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Bridgeport, formerly a village near [[Kitchener-Waterloo (Ontario, Canada)|Kitchener]], [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], was annexed to Kitchener in 1973. A short distance from Bridgeport was located the [[Bridgeport Union Church (Bridgeport, Ontario, Canada)|Union church]], built in 1848, in which Mennonites, [[Church of the United Brethren in Christ|United Brethren]], and Lutherans at various times held services. Perhaps as early as 1890, Mennonites conducted Sunday school in the church and a few years later had preaching services there every four weeks, although they never organized a congregation. Around 1918 Mennonite meetings were discontinued and the work closed. | Bridgeport, formerly a village near [[Kitchener-Waterloo (Ontario, Canada)|Kitchener]], [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], was annexed to Kitchener in 1973. A short distance from Bridgeport was located the [[Bridgeport Union Church (Bridgeport, Ontario, Canada)|Union church]], built in 1848, in which Mennonites, [[Church of the United Brethren in Christ|United Brethren]], and Lutherans at various times held services. Perhaps as early as 1890, Mennonites conducted Sunday school in the church and a few years later had preaching services there every four weeks, although they never organized a congregation. Around 1918 Mennonite meetings were discontinued and the work closed. | ||
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Revision as of 18:50, 20 August 2013
Bridgeport, formerly a village near Kitchener, Ontario, was annexed to Kitchener in 1973. A short distance from Bridgeport was located the Union church, built in 1848, in which Mennonites, United Brethren, and Lutherans at various times held services. Perhaps as early as 1890, Mennonites conducted Sunday school in the church and a few years later had preaching services there every four weeks, although they never organized a congregation. Around 1918 Mennonite meetings were discontinued and the work closed.
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| Author(s) | Lewis J Burkholder |
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| Date Published | 1953 |
Cite This Article
MLA style
Burkholder, Lewis J. "Bridgeport (Ontario, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 25 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Bridgeport_(Ontario,_Canada)&oldid=76021.
APA style
Burkholder, Lewis J. (1953). Bridgeport (Ontario, Canada). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Bridgeport_(Ontario,_Canada)&oldid=76021.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 428. All rights reserved.
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