Canadian Small Church Ministry Centre
Resourcing Small Churches
Bill Taylor is the Executive Director of the Evangelical Free Church of Canada. He is Canadian born and bred, has served small churches and understands the diversity of the country. “I just download my knowledge into somebody, and now they’re a disciple? And somehow Jesus did it? I don’t think that’s what he had in …
Karl Vaters is a small church pastor in California. He has written various books including “The Grasshopper Myth” and “Small Church Essentials”.
“My whole family comes from Canada. I was born in Newfoundland. My parents were pioneering a church in Grand Bank, Newfoundland (very small town). And then they moved to Toronto. And so I grew up in Toronto.”
“Americans typically know a lot about what’s happening inside their borders. And at times, we can be arrogant enough to go – “Who cares?” What happens out there is not America, right? But Canadians are much more European that way where they understand that the world extends beyond your borders.”
“Covid has given us some challenges that we’ve never faced before. But when I look back at it, . . . it has accelerated the pace of change, but it has not brought change.”
17 years ago Dave Witt began to facilitate a movement of churches in Hamilton, Ontario. The True City Hamilton thrust has impacted the city – helping to bring an intention peace for the good of the city.
“Sadly, people aren’t used to churches being able to work together across denominational lines. So when they hear there is a network of churches that are pursuing the best for the city, across denominational lines, that gets attention. People wonder, ‘why would they do that?’.”
Ron Johnston, director of Small Church Connections, join Ron Baker (Canadian Small Church Ministry Centre director) to chat about small churches, Small Church Connections and the Canadian Small Church Ministry Centre.