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Last updated 3 April 2008

Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives
Winnipeg, Manitoba


Title: Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church (Manitoba) fonds
Dates: 1961-1998, 2004, 2006-07
Extent: 36 cm of textual records
Extent: 1 microfilm reel

Historical note

The Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church officially began in 1937. However, church activity in the area began as early as 1892. The group was a product of the schism of the Mennonites in the West Reserve when the Bergthaler and Sommerfelder groups emerged. The group met in the school buildings in Halbstadt and Strassberg. In 1937 the group purchased the school building together with the Rudnerweide Mennonite Church. The building was renovated and used jointly until 1954. Then a new meeting house was built in 1955 and again used jointly until 1969. By then there were only a few Rudnerweide families left and so they were absorbed in the one Bergthaler congregation. The congregation became an independent congregation from the Bergthaler Gemeinde in 1971. It left the Conference of Mennonites in Canada in 1995. The leaders of the congregation were: Diedrich Loeppky (1906-1933), D.D. Klassen (1930-1938), Peter Klassen (1951-1962), John Sawatzky (1963, 1974, 1978), Bernie Wiebe (1964-1965), Walter Braun (1966-1973), Brian Epp (1975-1977), Tim Jacobson (1979-1980), Stan Loeppky (1981-1990), Randall Pappel (1991), Henry Siemens (1992-1995).

Scope and content note

This fonds consists of congregational bulletins (1965-2000), congregational annual reports (1975-1987, 1989-1993, 1995, 1996, 1998-1999), congregational meeting minutes (1961-1987, 1989-1993, 1995, 1996, 1998-1999), membership lists (1975, 1977), church council meeting minutes (1961-1982), congregational financial records (1954-1962) which includes the church building fund, promissory notes, a sermon, and a Sunday School report, congregational constitutions (1969, 1974, 1981), congregational correspondence (1971-1972), and brief congregational highlights (1970).

Finding aids

Inventory file list available.

Notes

Restrictions on access

No restrictions on access.


Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church (Manitoba) fonds file list:

Volume 31

  1. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1965)
  2. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1966)
  3. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1967)
  4. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1968)
  5. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1969)
  6. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1970)
  7. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1971)
  8. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1972)
  9. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1973)
  10. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1974)
  11. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1975), annual reports (1975), congregational membership list (1975)
  12. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1976), annual reports (1976), congregational meeting minutes (1976)

Volume 1113

  1. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1977), annual reports (1977), congregational meeting minutes (1977), congregational membership list (1977)
  2. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1978), annual reports (1978), congregational meeting minutes (1978)
  3. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1979), annual reports (1979)
  4. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1980), annual reports (1980), congregational meeting minutes (1980)
  5. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1981), annual reports (1981), congregational meeting minutes (1981)
  6. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1982), annual reports (1982), congregational meeting minutes (1982)
  7. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1983), annual reports (1983), congregational meeting minutes (1983)

Volume 2935

  1. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1984), annual reports (1984), congregational meeting minutes (1984)
  2. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1985), annual reports (1985), congregational meeting minutes (1985)
  3. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1986), annual reports (1986), congregational meeting minutes (1986)
  4. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1987), annual reports (1987), congregational meeting minutes (1987)
  5. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1988)
  6. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1989), annual reports (1989), congregational meeting minutes (1989)
  7. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1990), annual reports (1990)
  8. congregational meeting minutes (1990)
  9. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1991), annual reports (1991), congregational meeting minutes (1991)

Volume 4259

  1. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1992), annual reports (1992), congregational meeting minutes (1992)
  2. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1993), annual reports (1993), congregational meeting minutes (1993)
  3. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1994)
  4. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1995), annual reports (1995), congregational meeting minutes (1995)
  5. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1996), annual reports (1996), congregational meeting minutes (1996)
  6. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1997)
  7. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1998), annual reports (1998), congregational meeting minutes (1998)

Volume 4825

  1. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1999), annual reports (1999), congregational meeting minutes (1999)
  2. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (2000), 2001, 2002
  3. Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (2003), annual report (2003)

4.  Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (2004); annual report book (2004)

5.  Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (2006); annual report book (2006)

 6.  Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (2007); annual report books (2007)

7.  Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (2008) incomplete


Microfilm:

Microfilm No. 428 (MHC Project No. 133)

  1. Financial Records, 1954-1962, including church building fund, promissory notes, a sermon, and a Sunday School Report.
  2. Minutes and Reports, Annual Congregational Meetings, 1961-1982.
  3. Minutes of Council Meetings, 1961-1982.
  4. Constitutions, 1969, 1974, 1981.
  5. Correspondence, 1971, 1972.
  6. Brief congregational highlights, 1970.