Selkirk in Haldimand in Haldimand County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

UB Methodist/ Faith Centennial United Church

UB Methodist/ Faith United Church Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, August 21, 2024

1. UB Methodist/ Faith United Church Marker

Inscription. The UB Methodist Church was erected in 1851 and was a Methodist church until 1892. At that time an agreement of sale was made to the Evangelical. An addition was built to the church in 1908. In 1963 Rainham, Selkirk and Stoney Creek joined in building a new church called Faith Centennial in recognition of the Centennial observance of the Canada Conference Evangelical United Brethen Church. In 1968 the Canada Conference became part of the United Church of Canada, Faith Centennial became part of that union.

Erected by Haldimand Museums.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1851.

Location. 42° 49.988′ N, 79° 56.176′ W. Marker is in Haldimand, Ontario, in Haldimand County. It is in Selkirk. It is on Main Street West (Haldimand Road 3) 0.4 kilometers west of Erie Street North, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 28 Haldimand 3, Haldimand ON N0A 1P0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Southwest Ontario Area

and in Southwestern Ontario.

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It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 16 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Selkirk Union School (here, next to this marker); 33 and 37 Main Street West (here, next to this marker); Millenium Cairn (within shouting distance of this marker); S.S. #3 Union School Selkirk Centennial Community Centre (1918) (within shouting distance of this marker); Wilson Pugsley MacDonald (1880-1967) (approx. 3.2 kilometers away); Nanticoke (approx. 12 kilometers away); Evolving History of the Cayuga Bridge (approx. 14.3 kilometers away); Flour Mill Stones (approx. 14.9 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Haldimand.

Also see . . . The United Brethren Church in Canada.

The United Brethren presence in Canada initially came from three sources. While some UB
Photographed by Tim Boyd, August 21, 2024

2. UB Methodist/ Faith United Church Marker (right of the three)
Faith Centennial United Church is in the background on the right
families had moved into Canada in the migrations of the early 1800s, and certainly many were won to the Lord in evangelistic outreaches when UB ministers came, the initial foundation was laid by a non-United Brethren man, John A. Cornell. Rev. Cornell was born in New York in 1782, and was of the same family as Ezra Cornell, the founder of Cornell University at Ithaca, New York. He moved to what is now Sheffield, Ontario in 1800, and was converted the old fashioned way, while reading the Bible on his own. There seem to have been no other preachers in his neighbourhood when he began sharing his testimony in 1812, and people drove for miles to hear him. He preached for forty-two years at a dozen preaching points from Waterloo to Rockton, Ontario.

(Submitted on December 6, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario.)

Credits. This page was last revised on December 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 6, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 103 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 6, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.