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Jarvis Street Baptist Church in Toronto

Sovereign Grace Fellowship of Canada (SGF) is a fellowship for Reformed Baptist churches in Canada[1] holding to either the Baptist Confessions of 1644 or 1689.[2]

History

The Fellowship was founded in 1983 by William Payne, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Burlington, Ontario. [3]

In 2001, the Fellowship adopted a constitution.[4] As of 2012, there were 14 churches, including the Jarvis Street Baptist Church in Toronto.[5]

SGF publishes a magazine called Barnabas.[6] It is one of the Baptist groups associated with the Toronto Baptist Seminary and Bible College.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Bramadat, Paul & Seljak, David (2009). "Appendix". Christianity and ethnicity in Canada. University of Toronto Press. p. 2008. ISBN 978-0-8020-9584-8.
  2. ^ "Sovereign Grace Fellowship of Canada Website: Constitution". Retrieved 8 Feb 2012.
  3. ^ Taylor Murray, Paul R. Wilson, Canadian Baptist Fundamentalism, 1878-1978, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2022, p. 293
  4. ^ "Sovereign Grace Fellowship of Canada Website: Introduction". Retrieved 8 Feb 2012.
  5. ^ "Sovereign Grace Fellowship of Canada Website: Member Churches". Retrieved 11 Feb 2012.
  6. ^ "Barnabas". Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  7. ^ "Toronto Baptist Seminary and Bible College: Mission". Archived from the original on 2011-10-10. Retrieved 11 Feb 2012.