Fonds III-26 - Erb Street Mennonite Church fonds

The congregation began services in 1837, and formally organized in 1851. The first building was occupied in 1851, with subsequent building programs in 1902, 1950 and 1980. The congregation originated through immigration from Pennsylvania. The early settlers included David Eby, Jonas Bingeman and Samuel Schantz. David Eby is considered the founding leader of the group. Erb St. was originally known as the David Eby church, and later the Waterloo Church.

Historically Erb Street Mennonite Church was a member of the Mennonite Conference of Ontario and Quebec, which together with the Conference of United Mennonite Churches in Ontario and the Western Ontario Mennonite Conference merged in 1987 to for the Mennonite Conference Eastern Canada (MCEC). With the creation of MCEC, all the congregations that were not already members of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada (CMC), became CMC associate members. Erb Street Mennonite Church was one of these, and along with other churches originating in the Mennonite Conference of Ontario and Quebec, became a full CMC member congregation in 1995.