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to Namaka, Alberta in February 1927. Here he helped to organize the Namaka Evangelical Mennonite Brethren (later Namaka Mennonite Brethren) congregation

and Counsel of the Canadian Mennonite Brethren Conference, Board of Mennonite Brethren Bible College (now Concord College), Mennonite Central Committee,

they returned to Kitchener due to illness. In 1957 the Mennonite Brethren Conference of Alberta invited Henry to work as a city missionary in Calgary and

worship services. With the arrival of other immigrants, including ministers and choir conductors, the Coaldale Mennonite Brethren (MB) Church was organized on

1986 the BC Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches extended a call for him to be the Conference Minister. Rudy retired as conference minister on 31 December

Dick studied at Mennonite Brethren Bible College in Winnipeg 1945-1949. He was ordained as a minister at the North Kildonan Mennonite Brethren Church in Spring

establishing the Swalwell Evangelical Mennonite Brethren congregation at Swalwell, Alberta, serving as its minister from 1927 until May 1944.  Upon their

example of commitment to his faith and of flexibility in adapting to whatever circumstances he encountered. Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches

provide a foundation of faith and commitment for the church in subsequent generations. Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches. “Willms, Abram

was baptized in 1949 and became a member of the Matsqui Mennonite Brethren Church. After graduating from Mennonite Educational Institute in Clearbrook, BC

sharing his faith and remaining full of hope in the love of God. GRANDMA (The Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry) Database, 20.01 ed. Fresno

and Database of Mennonite Ancestry) Database, 6.02 ed. Fresno, CA: California Mennonite Historical Society, 2010: #766722. Mennonite Brethren Herald (6 September

to Christian ministry in both the Canadian Mennonite Brethren Conference and the Canadian Baptist Conference of Western Canada. Following their marriage

1959 the Canadian Mennonite Brethren (MB) Conference Board of Evangelism asked if Henry would be willing to become the first conference evangelist in Canada

The district of Alberta was created in 1882 and in 1905 Alberta became a province of Canada. Alberta has experienced steady growth in terms of its population

bodies, Conference of United Mennonite Churches in Ontario (GCM), Mennonite Conference of Ontario and Quebec (MC), and Western Ontario Mennonite Conference

table at the end of this article for more current information on Mennonite Brethren in a number of national conferences. The Mennonite Brethren (MB) Church

Huffman, J. A. History of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church. New Carlisle, Ohio, n.d., 1920. The Test of Time, Indiana Conference 75th Anniversary booklet

. Year Book of the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, 1944- Website: Church of God in Christ, Mennonite Articles of Confession (Church of God in Christ

Ontario Mennonite Conference; Northwest Mennonite Conference; Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches; Quebec Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches;

body with the main body of the Mennonite Church, beginning with the adherence of Amish conferences to the Mennonite General Conference in 1898 ff. and to the

Board of Foreign Missions of The Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church of North America, 1950. Toews, John A. History of the Mennonite Brethren Church

Anniversary: Publication of Mennonite Brethren Bible College, 1944-1969. Winnipeg: Mennonite Brethren Bible College, 1969. Canadian Mennonite University MLA style

The Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Conference was organized 14 October 1889, under the name Conference of United Mennonite Brethren in North America (Konference

government loaned the Mennonite immigrants nearly $100,000, guaranteed by the Mennonite Aid Committee of Ontario, to which the latter added some of its own funds

superintendent. "Sunday Schools were not general among Mennonites in the days of the organization of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church, but began early to be looked

Affiliations: Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches

Columbia Provincial Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches and 35 with Mennonite Church British Columbia, the provincial level of the Mennonite Church Canada

established in 1917 under the auspices of the General Conference, Evangelical Mennonite Brethren, and Mennonite Brethren congregations in the area, but in 1949

Dueck, Gustav. Chortitzer Mennonite Conference, 1874-1990. Steinbach, MB: Chortitzer Mennonite Conference, 2004. Mennonite World Handbook (MWH), ed. Paul

