St. Mark’s Anglican Church was built in 1883 by the Rev. William Jupp and his sister but was not used regularly until 1885.
It was on March 15,1887, when Rev. Jupp conveyed his Third Street church and property to the 
Diocese of Toronto. The lot where the Rectory sits was owned by Baron Von Hugel, president of the
Midland Land Company. Baron von Hugel sold the lot in 1881 to the Synod of the Diocese of Toronto
for the nominal to the sum of one dollar. He intended that the lot be used for the site of a Rectory when
one became necessary. The Rectory was built in 1917.
Holy Cross Evangelical Lutheran Church started with meetings in a home in 1967 and continued to meet at Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church, Barrie and then at St. Mark’s Anglican Church, 
Midland until it was established as an
organized congregation in 1982. In 1988 the Holy Cross Church building on Yonge Street, Midland, was
dedicated. It is a part of the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. Worship and
church life continued in that setting until 2012.
We believe that it was the Holy Spirit working in our two congregations that led us to form St. Mark’s Anglican Lutheran Church
as we know it today. We are a warm, caring, inclusive church under Canon 29 of the Anglican Church. An Agreement and set of
Bylaws was finalized on June 22, 2015. This included Incorporation as St. Mark’s Anglican Lutheran Church. We report to The
Anglican Diocese of Toronto and the Eastern Synod of The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.