Grace Mennonite Church (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada)

Grace Mennonite Church, Regina, SK
Source: Mennonite Church Saskatchewan website

Russian Mennonite immigrants settled in the area south and west of Regina in the 1920s. However, many left the area in the 1930s because of economic difficulties. During the war, some did alternative service in the bigger cities including Regina.

In 1941 a Mennonite congregation was founded in Regina which had both Mennonite Brethren and General Conference families. During these years they were served by both Mennonite Brethren and General Conference ministers. They worshipped together until 1955. Then the General Conference families organized their own informal congregation and purchased their own meeting house at 1409 Victoria Avenue. There were 33 members in 1955 and was named Victoria Avenue Mennonite Church. After five years of growth, they formally founded the Grace Mennonite Church with 68 charter members in 1960. Then in 1968 they completed a larger meeting house which was expanded in 1979.

The language of worship is English; the transition from German occurred in the 1950s.

In 1988 the congregation began a Chinese ministry when the congregation hired Pat Houmphan as Asian pastor. In 1997 Magdalena Widjaja was ordained as Chinese pastor to the Grace Mennonite Chinese Fellowship portion of the congregation.

In 1997 there were also Laotian and Hispanic fellowships within the congregation.

Grace Mennonite was originally known as Regina Mennonite Conference Mission and also as Victoria Avenue Mennonite Church.

Bibliography

Canadian Mennonite (5 August 1955): 1; (3 June 1960): 3; (4 June 1968): 11.

Mennonite Reporter (24 November 1980): 4; (29 April 1985): 11; (1 April 1991): B4; (20 April 1992): B1; (14 April 1997): 11.

One Foundation: The History of Grace Mennonite Church of Regina. 1980, 23 pp.

Wiens, Gerald M. "A History of the Grace Mennonite Church in Regina, Saskatchewan." Research paper, 1977, 11 pp. Mennonite Heritage Centre.

Additional Information

Address: 2935 Pasqua Street, Regina, SK S4S 2H4

Phone: 306-584-2555

Website: Grace Mennonite Church

Denominational Affiliations:

Mennonite Church Saskatchewan (1960-present)

Conference of Mennonites in Canada / Mennonite Church Canada (1960-present)

General Conference Mennonite Church (1962-1999)

Pastoral Leaders at Grace Mennonite Church

Name	Years of Service
H. H. Penner	1955-1957
Paul Dyck	1955-1956
Norman Bergen	1956-1959
Edgar Epp	1959-1961
Otto Driedger	1959-1961
Edward Enns	1961
Ramon Jantz	1961-1964
Isaac Epp	1964
Reynold Kipfer	1965-1969
Fred Unruh	1969-1975
Erick Swatzky	1976-1980
Ferd Ediger	1983-1987
Murray Logan	1988 1991
Bruce Hiebert	1989-1990
Karen Martens Zimmerly	1992-2008
Terry Zimmerly	1992-2008
Dan Graber	2009-2016
Rose Graber	2009-2019
Rodney Hennessey	2020-present
Andrew Waithe (Associate)	2013?-present

Grace Mennonite Church Membership

Year	Members
1955	33
1965	95
1975	124
1985	191
1995	199
2000	217
2015	171
2020	170

Author(s)	Marlene Epp
Date Published	July 2021

Cite This Article

MLA style

Epp, Marlene. "Grace Mennonite Church (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. July 2021. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Grace_Mennonite_Church_(Regina,_Saskatchewan,_Canada)&oldid=174977.

APA style

Epp, Marlene. (July 2021). Grace Mennonite Church (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Grace_Mennonite_Church_(Regina,_Saskatchewan,_Canada)&oldid=174977.

---

©1996-2024 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.