President and the Minister of Agriculture. Wiebe, a son of the founder of the Krimmer Mennonite Brethren Church, Jacob A. Wiebe, formerly mayor of Herbert, SK

Canadian (1977-1980) Mennonite Brethren Conferences as moderator. He also served on the Canadian Mennonite Brethren Conference Board of Reference and Council

Committee of the Board of Higher Education, Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches, 1981. Toews, John A. A History of the Mennonite Brethren Church:

called Evangelical Mennonite Church (Canada) and in 1960 Evangelical Mennonite Conference, originated in 1814 in the Molotschna Mennonite settlement in Russia

Midwest Mennonite Fellowship grew out of a number of ministers' desire for fellowship for themselves and their congregations along with the need of a winter

(Hutchinson), est. 1948, is inter-Mennonite (General Conference Mennonite, Krimmer Mennonite Brethren [KMB], Mennonite Brethren [MB]), as are Meade Bible Academy

his years of ministry Herman Lenzmann was deeply involved in the affairs of the Mennonite Brethren Conference. In addition to being moderator of the British

Denominational Affiliations: Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1929-present) Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1929-present)

the closure of the Coaldale Bible School in 1965, the Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches joined the Saskatchewan MB Conference in the sponsorship

elected to the General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches Board of Reference and Counsel in 1945, to the Mennonite Brethren Board of Foreign Missions

Affiliations: Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches

in the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches, and he also worked as a resource person and minister with Mennonite Brethren Missions/Services

worship. Other Mennonite bodies such as the General Conference Mennonite Church, the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren, the Evangelical Mennonite Church, the

Coaldale Mennonite Brethren Church. After graduation he farmed in Alberta and taught for eight years at the Bethesda Bible School in Gem, Alberta. In 1942

various Mennonite Brethren Conference ministries, notably being a long-term member of the Missions Board. Since all his church and conference work was

Fresno, CA: Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies, 1995. Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies (Fresno, California): "Johann A. & Margaretha Toews Papers."

Denominational Affiliations: Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1963-present) Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1963-present)

Affiliation: Conference of Mennonites in Alberta (1928-2001) Conference of Mennonites in Canada / Mennonite Church Canada (1929-2001) General Conference Mennonite

Churches (1934-present) Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1934-present) General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1934-2002) MLA style

Gerhard. Remember Our Leaders: Conference of Mennonites in Canada 1902-1977. Clearbrook, BC: The Mennonite Historical Society of British Columbia, 1982. MLA

File Box 992.1. Minutes of the Yarrow Mennonite Brethren Church. Archives of the Mennonite Historical Society of British Columbia, Abbotsford, BC: File

God in Christ, Mennonite, Evangelical Mennonite Brethren, Mennonite Brethren, General Conference Mennonite and Allianz Mennonite all of whom settled in the

Canadian Northwest Conference (United Missionary Church) was one of the eight district conferences of this body, formerly the Mennonite Brethren in Christ. Settlers

number of churches should double in a decade. Nick was also a conference leader. As the chair of the Canadian Conference of MB Churches Board of Evangelism

British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches from 1987 to 1995. Under his leadership, thirty-one new churches were started and, of these, thirteen

and Database of Mennonite Ancestry) Database, 21-01 ed. Fresno, CA: " California Mennonite Historical Society, 2021: #385837. "Langley Minister Paul Fast

settling in Morden. Here Johann ministered to the Russian immigrants and was the minister of the Morden Mennonite Brethren Church (now the Westside Community

Springridge Mennonite Church Denominational Affiliations: Mennonite Church Alberta (1928-present) Conference of Mennonites in Canada / Mennonite Church Canada

Denominational Affiliations: Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1956-present) Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1956-present)

Denominational Affiliations: Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1929-present) Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1929-present)

a Bishop of the Alberta-Saskatchewan Mennonite Church Conference. This resulted in two members of the Stirling group asking at the 1946 Alberta-Saskatchewan

in the Mennonite Brethren Church. Hillsboro, KS: Board of Foreign Missions of the Conference of The Mennonite Brethren Church of North America, 1947: 107

