Fonds ORG - Zion Mennonite Church (Schanzenfeld, MB)

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Zion Mennonite Church (Schanzenfeld, MB)

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5 cm of textual records.

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The Zion Mennonite Church, a southern Manitoba congregation, grew out of the Old Colony Mennonite Church of Manitoba in November 1980. Its charter membership of 156 included two ministers, Wilhelm Thiessen and John Wiebe. The congregation built a new house of worship at Schanzenfeld, south of Winkler, in 1981. Henry K. Schellenberg, Chortitzer Mennonite Church elder (bishop), served the Zion congregation with baptism and communion until March 1982, when Wilhelm Thiessen was chosen as the first elder. Henry Wall and Frank Unrau became ministers in 1981 and 1985 respectively. In 1987 the congregation numbered 256 members and 161 unbaptized children; Sunday school enrollment was 150 (ages 3-16), and 70-75 young people attended an active youth organization. In 1995 the congregation joined the Chortitzer Mennonite Conference.

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(1938-2020)

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William Thiessen was born October 4, 1938 to Jacob Thiessen and Sussana Heide and spent his early years in Schoenweise, Manitoba, near Winkler, MB. He was a founding leader of the Zion Mennonite Church at Schanzenfeld, MB in 1980. He moved to the Leamington, ON area around 1995 and served a minister of the New Reinland Mennonite church, Leamington, ON.

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Paul Rempel

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Accession number 2024-038

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