Windsor United Mennonite Church (Windsor, Ontario, Canada)
The Windsor United Mennonite congregation in Windsor, ON began services in 1927. Jacob H. Janzen is considered the founding leader of the group. The congregation originated through immigration from the Soviet Union in the 1920s.
Membership was included with that of the Essex County United Mennonite Church at Leamington. Ministerial leadership was shared with Rev. Jacob Braun and Rev. Johann Dick.
The congregation met in homes and for a time in a Lutheran church. Minister William Schellenberg served in the 1940s as a non-salaried congregational leader. The congregation dissolved in the 1940s. It had been affiliated with the Conference of United Mennonite Churches in Ontario. The language of worship was German.
Bibliography
Memories: Sixty Years of Mennonite Life in Essex and Kent Counties, 1925-1985. Leamington, ON, 1985, 78 pp.
| Author(s) | Marlene Epp |
|---|---|
| Date Published | January 1989 |
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