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[[File:Atlantic.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Source: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Canada_Atlantic_provinces_map.png Wikipedia Commons]'']]     <h3>1990 Article</h3> Atlantic Provinces (also known as Atlantic Canada) are the four eastern provinces of [[Canada|Canada]]: Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, which borders on Maine and Quebec. The term <em>Maritime Provinces</em> does not normally include Newfoundland. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia became part of the Dominion of Canada in the Confederation of 1867. Prince Edward Island joined Canada in 1873, and Newfoundland in 1949. The Atlantic Provinces are noted for their deep-sea fisheries, good farming areas, and exceptional tourist attractions. The combined population (estimated) in 1997 was 2,410,700 (population according to 1996 census: 2,333,764).
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== 1990 Article ==
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Atlantic Provinces (also known as Atlantic Canada) are the four eastern provinces of [[Canada|Canada]]: Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, which borders on Maine and Quebec. The term <em>Maritime Provinces</em> does not normally include Newfoundland. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia became part of the Dominion of Canada in the Confederation of 1867. Prince Edward Island joined Canada in 1873, and Newfoundland in 1949. The Atlantic Provinces are noted for their deep-sea fisheries, good farming areas, and exceptional tourist attractions. The combined population (estimated) in 1997 was 2,410,700 (population according to 1996 census: 2,333,764).
  
 
Mennonites first came to the Atlantic Provinces in 1954, when [[Taves, Harvey W. (1926-1965)|Harvey Taves]] brought [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee]] (MCC) Voluntary Service workers to Newfoundland as teachers and nurses. In the same year [[Janzen, Siegfried (1920-2005)|Siegfried and Margaret Janzen]] brought their family to Nova Scotia. In 1998 there were five Mennonite churches. Four were related to the [[Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches|Mennonite Brethren]] (Lower Sackville and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and Moncton and Campbellton, New Brunswick), and one, at Petitcodiac, New Brunswick, was related to the [[Mennonite Church Eastern Canada|Mennonite Conference of Eastern Canada]] (part of the [[Western Ontario Mennonite Conference|Western Ontario Mennonite Conference]] [MC] until integration in 1988).
 
Mennonites first came to the Atlantic Provinces in 1954, when [[Taves, Harvey W. (1926-1965)|Harvey Taves]] brought [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee]] (MCC) Voluntary Service workers to Newfoundland as teachers and nurses. In the same year [[Janzen, Siegfried (1920-2005)|Siegfried and Margaret Janzen]] brought their family to Nova Scotia. In 1998 there were five Mennonite churches. Four were related to the [[Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches|Mennonite Brethren]] (Lower Sackville and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and Moncton and Campbellton, New Brunswick), and one, at Petitcodiac, New Brunswick, was related to the [[Mennonite Church Eastern Canada|Mennonite Conference of Eastern Canada]] (part of the [[Western Ontario Mennonite Conference|Western Ontario Mennonite Conference]] [MC] until integration in 1988).
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Mennonites in the Atlantic Provinces (MAP) was launched by Dr. Peter Penner in 1975 in order to provide an informal association for an annual retreat designed for fellowship and inspiration around a common [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] and Mennonite heritage.
 
Mennonites in the Atlantic Provinces (MAP) was launched by Dr. Peter Penner in 1975 in order to provide an informal association for an annual retreat designed for fellowship and inspiration around a common [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] and Mennonite heritage.
  
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<h3>2010 Update</h3> In 2009 there were 6 Mennonite Brethren congregations in the Maritime Provinces with a total membership of 304:
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== 2010 Update ==
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In 2009 there were four Mennonite Brethren congregations in the Maritime Provinces with a total membership of 110:
  
