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Page d'accueil de l'Église Baptiste Évangélique | Court historique de l'Église de l'Est de l'Ontario Les Églises baptistes de l'Est de l'Ontario Glengarry Congregational Church 1837St-Elmo, Ontario Congregational churches were similar to baptists in their operation. Both were evangelical, and democratic. The autority did not come from outside the church but from the pastor, chosen by the congregation. In Canada, many Congregational churches joined with Presbyterians and Methodists to form the United Church in 1925.
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"This log structure, completed in 1837, is
the oldest remaining chapel in Ontario built by Congregationalists. Its
first minister, the Reverend William McKilliean (1776-1849), emigrated
to Canada from Scotland in 1816, and settled in Glengarry the following
year. Here, in 1823, he established one of the earliest congregations of
his denomination in Upper Canada and ministered throught the surrounding
region. He was succeded by his son John (1824-1911) who first preached
in this cahpel in 1850 and was ordained here the following year. During
the nest sixty years local attendance diminished and by about 1912 the
building fell into disuse. In 1920 it was sold to the nearby Gordon
Presbyterian Church."