Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 2010 - Cokesbury
Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 2010 - Cokesbury
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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