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[German Version] (Jul 29, 1874, Etobicole, Ontario, Canada – Mar 21, 1942, Winnipeg, Manitoba). In 1885 Woodsworth moved with his family to Brandon, Manitoba. Ordained to the Methodist ministry in 1896, he later studied at Victoria College, Toronto, and later at Oxford University, England. He became an advocate of the “Social Gospel” as a way of addressing the social problems caused by the industrial revolution (Socialism: IV, 2.b). In 1918 he resigned from ministry because the Methodist Church su…

[German Version] (Oct 18, 1919, Montreal – Sep 28, 2000, Montreal). Educated as a lawyer at the University of Montreal and Harvard University, he became the 15th prime minister of Canada and held two terms, from 1968 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1984. Although he was originally attracted to socialism in his early career, by the 1960s he was committed to liberalism and in 1865 joined the Liberal Party. As prime minister he sought to create a “just society” and was responsible for removing homosexuality…

[German Version] After Russia, Canada is the largest country in the world, but one of the most sparsely populated. It covers almost 40% of the land area of North America (9, 970, 610 km2). It borders the Arctic Sea to the north, the Atlantic to the east, twelve states of the USA to the south, and Alaska and the Pacific to the west. Its capital is Ottawa. The greatest population density and the largest cities are along the coast and the border with the USA, where 90% of the Canadian population live. In 2001 it had approx. 30 million inhabitants. Canadian society is multicultural, comprising gro…

[German Version] (Jan 10, 1607, Orléans, France – Oct 18, 1646, Ossernenon, Auriesville, NY) was the first Jesuit from Orléans to enter the novitiate at Rouen in 1624. He later studied philosophy at the Collège La Fléche; there he encountered the missionary emphasis and mysticism of the Catholic Counter-Reformation. After studying theology at Clermont, Paris, Jogues was ordained to the priesthood in January 1636. In April of the same year he traveled to New France, Canada, and became missionary to…

[German Version] (Oct 22, 1844, Red River Settlement, Manitoba – Nov 16, 1885, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada), belonged to the Métis, an ethnic group of mixed American Indian and European origin. He led the Canadian North-West Rebellion of 1885. Between 1868 and 1870 he headed a provisional government in the area where the Métis had settled, and took part in negotiations for the Manitoba Act (1870). Because Riel had ordered the execution of the Canadian Thomas Scott in March 1869, he was forced int…

[German Version] (Oct 16, 1777, Coventry, CT – Feb 2, 1834, Georgetown, MD). The fifth of six children born to Humphrey Dean and Tabitha (Parker) Dow, Lorenzo was given a basic education and instruction in the Christian religion. In 1794 he began to preach and two years later he became connected with the Methodists, only to be suspended from that connection three months later. Ho…

[German Version] (1776, Ferenze, Scotland – Oct 9, 1843 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada). McCulloch was raised in a Presbyterian family, completed his first degree at the University of Glasgow in 1792 before studying theology and in 1799 was appointed pastor by the Presbytery in Kilmarnock. In 1803 he emigrated to Pictou (Nova Scotia), where he spent the majority of his preaching career in North America. He was committed to the development of opportunities for higher education among Presbyterians. In…

[German Version] (Apr 12, 1778, Aberdeen, Scotland – Nov 1, 1867, Toronto, Canada), Anglican bishop and officeholder. Strachan graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 1797, and moved to Kingston, Upper Canada, in 1799, where he became a schoolmaster. In 1804 he was ordained priest in the Church of England. An effective educator and church administrator, ¶ Strachan moved to York (Toronto) in 1812 where he sought to influence Upper Canada’s political developments. He maintained that his Church should receive all of the funds from lands set aside in…

[German Version] (Aug 27, 1780, Swansea Township, MA – Oct 19, 1855, Alderville, Upper Canada), Methodist minister of English descent, who experienced his “rebirth” in 1803. Two years later, the Methodist Epis¶ copal Church appointed him as an itinerant preacher in Upper Canada. He was ordained in 1807. Case participated in the “Canada Fire,” an experientially oriented revival, which later spread to New York and beyond. He was also a missionary to the Mississauga Indians. In Upper Canada, he mediate…

[German Version] (Dec 15, 1843, Bayview, Prince Edward Island, Canada – Oct 29, 1919, Nyack, NY), preached for a Presbyterian Church in Louisville, Kentucky. During a revival meeting he experienced “entire sanctification” (1874/1875). He founded an independent Gospel Tabernacle in New York in 1881. Simpson was a publisher, author, promoted holiness and healing, and founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance. Daniel Goodwin Bibliography D. Reid, Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals, ed. T. Larsen, 2003, 614–616.

[German Version] (Nov 1, 1873, Bristol, England – Apr 4, 1955, Toronto, Canada), immigrated in 1888 with his family to Ontario, Canada. In 1910 he became pastor of the Jarvis Street Baptist Church in Toronto. During his career he was involved in the modernist-fundamentalist controversy that led to his expulsion from the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec in 1927. He then formed the Union of Regular Baptist Churches in Ontario and Quebec (see also Baptists II, 2). In 1927 he founded the Toron…

[German Version] (1734, Glencolumbkille, Ireland – Feb 24, 1816, Aylesford, Nova Scotia, Canada), born to an Irish family of Scottish descent, emigrated to the USA at 20 years of age, worked there for three years as a teacher, and was ordained an Anglican priest on Dec 24, 1758. He was a loyalist during the American Revolution and returned to Britain in 1783. In 1787 Inglis was appointed the first bishop of Nova Scotia. Upon assuming his duties, Inglis encountered clergy that were antagonistic tow…