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Last updated 29 January 2008

Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Ebenezer Mennonite Church (Abbotsford, B.C.)

Retrieval numbers: Volumes 103, 104, 1632, 1952, 2621, 2622, 3302, 4433.

Title: Ebenezer Mennonite Church fonds
Dates: 1963-2007
Extent: 64 cm of textual records
Repository: Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives

Historical note

The Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church was founded in 1963 with 69 charter members in Abbotsford, B.C. They had their own meeting house from the beginning. This building was expanded in 1964 and again in 1970. The membership was 149 in 1964 and 271 in 1970. Emmanuel Mennonite Church emergedout of this congregation in 1981 to serve the English-language members. In 1984 the membership was 392 and in 2000 it was 486. The leaders of the congregation were: Jake Tilitzky (1963-1977, 1982-1990), Bruno Epp (1977-1981), Arnold Fast (1981-1982), Abe Buhler (1991), Henry Dueck (1992-1996), John Unrau (1997-2000), David Hobson (2001- ), Artur Bergen (2002- ).

Scope and content note

This fonds contains bulletins (1963-1998), directories (1969-1993), 10th anniversary history booklet (1973), brief congregational histories (1973-1983), annual reports (1978-1979), list of deceased (1979), and newsletters (1978-1997). The records pertain to the founding and development of the Mennonite congregation in Abbotsford, B.C. They document some of the leaders and participants in the congregation.

Subject terms

Ebenezer Mennonite Church (Abbotsford, B.C.)

Creators

Ebenezer Mennonite Church (Abbotsford, B.C.)

Adjunct descriptive data

Finding aids

Inventory file list available.

Notes

Restrictions on access

No restrictions on access.

Other notes

Textual records have been deposited by the congregation at the Mennonite Heritage Centre. Described by Bert Friesen 22 January 2003.

Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church (Abbotsford, BC) fonds file list:

Volume 103

  1. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1963)
  2. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1964)
  3. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1965)
  4. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1966)
  5. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1967)
  6. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1968)
  7. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1969), Sunday school directory (1969)
  8. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1970)
  9. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1971)

Volume 104

  1. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1972)
  2. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1973), 10th anniversary history booklet (1973)
  3. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1974)
  4. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1975)
  5. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1976)
  6. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1977), directory (1977)

Volume 1632

  1. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1978), annual reports (1978)
  2. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church 10th anniversary history booklet, pictorial directory (1978), a brief congregational history (1978), newsletters (1978)
  3. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1979), budget (1979), list of deceased (1979), annual reports (1979), newsletters (1979)
  4. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1980), directory (1980), newsletters (1980)

Volume 1952

  1. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1981), newsletters (1981)
  2. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1982), newsletters (1982)
  3. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1983), newsletters (1983), pictorial directory (1983), a brief congregational history (1983)
  4. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1984), newsletters (1984)
  5. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1985), newsletters (1985)

Volume 2621

  1. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1986), newsletters (1986)
  2. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1987), newsletter (1987)
  3. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1988), newsletters (1988)
  4. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1989)
  5. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1990), newsletters (1990), directory (1990)

Volume 2622

  1. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1991), newsletters (1991)
  2. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1992)
  3. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1993), congregational office holders list (1993)
  4. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1994)
  5. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1995)
  6. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1996)
  7. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1997), Columbia Bible College newsletter (1997)

Volume 3302

  1. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church newsletters (1978)
  2. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church newsletters (1979)
  3. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church newsletters (1980)
  4. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church newsletters (1981)

Volume 4433

  1. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1998)
  2. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1999)
  3. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (2000) (incomplete)
  4. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (2003)
  5. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (2004)
  6. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (2005)
  7. Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (2007)