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Alaska
Anchorage (pop. 291,826)
Prince of Peace Mennonite Church (founded 1989); 40 members (Anglo) 10980 Hillside Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99507 (907-346-2909) Minister: John David Thacker (Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference)
Arizona
Chandler (pop. 236,123)
Koinonia Mennonite Church (founded 1976); 96 members (Anglo) 2505 North Dobson Road, Chandler, AZ 85224 (480-963-2416) Minister: Kent Beck (Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference)
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California
Anaheim (pop. 336, 265)
Trinity Chinese Mennonite Church (founded 1985); 42 members (Chinese) 300 North Wilshire Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92801 (949-653-2785) Minister: Nelson Kao (Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference)
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Colorado
Arvada (pop. 106,433)
Arvada Mennonite Church (founded 1961); 35 members (Anglo) 5927 Miller Street, Arvada, CO 80004 (303-424-6261) Minister: ? (Mountain States Mennonite Conference) Member of the Supportive Communities Network of the Brethren-Mennonite Council for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Interests
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Florida
Cape Coral (pop. 154,305)
Cape Christian Fellowship (founded 1987); 600 members (Anglo) 2110 Chiquita Boulevard S., Cape Coral, FL 33991 (239-772-5683) Minister: Wes Furlong (Southeast Mennonite Conference)
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Georgia
Atlanta (pop. 420,003)
Berea Mennonite Church (founded 1962); 20 members (Multi-ethnic) 1088 Bouldercrest Drive SE, Atlanta, GA 30316 (404-244-0289) Minister: John Wierwille (Southeast Mennonite Conference)
Hawaii
Honolulu (pop. 337,256)
New Life Christian Fellowship (founded 1989); 20 members (?) 1521-B Kamehameha IV Road, Honolulu, HI 96819 (808-847-6308) Ministers: Paul Horiuchi and Peter Louis (Lancaster Mennonite Conference)
Idaho
Boise (pop. 205,671)
Hyde Park Mennonite Fellowship (founded 1977); 65 members (Anglo) 1520 N. 12th Street, Boise, ID 83702 (208-336-9872) Minister: Marcus Schlegel (Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference)
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Illinois
Aurora (pop. 197,899)
Centro Cristiano Vida Abundante Aurora (founded 2003); 170 members (Hispanic) 1140 Pershing Road, Aurora, IL 60506 (630-844-9108) Minister: Constanzo Aguirre (Illinois Mennonite Conference)
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Indiana
Fort Wayne (pop. 253,691)
First Mennonite Church (founded 1903); 75 members (Anglo) 1213 Saint Marys Avenue, Fort Wayne, IN 46808 (260-422-6702) Minister: Peter Janzen (Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference) [History: First Mennonite Church in Fort Wayne began as a mission upon the authorization of Ohio Mennonite Conference in 1902, after repeated requests of John B. Federspiel and his wife, who were Mennonite residents of the city. M.S. Steiner was appointed to open the work, which began at 1921 South Hauna Street, in 1903. In 1904 the mission was moved to 2237 Oliver Street and from there to St. Marys Avenue. Two years later a church was constructed at 1209 St. Marys Avenue. In 1915 the present chapel was built on the adjoining lot. --from article on GAMEO] Carroll Community Worship Center (founded 1933); 59 members (Anglo) 4506 Carroll Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46818 (260-637-5998) Minister: Verlin Haarer (Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference) Fairhaven Mennonite Church (founded 1954); 42 members (Multi-ethnic) 5401 Winter Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46806 (260-456-6997) Minister: Keith Reynolds (Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference) Member of the African American Mennonite Association Maplewood Mennonite Church (founded 1960); 128 members (Anglo) 4129 Maplecrest Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46815 (260-485-8512) Minister: Barry Schmell (Central District Conference)
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Iowa
Des Moines (pop. 203,433)
Des Moines Mennonite Church (founded 1958); 69 members (Anglo) 4001 56th Street, Des Moines, IA 50310 (515-276-2379) Minister: Karen Dalke (Central Plains Mennonite Conference) Christ Community Church (founded 2003); 62 members (Anglo) 2315 59th Street, Des Moines, IA 50310 (515-276-4966) Minister: Kent McDougal (Central Plains Mennonite Conference)
Kansas
Kansas City (pop. 145,786)
