Nordheim Mennonite Church (Winnipegosis, Manitoba, Canada)
Mennonite immigrants from Russia settled in the Winnipegosis and Fork River areas of Manitoba in the 1920s. A meeting was held on 18 February 1931, organized by Ältester Johan P. Bueckert. The meeting agreed that the families would meet for Bible study and take turns reading sermons to the group every Sunday. A Sunday school for the children was established with Johann Warkentin elected as a teacher. The families also agreed to teach their children the High German language.
In 1933 the group formally organized as a congregation. The congregation's first building, a log meetinghouse, was occupied in 1935, with a subsequent building program in 1964. Ältester J. Bückert who remained a resident of Gretna served as their intitial leader. In 1953 C. C. Janzen became their 'resident' Ältester. Because of its geographic isolation from the rest of the conference congregations, it did not become too involved in conference activities but rather concentrated its efforts on a local camping programme.
The language of worship is English; the transition from German occurred in the 1960s.
Bibliography
Baerg, Heather. "Congregational Research: History of the Nordheim Mennonite Church of Manitoba, Winnipegosis, Manitoba, 1931-1978." Research paper, Canadian Mennonite Bible College, 1978, 20 pp. Mennonite Heritage Centre.
Braun, Will. "Life on the geographic fringes of MC Canada." Canadian Mennonite 24, no. 3 (29 January 2020). Web. https://canadianmennonite.org/stories/life-geographic-fringes-mc-canada.
Archival Records
Church records at Mennonite Heritage Centre.
Additional Information
Address: Box 337, 225 George Street, Winnipegosis, Manitoba R0L 2G0
Phone: 204-0656-4387
Website: https://www.facebook.com/NordheimMennoniteChurch/
Denominational Affiliations:
Pastoral Leaders at Nordheim Mennonite Church
| Name | Years of Service |
|---|---|
| Cornelius C. Janzen | 1953-1979 |
| Abram Bergen | 1933-1965 |
| Henry Klassen | 1959-1996 |
| Jake Wiebe | 1959-1998 |
| Gerhard Goertzen | 1934-1936 |
| Jacob Martens | 1933-1941 |
| Glenn Nickerson | 1981-1984 |
| Dan Rempel | 1984-1989 |
| George Oosterveld | 1989-1990 |
| David Wiebe | 1993 |
| Don Read | 1994-1999 |
| Abe Krahn | 2000-2010 |
| Andrew Wiens | 2010-present |
Membership at Nordheim Mennonite Church
| Year | Membership |
|---|---|
| 1933 | 33 |
| 1950 | 70 |
| 1965 | 93 |
| 1975 | 88 |
| 1985 | 116 |
| 1995 | 107 |
| 2000 | 105 |
| 2020 | 50 |
| Author(s) | Cornelius C Janzen |
|---|---|
| Marlene Epp | |
| Date Published | June 2021 |
Cite This Article
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Janzen, Cornelius C and Marlene Epp. "Nordheim Mennonite Church (Winnipegosis, Manitoba, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. June 2021. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Nordheim_Mennonite_Church_(Winnipegosis,_Manitoba,_Canada)&oldid=177811.
APA style
Janzen, Cornelius C and Marlene Epp. (June 2021). Nordheim Mennonite Church (Winnipegosis, Manitoba, Canada). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Nordheim_Mennonite_Church_(Winnipegosis,_Manitoba,_Canada)&oldid=177811.
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