Canadian Small Church Ministry Centre
Resourcing Small Churches
Chris Atkinson has been the pastor at Pinewoods Chapel in Angus, Ontario for 15 years. The church has moved from a very traditional model to a transformational model of outreach and community.
Mike Wood Daly works with the Halo project, a research based effort to show the social economic contribution of faith communities to the Canadian Society.
Neil Bassingthwaite works with Missions for the Evangelical Free Church in Canada. He has pastored small churches in Saskatchewan and Alberta and is well aware of the need for outreach – while remembering that discipleship is the foundation of mission.
Debbie Iversen pastors the Little Bethel Community Church in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Small churches populate large cities. The need is to see health within those churches, where relationships are positive and all are treated equally.
Morgan and Lisa Hillier are both Newfoundland Labrador born and bred. Working with Salvation Army for seventeen years, their recent transition to a church ministry just prior to COVID restrictions has taught them how to be creative in reaching people for Christ.
Small Churches can be intercultural! In Winnipeg, the City Church reaches out to many different cultural groups. How they function together is a sign of unity and determination
Small churches are a highlight of Tim Beadle’s vocation. He has served in, coached others and become enamored with small churches.
Glenn Wooden teaches at Acadia Divinity School in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. He also helps lead a small church and thinks deeply about the Bible’s emphasis on small.
Ron Klassen is the director of the Rural Church Missionary Association. His experience over decades has brought an understanding of small churches this is invaluable. Ron talks of approaches small churches need to take, and of the theology small church leaders need to develop
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