Centre for Ministry Partnership and Innovation

The CMPI landing page (TheEFC.ca/CMPI) automatically shows the latest website posts from a variety of categories. You can also check out the adjacent tabs on this page, which group current partnerships like this:

Creativity

• Fuse: A Creators Collective 
• Love Is Moving 

Ministry

• Abuse Awareness and Prevention Network
• Canadian Council of Christian Women
• Our Common Calling
• Welcome Church 

Indigenous

• Indigenous Advisory Council 
• Reconciliation Through Relationships
• Seven Commitments Working Group 

Our current research projects are listed elsewhere at TheEFC.ca/Research.

Fuse: A Creators Collective 

Fuse: A Creators Collective will be a Canada-wide hub for connection, collaboration and career development for both professional and emerging Christian creators. By providing a job board and listing of Christian creatives across multiple disciplines (performing arts, video content creators, visual arts, digital communication and literature), Fuse will become a credible platform to find paid work or look for professionals who match the needs of particular projects. Fuse will connect Christian freelance artists in Canada with organizations and ministries in need of professional creative talent. It will facilitate sponsorships, workshops, webinars, commissioned pieces, live events and mentorship, providing collaborative professional growth opportunities for members.

Love Is Moving 

Founded in 2010, Love Is Moving is a print and online magazine that gathers unique voices to share insights on the issues and questions Christian youth and young adults across Canada are facing. The magazine tells stories of hope, beauty, diversity, and creativity that inspire and challenge the faith of millennial and Gen Z Christians. Love Is Moving is produced by young adult creators and leaders; it hosts online discussions and opportunities for connection, with recent themes being creative entrepreneurship and the value of art in troubled times. You can subscribe to the print magazine for free and explore the latest articles at loveismoving.ca.

Abuse Awareness and Prevention Network

Within Christian ministries, institutions and churches in Canada, there is a need for resource sharing, networking and training around abuse awareness and prevention. The Abuse Awareness and Prevention Network is focused on identifying priority areas of engagement and attention that could be most effectively addressed by a national network. It will gather and disseminate resources and host events that will equip ministry leaders and congregation members to prevent and respond to abuse in different forms. Find out more about this initiative and how to get involved at www.abuseawareness.net.

Canadian Council of Christian Women

The Canadian Christian Women’s Council imagines a world where God’s Kingdom purposes are fully realized through women and men flourishing and co-labouring alongside each other to serve Him. It will be a think tank and convener of women leaders across a range of sectors who are committed to amplifying female voices, honouring women’s contributions, and co-creating a world where women and men flourish. 

The Council will offer research and resourcing and serve as a consulting body for national and international ministries. This convening space will allow opportunities for greater collaboration between organizations and leaders. It will also respond to the limited resources and research available regarding women as a demographic in the Church and highlight women’s needs, views and voices in areas where they are not adequately represented. Having this representation is important because it will allow the EFC, its affiliates and Evangelicals across Canada to more fully meet the needs of the Canadian Church.

Our Common Calling

Our Common Calling engages with Christian leaders and influencers from across Canada to understand the kingdom landscape, increase mutual understanding, encourage collaboration and incubate innovation. Our Common Calling brings together existing networks and learning communities that are already serving the Church in Canada. It hosts a broad gathering of voices on their platform, which is intentionally intergenerational, intercultural, and interdenominational. Our Common Calling is a partnership between Lausanne Canada, The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, Canadian Centre for Christian Charities and Christian Higher Education Canada. Find out more information at www.ourcommoncalling.ca. 

Welcome Church 

As Canada continues to receive more and more people from diaspora/immigrant communities, the EFC is creating new resources and curating existing ones to equip ministry leaders and congregations to welcome newcomers to Canada. The Welcome Church initiative includes a series of training videos from seven speakers highlighting hospitality, intercultural ministry, and how to welcome specific people groups to your community and congregation. The Welcome Church initiative is led by Our Common Calling, a partnership of The Canadian Centre for Christian Charities, Lausanne Canada, Christian Higher Education Canada and the EFC. Find more information at www.welcomechurch.ca.

Indigenous Advisory Council 

The Indigenous Advisory Council was established to nurture right relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Evangelicals in Canada; acknowledge the harmful impacts and pain caused, either directly or indirectly, by Evangelicals in Canada; and to shape paths for walking together in future. The Council assists the EFC President in initiating truth-telling and reconciliation efforts among Evangelical communities and Canadian society more broadly. It provides insight for responding well to public issues that impact Indigenous communities in Canada and offers input and guidance on the work of the Seven Commitments Working Group.

Reconciliation Through Relationships 

Reconciliation Through Relationships is an Indigenous-led initiative that pairs Indigenous and non-Indigenous people together for a series of conversations that build friendships and strengthen cross-cultural understanding. The groups are facilitated by an Indigenous coach who guides the pairs on how they can form relationships in a good way. Through discussing learning material and reflecting on their journeys, the pairs form friendships. Through these relationships, participants gain valuable insights into each other’s ways of life. 

Reconciliation Through Relationships was launched in 2021 by the EFC and Reconciliation Thunder, a non-profit that empowers leaders to respond to the 94 Calls to Action and address institutional racism. The Reconciliation Through Relationships dream is to spark reconciliation one friendship at a time. Find out more about this initiative and how you can participate at www.rightrelationship.ca. 

Seven Commitments Working Group 

Part of the EFC’s Indigenous relations work involves resourcing our affiliates in building right relationships. The Seven Commitments Working Group, comprised of Indigenous and non-Indigenous denominational and ministry leaders, is focused on this work, beginning by designing a learning journey for the EFC board and staff. Following the presenting of a paper called Stewarding Sacred Seeds, the Working Group was established in 2021 to guide the implementation of seven commitments that can move Canada forward in reconciliation and good relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous brothers and sisters. This working group meets monthly and is actively leading EFC’s response to our Seven Commitments.