Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Convention of Canada
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The Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Convention of Canada is a Baptist
organization serving the Ukrainian Baptists in the country of Canada
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Ukrainian Baptists became established in Canada early in the 20th century from two independent sources. Ukrainian immigrants established the first Ukrainian Baptist church in Canada at Winnipeg in 1903. Around the turn of the century, English-speaking Baptists sent a missionary to labor among the growing Ukrainian population in western Canada. From this work, a church was organized in Overstone, Manitoba in 1904. Around this same time, Baptist work among the Ukrainians was started in Toronto, Ontario, and in Saskatchewan
. John Kolesnikoff, a missionary, came to Canada from the Ukraine in 1907. These churches were successful in attracting Mennonite
, Shtundist, and Eastern Orthodox immigrants from Russia. The first annual conference of Ukrainian Baptists in Canada was held in Canora, Saskatchewan
in 1908. For a number of years the body operated as the Federation of Ukrainian Baptist Churches in Canada. In 1961, they incorporated under the current name.
Baptist
Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
organization serving the Ukrainian Baptists in the country of 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...
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Ukrainian Baptists became established in Canada early in the 20th century from two independent sources. Ukrainian immigrants established the first Ukrainian Baptist church in Canada at Winnipeg in 1903. Around the turn of the century, English-speaking Baptists sent a missionary to labor among the growing Ukrainian population in western Canada. From this work, a church was organized in Overstone, Manitoba in 1904. Around this same time, Baptist work among the Ukrainians was started in Toronto, Ontario, and in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
. John Kolesnikoff, a missionary, came to Canada from the Ukraine in 1907. These churches were successful in attracting Mennonite
Mennonite
The Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist denominations named after the Frisian Menno Simons , who, through his writings, articulated and thereby formalized the teachings of earlier Swiss founders...
, Shtundist, and Eastern Orthodox immigrants from Russia. The first annual conference of Ukrainian Baptists in Canada was held in Canora, Saskatchewan
Canora, Saskatchewan
Canora is a town located at the junction of highways No. 5 and 9 in east-central Saskatchewan, north of the city of Yorkton. Centrally located on the corners of four adjacent rural municipalities, the community is home to approximately 2,400 residents and draws upon a substantial trading area...
in 1908. For a number of years the body operated as the Federation of Ukrainian Baptist Churches in Canada. In 1961, they incorporated under the current name.