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The Free Methodist Church is a denomination of Methodism, which is a branch of Protestantism. [1] It was founded in 1860 in New York by a group, led by B. T. Roberts, who was defrocked in the Methodist Episcopal Church for criticisms of the spiritual laxness of the church hierarchy. [2]
His family moved to Sombra, Ontario. In 1898, John Haley was converted at a Free Methodist camp meeting held on his father's farm in Lambton County, Ontario. In 1900, he was appointed by the West Ontario Conference to assist Rev. W.H. Wilson in pioneering in Western Canada (Manitoba/Saskatchewan). In 1901, he was granted a local preacher's license.
Keith Elford is a former Bishop Emeritus [1] of the Free Methodist Church in Canada (FMCIC). Prior to becoming bishop in June 1997, [ 2 ] Elford was in the pastorate for 24 years, [ 3 ] serving as Senior Pastor of Calgary Free Methodist Church at the time of his appointment.
Albert College was founded in 1857 by the Methodist Episcopal Church as the Belleville Seminary. Due to its strong academic record, Albert College received its university charter in 1866 and was renamed Albert University in honour of Prince Albert, the Prince Consort of Queen Victoria. Albert University was an affiliate of the University of Toronto
Knox College, University of Toronto, founded as the Free Church rival to Queen's during the Disruption of 1843 and favourable to church union, was expected to serve as the new church's main seminary. However, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario awarded the building to the continuing Presbyterians. The faculty and most students of Knox left to ...
In 1925, the Methodist Church united with 70% of the Presbyterian Church in Canada and 96% of the Congregational Union of Canada to form The United Church of Canada. The Methodist Church with its notable benefactors the Eaton and Massey families was the sponsor of Victoria College at the University of Toronto, once and still a mainstay of intellectual rigour at that university, and the alma ...
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St. Alban's Anglican Church is Ottawa's oldest surviving church building and was attended by many of Canada's early political leaders, including Canada's first prime minister John A. Macdonald. The MET is a church in Ottawa's south end. Ste-Anne Catholic Church is a rare example of Québecois