Monday, March 5, 2012

Uncharted territory

House church cluster still going strong after three decades

Pembina Fellowship is a cluster of house churches in the Morden-Winkler area of Manitoba. Without paid leadership, a building or an administrative structure, this group of 25 to 30 families enjoys a measure of flexibility that has enabled it to respond and adapt to individuals and needs over its 32-year history.

Recently, Les and Marrian Zacharias, Abe Hildebrand, Bernie Loeppky, James Friesen and Howard Zacharias, all longtime members, met to reflect on their journey as a church. All of them have children who have grown up in the house church.

Pembina Fellowship began as a group of four couples that met …

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