Argentine Mennonite Church (founded 1946); 26 members (Anglo) 3701 Metropolitan Avenue, Kansas City, KS 61106 (913-831-3621) Minister: Mervin Hershberger (South Central Mennonite Conference) Rainbow Mennonite Church (founded 1964); 240 members (Anglo) 1444 Southwest Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66103 (913-236-8820) Minister: Ron Holland (Western District Conference) Member of the Supportive Communities Network of the Brethren-Mennonite Council for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Interests
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Louisiana
Metairie (pop. 138,481)
Iglesia Amor Viviente (founded 1986); 100 members (Anglo) 116 Pasadena Avenue, Metairie, LA 70001 (504-837-3599) Minister: Carlos Bernhard (Gulf States Mennonite Conference)
Maryland
Baltimore (pop. 620,961)
Wilkens Avenue Mennonite Church (founded 1952); 60 members (Anglo) 1616 Wilkens Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21230 (410-947-7876) Minister: Marita Jan Scholtz and Todd Christopher Scholtz (Lancaster Mennonite Conference) [History: Established in 1952 as a mission congregation under Lancaster Conference. It had 26 members in 1957, with Lloy A. Kniss as pastor. It was formerly known as Pulaski Street Mennonite Church, located on 223 S. Pulaski. --from article on GAMEO] North Baltimore Mennonite Church (founded 1986); 78 members (Anglo) 4615 Roland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21210 (410-467-8947) Minister: David Greiser (Atlantic Coast Conference) Ethiopian Evangelical Church of Baltimore (founded 1996); 110 members (African American) 8025A Liberty Road, Baltimore, MD 21244 (410-496-2100) Minister: Abraham Tsadik (Lancaster Mennonite Conference)
Massachusetts
Cambridge (pop. 105,162)
Mennonite Congregation of Boston (founded 1962); 49 members (Anglo) 1555 Massachusetts Avenue (Harvard Epworth Methodist Church), Cambridge, MA 02138 (617-868-7784) Minister: Bruce Bradshaw (Atlantic Coast Conference) Member of the Supportive Communities Network of the Brethren-Mennonite Council for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Interests
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Michigan
Ann Arbor (pop. 119,934)
Ann Arbor Mennonite Church (founded 1967); 7 members (Anglo) 2566 Arrowwood (Arrowwood Community Center), Ann Arbor, MI 48103 (734-906-9198) Minister: Chibuzor Ozor (Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference) Shalom Community Church (founded 1974); 45 members (Anglo) 2340 Oak Valley Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48107 (734-761-7366) Minister: Paul Versluis (Central District Conference)
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Minnesota
Minneapolis (pop. 382,578)
Faith Mennonite Church (founded 1961); 130 members (Anglo) 2720 E. 22nd Street, Minneapolis, MN 55406 (612-375-9483) Minister: Joetta Handrich Schlabach (Central Plains Mennonite Conference) Member of the Supportive Communities Network of the Brethren-Mennonite Council for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Interests Emmanuel Mennonite Church (founded 1996); 83 members (Multi-ethnic) 725 E. 25th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55404 (651-766-9759) Minister: Mathew Swora (Central Plains Mennonite Conference)
Mississippi
Jackson (pop. 173,514)
Open Door Mennonite Church (founded 1974); 24 members (Multi-ethnic) 1800 TV Road, Jackson, MS 39204 (601-503-7381) Minister: Horace McMillon (Gulf States Mennonite Conference) Member of the African American Mennonite Association
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Missouri
St. Louis (pop. 319,294)
Bethesda Mennonite Church (founded 1957?); 74 members (African American) 2823 Dayton Street, St. Louis, MI 63106 (314-535-5336) Minister: Jesse Dunigans (Illinois Mennonite Conference) Member of the African American Mennonite Association St. Louis Mennonite Fellowship (founded 1980); 50 members (Anglo) 3752 Giles Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63116 (314-773-1155) Minister: Samuel Voth Schrag (Illinois Mennonite Conference)
Nebraska
Lincoln (pop. 258,379)
First Mennonite Church (founded 1958); 100 members (Anglo) 7300 Holdrege Street, Lincoln, NE 68505 (402-467-1526) Minister: David Orr (Central Plains Mennonite Conference)
Nevada
Las Vegas (pop. 583,756)
Emmanuel Faith Chapel (founded ?); 30 members (Multi-ethnic) 320 E. Charleston Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89032 (702-494-9323) Minister: Chijioke Chukwukelu (Southwest Mennonite Conference)
New Mexico
Albuquerque (pop. 545,852)
Albuquerque Mennonite Church (founded 1988); 70 members (Anglo) 1300 Girard Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106 (505-254-1824) Minister: Anita Amstutz (Mountain States Mennonite Conference)
