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 Sunday February 12th is set aside for a nationwide offering for Church planting. Click here for more details and resources.
Dimanche le 12 Février est réservé pour l’offrande dans tout le pays pour l’implantations d’Églises. Cliquez ici pour plus de détails et de ressources |
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 We are excited to announce the first ever Youth Ministry Conference for all AGC Youth Pastors/Workers and spouses, taking place in Banff, AB, May 29th – 31st, 2012!
From there you can head back to Calgary to join the AGC National Conference, May 31st – June 3rd. All the details are available on the AGC Youth website,
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Jan 16th – We just received this update from Bill: “The meetings, all six, have been excellent. The same lessons were taught in both Nairobi and Mombasa to a total of nearly two hundred pastors, evangelists and leaders. We found that while we were there to teach them to teach and preach, in return they taught us to worship even when facing overwhelming challenges . These dear folks are all very poor in resources, but as is often the case, rich in spiritual fervour . Every attendee received a gift from the things that we had sent ahead and took with us. The pastors and evangelists all received a new bible and commentary set. As we had known, the workers were poorly resourced and were so happy to receive the new books. We also found that Pastor John Juma, the head of AGC Kenya, had surrounded himself with very mature and godly leaders all of whom understand the need of churches to work together to accomplish more.... |
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 Rev. Ron Mahler (Highland Lakes Community Church, Minden, ON) has written a book detailing his ministry experiences. The title alone sounds very intriguing… “My Fanatical, Regrettable Tour of Ministry… Memoirs of a Zealous Leader who Trips Landmines in the Church” For more details, or to order your copy, click here. Ron has also started a blog, an...
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Please see the memo below from Susan Page, our benefits coordinator: Insurance Plan Renewal Letter August 2011 |
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 Pastor Bryan Guinness of Peoples Church of Montreal is the author of a wonderful new book on knowing God’s will for your life called “It’s Simpler Than You Think”. For more information, and to view an introductory video, please click here. Congratulations Bryan!
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The regional report books are now available online. Click below for your region: Canada West Reports 2011 Canada East Conference Reports 2011 |
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 We are pleased to report on the wonderful response from AGC churches in support of the Valentines Day Church Planting appeal for 2011.
Forty-four churches responded to the call to ask congregants to contribute just $5 per person. As a result, over $22,000 was raised to support our church planting initiatives! Praise God!! We continue to ask churches to commit further by adding an AGC Church Planting line to their missions budg... |
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 Click below to download the latest newsletter:
Cliquez ci-dessous pour télécharger le plus récent bulletin: AGCQ Newsletter April 2011 |
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 We have all been moved by the horrible images of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Some members of our AGC Japanese Congregation in Calgary, Grace Point Fellowship/Calgary Japanese Gospel Church, are still waiting to hear from family members in Japan. Pastor Brian Lavender was interviewed in this article from the Calgary Herald. Your church, or you as an individual, can help by donatin... |
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 Thanks for praying for the Snowflake retreat! God was glorified through the speaker, worship band, and the impact on individual lives. Speaker Bill Paige delivered a phenomenal challenge to the kids, and was kind enough to film some follow up videos with Compass Po...
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 La Commission d'Implantation d'Églises de l'AÉÉ existe dans le but de gagner des gens pour Christ en implantant de nouvelles églises au Canada.
Il nous fait plaisir de vous annoncer que le niveau d'activité exige plus de financement pour soutenir le travail ! Avec seulement un don de 5$ par personne, nous pouvons soutenir les efforts de l'AÉÉ dans son implantation d'églises pour une année complète. ... |
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 The Church Planting Commission of the AGC exists to reach people for Christ by planting new churches in Canada.
We are thrilled to report that the level of activity requires more funds to support the work! By giving just $5 per person, we can support AGC Church planting efforts for an entire year! On Sunday February 13th, we are asking churches to take up an offering for AGC Church Planting in Canada. Through your giving,... |
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 The Quebec Council has produced a newsletter with lots of fantastic reports! Click here to download
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Cliquez ici pour obtenir la version en français Dear Team Canada, 2 Corinthians 5: 18- 19 “All this is from God who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ not counting men’s sins against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.”
