Puslinch Mennonite Church/United Brethren Church - Digital Archive

Biographical Info

The United Brethren Church, also known as the “Cross Roads Church,” was built in 1874. The red brick schoolhouse-style structure was built on land which originally belonged to John Cober. The front-gabled church is representative of a nineteenth-century rural church, and has been used for many religious denominations over the years. The adjoined cemetery, called “Cross Roads Cemetery,” has its first recorded burial in 1867; however, it is unknown when the cemetery was first opened, as many different denominations have used the site for burials. Today, a few headstones remain to the west of the main church building.

The property is historically associated with Mennonite and Baptist settlement, the Penn-German dialect, and various religious practice in Puslinch. Today, the building is known as “Cross Roads Be in Christ Church,” under the denomination, “Be in Christ Church of Canada.”