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New York
New York City (The Bronx) (pop. 1,385,108)
King of Glory Tabernacle (founded 1949); 80 members (African American) 2019 Grand Avenue, Bronx, NY 10456 (718-299-1211) Ministers: Ben Stevens and Hyacinth Stevens (Lancaster Mennonite Conference) Member of the African American Mennonite Association Friendship Community Church (founded 1957); 40 members (African American) 2281 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10460 (718-933-3915) Minister: Kenneth L. Thompson (Atlantic Coast Conference) Member of the African American Mennonite Association Evangelical Garifuna (founded 1987); 60 members (Garifuna - African/Carib/Arawak) 344 Brook Avenue, Bronx, NY 10462 (718-585-7253) Minister: Celso Jaime (Lancaster Mennonite Conference) Iglesia Evangelica Menonita Eben-Ezer (founded 1987); 23 members (Hispanic) 1126 Sherman Avenue, Bronx, NY 10456 (718-538-9288) Ministers: Julio Damaso and Ana Demaso (Atlantic Coast Conference) North Bronx Mennonite Church (founded 1988); 20 members (Anglo) 3304 Steuben Avenue, Bronx, NY 10467 (718-882-8924) Minister: Ruth Yoder Wenger (Lancaster Mennonite Conference)
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North Carolina
Durham (pop. 228,330)
Durham Mennonite Church (founded 1969); 40 members (Anglo) 603 Lynn Road, Durham, NC 27703 (919-596-4702) Minister: Spencer Bradford (Virginia Mennonite Conference)
Ohio
Cincinnati (pop. 296,943)
Springdale Chapel (founded 1968); 25 members (Anglo) 3001 Springdale Road, Cincinnati, OH 45251 (513-851-1822) Minister: Ova Helton (Ohio Conference of Mennonite Church USA) Cincinnati Mennonite Fellowship (founded 1974); 80 members (Anglo) 4229 Brownway Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45209 (513-871-0035) Minister: Joel Miller (Central District Conference)
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City (pop. 579,999)
Joy Mennonite Church (founded 1987); 16 members (Anglo) 504 NE 16th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104 (405-236-4938) Ministers: Zachary Gleason and James Matthew Branum (Western District Conference)
Oregon
Eugene (pop. 156,185)
Eugene Mennonite Church (founded 1965); 26 members (Anglo) 3590 W. 18th Avenue, Eugene, OR 97402 (541-343-9548) Minister: Rose Marie Barber (Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference)
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Pennsylvania
Allentown (pop. 118,032)
Vietnamese Gospel Mennonite Church (founded 1984); 30 members (Vietnamese) 811 S. 6th Street, Allentown, PA 18103 (610-434-1293) Minister: Thanh Pham and Hien Truong (Franconia Mennonite Conference) Christ Fellowship (founded 2006); 25 members (Anglo) 1213 Chew Street, Allentown, PA 18102 (610-730-7114) Minister: Samuel Claudio, Jr. (Eastern District Conference)
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South Dakota
Sioux Falls (pop. 153,888)
Sermon on the Mount Mennonite Church (founded 1977); 30 members (Anglo) 1512 E. Mulberry Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57103 (605-357-9125) Minister: Rosella Epp (Central Plains Mennonite Conference) Mercy Church (founded 2008); 220 members (Anglo) 2100 W. Ralph Rogers Road, Sioux Falls, SD 57108 (605-336-9189) Ministers: Shelby Boese and Nathaniel Larson (Central Plains Mennonite Conference)
Tennessee
Knoxville (pop. 178,874)
Concord Mennonite Church (founded 1889), 15 members (Anglo) 10706 Dutchtown Road, Knoxville, TN 37931 (865-966-5782) Minister: Willis Hunsberger (Virginia Mennonite Conference) Knoxville Mennonite Church (founded 1917); 44 members (Anglo) 4401 Sullivan Road, Knoxville, TN 37921 (865-588-8420) Minister: ? (Virginia Mennonite Conference)
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Texas
Austin (pop. 790,390)
Austin Mennonite Church (founded 1986); 63 members (Multi-ethnic) 5801 Westminster Drive, Austin, TX 78723 (512-926-3121) Minister: Lee Lever (Western District Conference)
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Virginia
Chesapeake (pop. 222,209)
Mount Pleasant Mennonite Church (founded 1905); 311 members (Anglo) 2041 Mount Pleasant Road, Chesapeake, VA 23322 (757-482-2215) Minister: Sam Scaggs (Virginia Mennonite Conference)
Washington
Seattle (pop. 608,660)
Seattle Mennonite Church (founded 1968); 125 members (Anglo) 3120 NE 125th Street, Seattle, WA 98125 (206-361-4630) Minister: Weldon Nisly (Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference) Member of the Supportive Communities Network of the Brethren-Mennonite Council for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Interests
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Washington, D.C.
