Bethel Mennonite Church (Langley, British Columbia)

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Bethel Mennonite Church (Langley, British Columbia)

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  • Coghlan Mennonite Church

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Dates of existence

1936-

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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24687 56th Avenue, Langley British Columbia.

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Coghlan Mennonite Church (Aldergrove, British Columbia) (1934-1951)

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CA-MHSBC-2020

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temporal

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Coghlan Mennonite Church (Aldergrove, British Columbia)

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Bethel Mennonite Church (Langley, British Columbia)

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CA-MHSBC-2016

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History added by MHA, June 2020. AHR

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Sources

Bartel, Peter. "Bethel Mennonite Church (Langley, British Columbia, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. March 2012.

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