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Worship service at Chauveau Evangelical Church in Quebec City. In 1928, the Union of Regular Baptist Churches of Ontario and Quebec (led by Thomas Todhunter Shields) broke away from the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, while the Fellowship of Independent Baptist Churches was formed in 1933. These two merged in 1953 to form the FEBCC.
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC; French: Alliance évangélique du Canada) is a national evangelical alliance, member of the World Evangelical Alliance. Its affiliates comprise 48 evangelical Christian denominations , 66 Christian organizations, 33 educational institutions, and 600 local church congregations in Canada.
Worship service at La Chapelle in Montreal. The Convention had its origins in a partnership project between the Association of Regular Baptist Churches of British Columbia and the Baptist General Convention of Oregon-Washington (Southern Baptist Convention) after the latter's executive secretary gave a talk on evangelism at Northwest Baptist College in Port Coquitlam in 1951.
[1] This church planted 4 other churches. The latter founded the Central Canada Baptist Conference in 1905 and became a member of the Baptist General Conference of the United States. [2] Though organized into regional conferences, these churches were also affiliated with the Baptist Union of Western Canada (BUWC) for the first half of the 20th ...
The 4Cs represent a family of about 30 evangelical churches across Canada, each one committed to living out the Biblical witness of Jesus Christ — His Great Commands and Great Commission — in the power of the Holy Spirit. The 4Cs is a member of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. Its congregations have a strong desire to present and ...
The EFCC operates national and international mission arms known as ServeCanada and ServeBeyond. The international mission was previously known as Evangelical Free Church of Canada Mission (EFCCM). In 1990, there were 10,000 members in Canada. [5] According to a denomination census released in 2023, it claimed 145 churches. [6]
The first Baptist born in Canada sent out as a missionary was Samuel S. Day, who was born in Upper Canada, and sent to India by the American Baptist Missionary Union (ABMU) in 1835. [2] In 1866, A.V. Timpany was also appoint by the ABMU to go to India, and that prompted the creation of a Canadian auxiliary to the ABMU in 1866. [ 3 ]
The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC) (French: Les Assemblées de la Pentecôte du Canada) is a Finished Work Pentecostal denomination of Christianity and the largest evangelical church in Canada. [1] [2] Its headquarters is located in Mississauga, Ontario.