(pop. 601,723)
Peabody Street Mennonite Church (founded 1956); 24 members (Multi-ethnic) 245 Peabody Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20011 (202-829-0876) Minister: ? (Lancaster Mennonite Conference) Washington Community Fellowship (founded 1982); 32 members (Multi-ethnic) 907 Maryland Avenue NE, Washington, D.C. 20002 (202-543-1926) Minister: Del Glick (Virginia Mennonite Conference) Member of the African American Mennonite Association Christian Conquest Fellowship (founded 1988), 54 members (African American) 1345 Potomac Avenue SE, Washington, D.C. 20003 (202-397-8148) Minister: Paul Gaskins (Virginia Mennonite Conference) Member of the African American Mennonite Association
Wisconsin
Madison (pop. 233,209)
Madison Mennonite Church (founded 1987); 150 members (Anglo) 1501 Gilbert Road, Madison, WI 53744 (608-276-7680) Minister: Ronald Adams (Central District Conference of Mennonite Church USA) Member of the Supportive Communities Network of the Brethren-Mennonite Council for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Interests
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Alberta
Calgary (pop. 1,096,833)
Calgary First Mennonite (founded 1944); 244 members (Anglo) 2600 Richmond Road SW, Calgary, Alberta T3E 4M3 (403-249-8784) Minister: Ed Kauffman (Mennonite Church Alberta) [History: First Mennonite had its beginnings during the 1930s when young Mennonite women came to Calgary to find employment as domestic workers in some of the well-to-do homes. Eventually the women were joined by a number of families. ... Between 1948 and 1952 there was a great surge of growth as immigrants came after the war, young couples moved into the city, and retired farmers came to make their homes here. --from article on GAMEO] Foothills Mennonite Church (founded 1955); 278 members (Anglo) 2115 Urbana Road NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4B9 (403-289-7172) Minister: Doug Klassen (Mennonite Church Alberta) Calgary Vietnamese Mennonite Church (founded 1981); 135 members (Vietnamese) 167 Whitefield Drive NE, Calgary, Alberta T1Y 5X1 (403-293-8885) Minister: Chau Dang (Mennonite Church Alberta) Calgary Chinese Mennonite Church (founded 1981); 60 members (Chinese) 1237, 28 Street SE, Calgary, Alberta T2A 7G4 (403-248-5988) Minister: Joseph Loui (Mennonite Church Alberta)
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British Columbia
Abbotsford (pop. 133,497)
Clearbrook Mennonite Church (founded 1952); 51 members (Anglo) 32027 Peardonville Road, Abbotsford, BC V2T 1M2 (604-859-4132) Minister: Siegbert Zukowski (Mennonite Church British Columbia) Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church (founded 1963); 375 members (Anglo) 2051 Windsor Street, Abbotsford, BC V2T 6L9 (604-850-8422) Minister: Artur Bergen (Mennonite Church British Columbia) Emmanuel Mennonite Church (founded 1980); 270 members (Multi-ethnic) 3471 Clearbrook Road, Abbotsford, BC V2T 5C1 (604-854-3654) Minister: April Yamasaki (Mennonite Church British Columbia) Level Ground Mennonite Church (founded 2009); 188 members (Anglo) 31216 King Road, Abbotsford, BC V2T 6C2 (604-854-8181) Minister: Karen Heidebrecht Thiessen (Mennonite Church British Columbia)
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Manitoba
Winnipeg (pop. 684,100)
First Mennonite Church (founded 1926); 1,280 members (Anglo) 922 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 0M9 (204-772-2419) Minister: Kathy Koop (Mennonite Church Manitoba) North Kildonan Mennonite Church (founded 1935); 431 members (Anglo) 1131 Roch Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2G 1S1 (204-661-1426) Minister: Harold Peters-Fransen (Mennonite Church Manitoba) Bethel Mennonite Church (founded 1938); 598 members (Anglo) 465 Stafford Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3M 2E2 (204-453-2199) Minister: Rudy Baergen (Mennonite Church Manitoba) Sargent Avenue Mennonite Church (founded 1949); 378 members (Anglo) 926 Garfield Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 2N6 (204-786-1006) Minister: Marla Langelotz (Mennonite Church Manitoba) Sterling Mennonite Fellowship (founded 1951); 128 members (Anglo) 1008 Dakota Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2N 1P2 (204-253-9337) Minister: John Wiebe (Mennonite Church Manitoba) Home Street Mennonite Church (founded 1957); 143 members (Anglo) 318 Home Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3G 1X4 (204-783-1721) Minister: Terry Zimmerly (Mennonite Church Manitoba) Charleswood Mennonite Church (founded 1963); 300 members (Multi-ethnic) 699 Haney Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3R 0Y7 (204-837-7982) Minister: