Our Beliefs.

The convictions that shape how we worship, serve and live together.

Our family of churches

We're an Alliance church

Freedom in Christ Church belongs to The Christian and Missionary Alliance, a family of churches with roots right here in Canada. Its founder, A. B. Simpson, grew up in Ontario and was ordained a Presbyterian minister in Hamilton before starting the movement that became the Alliance.

Being part of the Alliance shapes who we are. It gives us a clear centre, Jesus Christ, and a clear purpose: to know Him fully and to make Him known. We're a volunteer-led church, but we never serve alone.

  • A shared statement of faith

    We hold the same summary of biblical truth as Alliance churches across Canada.

  • A heart for missions

    From its beginning, the Alliance has existed to make Christ known, next door and around the world.

  • Partnership and accountability

    We're not on our own. We're joined with like-minded churches for encouragement, accountability and mission.

At the heart of the Alliance

The Fourfold Gospel

A. B. Simpson summed up the Gospel in four words about Jesus. More than a century later, they're still at the centre of every Alliance church, including ours.

  • Jesus is our Saviour

    Jesus died in our place and rose again. Everyone who turns to Him is forgiven, born again and given eternal life.

    Statement of Faith 6

  • Jesus is our Sanctifier

    Jesus fills us with His Holy Spirit, setting us apart from sin and giving us power to live holy lives and serve Him well.

    Statement of Faith 7

  • Jesus is our Healer

    Jesus cares for the whole person. We pray for the sick and anoint with oil, trusting Him for healing of body and soul.

    Statement of Faith 8

  • Jesus is our Coming King

    Jesus is coming back, personally and visibly. That hope moves us to live faithfully and to share the Gospel while there is time.

    Statement of Faith 11

What we believe

Our core values describe the kind of church we want to be. Our statement of faith summarizes the truths we hold in common with Alliance churches across Canada.

Our Core Values

Therefore: We love Him wholeheartedly, worship Him sincerely and seek passionately to complete the work He has given us to do.

Statement of Faith

There is one God, who is infinitely perfect, existing eternally in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Our roots

How the Alliance began

The Alliance didn't start as a denomination. It started as a movement of ordinary believers who wanted to know Jesus more deeply and to tell the world about Him.

  1. 1843

    A Canadian beginning

    Albert Benjamin (A. B.) Simpson is born on Prince Edward Island. His family later settles in Ontario, where he grows up in a devout Presbyterian home.

  2. 1865

    Called to ministry

    After studying at Knox College in Toronto, Simpson becomes pastor of Knox Presbyterian Church in Hamilton, Ontario. Later pastorates take him to Louisville and then New York City.

  3. 1881

    Reaching the overlooked

    Burdened for the people his New York congregation wasn't reaching, including newcomers, the poor and the unchurched, Simpson steps out to start an independent gospel work that becomes the Gospel Tabernacle.

  4. 1882

    Training missionaries

    Simpson opens a missionary training school in New York to equip ordinary believers for service at home and abroad. It later becomes Nyack College.

  5. 1887

    Two alliances formed

    At a summer convention in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, two societies are formed: the Christian Alliance, for fellowship and the deeper Christian life, and the Evangelical Missionary Alliance, for sending missionaries overseas.

  6. 1897

    The Christian and Missionary Alliance

    The two societies unite as The Christian and Missionary Alliance, joining a passion for knowing Christ fully with a commitment to make Him known around the world.

  7. 1980

    The Alliance in Canada

    Alliance churches across Canada, with roots reaching back to Simpson himself, form their own national body: The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada.

  8. Today

    A worldwide family

    Alliance churches now worship in many languages on every inhabited continent. Freedom in Christ Church is proud to be part of that family here in Mississauga.

“Once it was the blessing, now it is the Lord.”
A. B. Simpson, from his hymn Himself

That line captures the Alliance at its best: not chasing experiences, but Jesus Himself. We'd love for you to discover Him with us.

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