Evangelical Fellowship of Canada

Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
Founded1964 (1964)
TypeEvangelical organization
HeadquartersOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Location
  • Canada
President & CEO
David Guretzki
Chair
Adam Driscoll
AffiliationsWorld Evangelical Alliance
Revenue$4.6 million[1] (2022)
Expenses$4.7 million[1] (2022)
Staff21[2] (2019)
Websiteevangelicalfellowship.ca

The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC; French: Alliance évangélique du Canada) is a national evangelical alliance in Canada, member of the World Evangelical Alliance. Its affiliates comprise 43 evangelical Christian denominations, 66 Christian organizations, 38 seminaries and universities, and 600 congregations. It claims to represent nearly 2 million Christians. The head office is in Ottawa, Ontario. Its president is David Guretzki.

History

The EFC was founded in 1964 in the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario.[3][4][5] J. Harry Faught, a Pentecostal, was its founding president (i.e., chair of the board). It has been involved in numerous government bills, regarding issues such as religious freedoms, defining marriage, prostitution, medical assistance in dying, and abortion.[6]

Brian Stiller became the first full-time staff member and Executive Director of the EFC in 1983. He carried that role until 1997 when Gary Walsh became President.

In June 2003, Bruce J. Clemenger became President of the EFC.[6]

In February 2023, David Guretzki became President & CEO of the EFC.[7]

Statistics

As of 2025, the EFC has 43 evangelical Christian denominations, 66 Christian organizations, 38 seminaries and universities, and 600 congregations in Canada.[8] It claims to represent nearly 2 million Christians.

Publications

The EFC publishes Faith Today, a major evangelical magazine in Canada, founded in 1983 under the leadership of Brian Stiller. Its young adult magazine Love Is Moving returned to its roots in 2024 as an online venture, ending a print run from 2016 to 2023. The young adult magazine was founded with the name Love in Action by Joel Gordon and Benjamin Porter.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Internal server error - Canada.ca / Erreur interne du serveur - Canada.ca".
  2. ^ "Internal server error - Canada.ca / Erreur interne du serveur - Canada.ca".
  3. ^ Stackhouse, John Gordon Jr. (1993). Canadian Evangelicalism in the Twentieth Century: An Introduction to Its Character. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-8020-0509-0. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  4. ^ Balmer, Randall (2004). Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism (rev. ed.). Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press. p. 240. ISBN 978-1-932792-04-1.
  5. ^ Choquette, Robert (2004). Canada's Religions: An Historical Introduction. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press. p. 372. ISBN 978-0-7766-1554-7. JSTOR j.ctt1ckpf9c.
  6. ^ a b "EFC, History". www.evangelicalfellowship.ca. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  7. ^ "David Guretzki". www.evangelicalfellowship.ca. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  8. ^ "EFC - Our affiliates". www.evangelicalfellowship.ca. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
  9. ^ EFC, EFC Launches Innovative Youth-Focused "Love Is Moving" Ministry, evangelicalfellowship.ca, Canada, 11 April 2015
  10. ^ "Love in Action magazine". Archived from the original on August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
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