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Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Kelowna Gospel Fellowship Church

Retrieval numbers: Volume 1633

Title: Kelowna Gospel Fellowship Church fonds
Dates: 1964-1990
Extent: 8 cm of textual records
Repository: Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives

Historical note

This congregation was founded in Kelowna, B.C. in 1961 as the Kelowna Mennonite Mission Church. It was an outgrowth of the Kelowna First Mennonite Church with the exclusive use of the English-language. In 1963 the membership was 32. In 1966 they purchased their own meeting house and changed their name to Kelowna Gospel Fellowship Church. For 6 months in 1966 they shared the building with the Mennonite Brethren congregation. In 1968 the membership was 57. In 1980 they built a new meeting house. The membership in 1983 was 171, in 2000 it was 199, and in 2002 it was 222. The leaders of the congregation were: J.H. Enns (1961-1977), J.P. Vogt (1961-1971), Harold Dirks (1971-1973), Ronald Daku (1974-1979), Malvin Braun (1980-1987), Douglas Epp (1988), Larry Schram (1989- ).

Scope and content note

This fonds contains bulletins (1976-1983), correspondence (1964-1966), annual reports (1975-1989), church board meeting minutes (1979), directories (1989-1990), and a brief congregational history (1966). The records pertain to the founding and development of the Mennonite congregation in Kelowna, B.C. They document some of the leaders and participants in the congregation.

Subject terms

Kelowna Gospel Fellowship Church

Creators

Kelowna Gospel Fellowship Church Kelowna Mennonite Mission Church

Adjunct descriptive data

Finding aids

Inventory file list available.

Notes

Restrictions on access

No restrictions on access.

Other notes

Textual records have been deposited by the congregation at the Mennonite Heritage Centre. Described by Bert Friesen 5 February 2003.

Kelowna Gospel Fellowship Church fonds file list:

Volume 1633

  1. Kelowna Gospel Fellowship Church correspondence (1964-1966),
  2. Kelowna Gospel Fellowship Church annual reports (1975), a brief congregational history (1966),
  3. Kelowna Gospel Fellowship Church bulletins (1976), annual reports (1976), newspaper clipping (1976),
  4. Kelowna Gospel Fellowship Church bulletins (1977),
  5. Kelowna Gospel Fellowship Church bulletins (1978),
  6. Kelowna Gospel Fellowship Church bulletins (1979), church board meeting minutes (1979), annual reports (1979),
  7. Kelowna Gospel Fellowship Church bulletins (1980), annual reports (1980),
  8. Kelowna Gospel Fellowship Church bulletins (1983),
  9. Kelowna Gospel Fellowship Church annual reports (1989), pictorial directory (1989), directories