Port Hardy Mennonite Fellowship (Port Hardy, British Columbia, Canada)
In 1984 Arno and Liese Penner, members of First Mennonite Church Greendale, moved to Port Hardy on Vancouver Island so that Arno could accept a high school teaching position. Once they arrived, they came into contact with a group of Mennonites that were teaching under the auspices of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) on the Gwa'sala-Nakwaxda'xw First Nation. MCC had started their work on the reserve in 1974 to help deal with high rates of alcoholism.
The Penners asked for help from their parent church to help organize a congregation in Port Hardy, and Helmut Isaak, pastor of the Greendale congregation, agreed. The congregation was assisted by the Greendale congregation as well as by the Mission Committee of the Conference of Mennonites in British Columbia. For the first few years the congregation appreciated the assistance they received from the Mennonite Church but chose to be an independent congregation. However, the fellowship joined the Conference of Mennonites in British Columbia on 12 June 1992. In 1995 there were 24 members.
The congregation ended in 1999 after MCC ended its work in the community. At that time Mary Giesbrecht served as the congregational leader.
Bibliography
Canadian Mennonite (10 May 1999): 16.
Evangelism and Church Development Committee files, Mennonite Church British Columbia Office, Abbotsford, BC.
Mennonite Reporter (30 September 1996): 10.
Additional Information
Denominational Affiliations:
Mennonite Church British Columbia (1992-1999)
Mennonite Church Canada (1992-1999)
| Author(s) | Richard D Thiessen |
|---|---|
| Date Published | March 2012 |
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