©Mennonite Heritage Centre 2002
Last updated April 17, 2002
Title: Martensville Mennonite Mission Church (Saskatchwan) fonds
Dates: 1959-1987
Extent: 20 cm of textual records
The Conference of Mennonites in Canada Mission Board supported a church planting in Martensville beginning in the late 1950s. In 1960 a congregation was formed named the Martensville Mennonite Mission Church. It grew steadily. The membership was 32 in 1966. By 1980 it had reached 106. It became the Martensville Mennonite Church in 1986. In 1990 the membership stood at 127 when it decided to withdraw from the Mennonite conference. The leaders of the congregation were: Edwin Giesbrecht (1960-1966), Harry Dyck (1967-1971), Jacob Loewen (1972), Jake Gerbrandt (1973), Rudy Froese (1974-1984), Dennis Friesen (1985, 1989), Arnold Kornelson (1986-1989).
This fonds consists of the weekly Sunday bulletins (1963-1987), some correspondence (1959-1966) and a few reports (1959-[196-]. The records pertain to the development of the Mennonite congregation and document its activities.
Inventory file list available.
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Textual records were deposited by the congregation at the Mennonite Heritage Centre. Described by Bert Friesen 20 February 2002.