Our Foundation is

Jesus Christ

1 Corinthians 3:11

Our Mission


To glorify God through the fulfillment of the Great Commission in the spirit of the Great Commandment


Matthew 28:18-20, Matthew 22:37-39

Six Pillars


The foundation of our church is our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

The Six Pillars sum up what Mission City Bible Church is all about.


  • Fervent Prayer

    Dependent and expectant (Ephesians 6:18)

  • PURPOSEFUL DISCIPLE-MAKING

    Intentional and in community (Ephesians 4:11-16)

  • PASSIONATE WORSHIP

    Spirit and truth (John 4:24)

  • COURAGEOUS EVANGELISM

    Word and deed (Matthew 9:36-38)

  • BOLD PREACHING

    Expository and applicational (1 Corinthians 2:1-5)

  • STRATEGIC CHURCH PLANTING

    Together and around the World (Matthew 16:18b)

3W’s of Discipleship


Mature disciples worship Christ, walk with Christ, and work for Christ.
At Mission City we emphasize a quality of discipleship, not a quantity of disciples.

  • Worship Christ

    Experience the sufficiency and express the supremacy of Christ through a lifestyle of worship.

  • Walk with Christ

    Faithful reading of God’s Word, prayer, and fellowship with other believers.

  • Work for Christ

    Minister to one another and serve in the capacity each person has been gifted with

Elders

Kevin Weeks

Lead Pastor of Preaching & Teaching | Elder
elders@missioncitybiblechurch.ca

Jeff Kendrick

Lead Pastor of Ministry & Vision | Elder
elders@missioncitybiblechurch.ca

 

Deacons


Staff

Kevin Weeks

Lead Pastor of Preaching & Teaching

Jeff Kendrick

Lead Pastor of Ministry & Vision

Matt Bunch

Pastor Of Youth Discipleship

 
Ellie Kendrick

Care Coordinator for Discipleship Ministries & Office Admin

Luke Imre

Director of Kids Discipleship

JOSIAH ROCK

Director Of Worship Ministries


MINISTRY LEADERS

Kristina Schuit
Welcome Team Lead

Azin Zurbuchen

Hospitality Coordinator

Lisa Stulen

Medical Team Lead

 
Dan Groen

Setup Team Lead / Deacon

Tom Murphy

Prayer Ministry Coordinator

 
 
 
 
 
 

Our History

IN ILLINOIS...

Meeting in a small conference room in September 1988, eighteen men and women came together to form a different kind of church. By God's hand, Mission City Bible Church in Rolling Meadows, Illinois has now grown into a healthy, functioning Christian fellowship of over 10,000 people. After meeting in a high school for seven years, God supernaturally provided a facility to house this significant ministry and the forty plus full and part-time staff who serve the church.

After planting their first church in 2000, Mission City Bible Fellowship, the church planting ministry of Mission City Bible Church, was formed in 2002. Since then, HBF has planted more than 150 churches in many countries around the world with 1 mission: to glorify God through the fulfillment of the Great Commission in the spirit of the Great Commandment.

IN OAKVILLE...

In early 2003, God placed a calling and a dream within a small group of people to see a Mission City Bible Church come to the Greater Toronto Area. Through supernatural circumstances, a core group of people was formed and the momentum was building. It wasn’t long before ideas were being articulated, prayer meetings were being scheduled and plans were underway for the launch of the second Canadian Mission City Bible Church.

A Bible study began in the summer of 2003 in response to the demand from people who were passionate about this church plant. The first Bible study met in a local office space. When those quarters became too tight, the Bible study was moved to a church basement in Mississauga. By the grace of God this core group continued to grow and develop and attract high quality disciples of Christ. It was in the early fall of 2003 that God clearly led the leadership from HBC Oakville to be connected with the leadership from Calvary Baptist Church in Oakville. In what can only be described as miraculous, God arranged for Calvary Baptist Church to become Mission City Bible Church Oakville, which included giving Mission City their church building, their property and, most importantly, their people. This was an incredible process that presented many challenges. However, this kind of unprecedented event was a sign of what God was up to and what He will do to accomplish His will in building His Church!

