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Gormley Missionary Church began as a New Mennonite preaching appointment in the late 1860s or early 1870s under the leadership of Abraham Raymer and John Steckley, who were associated with Daniel Hoch, founder of the New Mennonites. Raymer had been active in the Markham area as an independent Mennonite minister before 1860, and John Steckley began preaching about 1861. The New Mennonites likely met in homes and schoolhouses during the first years.

There was a division in the church in 1908 when the pastor John Ball and a number of families left because the Mennonite Brethren in Christ did not favor the baptism of the Holy Spirit resulting in speaking in tongues. John Ball became a minister in the emerging Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada.

The first building was erected on Stouffville Road in 1873. The New Mennonites, through a series of mergers, were part of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ denomination in 1883 that remained known by that name until 1947. Currently the denomination is the Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada. The original wood frame building was replaced with a brick one in 1931. A major extension which added a fellowship hall, offices, nursery, and foyer was dedicated in 1966.

In 1950 there were 133 members; in 1975, 124; in 1985, 101; in 1995, 90. The congregation has been affiliated with the Mennonite Brethren in Christ, its predecessors and successors since its founding.

Bibliography

Author(s)	Everek R. Storms
	Sam Steiner
Date Published	August 2009

Gormley Missionary Church."Our Story." http://www.gormleychurch.org/about/story.html (accessed 15 August 2009).

Steiner, Sam. "Assurance of Salvation or Faithful Living: Nineteenth Century Ontario Mennonites Engage Pietism." Unpublished paper, 2008.

The Word for 100 years, 1873-1973. Gormley: The Church, 1973.

Additional Information

Address: 120 Gormley Road West, Richmond Hill, Ontario

Phone: 905-887-5846

Website: Gormley Missionary Church

Denominational Affiliation: Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada

Gormley Missionary Church Pastors

Minister	Years
Abraham Raymer
Joseph Raymer	1878-1879
John Steckley
Noah Detwiler
Menno Bowman
Peter Cober	1885-1888
Henry Goudie	1889-1892
David Shantz	1892-1894
Henry Wismer	1894-1997
A. B. Musselman	1897-1899
Solomon Eby	1899-1901
Silas Cressman	1901-1904
J. E. Fidler	1904-1907
John Ball	1907-1908
Isaac Pike	Until 1908 Conference
C. N. Good	1908-1911
E. Sievenpiper	1911-1915
Milton Bricker	1915-1918
R. Eltherington	1918-1922
Willam Yates	1922-1926
C. T. Sinden	1926-1929
Henry Goudie	1929
A. T. Gooding	1929-1934
Gormley/Bethesda Separate Charge
Herb Shantz	1934-1938
Isaac Brubacher	1938-1942
Ward M. Shantz	1942-1943
Frank Huson	1943-1947
Percy R. Barley	1947-1949
Lloyd K. Sider	1949-1952
Clarence E. Hunking	1952-1963
Gormley/Bethesda Joined
Lloyd K. Sider	1963-1968
Harvey Hallman	1968-1971
Eldon Boettger	1971-1975
Cecil Rosenberger	1975-1980
Edwin Sparks	1980-1987
Peter Gibbins	1987-1990
Tim Soukup	1990-1998
Brian Waugh	1999-2004
Craig Arbon	2004-

Maps

Map:Gormley Missionary Church (Richmond Hill, Ontario)

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Storms, Everek R. and Sam Steiner. "Gormley Missionary Church (Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. August 2009. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Gormley_Missionary_Church_(Richmond_Hill,_Ontario,_Canada)&oldid=116719.

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Storms, Everek R. and Sam Steiner. (August 2009). Gormley Missionary Church (Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Gormley_Missionary_Church_(Richmond_Hill,_Ontario,_Canada)&oldid=116719.

Gormley Missionary Church (Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada)

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