Clearwater Mennonite Church (Reist, Alberta, Canada)
The Clearwater Mennonite Church, now extinct, was located near Youngstown, in east-central Alberta. The first settlers came to the area in 1910. The church was organized in 1912 by Bishop Norman B. Stauffer. Ordained brethren who served the church were Isaac Miller, M. H. Schmitt and Abe Reist, the latter being ordained there in 1919. Year after year of drought with only an occasional good crop was the cause of the abandonment of this district. The last Mennonite family left in 1924, moving to Tofield, Alberta.
Bibliography
Stauffer, Ezra. History of the Alberta-Saskatchewan Mennonite Conference. 1960: 18.
| Author(s) | Ezra Stauffer |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1953 |
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Stauffer, Ezra. "Clearwater Mennonite Church (Reist, Alberta, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Clearwater_Mennonite_Church_(Reist,_Alberta,_Canada)&oldid=86847.
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Stauffer, Ezra. (1953). Clearwater Mennonite Church (Reist, Alberta, Canada). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Clearwater_Mennonite_Church_(Reist,_Alberta,_Canada)&oldid=86847.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 620. All rights reserved.
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