Fonds ORG - Selkirk Christian Fellowship fonds

The Selkirk Christian Fellowship in Selkirk, Manitoba began in 1966 when a group of families who had earlier had contact with the Mennonite Pioneer Mission (MPM), moved to the Town of Selkirk from their communities in Bissett, Matheson Island, Loon Straits and Pine Dock and met for fellowship. Orville Andres, a former MPM worker at Loon Straits, who was attending Canadian Mennonite Bible College, in 1966, helped provide regular services. In 1967 the Conference of Mennonites in Canada’s newly established Board of Missions confirmed Jake and Trudie Unrau’s calling and placement in Selkirk to help establish a church. At first the group met in the Odd Fellow’s Hall on Cladeboyde Avenue. Then the CMC Board of Missions helped them purchase the vacant Church of the Nazarene at 173 Main Street, where they continued to meet until they closed in 1993. The language of worship was English.

The church was known as Elim Christian Fellowship until 1984 when it formally incorporated and changed the name to Selkirk Christan Fellowship. A 20th anniversary celebration and homecoming was held in 1986. The church related to the Conference of Mennonites in Canada through its Native Ministries program, but never joined as a congregation.

The congregation held its last service on 28 February 1993.