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Date(s)
- 1945-2020 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
52 cm of textual records
2 reels of microfilm
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
A worshiping group was officially organized in Carman as a Bergthaler group in 1945. Until 1953 the group was viewed as a mission station of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada with leadership provided by the Berghtaler Church of Manitoba. In 1954 it became a congregation identified as the Graysville-Carman congregation. In 1962 the Carman part of this congregation was called the Caman Bergthaler Mennonite Church. Sometime after the Bergthaler Church of Manitoba decentralized and dissolved the corporation, the name was changed to Carman Mennonite Church.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
the congregation
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This fonds consists of bulletins, minutes, annual reports, membership lists, and directories which pertain to the history of a Bergthaler Mennonite congregation in Carman. Further, it documents who the leaders and participants were in this congregation. This fonds contains congregational bulletins (1965-2020), financial records (1983-1997), church council meeting minutes (1984-2017), congregational meeting minutes (1945-1959, 1973-1997), annual reports (1973-2019) [some congregational meetings prior to 1973 could be considered annual meeting minutes which had reports referred to or attached], membership lists (1968-1997), and other miscellaneous documents.
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Some German
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Some records were microfilmed in 1980 and 1985.
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By Bert Friesen 21 November 2001; edited by Selenna Wolfe 31 Jan 2019; updated by Selenna Wolfe 15 March 2021.