Rosenorter Mennonite Church (Saskatchewan)

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Rosenorter Mennonite Church (Saskatchewan)

Parallel form(s) of name

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

Other form(s) of name

Identifiers for corporate bodies

Description area

Dates of existence

1894-1962

History

The Rosenorter Mennonite Church was established by Mennonite immigrants from Prussia and Russia centred in Rosthern, with several worship centres scattered in Saskatchewan. On July 2, 1894 Elder Peter Regier, who had come from the Rosenort church in West Prussia in 1893 helped the congregation organize. In 1896 the first Rosenorter church building was dedicated in Eigenheim. It was rebuilt in 1902. The next year a building at Rosthern was completed. In 1920 churches were built in Aberdeen (on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River), Laird and Tiefengrund. In 1911 Hague built a church. All belonged to the Rosenorter congregation.

In 1913 David Toews was elected as Elder. In 1929 Johannes Regier, son of Peter Regier, was elected as elder to assist David Toews. Toews was commonly referred to as a bishop by the government and daily newspapers.

Eigenheim became independent in 1929. First Mennonite church in Saskatoon was an affiliate member of the Rosenorter church from 1932 to 1937 and then became independent in 1938. Churches were also established at Hochfeld and Neuanlage. The Osler church joined the Rosenorter Church in 1931. Capasin built a church in 1933. Garthland and Horse Lake also became part of Rosenorter Church. In September 1946, Johann G. Rempel was elected as elder.

In 1954 the Rosenorter Church divided into two parts because of its unwieldy size. The groups were known as the Rosenorter Mennonite Church (Tiefengrund, Garthland, Capasin, Hague, Hochfeld, Neuanlage and Aberdeen) and the United Mennonite Church of Saskatchewan (Rosthern, Osler, Laird and Horse Lake.) Elders Arthur Regier and Jacob C. Schmidt were ordained in 1954 by John G. Rempel to serve these groups. These congregations eventually formed the Conference of Mennonites of Saskatchewan.

The Rosenorter Mennonite Church was significant as the senior General Conference Mennonite Church in Saskatchewan whose leadership had major roles in the broader efforts in immigration, education and conference formation. It also was a founding member of what became the Conference of Mennonites in Canada.

The Rosenorter Mennonite Church as a multi-congregational church dissolved in 1962.

Places

Legal status

Functions, occupations and activities

Mandates/sources of authority

Internal structures/genealogy

General context

Relationships area

Access points area

Subject access points

Place access points

Occupations

Control area

Authority record identifier

CA-MHA-2020

Institution identifier

Rules and/or conventions used

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

14 July 2020 by AHR

Language(s)

Script(s)

Sources

Maintenance notes

  • Clipboard

  • Export

  • EAC

Related subjects

Related places