# Maranatha Canadian Reformed Church

Canadian Reformed church in Fergus, Ontario.

Source: https://fergus.church/churches/maranatha-canadian-reformed/
Last verified: 2026-09-16

## Service times
- Sunday 10:00 a.m. (Morning Worship Service)
- Sunday 2:30 p.m. (Afternoon Worship Service)

Both services are livestreamed on the church's YouTube channel. The Lord's Supper is celebrated on the third Sunday of alternating months.

## Address
600 Belsyde Avenue East, Fergus, ON N1M 3J4

## Contact
- Phone: 519-843-1118
- Website: https://maranathacanrcf.org
- Affiliation: Canadian Reformed Churches (Classis Northern Ontario)

## What they believe
Maranatha is a Reformed church that sees itself as continually reforming, always returning to God's Word to direct its life. It holds to the three ancient creeds (Apostles', Nicene and Athanasian) and the Three Forms of Unity (the Heidelberg Catechism, the Belgic Confession and the Canons of Dort) as faithful summaries of Scripture, while affirming that only the Word of God has divine authority and that every human document must be tested by it. Its members describe themselves as pilgrims who seek forgiveness and salvation in Jesus Christ alone while awaiting his return.

## What to expect
Services open with the votum ('Our help is in the Name of the Lord') and a biblical greeting, followed by congregational singing from the Book of Praise (the Anglo-Genevan Psalter, with all 150 Psalms and 85 hymns) accompanied by organ or piano, public prayers, Scripture readings from the ESV and a sermon on a Bible passage or a section of the Heidelberg Catechism. Baptisms are held periodically for children and adults.

## About this congregation
Maranatha Canadian Reformed Church was instituted on 15 January 1956. The Canadian Reformed Churches were organized by Dutch immigrants who arrived after the Second World War and, unable to find agreement with the existing Reformed bodies in Canada, formed their own congregations from 1950 onward; the federation holds exclusively to the Three Forms of Unity, and Maranatha belongs to its Classis Northern Ontario. The minister is Rev. John Ludwig.

The congregation grew large enough that on 11 July 2004 a daughter congregation, the Canadian Reformed Church of Fergus North, was formed; the two Fergus churches and the Canadian Reformed Church of Elora share a joint Centre Wellington website. Maranatha's building is on Belsyde Avenue East on the east side of Fergus.

The church runs study groups, instruction of the youth and a ladies' auxiliary, and it lists both local and global outreach among its ministries. Worship is in English.

## About this listing
Part of Fergus.church. These listings cover every congregation in Fergus and Belwood.
Checked against: maranathacanrcf.org (retrieved 2026-09-16); canrc.org (retrieved 2026-09-16); canadianreformedchurchesofcw.com (retrieved 2026-09-16); wellingtonadvertiser.com (retrieved 2026-09-16); centrewellington.ca (retrieved 2026-09-16).
What Canadian Reformed churches believe: https://fergus.church/denominations/canadian-reformed/