Henry J. Wiens (1885-1975) was Field Secretary for the Mennonite Brethren Church General Conference Board of Trustees and Solicitor for the conference's Mission and Educational Endowment Fund from 1947 to 1952. In conjunction with that position, Wiens and his wife Elisabeth traveled across North America, visiting almost every Mennonite Brethren church in the United States and Canada. In the course of those travels, they took photographs of virtually every church that they visited. Henry Wiens prepared a book describing these congregations entitled The Mennonite Brethren Churches of North America: An Illustrated Survey (Hillsboro, Kan.: Mennonite Brethren Publishing House, 1954).
Holmfield Mennonite Brethren Church building, 1948 Oldsmobile automobile parked near front of building, Henry J. and Elisabeth Wiens standing on entrance steps.
Kelowna Mennonite Brethren building, picket fence in foreground with unidentified man standing next to it, and truck backed up to entrance door. Building is still under construction, since there are no stairs between entrance door and ground.
