EMCC History

United Missionary Church in Ontario

  • Endangered Species: The Pulpit

    I mean the physical object, the piece of furniture in ecclesiastical settings for preachers to use. There is no biblical mandate for this piece of furniture, so its use or non-use is a study in social history. What does the… Continue reading

    Endangered Species: The Pulpit

  • 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

    Movies and the EMCC Part 1

  • EMCC church buildings Part 3: the Living Room or the Theatre

    When the 1960s opened, EMCC congregations started building worship spaces that firmly turned away from the Gothic ideal that had dominated Canadian church buildings since the 1850s. I should mention that in Ontario, the EMCC almost never used the white… Continue reading

    EMCC church buildings Part 3: the Living Room or the Theatre