John Braun (Mennonite Church Manitoba) Springfield Heights Mennonite Church (founded 1964); 504 members (Anglo) 570 Sharron Bay, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2G 0H9 (204-663-5036) Minister: James Schellenberg (Mennonite Church Manitoba) Fort Garry Mennonite Fellowship (founded 1967); 170 members (Anglo) 150 Bayridge Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 5B5 (204-269-5095) Minister: {Lay-led] (Mennonite Church Manitoba) Winnipeg Chinese Mennonite Church (founded 1975); 66 members (Chinese) 1010 Riverwood Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 1L3 (204-284-7903) Minister: ? (Mennonite Church Manitoba) Douglas Mennonite Church (founded 1980); 356 members (Anglo) 1517 Rothesay Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2G 3G5 (204-668-7432) Minister: Don Rempel Boschman (Mennonite Church Manitoba) Jubilee Mennonite Church (founded 1995); 122 members (Anglo) 365 Edelweiss Crescent, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2G 2B6 (204-668-9933) Minister: Dan Nighswander (Mennonite Church Manitoba)
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Ontario
Cambridge (pop. 126,748)
Wanner Mennonite Church (founded 1837); 139 members (Anglo) 1725 Beaverdale Road, Cambridge, Ontario N3C 2V3 (519-658-4902) Minister: Glyn Jones (Mennonite Church Eastern Canada) [History: In 1837, a small white brick meetinghouse was built at the corner of Beaverdale and Maple Grove Roads on land donated to the Mennonist Society by Henry Wanner, Jr. Worship services alternated among Wanner, Hagey (Preston) and Cressman (Breslau) until the 1890s. In 1938 a new church replaced the 1837 meetinghouse. In 1838, David Sherk and John Bear, both advocates of the Sunday School, were ordained. Thus, in 1840, the earliest Mennonite Sunday School in North America was begun and held alternately at Wanner and Preston. It was discontinued in 1841 because of opposition. In the following decades there was a division between the narrow-minded and the freethinkers with issues of revivalism, Sunday School, evening prayer meetings and the temperance movement. --from article on GAMEO] Preston Mennonite Church (founded 1842); 134 members (Anglo) 791 Concession Road, Cambridge, Ontario N3H 4L1 (519-653-5171) Minister: Claire Osinkosky (Mennonite Church Eastern Canada) [History: In 1800 four family groups immigrated here from Pennsylvania, and included an ordained deacon, Jacob Bechtel. Joseph Bechtel arrived in 1802 and was ordained as minister in 1804. This group met in homes or barns until 1814 when they built a union or free house meetinghouse. Religious groups other than the Church of England were not allowed to build places of worship in Upper Canada until 1828. Thus, before this time community meetinghouses were available to everyone. Because of disagreements in the early 1820s, the Anabaptists were locked out of this building by another group using the same facility. In 1824, the Bechtel group relocated and built a new union meetinghouse. In 1842 this group became formally organized when a red brick meetinghouse was built just up the road beside the already established cemetery. By 1848 this congregation became known as Hageys, since two of its spiritual leaders were Jacob and Joseph Hagey. In 1840 the first Mennonite Sunday School in North America was organized at Hagey Mennonite, but it closed after a few years due to conservative opposition. The Hagey church was renovated in 1896, and after a fire in 1950. In 1954, after a second fire, a new church was built at the present location and it was renamed Preston Mennonite Church. --from article on GAMEO]
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Quebec
Montreal (pop. 1,649,519)
Mennonite Fellowship of Montreal (founded 1971); 41 members (Anglo) 120 Duluth Avenue East, Montreal, Quebec H2W 1H1 (514-849-9039) Minister: Vacancy (Mennonite Church Eastern Canada)
Saskatchewan
Regina (pop. 193,100)
Grace Mennonite Church (founded 1955); 217 members (Anglo) 2935 Pasqua Street, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 2H4 (306-584-2555) Ministers: Rose Graber and Don Graber (Mennonite Church Eastern Canada) Peace Mennonite Church (founded 1986); 28 members (Multi-ethnic) 3833 Montague Street, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 3J6 (306-586-8718) Ministers: Otto Driedger and Florence Driedger (Mennonite Church Eastern Canada)
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The Big City Mennonite Church Directory is a publication of the Marginal Mennonite Tract & Propaganda Department, The Bronx, New York City. Last revised 12/25/12.
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