New Home Mennonite Church (Westbrook, Minnesota, USA)
The Swiss-German settlers of Westbrook, Minnesota, USA, located five miles north and 22 miles west of Delft, were from Austria. Daniel Hubin, one of these immigrants, was elected as a minister in 1885; he was later ordained by Daniel Brubacher. He served the Westbrook congregation until 1911, when he moved from Westbrook to Butterfield.
The Neue Heimat (New Home) church was accepted into the Northern District Conference of the General Conference Mennonite Church in 1917 with three votes, which indicated that the congregation had more than 60 members.
Leaders of the church included J. J. Dick, H. H. Rupp, and in 1934, H. J. Dick was listed as a minister.
In 1948, the New Home Church asked the Northern District's Evangelization Committee for help. It provided Sunday afternoon services. The congregation arranged for six ministers from the Mountain Lake area to take turns. In addition, traveling evangelists sent by the conference ministered to the group whenever possible.
During the winter months of 1948, furloughed missionary Alvin Fast visited the congregation once a month. By then, the congregation was composed mostly of retired farmers who had moved to town.
In 1951, the Northern District's statistical report said the church was inactive, having had only two services that year. H. H. Rupp passed away in 1955.
Bibliography
"Hubin, Daniel (1854-1944)." Christlicher Bundesbote (29 February 1944): 14. Web. https://mla.bethelks.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Hubin,_Daniel_(1854-1944).
Rich, Willis. "A visit to Westbrook." The Mennonite (5 October 1943): 13.
Schmidt, Diena, ed. The Northern District Conference of the General Conference Mennonite Church 1891-1991. Freeman, S.D.: The Conference, 1991: 60-61.
Additional Information
Address: Westbrook, Minnesota
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Denominational Affiliations: Northern District Conference
General Conference Mennonite Church
Pastoral Leaders at New Home Mennonite Church
| Name | Years of Service |
|---|---|
| Daniel Hubin (1854-1944) | 1885-1911 |
| Henry H. "H. H." Rupp (1882-1955) | 1914-1947? |
| Edwin E. "E. E." Hubin (1885-1961) | 1949?-1950 |
New Home Mennonite Church Membership
| Year | Members |
|---|---|
| 1919 | 60 |
| 1943 | 42 |
| 1950 | 20 |
Original Mennonite Encyclopedia Article
By Harold S. Bender. Copied by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 1112. All rights reserved.
New Home Mennonite Church (General Conference Mennonite), now extinct, was located 2 miles (3.2 km.) south of Westbrook, Cottonwood County, Minnesota, about 30 miles (48 km.) from the Immanuel church at Delft. It was organized in 1881 by immigrants from Galicia. The last record of the group is in 1950 when it had 20 members, the highest membership having been reached in 1945 with 46 members. The first minister was Daniel Huber, the last E. E. Hubin.
| Author(s) | Samuel J Steiner |
|---|---|
| Date Published | August 2023 |
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