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One of them was a lay minister and his wife - Mr. & Mrs. Gustaf P. Molberg.The first services were held in homes.
Mr. Molberg was ordained to be a minister in the Baptist Convention of Saskatchewan on January 14th, 1914. This same year it was decided to have a mission in Assiniboia.
Rev. Molberg served from 1912 to 1920 in this area assisted by O.M. Morse and C.W. Clark.
Throughout the years ministers were shared with several points in Assiniboia, Shaunavon, Viceroy, Cardross and Ormiston.
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Assiniboia Dominion Road Baptist1985
Assiniboia,Saskatchewan
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Assiniboia Dominion Road Baptist ChurchThe population base of the community of Congress and surrounding area had undergone a significant shift. The social base had changed and shifted to Assiniboia.
The transition year was 1985, a sod turning ceremony in Assiniboia was held on August 9th 1985. The last official worship was held in the Congress Baptist Church August 25th 1985. Decommissioning service was held December 4th, with the first service in the newly constructed Dominion Road Baptist Church held December 22nd 1985.
From the closing at Congress until the first service in Assiniboia, worship was held in the Assiniboia Elementary School.
The 90th Anniversary was celebrated in 2002.
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Cardross Baptist Church1959
Cardross, Saskatchewan
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Cardross Baptist ChurchAt the end of May 1917 the requested student minister arrived. Services were held in several schools and above the Barclay Store. At times the summer services were held in a hall and in homes during the winter.
In 1959 a school house was purchased and moved to Cardross. Services were held each Sunday and an annual Vacation Bible School as well.
Later, due to some families moving away, the remaining traveled to a very active Ormiston Baptist Church.
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Congress Baptist Church1919
Congress, Saskatchewan
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Congress Baptist ChurchChristian services were held in the home of Rev. G.P. Molberg, near Dewdrop post office, from spring of 1910 until fall of 1911 when Progress Hill School was built.
Services continued in the school until the church was built in the fall of 1919 in the Hamlet of Congress at a cost of $5,000.00.
The pastor was shared with Shaunavon on alternate Sundays. In 1955 the pastor was shared with Viceroy and Cardross. In 1967 a new parsonage was built in the Town of Assiniboia, a sign of future things to come.
The last official Sunday worship was held August 25, 1985. A decommissioning service was held December 4th, 1985. The congregation attended the first service in Assiniboia at the Dominion Road Baptist Church, December 22nd, 1985
The building was sold and used as a community hall.
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Galilee Baptist Church1930
Galilee, Saskatchewan
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Galilee Baptist ChurchPastor Hughes, pioneer and homesteader near the shore of Galilee Lake, named by him, traveled by horse or walked to visit each homestead shack within 32km (20 miles) of his home. Later services were held in Sugar Loaf School until 1930.
The Lutheran Church service and the Canadian Sunday School Mission were held in the school during the 1930s. From 1915, for the next 25 years a nondenominational Sunday Service and Bible Study were held in the school and moved to homes in winter.
It was closed due to dwindling population. The congregation still attends services in Spring Valley.
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Ormiston Baptist1959
Ormiston, Saskatchewan
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Ormiston BaptistIn 1957 Rev. Weibe from Congress Baptist Church started conducting Baptist Church service in Ormiston whenever possible. In 1958, the Baptist congregation was formed. The first services at this point were conducted by Rev. Roger Barnard from Missouri.
With no church building, services were held in the Ormiston Community Hall.
In 1959, the Baptist congregation purchased the Lutheran Church in Assiniboia, (which had its origins at Archive, Sask.) and had it moved across the hills to the present Hamlet of Ormiston. Ormiston absorbed the congregations of Galilee and Cardross and remains a very active congregation.
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Viceroy Russian Baptist1926
Viceroy, Saskatchewan
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Viceroy Russian Baptist ChurchIn the area there was a concentration of Russian Baptist adherents. From 1920 to 1926 regular services were held in the school. In 1926 a Russian Baptist Church was built. The congregation was served by local ministers such as Max Zalenko, Zay Zabolontney, and John Marchuk.
Once each year a minister came out from Saskatoon to administer the sacraments. One of the names of such a minister that was mentioned was John Shkotko. The church was still in use in the summer and services were conducted by the minister from Ormiston.
They amalgamated with the Cardross and Ormiston congregations in the 1960s.
The building was demolished in the 1980s.
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Baptist13 March 2006
Mossbank (Area), Saskatchewan
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