Anola Fellowship Chapel (Anola, Manitoba, Canada)

Anola Fellowship Chapel, a member of the Evangelical Mennonite Conference, began as an outreach of Blumenort Evangelical Mennonite Church. Vacation Bible School was held in Anola, Manitoba from 1958 to 1961, and in 1961 a decision was made to hold Sunday School.

In 1965 church services began to be held on a monthly and then on a twice-monthly basis, with a building erected on the purchased site of the community’s former school. Sunday School teachers and ministers continued to visit and serve on a regular basis.

In 1977, David Friesen began serving as Anola Fellowship Chapel’s pastor and in 1979 the congregation was granted autonomy with nine charter members. Friesen served until 1985. Several pastors then served on an interim basis: Frank D. Reimer (1986), Harry Neufeld (1986-87), and John K. Reimer (1987-88). In 1988 John (Jack) and Brenda Cosens began serving as Anola’s resident pastoral couple (with a break of two years). Cosens was a bivocational minister-carpenter.

In 1985 there were 25 members; in 1995, 30; in 2012, 44. The 2012 yearbook states that the average attendance was 66, though one leader said in 2013 that the average attendance, apart from the summer months, was about 100. The congregation’s highest attendance has been about 120.

Anola Fellowship Chapel intentionally serves as a community evangelical church, reaching out to people of a wide range of church and cultural backgrounds. The congregation’s building has gone through renovation and extension, most recently in 2000.

Bibliography

Evangelical Mennonite Conference Yearbook for 2012 (including a record of the proceedings of the 62nd annual sessions of the Evangelical Mennonite Conference July 6-8, 2012). Steinbach: Evangelical Mennonite Conference, 2012.

Hamm, Menno. "Anola Fellowship Chapel" The Messenger 33, no. 8 (19 April 2013): 7-9.

Koop, Art. Interview with author (25 August 2013).

Wiebe, Joanell. History of Anola Fellowship Chapel prepared for Steinbach Bible College (1984).

Additional Information

Address: 58006 Monominto Rd. (39 E), Anola, Manitoba
[Co-ordinates 49.855556 -96.570278 (49° 51' 20" N 96° 34' 13" W)]

Phone: 204-866-3597

Website: Anola Fellowship Chapel

Denominational Affiliation

Evangelical Mennonite Conference

Anola Fellowship Chapel Leading Ministers

Minister	Years of Service
David Friesen	1977-1985
Frank D. Reimer (interim)	1986
Harry Neufeld (interim)	1986-1987
John K. Reimer (interim)	1987-1988
John "Jack" Cosens	1988-2006
Wally Frank	2006-2007
John "Jack" Cosens	2007-present

Anola Fellowship Chapel Membership

Year	Members
1980	9
1985	25
1990	12
1995	39
2005	67
2010	53
2015	49

Author(s)	Terry M Smith
Date Published	March 2014

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