Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 2010 - Cokesbury

CANADIAN
RELIGIOUS BODIES
upon confession of faith, community, social concern,
non-violence and the Great Commission. As
a conference, it seeks to encourage local churches,
to work together on evangelism and matters of
social concern, and relates increasingly well to
other denominations.
In the year 2006 its membership surpassed
7270, with many more people as treasured adherents
and a wider circle of ministry influence.
Membership is for people baptized on confession
of faith (usually in adolescence or older).
Children are considered safe in Christ until they
reach an age where they are accountable for their
own spiritual decision and opt out; they are considered
part of the church, while full inclusion
occurs upon personal choice.
The Conference has 60 churches from British
Columbia to Ontario (37 in Manitoba) and
roughly 149 mission workers in 25 countries.
The cultural make-up of the Conference is
increasingly diverse, though its Dutch-German
background remains dominant nationally.
Twelve churches have pastors or leaders who are
of non-Dutch-German background.
Some churches have a multiple leadership pattern
(ministers and deacons can be selected from
within the congregation); others have new patterns.
Most churches support their leading minister
full time. Its church governance moved from
a bishop system to greater local congregational
autonomy. It currently functions as a conference
of churches with national boards, a conference
council, and a moderator.
Women can serve on most national boards, as
conference council delegates, as missionaries,
and within a wide range of local church activities;
while they can be selected locally, they cannot
currently serve as nationally recognized or
commissioned ministers.
It is a supporting member of Mennonite Central
Committee and the Evangelical Fellowship of
Canada. About 80 percent of its national budget
goes toward mission work in Canada and other
countries.
Headquarters
440 Main St., Steinbach, MB R5G 1Z5 Tel.
(204)326-6401 Fax (204)326-1613
Email: emconf@mts.net
Media Contact, Conf. Pastor, David Thiessen
Officers
Conf. Mod., Ron Penner
General Sec., Tim Dyck
Conference Pastor, Bd. of Leadership and
Outreach, David Thiessen
Bd. of Missions, Exec. Sec., Tim Dyck
Bd. of Missions, Foreign Sec., Ken Zacharias
Bd. of Church Ministries, Exec. Sec.-Editor,
Terry M. Smith
Bd. of Trustees, Exec. Sec. Tim Dyck
Canadian Church Planting Coordinator, Exec.
Sec. - Ward Parkinson
Conference Youth Minister, Gerald Reimer
The Messenger
Periodicals
Evangelical Mennonite Mission
Conference
This group was founded in 1936 as the
Rudnerweider Mennonite Church in Southern
Manitoba and organized as the Evangelical
Mennonite Mission Conference in 1959. It was
incorporated in 1962. The Annual Conference
meeting is held in July.
Headquarters
Box 52059, Niakwa P.O., Winnipeg, MB R2M
5P9 Tel. (204)253-7929 Fax (204)256-7384
Email: info@emmc.ca
Media Contact, Lil Goertzen
Email: lil@emmc.ca
Officers
Mod.,Jake Thiessen, Box 215, Altona MB R0G
0B0 (204)324-6209, Email: jmcath@mts.net
Vice-Mod., Frank Friesen, Box 1392, Altona MB
R0G 0B0 (204)324-8389, Email: frankf@
mts.net
Sec., Gin Thiessen, 818-77 University Cres,
Winnipeg MB R3T 3N8, (204)475-3107,
Email: vjthies@mts.net
Conference Pastor, Allen Kehler, Box 52059,
Niakwa PO, Winnipeg MB R2M 5P9, (204)
253-7929, Email: al@emmc.ca
Executive Director, position will be filled as of
Sept 15/08
Business Admin., Bob Milks, Box 52059,
Niakwa PO, Winnipeg MB R2M 5P9, (204)
253-7929, Email: al@emmc.ca
The Gospel Message, Box 1760, Warman SK S0K
4S0 Tel. (306)242-5001 Fax (306)242-6115;
Radio Pastor, Rev. Ed Martens
Periodicals
EMMC Recorder
The Evangelical Missionary
Church of Canada
This denomination was formed in 1993 with
the merger of The Evangelical Church of Canada
and The Missionary Church of Canada. The
Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada maintains
fraternal relations with the worldwide body
of the Missionary Church, Inc. and with the
Evangelical Church of North America. The
Evangelical Church of Canada was among those
North American Evangelical United Brethern
Conferences which did not join the EUB in
merging with the Methodist Church in 1968. The
Missionary Church of Canada is Anabaptist in
heritage. Its practices and theology were shaped
by the Holiness Revivals of the late 1800s. The
Evangelical Missionary Church consists of 135
churches in two conferences in Canada.
Headquarters
4031 Brentwood Rd., NW, Calgary, AB T2L 1L1
Tel. (403)250-2759 Fax (403)291-4720
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