Carman Mennonite Church (Carman, Manitoba, Canada)

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Carman Mennonite Church
Carman Mennonite Church Source: Carman/Dufferin Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee website

Carman Mennonite Church began services and organized in 1945. Mennonite families settled in the Carman, Manitoba area after the immigration movement in the 1920s and during the 1930s attempts were made by the Mennonite families to worship together. A group was officially organized as a Bergthaler group in 1945 and in 1954, it became a congregation. During these years, a meeting house was completed and leadership was provided by the Bergthaler Lehrdienst and the Home Mission Board of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada. Until 1953 Carman was still considered a mission station of the Canadian conference. When it became a congregation, it was known as the Graysville-Carman congregation. The leaders of the Graysville part of the group were Franz Letkemann and J. Janzen. In 1962 it became known as the Carman Bergthaler Mennonite Church. A larger meeting house was completed in 1982.

In 2023 the congregation voted to withdraw from Mennonite Church Manitoba and Mennonite Church Canada effective 1 September 2023.

Bibliography

Braun, Braun. "The Carman Mennonite Church, 1945-1985." Unpublished Research Paper, CMBC, 1985, 29 pp. Mennonite Heritage Centre.

Klassen-Wiebe, Nicolien. "MC Manitoba re-imagines church together at annual gathering." Canadian Mennonite 27, no. 6 (24 March 2023): 24.

______. "Two congregations withdraw from MC Manitoba." Canadian Mennonite 27, no. 9 (5 May 2023): 22-23.

Additional Information

Location:: 105 Main Street, Carman, Manitoba (Co-ordinates 49.512222 -98.001111)

Address: Box 267, Carman, MB R0G 0J0

Phone: 204-745-3837

Website: Carman Mennonite Church

Denominational Affiliations:

Mennonite Church Manitoba (1954-2023)

Mennonite Church Canada (1954-2023)

Carman Mennonite Church Pastors

Name Years of Service
Henry Funk 1949-1954
Frank Thiessen 1956-1958
Daniel Doell 1960-1963
Alfred Heinrichs 1963-1964
Henry Isaak 1965-1971
David Klassen 1972-1973
David Friesen 1974-1978
David Klassen 1979
Ed Pries 1980-1981
David Klassen 1982
John Krahn 1983-1991
Cornie Thiessen 1992
Marvin Friesen 1993-1996
Dave Wilson 1997-2000
Bob Pauls 2000-2017
Karen Schellenberg (associate 2012-17) 2017-2018
Rachel Siemens 2018-2021
Rudy Franz (Intentional Interim) 2021-2022

Carman Mennonite Church Membership

Year Members
1965 30
1975 88
1985 162
1995 206
2000 127
2009 155
2020 157


Author(s) Marlene Epp
Date Published April 2023

Cite This Article

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Epp, Marlene. "Carman Mennonite Church (Carman, Manitoba, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. April 2023. Web. 9 Oct 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Carman_Mennonite_Church_(Carman,_Manitoba,_Canada)&oldid=175794.

APA style

Epp, Marlene. (April 2023). Carman Mennonite Church (Carman, Manitoba, Canada). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 9 October 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Carman_Mennonite_Church_(Carman,_Manitoba,_Canada)&oldid=175794.




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