Evangelical Fellowship of Canada


The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada is a national evangelical alliance, member of the World Evangelical Alliance. Its affiliates comprise 42 evangelical Christian denominations, 64 Christian organizations, 38 educational institutions, and 700 local church congregations in Canada. The head office is in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Its president is Bruce J. Clemenger.

History

The EFC was founded in 1964 in the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario. J. Harry Faught, a Pentecostal, was its founding president. It has been involved in numerous government bills, regarding issues such as religious freedoms, defining marriage, prostitution, and abortion.
In June 2003, Bruce J. Clemenger became President of the EFC. In 2017, it counted 42 Christian denominations, 64 organizations, 38 educational institutions, and 700 local church congregations as affiliates.

Publications

The EFC publishes Faith Today, a major evangelical magazine in Canada, founded in 1983 under the leadership of Brian Stiller. Love in Action magazine was founded by Joel Gordon and Benjamin Porter in 2013 and in 2016 was rebranded under the name, Love Is Moving - Canada's Christian youth and young adult magazine.

Christian denominations members

The EFC reported 42 affiliated evangelical Christian denominations and regional denominational groups in 2019.