Surrey Mennonite Church (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)
Surrey Mennonite Church, a ministry serving the needs of Japanese immigrants, had its beginning through the efforts of retired missionary Anna Dyck. Tsutomu and Miwako Tada, who had immigrated to Canada in 1982 from two Mennonite churches in Japan and were acquainted with Dyck, challenged her to begin planting a Mennonite church in Surrey when Dyck retired to the area after serving in Japan for 38 years.
Through outreach efforts by the Conference of Mennonites in British Columbia, Surrey Mennonite Church began services in 1992. Former missionaries to Japan George and Martha Janzen gave early leadership to the group after their retirement in 1995. Taiwanese and Korean immigrants as well as Japanese have been part of the congregation.
Dyck remained active with Surrey Mennonite until she moved to Drake, Saskatchewan in 1998. At that time Takahiko Yoshiyuki was called to be pastor. After a year, differences in vision for the congregation led to a division and the beginning of the Mennonite Japanese Christian Fellowship, which Yoshiyuki left to lead. When long-term missionaries Peter and Mary Derksen returned to BC from service in Japan in 2000, they also pastored Surrey Mennonite alongside the Janzens until 2008.
In recent years the church was small, with only five members. Formerly they met in the facilities of Living Hope Christian Fellowship in Surrey, but in September 2011 they began to meet in the home of congregational chairperson Harry (Hiroshi) Takeda. The group had no pastor, but at weekly worship services they often listened to recorded sermons by George Janzen or Peter Derksen.
In 2015 the congregation closed.
The congregation was also known as Surrey Japanese Mennonite Church.
Bibliography
CMC Nexus (May 1996): 14-15.
Additional Information
Address: 12246 100th Avenue, Surrey, BC V3V 2X1
Phone: 604-583-2383
Denominational Affiliations:
Mennonite Church British Columbia (1992-2015)
Mennonite Church Canada (1999-2015)
Surrey Mennonite Church Membership
| Year | Members |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 11 |
| 2000 | 12 |
| 2005 | 9 |
| 2010 | 16 |
| 2015 | 4 |
Maps
Map:Surrey Mennonite Church, Surrey, BC
| Author(s) | Amy Dueckman |
|---|---|
| Date Published | February 2016 |
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Dueckman, Amy. "Surrey Mennonite Church (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. February 2016. Web. 23 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Surrey_Mennonite_Church_(Surrey,_British_Columbia,_Canada)&oldid=167606.
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