Since 2009, the Lord has continued to build His church through Mission City Oakville by planting churches in Brampton (2009), Niagara (2011), Toronto West (2013), Brantford (2014), Kelowna BC (2014), and more on the way.

IN BRANTFORD...

In the summer of 2011, six people gathered together in Brantford and started to pray for God to do things in their city that only He could do. Over time, a growing number of people from the Brantford area began attending Mission City Bible Church in Oakville. It was during this season that God started to knit their hearts together around a common vision for a church in Brantford that was committed to the Mission City philosophy of ministry. With the Elders at Mission City Oakville, this group continued to pray and to wait for the Lord to open doors for the gospel in Brantford through Mission City Bible Church.

Healthy things multiply, and over the next two-and-a-half years, this small group of six grew into a larger community of people calling out to the Lord for a glimpse of His glory. As it has always been the case, God has been faithful and has answered the prayers of His people. In the summer of 2013, the Elders at Mission City Oakville discerned that the time was right to plant a new church in Brantford.

Much work and great effort goes into planting a church, but may this one fact never be forgotten: Mission City Bible Church Brantford began with a small group of people humbling themselves before the Lord and asking Him for great things. By His grace, we will remain in that posture of humility before Him, for apart from Jesus Christ we can do nothing.

IN BRANTFORD...

In the summer of 2011, six people gathered together in Brantford and started to pray for God to do things in their city that only He could do. Over time, a growing number of people from the Brantford area began attending Mission City Bible Church in Oakville. It was during this season that God started to knit their hearts together around a common vision for a church in Brantford that was committed to the Mission City philosophy of ministry. With the Elders at Mission City Oakville, this group continued to pray and to wait for the Lord to open doors for the gospel in Brantford through Mission City Bible Church.

Healthy things multiply, and over the next two-and-a-half years, this small group of six grew into a larger community of people calling out to the Lord for a glimpse of His glory. As it has always been the case, God has been faithful and has answered the prayers of His people. In the summer of 2013, the Elders at Mission City Oakville discerned that the time was right to plant a new church in Brantford.

Much work and great effort goes into planting a church, but may this one fact never be forgotten: Mission City Bible Church Brantford began with a small group of people humbling themselves before the Lord and asking Him for great things. By His grace, we will remain in that posture of humility before Him, for apart from Jesus Christ we can do nothing.

Our History



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IN OAKVILLE...

In early 2003, God placed a calling and a dream within a small group of people to see a Hope Bible Church come to the Greater Toronto Area. Through supernatural circumstances, a core group of people was formed and the momentum was building. It wasn’t long before ideas were being articulated, prayer meetings were being scheduled and plans were underway for the launch of the second Canadian Hope Bible Church.

A Bible study began in the summer of 2003 in response to the demand from people who were passionate about this church plant. The first Bible study met in a local office space. When those quarters became too tight, the Bible study was moved to a church basement in Mississauga. By the grace of God this core group continued to grow and develop and attract high quality disciples of Christ. It was in the early fall of 2003 that God clearly led the leadership from HBC Oakville to be connected with the leadership from Calvary Baptist Church in Oakville. In what can only be described as miraculous, God arranged for Calvary Baptist Church to become Hope Bible Church Oakville, which included giving Hope their church building, their property and, most importantly, their people. This was an incredible process that presented many challenges. However, this kind of unprecedented event was a sign of what God was up to and what He will do to accomplish His will in building His Church!

Since 2009, the Lord has continued to build His church through Hope Oakville by planting churches in Brampton (2009), Niagara (2011), Toronto West (2013), Brantford (2014), Kelowna BC (2014), and more on the way.

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IN BRANTFORD...

In the summer of 2011, six people gathered together in Brantford and started to pray for God to do things in their city that only He could do. Over time, a growing number of people from the Brantford area began attending Hope Bible Church in Oakville. It was during this season that God started to knit their hearts together around a common vision for a church in Brantford that was committed to the Hope philosophy of ministry. With the Elders at Hope Oakville, this group continued to pray and to wait for the Lord to open doors for the gospel in Brantford through Mission City Bible Church.

