What else is there? We’ve covered finances, time, talents, health, the environment. These are the things we most often think of in terms of our role as stewards. But really, we are stewards of everything in our lives. James 1:17 says “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming […]
VisionLorne Park Foundation exists to support The Free Methodist Church in Canada in the education and training of pastoral and lay leaders. BeginningsLorne Park College operated a Christian high school and Bible college for over 40 years in the Toronto area, at Port Credit. The Free Methodist Church, from its
Sometimes I think the word “missional” should be a verb. By that I mean for me the essence of living a missional life means to act. It means taking my thoughts and feelings about how God wants me to live and putting them into action. For instance, I know from
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The Multicultural Leader – A blog with regular postings by Dan Sheffield THE MULTICULTURAL LEADER A book written by Dan Sheffield to address the specific challenges of leading a multicultural congregation. Used as a required text by several seminaries in Canada and the USA. REFLECTING GOD’S GLORY TOGETHER Chapter 1
Stewardship it’s not just about money, or time, or talent. It’s really about faith. It’s about deepening our faith in God. It’s about a heart change, a mind change, a whole life change. It’s about transformation – whole life transformation that is so awesome, it even surprises us. It’s about
the free methodist church in canada Ministerial Formation Approved Colleges and Universities Acadia Divinity College (Acadia University), Montreal, QC Ambrose University, Calgary, AB Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA Briercrest College, Caronport, SK Christian Central College, McPherson, KS Emmanuel Bible College, Kitchener, ON Greenville University, Greenville, IL Kingswood University, Sussex, NB Regent University, Vancouver
the free methodist church in canada Ministerial Formation Scholarships THE LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP PLANThe Leadership Scholarship Plan (LSP) was initiated to provide financial assistance to students pursuing post-secondary educational studies in approved schools. The LSP program is funded jointly by Lorne Park Foundation and The Free Methodist Church in Canada and
Population: 55,000,000 Christian 95%, African Traditional 2.5%, Muslim 1% (evangelicals 19%) General Conference Organized Free Methodist Churches: 727 FMC Membership: 146,459 Ordained Ministers: 554 Ministerial Candidates: 229 Bishop: Joshua Luhe’ya W’Elongo Origins In 1963, 7000 Christians of the Bembe tribe voted to join the Free Methodist Church. The
Overview Population: Population: 15,891,000 Evangelical & Pentecostal Christians: 0.1% – Annual Growth 3.7% FM Ministry Began: 2008 FM Churches: 1 FM Membership: 21 Ordained Ministers: 1 Ministerial Candidates: 1 Beginnings Canadian FM involvement in Niger began in 2005 when Caistor Centre FMC caught the vision of their pastors