British Columbia) in the Coaldale Mennonite Brethren Church, Coaldale, Alberta. Erna was the daughter of Isaac A. Voth (1901-1983) and Susie (Richert) Voth

congregation fellowship with the Mennonite Conference of Ontario. The union of the New Mennonite Church and Solomon Eby’s Reforming Mennonite Society took place at

students and the church, leaving a legacy of commitment for future generations. Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches. “Gerhard D. Huebert.” Web

additional religious instruction from ministers of the City Missions Committee of the Mennonite Brethren Conference. Matrons included Elizabeth Rabsch (1930-1931)

various Mennonite groups and joint services were often held at the Adair Ranch. Eventually the Mennonite Brethren and General Conference Mennonite families

Denominational Affiliations: Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1979-present) Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1979-present)

appointed by the Mennonite Brethren Conference as Secretary for the Board of Welfare and assigned to facilitate the merger of the Boards of Welfare and Missions

first city mission of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ denomination. In October 1885 the first General Conference of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ noted

Klassen ministered together for 40 years with the Mennonite Brethren Church. In 1953, called by the British Columbia Mennonite Brethren Conference, they

before the family relocated to Coaldale, Alberta. Henry was baptized on 25 August 1937 in the Coaldale Mennonite Brethren (MB) Church. In 1941, Henry married

at East Chilliwack Mennonite Brethren Bible School. In January 1956 he was ordained for ministry in the Broadway Mennonite Brethren (MB) Church by Jacob

District Conference (General Conference Mennonite Church). "Missions, Home and Foreign, of the General Conference Mennonite Church." Mennonite Biblical

Schantz (1853-1924), a son of Jacob, was an outstanding leader in the Central Mennonite Conference. Kauffman, Daniel. Mennonite Cyclopedic Dictionary. Scottdale

pastor of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ (MBiC) Church, church magazine editor, and a presiding elder for the Canada Northwest Conference of the MBiC

Denominational Affiliations: Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1988-present) Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1998-present)

Affiliations: Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches

org/details/AHistoryOfTheMennoniteBrethrenChurch. Denominational Affiliation: Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1942-1972) Canadian Conference of Mennonite

1975 to 1982. In 1982, Ben was appointed Conference Minister of the Saskatchewan Mennonite Brethren Conference, and served for three years. After retirement

The Mennonite Brethren Churches that Henry pastored were Leamington Mennonite Brethren Church in Leamington, Ontario, 1959-64, Broadway Mennonite Brethren

Mennonite Brethren congregation east of California, the Mission Board of the Mennonite Brethren, the Mennonite Brethren Publishing House and bookstore,

spiritual roots in the Mennonite Church, in 1923 they were baptized upon confession of their faith and joined the Waldheim Mennonite Brethren Church in Molotschna

focus. He engaged in Biblical training at Mennonite Brethren Bible Institute in Abbotsford, Mennonite Brethren Bible College in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and

Saskatchewan Mennonite Church. In the United States Peter E. Nickel, the former minister of the Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Church, and P. E. Nikkel of Merced

name was represented by four Mennonite Brethren ministers in Kansas and five General Conference Mennonite ministers in Alberta, Ontario, Oregon, and Kansas

Northern District Conference (Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches) in 1928. Dueck, Abe. "Evangelical Mennonite Brethren in Alberta: Bruderthaler

Affiliations: Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1962-1999) Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1964-1999) General Conference of Mennonite

Affiliations: Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1928-2008) Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1928-2008) General Conference of Mennonite

South Park Mennonite Brethren Church. During this time, Theodor Martens also served in the Horndean Mennonite Brethren Church as a minister until health

Columbia Mennonite Brethren Conference leadership, he was one of the founding members of Columbia Bible Camp (now Stillwood Camp and Conference Centre)

chairman of the US Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches; member and President of the Board of Directors for Habitat for Humanity Fresno; and member of

