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The interior of the Listowel Mennonite Church.
Source: Church website.

Listowel Mennonite Church began services on 28 April 1963 with three families. The congregation originated as a church plant by the Mennonite Conference of Ontario because of Mennonite families were moving into the Listowel area to purchase inexpensive agricultural land. Their first services were held in the Listowel Memorial Arena auditorium. In the fall of 1963 the growing congregation moved to a building vacated by the Pentecostal Church which was moving to larger quarters. The congregation formally organized in 1964 and held a ground-breaking service for its new building in October 1965. Amsey Martin, who was also the pastor at Glen Allan Mennonite Church in 1963, served as the founding pastor of the congregation. The building was occupied in 1966 with a subsequent building program in 1981.

Amsey Martin is considered the founding leader of the group. The congregation originated through outreach by the Mennonite Conference of Ontario and the Western Ontario Mennonite Conference.

Bibliography

Author(s)	Richard D Thiessen
Date Published	May 2013

Dyck, Norm. "Update to Listowel Mennonite Church." Personal e-mail (9 May 2013).

Listowel Mennonite Church. "Our History." Web. 10 May 2013.http://www.lmchurch.ca/history.html

Mennonite Reporter (11 January 1982): 4.

Steiner, Sam. "Listowel Mennonite Church (Listowel, ON)." Mennonite Archives of Ontario. December 1999. Web. 10 May 2013. https://uwaterloo.ca/mennonite-archives-ontario/congregations/listowel-mennonite-church-listowel.

Weber, Linda. "A Brief History of Bethel, Berea, Moorefield, Glen Allan, and Listowel." Research paper, Conrad Grebel College, 1971, 37 pp.

Archival Records

Mennonite Archives of Ontario, Waterloo, ON: Listowel Mennonite Church (https://uwaterloo.ca/mennonite-archives-ontario/congregations/listowel-mennonite-church-listowel).

Additional Information

Address: 465 Maitland Avenue South, Listowel, ON N4W 2M7

Phone: 519-291-2350

Website: Listowel Mennonite Church

Denominational Affiliations:

Mennonite Conference of Ontario (1971-1988)

Mennonite Church (1971-1999)

Mennonite Church Eastern Canada (1988-present)

Conference of Mennonites in Canada / Mennonite Church Canada (1995-present)

Listowel Mennonite Church Leading Ministers

Minister	Years of Service
Amsey Martin	1963-1970
Jesse B. Martin (interim)	1970-1971
Ray Erb	1971-1976
Rufus Jutzi (interim)	1976-1977
Brian Laverty	1977-1986
Doris & Rod Weber (interim)	1986-1987
Gordon Martin (interim)	1988
Jock & Pam Tolmay	1988-1991
Jock Tolmay	1991-1992
Richard Yordy (interim)	1992-1993
Fred Lichti	1993-2010
Nancy Brubaker	2010-2011
Norm Dyck	2011-January 2018
Clare Lebold (Interim Supply)	March 2018-present

Associate Pastors have included Amanda Zehr (2012-June 2016), Terry Lesser (2009-2011), Tyler Jantzi (2006-2009), Beth Ann Lichti (2004-2006), and Ruth Ann Carter (2000-2003).

Listowel Mennonite Church Membership

Year	Members
1965	26
1975	128
1985	193
1995	174
2000	183
2008	249
2015	193

Cite This Article

MLA style

Thiessen, Richard D. "Listowel Mennonite Church (Listowel, Ontario, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. May 2013. Web. 16 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Listowel_Mennonite_Church_(Listowel,_Ontario,_Canada)&oldid=157035.

APA style

Thiessen, Richard D. (May 2013). Listowel Mennonite Church (Listowel, Ontario, Canada). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 16 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Listowel_Mennonite_Church_(Listowel,_Ontario,_Canada)&oldid=157035.

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