As I write this message Canada is at a moment of historic proportions. Today in Winnipeg the federal government through the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions is beginning to hear survivor stories of the First Nations and Inuit peoples that went through the ill fated residential school systems. The century and a half of government and church run school systems, however well intentioned by the founders, became for thousands of people a place of loneliness, separation, segregation and worst of all abuse. The process of “assimilations” became o... |
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The AGC has a vision to be “a movement of healthy reproducing churches”. As part of that vision, the National Conference highlighted several church planting projects that have been birthed in recent years. Please click on the links below to view or download the video clips that were shown at Conference (more are available by contacting the AGC office). One to One, Etobicoke, ON Church Planter: Quincy Bergman Iglesia Evangelica Hispana Eben-Ezer, Montreal, QC Church Planter: Raphael Mixco
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 June 3 – 6, 2010 at Metropolitan Bible Church in Ottawa, ON was an exciting time of connection, learning and fun as we explored the theme “ADVANCE – a movement of healthy reproducing churches”. Dr. Bill Lawrence spoke to our hearts as he encouraged us to reach for the splinters of the cross instead of a crown. The full sessions with Dr. Lawrence are posted below in mp3 format.
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 George Boyd, AGC Canada East Superintendent, was recently named Briercrest Bible College’s “Alumnus of the Year”.
Read the full story here |
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Last week President Bill Fietje had opportunity to appear on the program “Full Circle” to discuss Missionfest, an organization that he helped to start some 15 years ago. Along with Bill was Jude Hodgson, the current director of Missionfest. Please click below for parts 1 & 2 of the interview, and consider how you might want to participate in Missionfest this year. |
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The AGC Quebec annual meeting on March 13th was a great time of praise and challenge from Jay Pinney (Quebec coordinator of Church Planting Canada) to enlarge our vision as a church family. We appreciated the hospitality of our hosts Église Biblique Pierre Angulaire. Click here to view some pictures from the day. |
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The 2010 Canada West Conference was a time of great blessing! Pastor Rob Cochrane and the people of the Church of the Open Bible in Swift Current, along with President Phil Ruten and Millar College, were our gracious hosts for March 11-14. At this Conference we focused on Living Grace: Becoming A People of Grace and were ministered to by Rev. Lane Fusilier, the Senior Pastor of Philpott Memorial Church, one of our AGC churches in Hamilton ON, as he lead us in considering this biblical focus. Lane is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary, and has been a pastor and teacher for over 30 years. The Conference report book c... |
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Our prayers and hopes are still focusing on Haiti and we want to give an update: Phase 1... We have so many reports of our AGC churches in Canada sending tens of thousands of dollars to the immediate relief and care of Haiti. Much of this has gone through World Relief and you can go to their website to get news of what is happening in Haiti. The world has responded to the immediate needs of Haiti's people and we thank God for this. Another good link for information is through the Integral Alliance. ![]()
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Acts 2:42-47 tells us of key characteristics of the earliest church. Alongside the marks of teaching, worship and the Lord's Table there was the outstanding demonstration of love for each other. "All believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods and they gave to anyone as he had need." By now the news of the after effects of the 7.0 earthquake in Haiti is beginning to move our hearts to compassion for the millions of people affected by this most recent in a long run of disasters.
