Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1980-2005 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
2 cm of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Hmong refugees from Laos, who were part of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church there, began meeting together for worship services at Steinman Mennonite Church in 1980. Vin Vanh Vang, whose family was sponsored by the Steinman Church, took the initiative in this work.
In January 1982 the congregation accepted an invitation to hold their worship services at First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, because almost 80% of the Canadian Hmong community had gravitated to Kitchener-Waterloo. On 16 March 1984 the congregation was accepted as a full member of the Mennonite Conference of Ontario and Quebec (now Mennonite Conference of Eastern Canada).
The congregation changed its name from Hmong Church to Hmong Christian Church, and in 1985 changed it again to Hmong Christian Church (Mennonite). On 31 December 2000 the name changed again to First Hmong Mennonite Church.