Evangelical Covenant Church of Canada

Summary of the 108th Annual General Meeting of the ECCC:

The AGM affirmed the ECC resolution on domestic violence.

The AGM approved the 2012 budget. Some highlights:

Funding for church planting and a director of church planting at 20% of full time.
$7,000 for a new initiative called Adventures in Leadership. More information coming to churches this week!
$210,000 budgeted as opperating support from churches to the ECCC.
Julia Stein, Director of Ministry Support will work 20% time for the CBC transition board as the charity is transitioned to a foundation.

Two new members of the Leadership Board were added:

Audra Reinhardt, Strathmore, AB
Colin McClure, Nelson, BC

Nine first time ministry licenses were affirmed:

John Cho, Avenue Community Church, Toronto, ON
Gerald Froese, Sanctuary Community Church, Edmonton, AB
Ileana Garcia - Soto, Green Timbers Covenant Church, Surrey, BC
Andy Gilkinson, Minnedosa Covenant Church, Minnedosa, MB
Tom Greentree, Erickson Covennat Church, Erickson, BC
Jeff Gooderham, Faith Covenant Church, Breton, AB
Sally Carlson- Larson, Norquay Covenant Church, Norquay, SK
Chris Wiens, Nelson Covenant Church, Nelson, BC
Sam Williams, Avenue Community Covenant Church, Toronto, ON

Ordination to Specialized Ministry was affirmed for Julia Stein, ECCC

Commissioning was affirmed for Snowy Noble, Corrections Chaplain

We heard from Dave Olson (Exec. Minister of Church Growth and Evangelism, ECC) and Robert Owens (Superintendent, South East Conference) on being a Healthy and Missional church.

There were stories of God's work in discipleship, church vitality, and church planting.

Churches are starting this year in Toronto and Winnipeg
Church vitality seminars have taken place in 6 churches.
There are many opportunities in the ECCC to engage in discipleship.

This was the first year we did a split meeting, but the reports are encouraging:

Over 100 delegates were voting at this AGM. That is a 20% increase from previous meetings. More participation than ever!
Delegates and participants in Rainy River expressed appreciation for fellowship and connectivity.
In Edmonton, Sanctuary Covenant Church hosted the delegates and participants well with their hospitality.
The technology was choppy that connected the two sites, but as a first try we learned a lot on how to make this work better in the future.
The ECCC was the the first ECC conference to ever try a satellite AGM location.

Our global initiatives are thriving and growing in Ecuador, Haiti, Palestine and Congo

In particular we learned that the ECCC will be able to partner with the greater ECC in sponsoring children with World Vision in Congo this year. This is an unprecedented partnership for World Vision, the Evangelical Covenant Church and now the ECCC.

All are invited to attend the 109th Annual General Meeting of the Evangelical Covenant Church of Canada next year in Melfort, Saskatchewan, May 2-5, 2013.