We are anticipating two important phases for our AGC response to this disaster. Phase 1 is Humanitarian aid and relief; Phase 2 Rebuilding First and foremost, please rally your people to prayer for Haiti. The evangelical church in Haiti is strong but needs our help. AGC Haiti is now approximately ten churches and growing. They need our prayers. Our Haitian AGC pastors and families in Que... |
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Lambert and Marie Baptist, that is! We were delighted when we found out that 100 Huntley Street had interviewed this wonderful couple who is so dear to the hearts of many in our Association, and most especially to our AGC Head Office staff! (Might have something to do with the treats Marie brings in most Mondays!) Lambert is on staff at Compass Point Bible Church, with Marie as his ministry partner. They are a tremendous blessing to the congregation there, and to all that come across their path. Click below for parts 1, 2 and 3 of this inspiring and heart warming interview with Moira Brown: |
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Recently President Bill Fietje and Canada East Superintendent George Boyd had the opportunity to visit the Wikwemikong Fellowship and DayStar Native Outreach in Manitoulin Island. During their visit with Shirley Hamilton and the team, they were able to present DayStar with a gift on behalf of our AGC churches in memory of Don Hamilton. It was a rich time of great blessing. We are compiling a video presentation of that visit and will have it posted soon. Until that time, please view the presentations below, produced by Crossroads Christian Communications and broadcast on 100 Huntley Street earlier this year. (posted with permission) DayStar Native Outreach Documentary, Part 1
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Cliquez ici pour obtenir la version en français Below is a story that I think speaks to the heart of Christmas. I hope that you can take the time to pull up a chair, have a mug of cider or eggnog and take some quiet time to reflect. |
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God is doing mighty things in our churches! Here is a report from Community Bible Church in Aurora… Community Bible Church Aurora has had a vision to start a new congregation on the East side of Aurora to serve the new homes that have been, and are being, built with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Currently there is no local church presence in this growing locality. We have called this location The Campus - Bayview; Bayview being the street on which the congregation meets and The Campus as a place where disciples of Jesus to learn at His feet and grow to maturity as as His followers.
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Over 600 women and children are trafficked into Canada each year for sexual exploitation and 1,800 people are trafficked from Canada to the USA. Inform and alert your congregation or youth group with the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada's new three-minute video. Feel free to use the clip at any ministry gathering. |
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Cliquez ici pour obtenir la version en français We are all leaders in life. Do we lead well or do we do leadership badly? It is often said that everything rises and falls on leadership and I fully agree. Usually when we read statements like these we think of the point leaders; the CEO or the charismatic leaders that take charge and gets things do...
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As more reports come in of the potential for a flu pandemic, there are practical steps that churches can take to prepare and to help their church members prepare. Please revisit this page for more details. |
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Please view the video clip below which features an introduction by President Bill Fietje of Pastor Shawn Ketcheson of Trinity Bible Church in Osgoode, Ontario. Trinity is involved in a unique ministry in partnership with a church in Kenya to help feed the local community... |
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Ever wondered why pastors want to minister in the AGC? Just click this link to view 2 video testimonials from AGC Pastors Rev. Adam Brown (Senior Pastor, The Rock Community Church, Woodstock, ON) and Shelly Calcagno (Director of Children's Ministries, Compass Point Bible Church, Burlington, ON) |
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The Canada West Conference took place at East Parkland Bible Church in Stony Plain, AB, May 29 - 31, 2009.  We were blessed to welcome Dr. John Neufeld of Willingdon Church in Burnaby BC as our Conference speaker. Click below to download the mp3 audio file for each of his messages:
Friday, May 29th Saturday, May 30th
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The Canada East "re:connect" Conference took place June 2-4, 2009. Click below for a video summary! |
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Please click below for a message from Bill... |
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The latest news of outbreaks of Swine Flu has once more reinforced to us all that we as the AGC family in Canada need to be prepared to respond with God’s grace and love in times of great need. To truly be ready to bless our communities we must first be ready to minister to our own church families as well. We began two years ago to urge all of our churches to prepare. Below you will see bits and pieces that we have collected over the last two years. These will act as a link to the resources that you will need to be prepared to protect and to serve the communities in which we live. Some key thoughts to consider: - The senior leadership must take this seriously,
- Do it right and do it right away.
- Establish an Emergency Task Team (ETT) that can react to all sudden emergences, not just health.
- The ETT could include: health care professionals, administrators, those well connected in the community such as police, fireman, social workers, educators etc. These ...
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Please click below for a message from President Bill Fietje; Cliquez SVP sur le lien suivant pour un message vidéo du Président Bill Fietje; |
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 We were saddened to hear the news of the homegoing of Don Hamilton on Saturday March 14th after a long and difficult battle with cancer. Though we grieve with the family, we do so not as those who have no hope, but with peace in the knowledge that Don is with our Lord whom he loved and served so well.
