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Tofield Mennonite Church
Retrieval numbers: Volumes 967, 1951, 2135.
Title: Tofield Mennonite Church fonds
Dates: 1975-2014
Extent: 16 cm of textual records
Repository: Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives
The Mennonite congregation at Tofield, Alberta was founded in 1936 by recent immigratns from Russia. They began services in 1929 in homes and rented facilities. In 1937 they completed their own meeting house. The congregation was originally known as Schoenwieser Mennonite Gemeinde zu Tofield or the Schönsee Mennonite Church. In 1941 the membership was 96. The membership was 138 in 1947; in 1956 it was 178. In 1960 the name changed to the Tofield Mennonite Church. In 1972 the membership was 142 and in 1990 it was 127; in 2000 it was 124. The leaders of the congregation were: Cornelius Heidebrecht (1931-1935), David Heidebrecht (1933-1956), Peter Regehr (1935-1960), David Boese (1938-1994), Abe D. Heidebrecht (1940-1980), Gerhard Franz (1941-1960), David Regehr (1943-1988), Abram Epp (1944-1960), Johann Neufeld (1945-1974), A. Baergen (1958-1997), John Unrau (1975-1980), Frank Baergen (1979-1997), Jacob Nickel (1981-1982), Eric Rempel (1982-1989), George Schroeder (1988-1989), Merlin Stauffer (1990-1997), Walt Braun (1998-1999), Bob Crosland (2002- ).
This file contains bulletins (1975-2001), congregational meeting minutes (1975-1987), congregational office holders (1975-1987), annual reports (1975-1998), and constitution (1977). The records pertain to the development of the Mennonite congregation Tofield, Alberta after 1975. They document some of the leaders and participants in the congregation.
Tofield Mennonite Church
Tofield Mennonite Church
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Textual records have been deposited on a regular basis at the Mennonite Heritage Centre. Described by Bert Friesen 19 December 2002.