The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
Founded1964 (1964)
Founded atGreater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada
TypeEvangelical organization
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario, Canada
Region
Canada
President
David Guretzki
Chair
Adam Driscoll
AffiliationsWorld Evangelical Alliance Canadian Centre for Christian Charities https://www.cccc.org/
Revenue (2022)
$4.6 million[1]
Expenses (2022)$4.7 million[1]
Staff (2019)
21[2]
Websiteevangelicalfellowship.ca

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. It claims to represent nearly 2 million Christians. The head office is in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario, but they also have an office in Ottawa. Its president is David Guretzki.

History

The EFC was founded in 1964 in the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario.[3][4][5] J. Harry Faught, a Pentecostal, was its founding president. It has been involved in numerous government bills, regarding issues such as religious freedoms, defining marriage, prostitution, medical assistance in dying, and abortion.[6]

In June 2003, Bruce J. Clemenger became President of the EFC.[6]

In February 2023, David Guretzki became President & CEO of the EFC.[7]

Statistics

As of 2023, the EFC has 46 Christian denominations evangelical members, 2 observer denominations, 66 organizations, 33 educational institutions and 600 member local churches in Canada.[8] It claims to represent nearly 2 million Christians.

Publications

The EFC publishes Faith Today, a major evangelical magazine in Canada, founded in 1983 under the leadership of Brian Stiller. Love in Action magazine was founded by Joel Gordon and Benjamin Porter in 2010[9][10] and in 2016 was rebranded under the name, Love Is Moving - Canada's Christian youth and young adult magazine.

Affiliate denominations

Source:[11]

In addition, the Anglican Church of Canada and the Presbyterian Church in Canada are observer members.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 https://apps.cra-arc.gc.ca/ebci/hacc/srch/pub/t3010/v25/t3010Schdl6_dsplyovrvw
  2. ↑ "Internal server error - Canada.ca / Erreur interne du serveur - Canada.ca".
  3. ↑ Stackhouse, John Gordon Jr. (1993). Canadian Evangelicalism in the Twentieth Century: An Introduction to Its Character. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-8020-0509-0. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  4. ↑ Balmer, Randall (2004). Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism (rev. ed.). Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press. p. 240. ISBN 978-1-932792-04-1.
  5. ↑ Choquette, Robert (2004). Canada's Religions: An Historical Introduction. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press. p. 372. ISBN 978-0-7766-1554-7. JSTOR j.ctt1ckpf9c.
  6. 1 2 EFC, History Archived August 28, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, evangelicalfellowship.ca, Canada, retrieved December 05, 2020
  7. ↑ "David Guretzki". www.evangelicalfellowship.ca. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  8. ↑ "EFC - Our affiliates". www.evangelicalfellowship.ca. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  9. ↑ EFC, EFC Launches Innovative Youth-Focused "Love Is Moving" Ministry, evangelicalfellowship.ca, Canada, 11 April 2015
  10. ↑ "Love in Action magazine". Archived from the original on August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  11. 1 2 "EFC - Our affiliates". www.evangelicalfellowship.ca. Archived from the original on March 5, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
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