©Mennonite Heritage Centre 2003
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
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1963)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1964)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1965)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1966)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1967)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1968)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1969), Sunday school directory (1969)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1970)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1971)
Volume 104
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1972)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1973), 10th anniversary history booklet (1973)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1974)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1975)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1976)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1977), directory (1977)
Volume 1632
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1978), annual reports (1978)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church 10th anniversary history booklet, pictorial directory (1978), a brief congregational history (1978), newsletters (1978)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1979), budget (1979), list of deceased (1979), annual reports (1979), newsletters (1979)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1980), directory (1980), newsletters (1980)
Volume 1952
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1981), newsletters (1981)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1982), newsletters (1982)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1983), newsletters (1983),
pictorial directory (1983), a brief congregational history (1983)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1984), newsletters (1984)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1985), newsletters (1985)
Volume 2621
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1986), newsletters (1986)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1987), newsletter (1987)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1988), newsletters (1988)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1989)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1990), newsletters (1990), directory
(1990)
Volume 2622
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1991), newsletters (1991)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1992)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1993), congregational office holders list (1993)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1994)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1995)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1996)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1997), Columbia Bible College newsletter (1997)
Volume 3302
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church newsletters (1978)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church newsletters (1979)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church newsletters (1980)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church newsletters (1981)
Volume 4433
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1998)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (1999)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (2000) (incomplete)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (2003)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (2004)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (2005)
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church bulletins (2007)