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</th> <th>Congregation</th> </tr>  <tr> <td>Campbellton</td> <td>New Brunswick
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</td> <td>[[Restigouche Valley Church (Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada))|Restigouche Valley Church]]
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</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Moncton</td> <td>New Brunswick
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</td> <td>The Pool
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</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Riverview</td> <td>New Brunswick
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|[[Gateway Community Church (Lower Saskville, Nova Scotia, Canada)|Gateway Community Church]]
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|Lower Sackville
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</td> <td>[[River of Life Mennonite Brethren Church (Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada))|River of Life Mennonite Brethren Church]]
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|Nova Scotia
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</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Halifax
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|[[River of Life Mennonite Brethren Church (Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada))|River of Life MB Church]]
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|Riverview
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|New Brunswick
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</td> <td>Manna Ministries
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|The Pool
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|Moncton
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</td> <td>Nova Scotia
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</td> <td>[[Gateway Community Church (Lower Saskville, Nova Scotia, Canada) |Gateway Community Church]]
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|The Well
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|Nova Scotia
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| style="text-align: right;" |25
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|'''Totals'''
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= Bibliography =
 
= Bibliography =
 
<em class="gameo_bibliography">Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches Yearbook</em> (1996): 198.
 
<em class="gameo_bibliography">Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches Yearbook</em> (1996): 198.
  
 
<em class="gameo_bibliography">Mennonite Reporter</em> 4 (8 July 1974), (22 July 1974), (5 August 1974); 5 (3 March 1975).
 
<em class="gameo_bibliography">Mennonite Reporter</em> 4 (8 July 1974), (22 July 1974), (5 August 1974); 5 (3 March 1975).
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1990 Article

Atlantic Provinces (also known as Atlantic Canada) are the four eastern provinces of Canada: Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, which borders on Maine and Quebec. The term Maritime Provinces does not normally include Newfoundland. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia became part of the Dominion of Canada in the Confederation of 1867. Prince Edward Island joined Canada in 1873, and Newfoundland in 1949. The Atlantic Provinces are noted for their deep-sea fisheries, good farming areas, and exceptional tourist attractions. The combined population (estimated) in 1997 was 2,410,700 (population according to 1996 census: 2,333,764).

Mennonites first came to the Atlantic Provinces in 1954, when Harvey Taves brought Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Voluntary Service workers to Newfoundland as teachers and nurses. In the same year Siegfried and Margaret Janzen brought their family to Nova Scotia. In 1998 there were five Mennonite churches. Four were related to the Mennonite Brethren (Lower Sackville and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and Moncton and Campbellton, New Brunswick), and one, at Petitcodiac, New Brunswick, was related to the Mennonite Conference of Eastern Canada (part of the Western Ontario Mennonite Conference [MC] until integration in 1988).

In the 1980s two colonies of conservative Mennonites planted themselves in Nova Scotia. More then 30 families of the Kleine Gemeinde from Belize settled at Northfield (25 miles or 42 kilometres from Truro). Several families of the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, purchased farms near Tatamagouche.

Other Mennonite institutions are in place also. MCC (Canada) supported MCC services in the Maritimes beginning in 1982. At the same time MCC renewed an earlier mandate to serve needy areas in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Mennonites in the Atlantic Provinces (MAP) was launched by Dr. Peter Penner in 1975 in order to provide an informal association for an annual retreat designed for fellowship and inspiration around a common Anabaptist and Mennonite heritage.

2010 Update

In 2009 there were four Mennonite Brethren congregations in the Maritime Provinces with a total membership of 110:

Congregation City Province Members Average Weekly

Attendance

Gateway Community Church Lower Sackville Nova Scotia 50 45
River of Life MB Church Riverview New Brunswick 31 50
The Pool Moncton New Brunswick 29 45
The Well Dartmouth Nova Scotia 0 25
Totals 110 165

Bibliography

Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches Yearbook (1996): 198.

Mennonite Reporter 4 (8 July 1974), (22 July 1974), (5 August 1974); 5 (3 March 1975).


Author(s) Peter Penner
Date Published December 2016

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Penner, Peter. "Atlantic Provinces (Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. December 2016. Web. 19 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Atlantic_Provinces_(Canada)&oldid=141804.

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Penner, Peter. (December 2016). Atlantic Provinces (Canada). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Atlantic_Provinces_(Canada)&oldid=141804.



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