# Hamilton Mennonite Church

Mennonite church in Hamilton, Ontario.

Source: https://hamiltons.church/churches/hamilton-mennonite/
Last verified: 2026-10-18

## Service times
- Sunday 9:45 a.m. (Worship Service)

In summer worship moves to 10:00 a.m. and is followed by a potluck lunch; the rest of the year a Christian education hour for all ages begins at 11:00 a.m., after time to visit following the service. The church also holds online prayers on Thursday afternoons.

## Address
143 Lower Horning Road, Hamilton, ON L8S 3G8

## Contact
- Phone: 905-528-3607
- Website: https://www.hmc.on.ca
- Email: contact@hmc.on.ca
- Affiliation: Mennonite Church Eastern Canada

## Accessibility
- Lift from the back door by the rear parking lot; a church member can help operate it
- Single-stall, all-gender, wheelchair-accessible washroom with a change table on the sanctuary level

## What they believe
Hamilton Mennonite Church follows Jesus in the Anabaptist Mennonite tradition and sums up its vision as 'sharing God's grace, living Christ's peace'. It belongs to Mennonite Church Eastern Canada and Mennonite Church Canada, and holds the Shared Convictions of Global Anabaptists of Mennonite World Conference as central to its belief and practice. It says it welcomes all to take part in its life and ministry, whatever their age, race, ethnicity, ability, sexual orientation or gender identity.

## What to expect
Worship is followed by time to visit and connect, and then by a Christian education hour for all ages; in summer a potluck lunch takes the place of the classes. There is a small parking lot behind the church, and plenty of parking at the school across the street on Sunday mornings.

## About this congregation
Hamilton Mennonite Church meets on Lower Horning Road, in a quiet residential area near McMaster University in west Hamilton. Its pastor is Max Kennel. The church counts about 170 active participants, who come from the neighbourhood and from as far away as Mississauga, Grimsby, Freelton and Caledonia, and in September 2026 it began gathering pledges for a proposed renovation to give its front entrance a ramp and make it barrier-free.

The congregation began in 1952 as the Hamilton United Mennonite Mission, became Hamilton United Mennonite Fellowship in 1957 and Hamilton Mennonite Church in 1963, and broke ground at 143 Lower Horning Road in 1964. Its history also includes the Welcome Inn, founded in 1965 in response to needs in the North End and now an independent community centre that the church still supports. Grace New Life Mennonite Church and The Meeting Place are its sister congregations in Hamilton.

Sunday worship is at 9:45 a.m., or 10:00 in the summer.

## About this listing
Part of Hamiltons.church. These listings cover a growing selection of congregations in Hamilton; they are not yet exhaustive.
Checked against: hmc.on.ca (retrieved 2026-10-18); mcec.ca (retrieved 2026-10-18).
What Mennonite churches believe: https://hamiltons.church/denominations/mennonite/