The Faith Mission is a Protestant evangelical

Evangelicalism

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 Christian

Christian

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 organization founded in Scotland

Scotland

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 in 1886 by John George Govan

John George Govan

John George Govan was a Scottish businessman and evangelist who founded The Faith Mission.He was inspired on hearing accounts of the Holiness movement from friends who had attended the Keswick Convention of 1884. With the goal of leading a life wholly devoted to God, he then set about removing all...

. It emphasizes evangelism

Evangelism

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 of rural areas and operates a Bible

Bible

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 College in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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The Faith Mission exists to reach people with the good news of the Gospel

Gospel

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 of Jesus Christ. As an interdenominational agency, it works closely with all Christian churches that share a similar concern for passionate evangelism and evangelical truth, especially in areas where there is little or no biblical witness throughout the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 and Ireland

Ireland

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Outside the United Kingdom and Ireland

At the request of a Toronto

Toronto

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 pastor in 1927, two Faith Mission pilgrims travelled to Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 to begin work there. The Faith Mission (in Canada) has its headquarters in Campbellville, Ontario

Campbellville, Ontario

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, and has workers in Ontario

Ontario

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, British Columbia

British Columbia

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, Quebec

Quebec

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 and Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

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, as of October 2008. There are also daughter organizations in South Africa

South Africa

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 and France

France

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, called the Africa Evangelistic Band or AEB and Mission-Foi-Evangile, respectively. The work of these daughter agencies is similar to the work of The Faith Mission in the U.K. and Ireland.

External links

• The Faith Mission official website
• The Faith Mission Bible College official website
• The Faith Mission (in Canada) official website