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- 1930-2005 (Creation)
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9 cm of textual records
73 photographs
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Administrative history
The Bethel Mennonite Church was founded in 1936 in the Aldergrove area of Langley, B.C. It was called the Coghlan Mennonite Church until 1951. Families had moved into the area by the early 1930s from the prairies. The first meeting house was completed in 1937. In 1939 the membership was 38. In 1944 the meeting house was expanded and again in 1948. After W.W.II there was a major influx of new families causing the membership to rise from 117 in 1947 to 274 in 1960. That number fluctuated somewhat during the next 40 years to be again 274 in 2000. The first Mennonite Bible school in B.C. was begun in 1939 in this church by Nicolai W. Bahnmann. The school was later moved to Abbotsford. In 1957 a new meeting house was completed on the same site.
(See GAMEO for list of leaders.)
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Donated by Unknown
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Fonds arranged in the following series:
1) Constitution - 1969, 1980 & History, 1997 - (1 file) - Box 25
2) Correspondence - 1985 - (1 file) - Box 25-
3) Reports - 1975, 1984, 2016, 2020 - (1 file) - Box 25
4) Lists - 1985 - (1 file) - Box 25
5) Publications - 1971-2000; Bulletins - 1985-1987; Directories - 1984-1985, 1992, 1998, 2000 - (1 file) - Box 25
6) Photographs
7) Photo Directories, 1992, 1996 (1 file) Box 25
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- English
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Some records are in German.
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Box 25
Photographs are found in Box P1 Aisle 5 Bay E
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Record created November 26, 2007
Record modified February 26, 2015
Record modified November 25, 2021, LJK
Record updated December 12, 2022, LJK
Record updated June 29, 2023, LJK