What kind
of church is Evangel?
Evangel church is affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada,
and exists to bring people to receive Jesus Christ as their Saviour and
to become Spirit filled believers whose life priority is to honour and
serve Christ. Our mission is to bring people of all ages and
backgrounds to an intimate personal relationship with the living God.
Our vision is to become a caring community of Spirit-filled believers,
impacting our world and bringing people to wholeness in Christ. To see
this happen, we focus on five key areas of the Christian life:
Worship: Loving
God and ministering to Him through creative worship, making meaningful
prayer a priority and highly valuing the anointing of God.
Friendship: being
caring believers reaching out, connecting with others adn meeting needs.
Discipleship:
growing to maturity and fruitfulness by learning the Word of God,
applying it to our lives, and leading others to do the same.
Ministry: each
person recognizing their worth, using their spiritual gifts, and
faithfully serving in the life and ministry of the church.
Missions: personally
being part of the Great Commission by proclaiming and living out the
Gospel both here in our community adn as the Lord enables on mission
fields around the world.
Our
Statement of Faith:
- We believe the Bible is
the inspired and authoritative Word of God.
- We believe that there is
one God, eternally existent in three persons, God the Father, God the
Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
- We believe in the deity
of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in
His death and resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the
Father, and in His future return to this earth in power and glory.
- We believe that the only
means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in
Jesus Christ and regeneration by the Holy Spirit.
- We believe in divine
healing.
- We believe in the
Spirit-filled life by whose indwelling and empowering the Christian is
given power to live a joyous and victorious life.
- We believe in the
resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting
life and the other to everlasting judgment.
What is
being built?
The 16,000 square foot ministry centre currently under
way is what we believe will be only the beginning of our use for this
site. The building will be all on one level, except for a
basement storage area, so stairs will not be an issue for anyone.
A large foyer will welcome all into the facility and will provide easy
access to the rest of the building. The main seating area is a
multi-purpose room that can seat up to 500 and can be reconfigured for
music events, banquets, medium and large meetings as well as youth and
children’s activities.
Another smaller fellowship hall is also multi-purpose and will serve
the needs of smaller groups, social events, children and youth
programs. These two areas are connected by a spacious kitchen.
Pastors’ offices, general office, library and smaller classrooms
are included, as is nursery and child care facilities.
The building will lend itself to expansion in the future with the
possibility of a larger dedicated sanctuary, an education wing, another
small to medium sized hall and a larger office complex.
With the trees bordering Joyce Avenue being left in place, and an
outdoor amphitheater excavated, we envision being able to hold outdoor
events ranging from Sunday services to Friday night youth
concerts. With room for a ball field, the opportunities to hold
events that the public can be invited to are endless.
Check out some of the construction photos, or better yet, drive by to
check out our progress!
