The Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Convention of Canada is a

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organization serving the Ukrainian Baptists in the country of

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History

Ukrainian Baptists became established in Canada early in the 20th century from two independent sources. A group of Ukrainian immigrant families laid down the foundation and established the first Ukrainian Baptist church in Canada, electing Rev. Ivan Shakotko to be the pastor in

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in 1903. Around the turn of the 20th century, English-speaking Baptists sent a missionary to labour 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 Ukrainian Canadians was started in

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, and in

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. John Kolesnikoff, a missionary, moved to Canada from eastern Ukraine in 1907. These churches were successful in attracting

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emigrants from

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. The first annual conference of Ukrainian Baptists in Canada was organized by Rev. Shakotko and Rev. Kolesnikoff in

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in 1908. It was originally called the "Russian-Galician Evangelical Convention" and gradually changed to "Russian-Ukrainian" as the name Ukrainian was popularized. For a number of years afterwards the body operated as the "Federation of Ukrainian Baptist Churches in Canada". In 1961, they incorporated under the current name.

References

* ''Profiles in Beliefs: the Religious Bodies in the United States and Canada (Vol. II)'', by Arthur Carl Piepkorn *
100th Anniversary of the Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Historical Review: 1903-2003. John Tkachuk, October 19, 2003
'' Retrieved 27 December 2022. *

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