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Breslau Missionary Church Breslau

1872 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Breslau Missionary Church Breslau 
    Born congregation begun 1872  102 Woolwich St., Breslau, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Unknown 
    Church 1872  Breslau Missionary Church, Breslau, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    congregation begun 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I1046  Properties
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2011 

  • Notes 
    • (Research):Breslau Missionary Church

      Begun: 1872

      Meetings are reported to have been held in 1872 in a building at the corner of Woolwich Street and Mader Lane by a group who were followers of  Solomon Eby.  Conferences to consider reorganization of the church were held in 1874 and 1875, the most important of which was considered to have been the meeting at the Bloomingdale Mennonite Church on May 23, 1875. Members of the New Mennonites and the Reforming (or Reformed) Mennonites joined together at that meeting as the United Mennonites. At a meeting in Blair in 1879 a union, called the Evangelical United Mennonites, was formed from the United Mennonites and the Evangelical Mennonites. Four years later, in 1883, the Ohio Brethren in Christ (Tunker) joined with the Evangelical United Mennonites to form the Mennonite Brethren in Christ.

      Dedication services were held on Christmas Day, 1882, for the new Breslau Mennonite Church which had been built during the year.  Henry Goudie  was minister to the congregation from 1881-1884. He was followed by  Peter Geiger (1884-1885)  and Frank Moyer (1885-1886). Solomon Eby, a member of the congregation who was minister from 1886-1889, had been one of the organizers on May 15, 1874 of the Reforming Mennonites.

      On May 6, 1959 a decision was made to construct an 1800 square foot addition to the church. The sanctuary was enlarged and new pews were installed in 1978; dedication was in September of that year. Rev. Leonard DeWitt, president of the Missionary Church was guest speaker on Sunday, November 21, 1982, when the church's 100th Anniversary service was held. Of interest: the sign eteched in the glass above the doors on the northwest side of the back section reads "United Missionary Church."

      Records:

      For information regarding the availability of early records, please contact the Archivist at Conrad Grebel College, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G6.

      [ADDRESS/LOCATION: 102 Woolwich St. (west side), Breslau, ON N0B 1M0; 648-2712]
      w References: Cressman, WHS 1969(57):39; Epp 1974:153; Epp 1982:269; Good 1988:86.
      Church History: Breslau Missionary Church. Breslau Missionary Church 1882-1982. 100th Anniversary, 1982.1a

      1aAmbrose, Rosemary. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide to Churches Established Before 1900. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. [used the kind permission of Rosemary Ambrose 2011] 

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