The Free Methodist Church in Canada

Pastors and Church Leaders As you are planning for your 2013 church budget, please keep Giving Streams in mind. Giving Streams participation helps to support a number of ministry areas that maximize our impact beyond our local churches. Acting upon our connectional value, Free Methodist churches in Canada – together […]

How many of us are thrilled at the thought of attending a society meeting? We know they are necessary to the vitality of the church, but participating in votes and quorums doesn’t get everyone’s blood pumping. At North Grenville Community Church, however, they speak excitedly about their society meeting. Maybe

If you have not already done so, please register without delay for the Ministers Conference.

20 years ago, Ann Puddicombe attended a Community Kitchen out of need for her family. The mother of two young children was doing her best to make ends meet based on her husband’s small fixed income at the time. The key to meeting her family’s basic needs – and the

Who are foundational courses for?These are required courses for those who are tracking for credentialled ministry in The Free Methodist Church in Canada. Some of the Foundational courses are also open to any interested persons. Heart of Canadian Free MethodismOntario – Nov 2-4, 2012 (location TBA) Personal and Church Stewardship

Statement by Bishop Keith Elford, The Free Methodist Church in Canada regarding Criminal Charges against Rev. Kris Gowdy     The Free Methodist Church in Canada and its member congregations were shocked and deeply grieved to learn through media reports of the recent criminal charges brought against Rev. Kris Gowdy.

A few years ago I was chatting with my friend about the idea that every believer has a story to tell. We all have a “before,” our life without Jesus; a “middle,” or crossroads, where we receive him; and an “after,” our life with Jesus.  Even if our “after” isn’t

  Pastor Glenn Boyde says he has almost always worked bi-vocationally. It’s been part and parcel of his role as church-planter since the 80s; he would enter a community to start a church and find a job to make a living. When he and his family moved to Mewassin, a

I called Pastor Aaron because I had news from Bishop Keith that good things were happening at Blue Mountain Community Church. “The church is growing – mostly from new convert growth.” Pastor Aaron thought he was flying under the radar, even skipped out on the Regional Gatherings (shhh!), but was

At the end of this month, David and Jennifer Wright and their boys, Ben and Cole, return to Niamey, Niger for a four-year term. This will be the third time they’ve returned… home. (There is a point in a missionary’s life where it gets confusing. What’s home and what’s abroad?