James Clare Fuller
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The Port Elgin Bibles
Sometime in May 1873, a man called Henry Schneider/Snyder of Port Elgin, Bruce County, Ontario, bought a Bible. It was a copy of Martin Luther’s German translation of the Bible, published by the British and Foreign Bible Society and printed… Continue reading
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The Pandemic of 1918-1920 and the MBiC: Part 2
The Ontario Conference of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ faced the “Spanish” Flu with impatience to be back at public worship and prayed it would end soon. Published response in other Conferences was fairly similar. Did they have other concerns… Continue reading
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The Pandemic of 1918-1920 and the MBiC: Part 1
Spanish Flu. The COVID-19 pandemic is fading from memory already, but before it does, we should look back at North American Christian churches’ response to an earlier pandemic in 1918-1920. The pandemic affected nearly every country in the world and… Continue reading
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The Alexander Sisters: Overlooked Women Preachers
Forgotten Women Preachers series 5. Muriel Isabelle and Annie G Alexander were women in the City Mission Workers Society,1 and their younger sister Irene married a pastor of the Ontario Conference of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church. That is… Continue reading
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The Sherkston field: Forgotten MBiC believers
Not only have there been forgotten workers, men and women, in the EMCC, there are forgotten communities of believers that flourished for a while but have died out. Jesus in the book of Revelation warned a church their lamp stand… Continue reading
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EMCC church buildings Part 5: interesting real estate
Enjoying worship includes feelings about the physical surroundings: often, the building. This is a luxury; for many of our brothers and sisters in the world, persecution takes away any choice in the matter. I have not seen anyone else collect… Continue reading
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EMCC church buildings Part 4: Rented or Bought
The Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada in Ontario, throughout its history, has made use of buildings constructed by others. We have few unique architectural needs, if any, so we can adapt a worship space fairly easily. In this two-part post,… Continue reading
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Adventures with Film: Movies and the EMCC Part 3
Except for outside groups, Christians of every shape, size and colour make videos and watch movies, whether documentaries or narrative fiction, whether in a cinema, on TV or on a cellphone. As Paul Fromer, professor of writing at Wheaton College… Continue reading
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Movies and the EMCC Part 2
There was a time when members of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ and then United Missionary Church just never entered a movie theatre, as several readers in places such as Stratford and Stouffville tell me. The door opens a crack.… Continue reading
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Movies and the EMCC Part 1
Do you remember the first movie you ever saw–in a theatre? My big sister says since we were a “frugal family,” we Fullers hardly ever went to a movie. I think my first time ever was at a friend’s birthday… Continue reading
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