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  • Jun8Tue

    EMCC Response to 215 Children

    June 8, 2021
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    The Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada is heartbroken by the devastating news of 215 children buried in unmarked graves on the former site of the Kamloops Indian Residential School. The confirmation of the deaths of these children has served as a shocking reminder of the problematic history of the country of Canada and of the injustice and...

  • Originally published in the Spring 2021 Edition of the EMCC Together Newsletter.
  • Apr19Mon

    Learn More about our President Nominee, John Cressman

    April 19, 2021
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    Two life-altering adoption experiences serve as bookends of my childhood. I was born in NorthYork, Toronto.  Only a few months later I was adopted into the Cressman family in Kitchener, Ontario. I was given the new name John Gordon, after my two grandfathers, followers of Jesus. Welcomed, wanted and loved from the beginning, my...

  • Mar30Tue

    Introducing the President Nominee

    March 30, 2021
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    Grace and peace to you through our Lord Jesus Christ from the EMCC Presidential Search Committee. We trust that you continue to navigate well the challenges COVID has presented to us and we pray that you will celebrate with joy, along with all the saints, the events of the resurrection of Jesus in just a few days.

    Thank you for your patience as...
  • For 40 years, World Partners Global Workers Keith and Ruth Ann Elliott have been actively engaged in Missions in Latin American countries. For many of those years, they lived in the countries they served. Since the mid-80s, their primary focus has been to prepare leaders to take...

  • Feb1Mon

    Interim President Update

    February 1, 2021 by Katie Stone
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    Toward Heaven

    Jesus told the large crowd to sit down on the grass. He asked his disciples to bring what food they had to Him. "Not much," they thought. Jesus took the fives loaves and two fish in His hands. Then He looked up toward heaven. This is a season to look up toward heaven. While counting fish, collecting bread, and serving others are...

  • Jan27Wed

    Presidential Search

    January 27, 2021 by Katie Stone
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    We are excited to let you know that we, the Presidential Search Committee, have completed the Presidential Profile Package which is now available for download below. This package includes an overview of the Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada and the role of the President as well as the requirements for submitting an application...

  • Jan21Thu

    Something Beautiful With Your Coffee

    January 21, 2021 by Katie Stone
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    PUBLISHED ON   DECEMBER 16, 2020

    For 12 years Café la Mosaïque in Lévis, Quebec has been more than a coffee shop for many who come through its doors. They have found community, a place where they belong.

    “We want to create a place of mutual help, serving others, caring for their...


  • Published on EMCC Together on  December 16, 2020

    This year has made each of us more adaptable, flexible and open-handed with every aspect of our lives. Inevitably, we have all journeyed through disappointment at what could not be, and toward a different understanding of what remains...

  • Dec15Tue

    EMCC National Board Update - December 2020

    December 15, 2020
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    Christmas Greetings & Gratitude


    On behalf of your National Board and National Team, we extend Christmas blessings to our pastors, churches, global workers and partners and extended EMCC family. While this year’s Christmas narrative is playing out with all sorts of challenges, we all commit to approaching the manger with reverence, awe...