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Swalwell Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Church

1932–1948.
2 cm of textual records and 1 microfilm reel.

Administrative history

Mennonite immigrants from Russia settled in the Sunnyslope area in 1926. These families met in 1927 for prayer meetings and Bible studies and then for worship the following years in rented facilities until 1933. Then they purchased a building and moved it to a site near the Linden rail station in 1933, and organized a congregation and joined the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Conference in 1934 and the name was changed to the Linden Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Church. However, after the war, it became increasingly difficult to associate with the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren because of distance and since the Namaka group had joined the Mennonite Brethren conference. So they also joined the Mennonite Brethren conference in 1946/1947.

The leaders of the congregation were: Nick Rempel (1927–1944), S. Ratzlaff (1944–1948), A. Lutke (1946).

Scope and content

This fonds consists of congregational meeting minutes (1946) and a list of visitors to the congregation (1944–1945).

Custodial history

Records were transferred to the Centre for MB Studies archives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Notes

• Finding aid consists of a series description and a file list is available.
• Finding aid: The records are classified under the Canadian Conference of MB Churches inventory BA-510.
• Finding aid for microfilm: R52, pp.1508–1669.
• Described by Bert Friesen 17 September 2001.
• No restrictions.

Series description

Linden Evangelical Mennonite Brethren history.

1944–1946.
0.2 cm of textual records.

This series consists of a congregational minute (1946) and a list of visitors to the congregation (1944–1945).

Linden Evangelical Mennonite Brethren minutes.

1932–1948.
162 pp.; microfilm.

This series consists of congregational meeting minutes of the Swalwell, Acme, Antler, and Linden congregations (1932–1948).

File list

1. Swalwell Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Church minute. – 1944–1946.

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