Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference

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The Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference (EMMC) is an evangelical body of Mennonite Christians, organized on July 1, 1959.<ref>Balmer, Randall Herbert (2004). Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press. p. 242. Template:ISBN</ref>

The EMMC was formed from the Rudnerweider Mennonite Church, which was organized in 1937.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Rudnerweider Mennonite Church arose in a revival that placed great emphasis on personal conversion, evangelism and missions, and split the Sommerfelder Mennonite Church in Manitoba.<ref>Regehr, T. D. (1996). Mennonites in Canada, 1939-1970: A People Transformed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 427. 0-8020-0465-2</ref> The conference is currently (2017) made up of 23 congregations in Canada (Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan), three in Belize, and two in Mexico.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Offices are in Winnipeg, Manitoba. A convention is held annually. The EMMC is a member of the Mennonite World Conference.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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