Fifty Years of Faithfulness: A Story of Scott Street Mennonite Brethren Church [1943-1993]. St. Catharines, ON: Scott Street Mennonite Brethren Church, 1993:

Churches (1937-1982) Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1937-1982) General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1937-1982) MLA style Epp

a lasting effect on his family and his community. Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches. “Regehr, Isaac P.” Web.  05 May 2010. http://www

joined the Mennonite Brethren Church west of Marion, and began to publish the Zionsbote, which soon became the official organ of the Mennonite Brethren Church

officially organized and joined the Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches and Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches. They met in rented

Denominational Affiliations: Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1996-present) Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1996-present)

July 2014. Mennonite Brethren Herald (26 October 2001); (November 2014): 27. Denominational Affiliations: Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches

from tuberculosis in December of that year. Maude Chatham remained in Alberta, taking assignments with the Mennonite Brethren in Christ around Didsbury as

and Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary in Fresno, California. In 1953 he accepted a position to teach at the East Chilliwack Mennonite Brethren Bible

University of Alberta. In 1983, the Weinhauer family travelled to West Germany, Switzerland, and Hungary with Word of Life Mission, which was the first of many

Winnipeg, MB: Mennonite Brethren Historical Committee, 1982. MLA style Fast, Ed. "Wiens, David B. (1908-1981)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia

Denominational Affiliations: Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1975-1989) General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1975-1989) MLA style

(Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society). Ontario Mennonite History (Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario). Mennonite Historian (Mennonite Brethren Historical

left this branch of the church and joined the Mennonite Brethren in Christ. Dr. H. R. Bauman (b. 1897) was a General Conference Mennonite (GCM) missionary

program (formerly known as Mennonite Pioneer Mission of the Bergthal Mennonites of Manitoba) of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada (GCM) has worked

moved to Tofield and joined Salem Mennonite Church. Stauffer, Ezra. History of the Alberta-Saskatchewan Mennonite Conference. 1960: 7. MLA style Stauffer,

and Eastern Mennonite College. Numerous local broadcasts were produced by General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Brethren, and Mennonite Church (MC)

in either group. Of the smaller groups the Evangelical Mennonites, the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren, and the Krimmer Mennonite Brethren showed a strong

Influence of Genre in the Mennonite Girls’ Home of Vancouver (1930-60)." Journal of Mennonite Studies 17 (1999): 118-129. Epp, Marlene. “The Mennonite Girls'

Mennoniten-Bruedergemeinde 1860-1954. Hillsboro, KS.: The General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches of North America, 1954. MLA style Toews, Jacob J. and Richard

considerable block of opposition remained where it was still prohibited in the 1950s. In the General Conference Mennonite Church, the Mennonite Brethren Church, and

Daniel Hoch of the New Mennonite Church. He joined the Reforming Mennonites in 1874 and went on to become a leader in the  Mennonite Brethren in Christ denomination

Canadian Mennonites, virtually all from the General Conference Mennonite Church (Conference of Mennonites in Canada) or Mennonite Brethren conferences, and

to Peace Mennonite Church. With the realignment of conferences in early the early 2000s, Peace became part of Mennonite Church USA, and part of the Pacific

board (as in Mennonite Church homes), a district conference (as in Mennonite Brethren homes), or a local committee (as in Canadian Conference homes). Usually

Denominational Affiliations: Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1963-present) Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1963-present)

Website: Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches MLA style Toews, Aron A. and Abram G. Konrad. "Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches

MB Conference as a member of the Board of Higher Education. For six years, he was also a member of the Literary Committee of the General Conference of

teacher of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ (MBiC)/ United Missionary Church/ Missionary Church. He was born 7 January 1906 near Carstairs, Alberta, Canada

east-central Alberta to settlement. This included Mennonites interested in land near the Alberta-Saskatchewan border. It included members of the Mennonite Church

life of the Mennonite Brethren Church, and served as moderator of the Canadian conference (1961-1963; 1964-1966; 1969-1973) and the BC Conference (1967-1969;

from a Brethren in Christ family, they initially attended both Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches. Eventually the Baers chose the Mennonite church

(1932-2012) Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1932-2012) General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1939-2002) MLA style Janzen, H.

Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Church (later Mennonite Brethren), was organized in 1930 out of members of the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren (EMB), Mennonite

moderator, and conference board member. Following his retirement from teaching, he served as interim pastor in the Broadway Mennonite Brethren Church in Chilliwack

my Lord." Four days later, en route to the Canadian Mennonite Brethren Conference in Coaldale, Alberta, Walter, his father-in-law Peter P. Neufeldt, and

Doerksen was elder of the Mennonite Brethren (MB) church at Kotlyarevo, Memrik, Crimea, 1909-26. In 1958 there were 15 Mennonite ministers listed bearing some

Manitoba, Canada), daughter of Jacob H. Peters (1891–1982) and Anna (Bartsch) Peters (1894–1984), in the Greendale Mennonite Brethren (MB) Church. Victor and

Hutterian Brethren, General Conference Mennonites, Mennonites of Paraguay, and the Mennonite Church (MC). The omission of other Mennonite groups is due

Calif.: Board of Faith and Life, General Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches, 1995. Beachy, Alvin J. Worship as Celebration of Covenant and Incarnation

The Jubilee Celebration of Evangelical Mennonite Conference Missions 1953–2003. Steinbach, MB: Evangelical Mennonite Conference, 2003, back cover. Hamm

Affiliations: Conference of Mennonites in British Columbia / Mennonite Church British Columbia (1947-present) Conference of Mennonites in Canada / Mennonite Church

the Development in Canada of the Bergthaler Mennonite Church of Manitoba. Altona: D.W. Friesen for Bergthaler Mennonite Church of Manitoba, 1970. Gerbrandt

the auspices of Manitoba Mennonite Brethren Home Mission’s. After two and a half years, they moved to South America to work with the Board of Welfare in

in the Wymyschle Mennonite Brethren (MB) Church. In 1909 he moved to Millerowo, Russia and apprenticed as a machinist in the factory of Martens, De Fehr

peninsula of Michigan. South Central Mennonite Conference (MC) expanded into the Osage River country of Arkansas and the Alberta-Saskatchewan Conference (MC)

studied at Mennonite Brethren Bible College in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He and Carol began their pastoral ministry at Sawyer Mennonite Brethren Church in the

Missions, The Mennonite Brethren Conference, Inc. Hillsboro, Kan.: Board of Foreign Missions of the Conference of Mennonite Brethren Church of North America, 1954:

five Mennonite groups: "the Evangelical Mennonite Conference of Canada, the Chortitzer Mennonite Conference of Canada, the Evangelical Mennonite Mission

English hymnals, in contrast to the hymnals of the General Conference Mennonite Church and the Mennonite Brethren Church, although good translations have been

the Alberta and Saskatchewan Mennonite Brethren conferences as well as the Saskatchewan Conference of the Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference; and

Dick, C. L. The Mennonite Conference of Alberta: A History of its Churches and Institutions. Edmonton: The Mennonite Conference of Alberta, 1981, 147 pp

the conference. Their recommendation, subsequently implemented by the Mennonite Conference of Ontario,with which the Alberta Mennonite Conference (later

Society of Coaldale, Alberta. A more extensive movement took place in the Mennonite Church (MC). As a result of official conference action Mennonite Aid,

and other more progressive features of church life, the congregation attracted people from Mennonite Brethren, Mennonite Church Canada and other denominations

Gretna (Mennonite Collegiate Institute), and also to act as its inspector of Mennonite schools, most of which were private and much in need of improvement

General Conference - Mennonite Brethren German Church venture in Asuncion. While in Asuncion he also assisted in the organization of the Mennonite Brethren Spanish

growing Mennonite global community of many racial and ethnic strains, the shifting of previous conference boundaries, and the proliferation of inter-Mennonite

Alternative service in Canada during World War II. Canadian Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church, [1959]. Web site: Alternative Service in the Second