THE TORONTO BLESSING (Catch the Fire) TORONTO BLESSING TIMELINE: 1977: John Wimber established a Calvary Chapel in Yorba Linda, California. 1980: Lonnie Frisbee shared testimony in a turning point for Wimber’s church. 1981: John and Carol Arnott entered full-time ministry and established Jubilee Christian Fellowship in Stratford, Ontario. 1982: Wimber affiliated with Ken Gullikson’s The […]
Category: Canadian Religious and Spiritual Group Profiles
United Church of Canada
UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA TIMELINE 1859 An Anglican priest made the first public call for uniting Protestant churches in Canada. 1874, 1881, 1886 Calls for unity were repeated and strengthened. 1888 The Lambeth Conference (of Anglican bishops) approved four theological points acceptable for use as basis of a merger. 1889 A conference on church union […]
New Latter Rain Movement
NEW ORDER OF THE LATTER RAIN NEW ORDER OF THE LATTER RAIN TIMELINE 1947 (Spring): George Hawtin, a Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada pastor, founder of the college, and its principal, resigned under pressure from Bethel Bible College Saskatoon. Faculty member Percy G. Hunt resigned in sympathy. 1947 (October 21): Hawtin and Hunt joined Herrick Holt, […]
Olga Park
OLGA PARK TIMELINE 1891 (February 24): Olga Park was born Mary Olga Bracewell in Gargrave (North Yorkshire), England. 1910: Park and her family emigrated to British Columbia, Canada. 1914: Park began to receive unsolicited psycho-spiritual experiences of the Cosmic Christ and other beings from the life beyond death or “heavenly realms.” 1917 (March 24): Olga […]
Fadia Ibrahim
FADIA IBRAHIM TIMELINE 1962: Fadia Ibrahim was born. 1990: Ibrahim immigrated from Beirut, Lebanon to Canada. 2009 : The Virgin Mary first visited Fadia Ibrahim during Mass, by inscribing the letter M on her leg in blood. 2010: In response to now numerous messages from Mary to Ibrahim, a Catholic group in Detroit, Michigan delivered […]
Cowboy Trail Church
COWBOY TRAIL CHURCH TIMELINE 1882: The first cattle were brought into Alberta Province by American John Ware. 1886: The forerunner of the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede took place. 1923 (July): The first Calgary Exhibition and Stampede was held. 1963: The Canadian Cowboys’ Association was created. 2005 (February 1): Cowboy Trail Church was established. FOUNDER GROUP […]
Eckhart Tolle
ECKHART TOLLE TIMELINE 1948: Eckhart Tolle was born Ulrich Leonard Tolle in Lunen, Germany. 1977: Tolle was admitted to postgraduate studies at Cambridge University in London, having completed a degree in languages and history at University of London. 1979: Tolle experienced an “inner transformation,” and after a period of drifting, settled in Vancouver, Canada and […]
Army of Mary / Community of the Lady of All Peoples
ARMY OF MARY / COMMUNITY OF THE LADY OF ALL PEOPLES TIMELINE 1921 (September 14): On the feast day of the Holy Cross, Marie-Paule Giguère was born in Sainte-Germaine du Lac-Etchemin, Quebec, Canada. 1944 (July 1): Marie-Paule Giguère married Georges Cliche. 1945 (March 25): A series of apparitions and messages of the Lady of All […]