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Bible1880
Southern Saskatchewan
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Chapter 8Other Denominations in South Central Saskatchewan
Alliance (Christian and Missionary Alliance)
Apostolic
Holiness
Mennonites (Russian)
Seventh Day Adventists
These churches are features with details as follows:
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Assiniboia Alliance1961
Assiniboia,Saskatchewan
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Assiniboia Alliance Church1940 Rev. A.H. Orthner, who later became District Superintendent of the Midwest District, held services in homes and at the old Post Office building. In 1942-43 the first Alliance Church was built entirely by volunteer labour and sacrifice using lumber from a dismantled lumber yard at Caron, Sask.
In 1944 a parsonage was purchased. The official organization of the Assiniboia Alliance Church took place August 27th, 1947 with 31 chartered members.
A new rigid-frame type building was erected in 1961.
A new parsonage was built in 1962.
A third and present building was dedicated April 18th, 1982. Regular services continue today with a resident pastor.
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Assiniboia Apostolic Church1999
Assiniboia,Saskatchewan
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Assiniboia Apostolic ChurchMeetings were held in the Aldenberg hall, twenty miles northeast of Assiniboia with Rev. A.H. Gillett in 1928.
In the 1930's Rev H.A. Carnes came to Assiniboia. Meetings were held in the old Cee Dee Store then in the office of the RM #72 as well as in local homes. To avoid the traveling, meetings were held in towns at rented premises.
In the spring of 1957 meeting were in a partially finished church building. In the 1980s a fund was started for a more adequate building. Sod turning took place on April 20, 1997. First service was held June 6th, 1999 and the dedication on November 6, 1999.
Areas of the building were completed as finances became available.
The driveway with a canopy was constructed in the fall of 2004.
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Bengough Church of Christ1956
Bengough, Saskatchewan
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Bengough Church of ChristIn the fall of 1930 and early 1931, Mr. J.C. Baily came to Bengough on invitation of some friends.
Met in private homes and then with a larger number of members, the Lambton School was used. The school was sold, this gave impetus to build a church. This happened in 1956 with the help of other congregations of the Church of Christ.
Each summer Vacation Bible School was conducted with outside preachers this included young people from Texas for several years.
From 1969 to 1971 the congregation was without a minister until Dwain Hicks of Lafleche who had taken some preacher training in Texas for two years.
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Coronach Alliance or Christian and Missionary Alliance1980
Coronach, Saskatchewan
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Coronach Alliance ChurchIt is also known as the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church.
The history of the Alliance Church goes back to a Sunday school, which began in the Mountain Cedar School four miles north of Coronach.
About 1945, the group was organized with the help of Allan Dreger who was the pastor of the Alliance Church at Buffalo Gap. Services were held in homes. In the late 1940's a two room house was bought and served as a parsonage as well as a meeting place.
In 1955 a new parsonage was built and the former sold. In July 1990, construction of a new church began. It was dedicated in November 1991. Regular church services are still continued today. The first church was sold and became the 'Drop Inn' center.
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Gravelbourg Church of Christ1980
Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan
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Gravelbourg Church of ChristThe congregation began from bible studies that were held in homes in Shamrock, Lafleche and late Sunday services in Kincaid.
A gospel meeting was held January 1961 with Brother J.C. Bailey, a well known missionary. For a short time, Brethren met in the Lafleche Town Hall and then a facility was moved in and renovated in 1961.
In early 1980, with the need of a new facility and to have the location more centralized, it was unanimously decided to move to Gravelbourg. The first worship service was held June 28, 1981.
The church remains active and is presently planning an expansion to include a new auditorium.
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Mazenod Pentecostal Church1942
Mazenod, Saskatchewan
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Mazenod Pentecostal ChurchThe Mazenod Pentecostal Church had its beginnings in 1914 with Albert Anderson, a farmer northwest of Mazenod. He was a lay preacher in the Scandinavian Lutheran Church in Ettington. There was no denominational name given to these gatherings.
Services were held in Mr. Anderson's home and later in four other residences. Between 1916 and 1920 Mr. Anderson became pastor of the Scandinavian Pentecostal Mission in Winnipeg, and then returned to Mazenod. The congregation began holding services at the Four Corners School. The services and reading of the English Bible were a means of learning the English language for these young people. Others, such as Herman Dilsner, who had been a lay minister in Germany, went to school in the winter to learn English as quickly as possible so as to be able to preach in the new language.
At one of the summer camp meetings a dugout was made with a horse and scraper and many were baptized by immersion.
In 1942 a church was built seven miles north and two miles west of Mazenod. The Church closed in 1969. An interesting note is that at least five persons from this Assembly became either pastors or wives of pastors.
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