The Type of Leader that will Impact the Next Generation
When I think of helping the next generation get future-ready I think of preparing them to be better listeners and first-responders—to Jesus first and foremost, and then to the needs […]
Supporting & Connecting with Refugee Believers
Full of faith and enthusiasm, David B boarded a train and headed to Bhutan to do ministry at seventeen years old. Two months later, he was back home in India […]
NextGen Huddles: Ministry Support Base for Next Gen Leaders
“There’s something about following Jesus that gets way better when you do it with other people.” – Kristen Webb EMCC huddles are small discipleship groups of Jesus followers engaged in […]
How to Keep Your Youth from Leaving Church
Intergenerational Relationships are one of our values at Cross Connection. We think of ourselves as a family and we value every generation investing in one another. The blessing flows both […]
Serving Across the Street: How One Church is Reaching a New Generation in Their Community
Hope Chapel is an EMC church in Collingwood, Ontario, first established in 1897, now at its current location since 1957. When Jane Peck stepped into the pastor role in July […]
Equipping & Empowering Artists in our Churches
“Culture is what we make of the world. Culture is, first of all, the name for our relentless, restless human effort to take the world as it’s given to use […]
Celebrating our Newly Credentialed Ministers
We are pleased to present those in our EMCC church family who have recently been approved for EMCC credentials. Our congratulations to each one. Krista Bennett, Approved for Licensed Minister, […]
Recently Retired EMCC Ministers
Harry Friess, OM, Retired April 2021 Harry was ordained in 1978 by the Evangelical Church of Canada and began pastoral ministry that same year at the Evangelical Church in Rosthern, […]
How Your Church can be a Training Ground for Young Leaders
Editor’s note: Jayne Duldner is the Children’s Ministry Director at Bethany, St. Catharines, a congregation of approximately 1500; about 250 of them children. With a thriving, multi-faceted children’s ministry, it […]
Abide in Me: At Home With Jesus
While meditating on John 15 at the Ontario Pastors’ Retreat this fall, Gen Epp contemplated new and better ways to make her heart a more habitable dwelling place for the […]