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 […]

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 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, […]

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 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 […]