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Sargent Avenue Mennonite Church (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
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- Winnipeg Mennoniten Stadtmission
- Winnipeg Mennonite Mission
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1949-
History
The Sargent Avenue Mennonite congregation in Winnipeg began services in 1949, and formally organized in 1950. The first building was occupied in 1951.
Sargent Avenue Mennonite Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba traces its beginning to the efforts of the Home Missions Committee of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada during the late 1940s to help meet the needs of recently immigrated Mennonite refugees from Russia. Minister Jacob Toews used the Bethel Mission Church for meetings and baptisms in early 1949. The first worship service was led by Minister Jacob Toews on Sept 11, 1949 in the building at 515 Wellington which housed the new Canadian Mennonite Bible College.
The congregation was first called, "Winnipeg Mennoniten Stadtmission". It was renamed Winnipeg Mennonite Mission church in 1950, and became called Sargent Avenue Mennonite Church in 1955.
In 1951, the Baptist church on the corner of Sargent and Furby was purchased and was home to the congregation until a new church was built on the corner of Sargent and Garfield in 1961.
Jacob Toews was elected as the Aeltester in 1952 and served as the leading minister until 1958. He was suceeded by Gerhard Lohrenz, Jake Harms, Arthur Fast, Martin Sawatzky, Bernhard Sawatzky, Isaac Block, Jacob F. Pauls, Edwin Epp, Marla Langalotz.
In 1977 the church saw a need for another minister and called Bernie Neufeld as minister of music and education. Other ministerial staff included Ken and Rhonda Warkentin, Angela Reed, Gary Schapansky, Sonja Freisen, Ruth Epp, Marla Langalotz, David Peters, Chris Lenshyn, Lee Hiebert, Mark Tiessen-Dyck, Andrea De Avila.
The church has also had a long history of strong lay leadership. Some lay leaders include: Johann Adrian, Georg K. Epp, Herman Dueck, Peter Harder, Art Fast, Ben Sawatsky, Martin Friesen, Bruno Ens, Jacob Pankratz, Arthur Heidebrecht, Hermann Rempel, Ingrid Cornies, Richard Olfert, Gerhard Ens, and Menno Wiebe.
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Sources
Reimer, John and Marlene Epp. "Sargent Avenue Mennonite Church (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. September 2010. Web. 23 Mar 2018.