MHSA Archival Description Record
Title and Physical Description
Neukircher Church (Chinook) fonds. -- 1928-1945. -- 3 cm of textual
records
Administrative History
The Neukirche Mennonite congregation at Chinook, AB began services about
1926, and formally organized in 1928. It was comprised of members from
Chinook, Sedalia and New Brigden. William Martens is considered the
founding leader of the group. The congregation originated through immigration
from the Soviet Union. The groups from Chinook, Sedalia and New Brigden
were united in one organization. The language of worship was German.
The congregation dissolved in 1944 due to loss of membership during
the Depression. It had been affiliated with the Mennonite Church Canada
(1928-44).
Several of the church members were elected to the ministry and ordained:
Peter Regehr, Abraham Epp, Jacob Neufeld, Henry Dyck, Wilhelm Pauls,
and David Boese. Gerhard Schmidt and Gerhard Baergen were ordained as
Deacons.
Custodial History
The records were transferred to the Mennonite Church Alberta.
Scope & Content
The fonds consists of a congregational register book, minutes, correspondence,
and account books.
Variations in Title Proper
Also known as Chinook/Sedalia Mennonite Church fonds.
Source of Supplied Title
Title based on the contents of the fonds
Source of Acquisition
Gift by Mennonites Church Alberta through Henry Goerzen, MCA Archivist
Arrangement
According to Subject and date
Access Restrictions
Access to personal information in church registers & financial records
is subject to MHSA privacy policy
Finding Aids
See Files Inventory
Related Materials
For records related to the Neukirche Mennonite Church fonds, see Mennonite
Church Alberta fonds
Accruals
Not expected
Notes
Accession 2002.013
Language - German
Sources:
* Canadian Mennonite Encyclopaedia
<www.mhsc.ca/encyclopedia/contents/n485.html>.
* Mennonite Reporter (13
December 1982): 10.
* Klassen, Irene Epp. "The
Neukirchner Mennoniten Gemeinde von Chinook-Sedalia (1928-1950)."
Mennonite Historian 8:4 (December 1982); 9:1 (March 1983).
* Klassen, Irene. "The Neukircher
Mennoniten Gemeinde von Chinook-Sedalia." Mennonite Life
39:1 (March 1984).
* Dick, C. L. The Mennonite
Conference of Alberta: a History of its Churches and Institutions.
Edmonton: The Mennonite Conference of Alberta, 1981, 147 pp.
Of genealogical interest: file 1
4eLast updated 19 Sep 2003 - Judith Rempel
Files Inventory
1 - Churchbook of the Neukirchener Mennonite Church at Chinook-Sedalia,
Alberta - 1928-1937 [oversize]
2 - Minutes and Correspondence - 1928-1937
3 - Accounts Book of the Neukirchener Mennonite Church at Chinook, Alberta
- 1932-1940
4 - Program Plans, Minutes, Correspondence, Family Group Sheets, etc.
- 1929-1945
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