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Waterloo-Kitchener United Mennonite Church (Waterloo, Ontario)
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1925
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The Waterloo-Kitchener United Mennonite Church was founded in 1925 in Waterloo, Ontario by Mennonite immigrants who had recently arrived from Russia beginning in 1924. They orginally worshipped with their Mennonite hosts but in 1925 organized their own congregation with 58 charter members. It was called the Ontario Mennonite Refugee Congregation (Mennoniten Flüchtlingsgemeinde in Ontario). On 15 August 1926, this name changed to the United Mennonite Church of Ontario and included members from central, southwestern and northern Ontario. In January 1929, this group was divided into three separate congregations: the Essex County UM Church in the southwest, the Reesor UM Church in the north and the Waterloo-Kitchener UM Church in central Ontario.
They initially met in rented facilities. In 1927 they rented the building on George Street which they purchased in 1932. This was also the year that they were incorporated. This building was enlarged in 1951. In 1960 the building was again expanded.
The congregation initiated senior housing for its members and the community by founding the Waterloo Mennonite Homes and building housing for them in 1980.
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History added with MHA fonds July 2020 by AHR.
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Reimer, John. Waterloo-Kitchener United Mennonite Church (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. January 2014. Web. 1 Jul 2020.