Tag: emerging congregations

  • Creole-speaking congregation joins MCEC

    Creole-speaking congregation joins MCEC

    Westerne Joseph has been in Canada for ten years. The political situation in Haiti meant that he, his wife and their children had to flee, landing in Canada as refugees. In 2010 they received refugee status, making their home in Montreal, where their children have finished high school and attend university. Joseph has Mennonite roots…

  • MC Eastern Canada welcomes two new congregations

    MC Eastern Canada welcomes two new congregations

    Two new congregations were welcomed into emerging membership during Mennonite Church Eastern Canada’s annual church gathering at Redeemer College on April 27 and 28, 2018.  • The Assemblée de la Grâce is a Créole-speaking congregation made up of Haitian refugees, located in Montreal. Pastor Westerne Joseph hopes to invite many more Haitian diaspora congregations into…