Church of Christ – Carman Dufferin Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee

Carman Land Title Office, left, and St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, right (1911). Anglican Church in upper right background.

Church of Christ, Hwy # 3 South

Land Titles Building (forefront); St. Andrews Presbyterian Church (background)

Carman Church of Christ

This fundamentalist group arrived in the Boyne area with early settlers from southeastern Ontario. A congregation formed east of Carman in 1889, meeting in homes and in a hall. In 1891 two lots were given to build a church meeting house on 2nd St. SW (as of March 2025 currently known as the Bell Aura Bed, Breakfast & Bistro 77 2 Ave SW) .

St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, purchased in 1945 and used by the Church of Christ congregation.

Bell Aura Bed, Breakfast & Bistro, 77 2nd Ave SW, Former St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, purchased in 1945 and used by the Church of Christ congregation.

The congregation continued to meet there until in 1945 when the property was sold and the Church of Christ purchased the St. Andrews Presbyterian Church.

The church also established Bible Colleges in Carman. The first was in what became the Land Titles Office.

The second Bible College, Carman Bible and Business College, operated from 1920–25 and combined Bible study with commercial training. Classes were held first in church meeting hall, then a new building was built North Railway (Centre Ave, W) and DeMill Ave. (3rd. St NW). Lack of teachers forced closure in 1925. The Church of Christ is now located on Hwy #3 South.