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Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 2010 - Cokesbury

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Media Contact, Exec. Dir., Missions <strong>and</strong><br />

Administration, G. Keith Elliott<br />

Email: info@emcc.ca<br />

Officers<br />

Pres. <strong>and</strong> Canada East District, Dist. Supt., Rev.<br />

Phil Delsaut, 130 Fergus Ave., Kitchener, ON<br />

N2A 2H2 Tel. (519)894-9800 Email: pdelsaut@<br />

emcced.ca<br />

Canada West District, Acting Dist. Supt., Rev.<br />

Don Adolf, 4031 Brentwood Rd., NW,<br />

Calgary, AB T2L 1L1 Tel. (403)291-5525 Fax<br />

(403)291-4720 Email: don@emcwest.ca<br />

The Fellowship <strong>of</strong> Evangelical<br />

Baptist <strong>Churches</strong> in Canada<br />

The Fellowship is a family <strong>of</strong> 500 Evangelical<br />

Baptist <strong>Churches</strong> across<br />

Canada, holding worship services in 13 different<br />

languages.<br />

Headquarters<br />

PO Box 457, Guelph ON, Canada, N1H 6K9<br />

Tel. (519)821-4830 Fax (519)821-9829<br />

Periodicals<br />

B.C. Fellowship Baptist; The Evangelical Baptist<br />

Magazine; Intercom<br />

Foursquare Gospel Church <strong>of</strong><br />

Canada<br />

The Western Canada District was formed in<br />

1964 with the Rev. Roy Hicks as supervisor. Prior<br />

to 1964 it had been a part <strong>of</strong> the Northwest District<br />

<strong>of</strong> the International Church <strong>of</strong> the Foursquare<br />

Gospel with headquarters in Los Angeles,<br />

California.<br />

A Provincial Society, the Church <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Foursquare Gospel <strong>of</strong> Western Canada, was<br />

formed in 1976; a Federal corporation, the<br />

Foursquare Gospel Church <strong>of</strong> Canada, was incorporated<br />

in 1981 <strong>and</strong> a national church formed. The<br />

provincial society was closed in 1994.<br />

Headquarters<br />

B-307 2099 Lougheed Highway, Port<br />

CoQuituam, BC V3B1A8, Email: info@<br />

foursquare.ca<br />

Media Contact, Pres., Barry J. Buzza, B-307<br />

2099 Lougheed Highway, Port CoQuituam,<br />

BC V3B1A8<br />

Officers<br />

Pres., Barry J. Buzza, B-307 2099 Lougheed<br />

Highway, Port CoQuituam, BC V3B1A8<br />

Free Methodist Church in Canada<br />

The Free Methodist Church was founded in<br />

New York in 1860 <strong>and</strong> exp<strong>and</strong>ed in 1880. It is<br />

Methodist in doctrine, evangelical in ministry<br />

<strong>and</strong> emphasizes the teaching <strong>of</strong> holiness <strong>of</strong> life<br />

through faith in Jesus Christ.<br />

The Free Methodist Church in Canada was<br />

incorporated in 1927 after the establishment <strong>of</strong> a<br />

<strong>Canadian</strong> Executive Board. In 1959 the Holiness<br />

Movement Church merged with the Free<br />

Methodist Church. Full autonomy for the<br />

<strong>Canadian</strong> church was realized in 1990 with the<br />

formation <strong>of</strong> a <strong>Canadian</strong> General Conference.<br />

Mississauga, Ontario, continues to be the location<br />

<strong>of</strong> the <strong>Canadian</strong> Headquarters.<br />

The Free Methodist Church ministers in 70<br />

countries through its World Ministries Center in<br />

Indianapolis, Indiana.<br />

Headquarters<br />

4315 Village Centre Ct., Mississauga, ON L4Z<br />

1S2 Tel. (905)848-2600 Fax (905)848-2603<br />

Email: ministrycentre@fmc-canada.org<br />

Website: www.fmc-canada.org<br />

Media Contact, Dan Sheffield<br />

Officers<br />

Bishop, Rev. Keith Elford<br />

Dir. <strong>of</strong> Admn. Ser., Norman Bull<br />

Dir. Of Global <strong>and</strong> Intercultural Ministries, Rev.<br />

Dan Sheffield<br />

Supt., Personnel, Rev. Alan Retzman<br />

Supt., Growth Ministries, in transition<br />

Periodicals<br />

Mosaic<br />

Free Will Baptists<br />

As revival fires burned throughout New<br />

Engl<strong>and</strong> in the mid- <strong>and</strong> late 1700s, Benjamin<br />

R<strong>and</strong>all proclaimed his doctrine <strong>of</strong> Free Will to<br />

large crowds <strong>of</strong> seekers. In due time, a number <strong>of</strong><br />

R<strong>and</strong>all’s converts moved to Nova Scotia. One<br />

such believer was Asa McGray, who was to<br />

become instrumental in the establishment <strong>of</strong> several<br />

Free Baptist churches. Local congregations<br />

were organized in New Brunswick. After several<br />

years <strong>of</strong> numerical <strong>and</strong> geographic gains, disagreements<br />

surfaced over the question <strong>of</strong> music,<br />

Sunday school, church <strong>of</strong>ferings, salaried clergy<br />

<strong>and</strong> other issues. Adherents <strong>of</strong> the more progressive<br />

element decided to form their own fellowship.<br />

Led by George Orser, they became known<br />

as Free Christian Baptists.<br />

The new group faithfully adhered to the truths<br />

<strong>and</strong> doctrines which embodied the theological<br />

basis <strong>of</strong> Free Will Baptists. Largely through<br />

Archibald Hatfield, contact was made with Free<br />

Will Baptists in the United States in the 1960s.<br />

The association was <strong>of</strong>ficially welcomed into the<br />

Free Will Baptist family in July 1981, by the<br />

National Association.<br />

Headquarters<br />

5233 Mt. View Rd., Antioch, TN 37013-2306<br />

Tel. (615)731-6812 Fax (615)731-0771<br />

Media Contact, Mod., Dwayne Broad, RR 3,<br />

Bath, NB E0J 1E0 Tel. (506)278-3771<br />

Officers<br />

Mod., Dwayne Broad<br />

Promotional Officer, Dwayne Broad<br />

CANADIAN<br />

RELIGIOUS BODIES<br />

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