James Clare Fuller
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African-origin People in Ontario: Part 1
Morley Callahan wrote of “Two Solitudes” in a novel about Canada by that name, but Canada actually has dozens of solitudes beyond English and French—groups that act and think separately in the political unit called Canada. The early EMCC churches… Continue reading
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Music in the Early EMCC Part 2: Church song and hymnbooks
The music you listen to, or the songs you sing in church, say something about your relation to God and the body of Christ. It was no different with music in the early EMCC. The public music used reflects community… Continue reading
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Music in the Early EMCC Part 1: Eldon T Sherk Collection
Have you ever heard of the “worship wars”? It seems we can’t please everybody as musical styles of western churches fragment ever more. Everybody has their own preference. Most evangelical revivals in recent centuries have produced new music praising God,… Continue reading
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Women Preachers Part 1: Mennonite Brethren in Christ
Why did a small Mennonite body suddenly start licensing female preachers in 1884, the first Mennonite group in North America ever to do so? How did the percentage of women in the MBiC Ontario Conference, in particular, reach 29% in… Continue reading
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Missionary Stirrings in the New Mennonite Church (1859)
What a congregation or denomination does about Jesus’ Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20) is a fair measure of its maturity in Christ. The organization does not need to be super-active in the mission of the Church–it may be beginning from zero–but… Continue reading
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Does God Care About the EMCC?
In modern jargon, I am “passionate” about the history of the Missionary Church. That matters nothing, however, if God does not care about this denominational group. The history of the Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada fascinates me, but why should… Continue reading
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