Healthy things multiply, and over the next two-and-a-half years, this small group of six grew into a larger community of people calling out to the Lord for a glimpse of His glory. As it has always been the case, God has been faithful and has answered the prayers of His people. In the summer of 2013, the Elders at Hope Oakville discerned that the time was right to plant a new church in Brantford.

Much work and great effort goes into planting a church, but may this one fact never be forgotten: Mission City Bible Church began with a small group of people humbling themselves before the Lord and asking Him for great things. By His grace, we will remain in that posture of humility before Him, for apart from Jesus Christ we can do nothing.

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Great Commission Collective...

As the church planting ministry of Harvest Bible Fellowship grew it became apparent that reorganization in the way we multiply churches was needed and a movement toward decentralization and regionalization began.

In 2017, a new church planting movement, The Great Commission Collective (GCC), was formed. In January of 2018 Mission City Bible Church joined the GCC.

We are grateful for our rich heritage, and now move forward with a renewed passion to be a worshipping and sending church in the GCC.

Church Name Change | September 2019


- MISSION CITY BIBLE CHURCH -

WHAT DOES OUR NEW NAME MEAN?
Our new name was chosen with purpose in order to reflect and communicate our mission and mandate as a church.
(click the "+" to expand the meaning of each word in our new name)

We are a church with a mission.
“And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age’” (Matthew 28:18-20)

We are a church on a mission.

“As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world” (John 17:18; cf., John 20:21)

Though our name is changing, our mission remains the same: To glorify God through the fulfillment of the Great Commission in the spirit of the Great Commandment. God has placed us in a church we love, within a city we love, to proclaim the name of the Saviour who first loved us. Our commitment is to make disciples in his name.

FAQ's

In the spring of 2017, Harvest Bible Fellowship dissolved. Since then, we have had no relationship or association with Harvest Bible Chapel in Chicago. In the winter of 2019, Pastor James MacDonald was released from his role as Senior Pastor at Harvest Bible Chapel in Chicago for ongoing and unrepentant patterns of behaviour that have disqualified him from ministry. Due to the seriousness of this, we believe it is important for us to cut all ties with this previous relationship including changing our church name, which is one of the key components of our identity.

Our Doctrine


Church Government


The Bible’s teaching on the subject of two church offices is found in 1 Timothy 3:1-16 and Titus 1:5-9. Although there are three terms used for the offices of the church: bishop, elder, and deacon, analysis of these terms indicates that bishop and elder are used interchangeably.

What We Believe About...


Reports & Policies


Accessibility Policy

Accessibility Policy

(AODA) Policy

Policy

Here is the Mission City Policy.

Here

Accessibility Ontario Video

(AODA) Training Video

Training Video

Here is the Mission City Video.

Here

AODA Customer Service Training Confirmation

(AODA) Form

Form

Here is the Mission City Form.

Here

Privacy Policy

Mission City Privacy Policy

Prepared January 2022

Policy

Here is the Mission City Policy.

Here

Financial Statements

2022 Audited Statement

Prepared February 2023

2022 Audited Statement

Here is the 2022 Audited Statement.

Here

Employment


We believe that current and future staff members of Mission City Bible Church must have a clear sense of calling to serve the Lord Jesus Christ and those He calls to be part of our church family in Brantford. We highly value team members who strive for a spirit of humility and excellence in their service to the Lord and His church. In addition to a particular role a staff member might fill, we expect that each staff member will joyfully serve as part of the church body on weekends or as part of mid-week ministries of Mission City.

Open positions will be posted here. If you are interested in any positions listed here, please submit a personal resume via email to jobs@missioncitybiblechurch.ca . Please only submit resumes when positions are open and posted below. If you are presently attending Mission City Bible Church but you are not currently serving, we would encourage you to start serving before applying for any position of employment. Please note that only applicants considered for these positions will be contacted. Thank you for your prayerful consideration of how to best serve the Lord and His church.

 

Our Locations

Our church family meets two times every weekend.


  • Worship Services | Sundays 9&11am
  • Brantford Christian School
  • 30 Clara Cres. Brantford, ON N3S 7C9
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Our administrative offices are located at:


  • Open 8:30am-4:30pm Monday to Thursday (By appointment only)
  • 1100 Clarence St. S. Unit 103B

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