The AGC owes a large debt of gratitude to Don for his many years of ministry, starting with his formative years at Calvary Church in Toronto, then through over 50 years serving in 6 AGC churches including: - Westmount Park Church, Etobicoke, ON
- Redeemer Bible Church, Niagara Falls, ON
- Peoples Church of Montreal, QC
- Parkway Bibl...
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Click below to view a video message from President Bill Fietje. Bill is joined by Michael Pawelke, Senior Pastor of Compass Point Bible Church, Burlington, ON |
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Click below for a video message from President Bill Fietje: |
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View the latest video message from President Bill Fietje here: |
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Pray for those without a Shepherd Consider how Jesus Himself is at work in peoples’ lives, pursuing them and caring for them, like a shepherd would care of His own sheep. “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside still waters….” Psalm 23 vss. 1-2 Chuck Colson in his CD messages “Being the Body” which compliments his book “The Body” gi... |
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Maybe it’s my age or just this time of year, but I find myself thinking about the need to find “rest in the Lord” from the busyness of life. E.M. Bounds once said that when we work, we work and when we pray, God works. Hudson Taylor, just a few demanding years into his mission in the inlands of China felt overwhelmed with the burdens of the Chinese millions all around him. Through a letter from his brother in-law in England came the words that would f...
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 Lately I have been contemplating the whole issue of alienation and reconciliation. I know that this is from God's heart to His churc...
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Several Western churches are engaged in exciting building projects! Here are some highlights... In Provost, Alberta, Provost Associated Gospel Church is moving ahead with their new building...  
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We all need to make decisions every day. As leaders our choices often determine the direction and health of the churches and organizations that God has called us to lead. How do we make wise decisions? Recently I have been studying the story of Abram and Lot found in Genesis 13. When faced with a dilemma (crisis) of not enough land resources to share they decided to part company. Abram wisely allowed Lot to choose first. True to Lot’s value system he chose th... |
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 Hi Team,
The whole world was focused on China as the much anticipated and issue ridden Beijing Olympics unfolded. In the midst of ... |
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 Summer time is usually a time to find reprieve from the constant demands of church ministry. It is our desire that God grants each of you the times of refreshment and rejuvenation that you need.
Yet for some the summer intensifies our ministry schedule. In particular, continue to remember Don & Shirley Hamilton who are running over 20 DayStar summer camps at various First Nations locations surrounding Wikwemikong. Many AGC churches are providing teams to participate in these camps. Also remember Don’s continuing health struggle as he receives aggressive chemotherapy during this time. Fair Havens has reached the half way poi... |
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The theme of "Into the Future" was evident at the AGC National Conference held at Redeemer University in Ancaster, Ontario, June 5-8, 2008. We welcomed a new Canada East Superintendent, a new President, and bid a fond farewell to our outgoing President.  The Conference began with the Canada East Regional Conference, at which appreciation was expressed to Bill & Lois Fietje for their ministry over the past 5 years as Canada East Superintendent. Delegates also had the opportunity to affirm the appointment of George Boyd as the new Superintendent, beginning July 1, 2008.
We enjoyed wonderful weather and a great time of fellowship at the opening night BBQ ... |
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 AGC Canada East Council is pleased to announce that Rev. Dr. George Boyd was strongly affirmed for the position of Canada East Superintendent by a vote at the Canada East Conference on June 5, 2008.
George will begin his ministry with the AGC on July 1, 2008. Welcome George! We look forward to your ministry. |
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Leadership development at all levels of the AGC Church family is vital if we are to reach our vision of “Being a Movement of Healthy Reproducing Churches”. Over these past four years we have placed a renewed emphasis on our AGC younger leaders. To this end we are pleased to announce a partnership with Canadian Youth Network along with details of how we can partner together with you in building effective leadership principles as well as spiritual formation in our young emerging leadership. The AGC Canada East Regional Council together with our National Office is very pleased to commend to you this partnership that the AGC has with Dale and John of the Canadian Youth Network. Over the past year we, the AGC and CYN, have worked together to establish an intentional mentoring program geared to the strategic and effective development of younger leaders. To download details on the program, please download the document... |