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Generally 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Monday to Friday. An appointment in advance is recommended.
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Mennonite Archives of OntarioConrad Grebel University College
140 Westmount Road North
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G6
Phone: 519-885-0220 x24238
Title: Hamilton Mennonite Church fonds
Dates of creation: 1961-2010
Physical description: 40 cm of textual records
Administrative history: The Hamilton Mennonite congregation, located at 143 Lower Horning Road, Hamilton, Ontario, began services in 1952, and formally organized in 1956. The first building was occupied in 1954 with a new building in 1965. A subsequent building program followed in 1991. Gerhard Peters is considered the founding leader of the group. The congregation originated through urbanization from rural Ontario in 1952 and earlier outreach by the Conference of Mennonites in Canada
The congregation has been affiliated with the Conference of United Mennonite Churches in Ontario (1959-1988), the Conference of Mennonites in Canada / Mennonite Church Canada (1963-), the General Conference Mennonite Church (1965-1999) and Mennonite Conference of Eastern Canada (1988-). The language of worship is English; language transition from German occurred in the 1950s.
The leaders of the congregation have been: Gerhard & Justina Peters (1952-1962), Herman & Estelle Enns (1962-1974), Gary & Elizabeth Gerber (1975-1983), Eleanor and David Epp-Stobbe (1985-1991), David Epp-Stobbe (1991-1996), Julianna and Philip Bender (1997-2004), Ardith Frey (Interim, 2004/2005), Steve Schumm (August 2005-2009), Glyn Jones (Interim, 2009/10), Alissa Bender (2010- )
Custodial history: Periodic donations have been made by the congregation to the Mennonite Archives of Ontario
Scope and content: There are four series: Formal records, Informal records, Church bulletins and Newsletter.
Notes: Original description created April 2004 by Sam Steiner.
For photographs related to this congregation search the Mennonite Archival Image Database.
For sound recordings related to this congregation, see Hist.Mss.9.25.
Further materials related to this congregation may be found by searching the Archives.
An encyclopedia entry for this congregation may be found in GAMEO.
File list:
1962-1992, 1996-2019, 2022
1989-1992, 1993 (incomplete)
Generally 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Monday to Friday. An appointment in advance is recommended.
Phone: 519-885-0220 x24238
Conrad Grebel University College
140 Westmount Road North
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G6
519-885-0220
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Conrad Grebel University College is situated on the traditional territory of the Attawandaron (Neutral), Anishinaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples. Read Grebel's full territorial acknowledgement.