Local Pastor attends assembly

Bill and Linda Cook
recently attended the Sth
Biennial General Assem-
bly of The Christian and
Missionary Alliance in
Canada, one of the fastest
growing denominations in
North America, in Saska-
toon, Saskatchewan. Rev.
Cook has been the pastor
of the Tumbler Ridge
Alliance Church _ since
1987.

Delegates to General
Assembly, the highest
governing body, re-elected
Dr. Melvin P. Sylvester
to his third term in the
office of president. Syl-
vester is a graduate of the
Canadian Bible College,
the denomination’s theo-
logical training centre in
Regina, and has served in
five pastorates.

Before becoming the
first president of The
Christian and Missionary
Alliance in Canada, Syl-
vester was the District
Superintendent of the
Eastern and Central Ca-
nadian District. Presently

he is president of the
_ Evangelical —- Fellowship
and is a member of the
Board of Directors of
| World Relief Canada a-
mong many others.

More than 1,000 dele-
gates and guests attended
the Centennial Celebra-
tion which included spe-

of Alliance history and
current ministries. Results
{ of a special effort to
' “double in a_ decade’’
| were announced. Inclusive
, membership of 297 Cana-
dian Alliance Churches
' more than doubled and
) currently stands at 63,277.
| President Sylvester pre-
sented the long range
| planning goals which out-
| lined the future agenda of
the church.
_ Keynote speakers in-
_cluded Rev. Wendell
| Grout, Pastor of First
| Alliance Church in Cal-

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gary. Other speakers were
Dr. Louis L. King, former
president of The Christian
and Missionary Alliance
in the United States; Rev.
Issac Keita, president of
the Christian and Mission-
ary Alliance in Guinea,
West Africa; Dr. Arnold
Cool, director of person-
nel and missions; Rev.
Delbert McKenzie and
Rev. Richard Sipley.

The finale of the six-day
convocation focussed on
Overseas Missions, the de-
nomination’s primary dis-
tinction among evangeli-
cals. More than 60 career
missionaries now on fur-
lough, participated in a
colorful and informative
presentation of ministry
efforts in more than 40 of
the 53 nations in which the
Alliance has _ congrega-
tions.

The Christian and Mis-
sionary Alliance was born
in the 1880s when there
was a revival of: teaching
on scriptural holiness, di-

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ond Coming of Christ.
The motive of The Chris-
tian and Missionary Alli-
ance is to take the Gospel
as a witness to all nations,
thus hastening the return
of Christ. Dr. Sylvester,
president, stated that the
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tion is to continue to reach
the unreached and ne-
glected peoples, both at
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The local Alliance con-
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tablished in 1984, has the
same emphasis on evan-
gelism and global mis-
sions, states Pastor Cook.

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