Canadian Mennonites Drifting Apart

In recent decades, the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches has shifted from what was historically a homogenous group of immigrants from Ukraine in small, rural churches to an ethnically diverse and increasingly suburban landscape.

“All of a sudden the Mennonite Brethren here are having large churches,” CCMBC moderator Paul Loewen said. “Some of Canada’s largest churches are Mennonite Brethren.”