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Corporate body · 1968-

Calvary United Church was created in 1968 through the union of Calvary Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church in Rodney and Rodney United Church. It formed part of a single-point pastoral charge from 1968 to ca. 1980 when it joined Knox Church in West Lorne to form West Elgin Pastoral Charge. West Elgin Pastoral Charge closed June 15, 2004 and the two churches formed separate single-point charges. Calvary United Church is still an active congregation of the United Church of Canada.

Calvary Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church was created in 1949 through the amalgamation of two Evangelical United Brethren congregations, Immanuel Church in Churchville [Aldborough], Ontario and Zion Church in Rodney.Rodney Evangelical United Brethren Circuit was named in 1923 as a successor to the Aldborough Evangelical Church Circuit. The Circuit took in preaching places in Aldborough Township, Ontario at Rodney and Middle Street, Aldborough [Churchville]. Initially a part of the Elgin Mission (1861), the Aldborough area was home to German-speaking farmers. A separate Aldborough Mission was established by the Evangelical Association in 1885, and it later was promoted to the status of a Circuit.The EUB Church in Rodney was built in 1898 to house a congregation of German-Canadians, which had been established in the village in 1890.

Rodney United Chuch was established in 1925 when a minority of the local Presbyterian Church in Canada congregation decided to join the new United Church. Their place of worship was opened in 1927.

New Glasgow, Ontario is located four miles from Rodney, where Presbyterians began ministering in 1875. The United Church there dates from the Union of 1925.

Corporate body · 1925-

West Lorne United Church, located at 271 Graham Street in West Lorne, was established in 1925, formerly Methodist and Presbyterian. Wesley Methodist Church in West Lorne was constructed in 1874. The following year, the Presbyterians built a church building in the community and it was later named Knox Presbyterian Church. Both churches joined the United Church of Canada in 1925. In 1926, Wesley and Knox united to form West Lorne United Church. It was a two-point charge with Eagle United Church. In July 1981, West Lorne joined Rodney Pastoral Charge to form a two-point West Elgin Pastoral Charge. West Elgin Pastoral Charge dissolved on June 15, 2004 when Calvary Church in Rodney and West Lorne formed two separate charges. It is still an active congregation of the United Church of Canada.

Eagle United Church was established in 1925, formerly Methodist. The Methodist Church was established in Eagle in the 1870s. It joined the United Church of Canada in 1925 and was a part of the West Lorne: Wesley Pastoral Chage. In 1926, it became part of West Lorne Pastoral Charge. It closed in 1962 with its membership joining West Lorne church.

Corporate body · 1968-

Sebringville Pastoral Charge was formed in 1968 when the Evangelical United Brethen Church joined the United Church of Canada in 1968; it includes Emmanuel United Church in Sebringville and Zion United Church in Rostock. It is still an active pastoral charge of the United Church of Canada.

Emmanuel United Church joined the United Church in 1968 when the Evangelical United Brethren and the United Church of Canada were united. The first Evangelical services in Sebringville to German immigrants took place in 1840. The church constructed there in the 1840s was part of the Evangelical Association Waterloo Mission and later the Huron Mission. By 1883 it was the Sebringville Circuit with preaching places at Sebringville, Fullarton and Stratford. A new church was constructed in the first decade of the twentieth century. In 1946, Emmanuel Evangelical Church became Emmanuel Evangelical United Brethren Church when the Evangelical Church and the Church of the United Brethren joined. Emmanuel United Church closed in 2018.

Zion United Church in Rostock was established in 1968 when the Evangelical United Brethren Church joined the United Church of Canada. Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church in Rostock was established as early as 1864 as part of the Evangelical Association. Rostock was home to German immigrants. The congregation was a preaching place on the Milverton Mission. Zion Evangelical Church was first constructed inand later rebuilt in 1902 and remained in the Milverton Charge until 1968.

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The United Church at Beaverton, Ontario is the product of nearly a century of religious disputes among Scots allied to church controversies in the old country. In 1849 Knox Church was established by Free Church of Scotland adherents, many with Gaelic ties, in the aftermath of the Disruption of the Church of Scotland. St Andrew' s Church of Scotland, with preaching places in Gamebridge and Beaverton, remained with that parent denomination. The union of Canadian Presbyterian Churches in 1875 was not agreed to by the St. Andrew's congregation and it remained with the Church of Scotland until 1898 when it joined the Canadian church. In 1915 a union was consumated between St. Andrew's and Knox, reducing to one the number of Beaverton Presbyterian Churches. In 1918 the Presbyterians and Methodist Church of Canada at Beaverton agreed to unite in a Co-operative congregation which took the name, United Church of Beaverton, in 1921. At the time of Canadian church union in 1925, the Beaverton Presbyterians were divided over entry into the new, United Chuch of Canada. While a majority in the congregation of the United Church of Beaverton supported union, Presbyterian dissidents claimed that the vote was not a true expression of Presbyterian sentiment as former Methodists had been permitted to vote on the issue. In the ensuing dispute the Presbyterian Church retained a good deal of the United Church of Beaverton property.

CAN · Corporate body · 1971-2019

Buckhorn Pastoral Charge was created in 1971 as a continuation of the Bridgenorth-Wesley Pastoral Charge, itself a continuation of the Wesley Pastoral Charge which was created at the commencement of the United Church in 1925. The Charge had preaching places at Bridgenorth, Lakehurst and the Curve Lake Indian Reserve. The Buckhorn Pastoral Charge is now a two point charge including Wesley, in Lakefield, and Curve Lake. It is a member of the Indigenous Church.

CAN · Corporate body · 1925-2019

Wesley United Church, formerly methodist, joined the united church in 1925. The church is now part of the Indigenous Church.

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Hamilton's All People's United Church was opened in 1926 to serve new Canadians in the city, particularly Chinese, Japanese and Italian families. In addition to church services, the Mission provided community services to its constituents including summer camps for disadvantaged youths, visitation of mothers, and recreational activites for adult males. Much of the records of the Mission were destroyed by a fire in 1947, and a new building was opened in 1948. All People's was closed in 1965.

Rama United Church (Ont.)
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Rama United Church was originally an Indian Mission of the Methodist Church of Canada, on the Rama (Ojibwa) Indian Reserve in Ontario. Its status was changed to a Methodist Church in 1920, and it remained a church in the new United Church in 1925.

Tweed Pastoral Charge (Ont.)
Corporate body · 1925-

St. John's United Church was established 1925, formerly Methodist. Tweed Methodist Church was established 1881; it joined the United Church of Canada in 1925

Sulphide United Church established 1906; it was united with Tweed Pastoral Charge in 1937. It closed in 1966.

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Barton Stone United Church was established 1925, formerly Presbyterian. Barton Stone Presbyterian Church was established circa 1831; it joined the United Church of Canada in 1925. Barton Methodist Circuit was active 1877-1886.