Hours
Generally 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Monday to Friday. An appointment in advance is recommended.
Contact
Mennonite Archives of OntarioConrad Grebel University College
140 Westmount Road North
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G6
Phone: 519-885-0220 x24238
Title: Pioneer Park Christian Fellowship fonds
Dates of creation: 1899-2010
Physical description: 90 cm of textual records
Administrative history: The church is located at 68 Biehn Drive, Kitchener, Ontario. The congregation has been affiliated with the Mennonite Conference of Ontario (1842-1988), the Mennonite Church (1898-1999), Mennonite Church Eastern Canada (1988-) and Mennonite Church Canada (1995-). The language of worship is English; the transition from German occurred in the late 1800s.
The congregation began services about 1833 and formally organized in 1838. The first building was occupied in 1842. John Stoeckle is considered the founding leader of the group. The congregation originated through immigration from Pennsylvania. The congregation has also been known as Weber Mennonite or Strasburg Mennonite. The name changed to Pioneer Park to identify with the new Kitchener subdivision within which the congregation was now located.
Pastoral leaders who served the Weber/Strasburg/Pioneer Park congregation have included: David Sherk (1838-1840), John Stoeckle (1840-1879), Noah Stauffer (1876-1928), Isaiah Wismer (1906-1933), Jesse B. Martin (1925-1929), Simon Martin (1930-1958), Lester Bauman (1958-1964), Stanley Sauder (1965-1968), Jesse B. Martin (Interim, 1968/69), Darrell D. Jantzi (1969-1985), Rufus Jutzi (Interim, 1985/86), Brian Laverty (1986- )
Custodial history: The Pioneer Park congregation has made periodic donations to the Mennonite Archives of Ontario.
Scope and content: There are four series: Formal records, Informal records, Church bulletins and Newsletter.
Notes:
For further information see: 135th Anniversary 1842-1977. Kitchener, ON: The Church, 1977; L.J. Burkholder, A brief history of the Mennonites in Ontario (1935), 99-100.
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. Original description created February 2002 by Sam Steiner
File list:
1965-1989
1990-2006
26 Sep 2010
2015-2018
Newsletter (March 1984)
Pioneer Park Perspective 1987-Spring, 1989, 1990 (February, June)
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.