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Pentecost International Worship Center

We are a Christian community expressing the reality of Jesus Christ in our worship, teaching and caring for one another, and reaching out to the needy world through the power of the Holy Ghost.

 

ABOUT US

The Church of Pentecost Canada is a missions-oriented evangelical
church with Pentecostal distinctiveness. The Pentecost International
Worship Center (PIWC) is a ministry of the Church of Pentecost
Canada dedicated to reaching the international community in the
Greater Toronto Area for God through Jesus Christ.

 

OUR VISION

1. To share the good news of God's love, forgiveness of sin, healing and deliverance from the power of darkness, provision for today and hope for eternal life here-after, to the
diverse peoples of Canada irrespective of color, race, or ethnic background.

2. Our mission-strategy is to start from our own Jerusalem, i.e. Toronto and reach out to all other peoples who are resident in Canada.

OUR MISSION

 To preach and teach the gospel of Jesus Christ to the spiritually lost, disciple and nurture them to be Christ-centered, Holy Spirit-filled, doctrinally sound and mature saints in God's Kingdom. (Evangelism)

To establish and maintain a friendly multicultural Christian fellowship where every member is an important integral part of the family.

To worship the Lord in spirit and in truth with all kinds of musical instruments and songs that inspire the soul and spirit but are culturally sensitive.

To provide Systematic Teachings that are theologically sound and balanced.

To equip all members to become responsible leaders/ministers for ministry.

To offer holistic ministry to the needs of the total person (including spiritual, material, emotional, intellectual, physical and social).

To mobilize material and educational resources toward the promotion of the Church's International Missionary mandate especially in Africa and other developing countries.

 

MEMBERSHIP

There are both adult and children members of the church. Any person who is thirteen
(13) years or more, who has accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his/her Lord and personal
Savior and is baptized by immersion in the name of Jesus Christ becomes an Adult
Member. Membership shall be maintained by living blameless lives in accordance with
the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ and in obedience to the doctrines of the Church,
Admittance into full fellowship of the Church is by the ceremony of the Right Hand of
Fellowship (Galatians 2:9). The Right Hand of Fellowship is extended by a Minister
or Presiding Elder during a Church service.

Full members of the Church are extended the Right Hand of Fellowship providing they meet the following criteria:
i). A clear testimony of Salvation (publicly confessing Jesus as Lord and Savior)
ii). Baptism by immersion .
iii). Undergo a period of teaching. (New Convert's classes)

Those who are given the Right Hand of Fellowship shall become Communicants. They
may be called into any unpaid office or full-time ministry of the Church. A person is
received into membership of the Church who joins from another denomination with
similar beliefs and doctrine and produces a baptismal certificate or satisfactory identity
and is received into fellowship by the extension of the Right Hand of Fellowship to
him/her.

MISSION STATEMENT

Further to the command of the Lord toward the Great Commission: "Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature,  he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved and teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you"
(Matthew 28:18-20, Mark 16:15-16), The Church enjoins itself with  the following mission statement:
The Church of Pentecost Canada is a missions-oriented evangelical  church with Pentecostal distinctiveness. The Pentecost International Worship Center (PIWC) is a ministry of the Church of Pentecost  Canada dedicated to reaching the international community in the  Greater Toronto Area for God through Jesus Christ.

 

HISTORY

The Church of Pentecost Canada is registered federal religious non-profit organization carrying the gospel to all parts of the world and in Canada in particular. The Church of Pentecost Canada is a branch of The Church of Pentecost International, which has its general headquarters in Accra, Ghana, West Africa and traces its origin to 1937 when the English missionary Rev. James McKeown began his ministry in the then Gold Coast (now Ghana).

Presently, the Church of Pentecost International is active in 80 countries in Africa, North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East with over 80,000 Assemblies (Local Churches) worldwide. The driving force behind the church's growth is the Lordship of Jesus Christ as the Head and the enabling power of the Holy Spirit.

The Church of Pentecost, Canada started in 1990 at Toronto, Ontario, and has since then expanded to other provinces. Besides the PIWC and the Mckeown Worship Centre in North York, the Church has branches in Hamilton, London, Scarborough, Mississauga, Oakville and Ottawa (in Ontario Province), Vancouver (British Columbia province), Calgary and Edmonton (Alberta province), and Winnipeg (Manitoba province).

The Pentecost International Worship Center (formerly the English Church) has been established since 1995 through a powerful visitation of the Lord. Past District Pastors have included Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Owusu, Rev. Daniel Nii Lomotey Engmann, Rev. James Mckeown Quainoo, Rev. Amoh Nyanteh, and Rev. Christian Popo-Ola. Our current District Pastor (Overseer)  is Rev. Richard Adjei.