry Heidebrecht | Frank Peters |
1977 June 10 | Loyal A. Funk | Harry Heidebrecht | Henry J. Unger |
1978 June 9 | Harry Heidebrecht | Herbert D. Neufeld | Henry J. Unger |
1979 June 8 | Harry Heidebrecht | Herbert D. Neufeld | Henry J. Unger |
1980 June 13 | Harry Heidebrecht | Herbert D. Neufeld | Henry J. Unger |
1981 June 12 | Herbert D. Neufeld | John Schmidt | Robert J. Friesen |
1982 June 12 | Herbert D. Neufeld | John Schmidt | Robert J. Friesen |
1983 June 10 | Harry Heidebrecht | Rudy Boschman | Robert J. Friesen |
1984 June 9 | Harry Heidebrecht | Robert J. Friesen | Peter Enns |
1985 June 14 | Harry Heidebrecht | Robert J. Friesen | Peter Enns |
1986 June 13 | Harry Heidebrecht | Robert J. Friesen | Peter Enns |
1987 June 12 | Robert J. Friesen | Bill A. Wiebe | Peter Enns |
1988 June 10 | Robert J. Friesen | Bill A. Wiebe | Peter Enns |
1989 June 9 | Robert J. Friesen | Peter Nikkel | John Lenzmann |
1990 June 8 | Robert J. Friesen | Peter Nikkel | John Lenzmann |
1991 June 14 | Herbert D. Neufeld | Reuben Pauls | John Lenzmann |
1992 June 12 | Herbert D. Neufeld | Reuben Pauls | John Lenzmann |
1993 June 11 | Herbert D. Neufeld | Reuben Pauls | Mark Burch |
1994 June 10 | Herbert D. Neufeld | Reuben Pauls | Mark Burch |
1995 April 21 | Robert J. Friesen | Mark Burch | |
1996 May 3 | Robert J. Friesen | Mark Burch | John Lenzmann |
1997 May 2 | Robert J. Friesen | Peter Nikkel | Peter Enns |
1998 May 1 | Robert J. Friesen | Peter Enns | |
1999 April 30 | Robert J. Friesen | Herbert D. Neufeld | Peter Enns |
2000 | Arnie Peters | Herbert D. Neufeld | Peter Enns |
2001 May 4 | Arnie Peters | Reuben Pauls | Reg Toews |
2002 May 3 | Christopher Douglas | Reuben Pauls | Reg Toews |
2003 May 2 | Christopher Douglas | Ron van Akker | Reg Toews |
2004 | Ron van Akker | Arnie Peters | Reg Toews |
2005 April 29 | Ron van Akker | Arnie Peters | Ron Redekop |
2006 April 29 | Ron van Akker | Larry Schram | Ron Redekop |
2007 May 5 | Reg Toews | Tim Williams | Ron Redekop |
2008 May 3 | Reg Toews | Tim Williams | Ron Redekop |
2009 May 2 | Reg Toews | Ron van Akker | John H. Redekop |
2010 May 1 | Rob Thiessen | Ron van Akker | John H. Redekop |
2011 April 30 | Rob Thiessen | Ron van Akker | Lorraine Dick |
2012 May 5 | Ron van Akker | Steve Wiens | Reuben Pauls |
2013 May 4 | Ron van Akker | Steve Wiens | Reuben Pauls |
2014 May 3 | Michael Dick | Lee Francois | Reuben Pauls |
2015 May 2 | Michael Dick | Lee Francois | Reuben Pauls |
2016 April 30 | Don Petker | Matt Ewert | Sharon Simpson |
2017 April 29 | |||
2018 April 28 | Matt Ewert | ||
2019 April 27 | Sharon Simpson | Laurence Matzek | Sandy Reutlinger |
2020 May 2 | Sharon Simpson | Laurence Matzek | Sandy Reutlinger |
2021 May 1 | Sharon Simpson | Laurence Matzek | Sandy Reutlinger |
2022 April 30 | Sharon Simpson | Laurence Matzek | Sandy Reutlinger |
Author(s) | G. H. Suckau |
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Herbert J. Brandt | |
Richard D. Thiessen | |
Date Published | December 2020 |
Cite This Article
MLA style
Suckau, G. H., Herbert J. Brandt and Richard D. Thiessen. "British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. December 2020. Web. 16 Aug 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=British_Columbia_Conference_of_Mennonite_Brethren_Churches&oldid=175634.
APA style
Suckau, G. H., Herbert J. Brandt and Richard D. Thiessen. (December 2020). British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 16 August 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=British_Columbia_Conference_of_Mennonite_Brethren_Churches&oldid=175634.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 431; vol. 5, p. 101. All rights reserved.
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