Embassy Christian Fellowship
HSF student club
 

Student Club Mission Statement

Student Church Mission Statement

The Embassy exists to provide a place where students can gather to worship regularly and be exposed to biblical teaching that's relevant to their surroundings and pertinent to their unique stage in life. It's a place where students can be encouraged by fellowship with one another and equipped and challenged to reach those around them for the sake of the Gospel at Humber College.

The Embassy exists to promote the life of Christ by motivating students to practically and actively live out their faith. The Embassy seeks to engage students at a formational stage in their lives, discipling them to prepare them for a lifetime of influence.

The Embassy works in cooperation with the local church and Embassy Christian Fellowship, and seeks to establish a lasting relationship between itself and the school in which it conducts its ministry.
 

Club History

The following article was written by Nishant Das, Student President of Lifeline Christian Fellowship (now Embassy Christian Fellowship) from 2005-2008:
 

The Journey Thus Far

In the early 1990s, a chaplaincy program was formed at Humber College under the assistance of Reverend James Glidewell, the Director of Missions for the Ontario Southern Baptist Association of Churches. He brought on board Dr. Randy Gallaway who served as a Humber College Chaplin and who also served as a campus pastor for U of T downtown and Erindale, and Sheridan College. It was then in 1993 that Lifeline Christian Fellowship was established at Humber College on the North campus. This ministry initiative was sponsored by the Baptist Student Ministries (BSM) under the Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists (CCSB) which also saw similar ministries at U of T downtown, York University, Sheridan College Brampton and Oakville, and McMaster University. Reverend Len Thomas starting assisting the students at Humber College as a resource person in 1996 and continued to do so after Dr. Gallaway left in 1998. In 2002, Reverend Len Thomas became the official Humber College Chaplin. In 2004, Jeremy Langely of the International Missions Board (IMB) through the connection of BSM, served as a resource person at Humber until leaving with his family to serve overseas in 2007.

After the departure of Jeremy Langley in 2007, Lifeline Christian Fellowship continued operating independently at Humber College North and through a chapter at the Lakeshore campus. Lifeline was completely student run and led, receiving its financial support from the Humber Student's Federation (HSF).

Through the year and through the obstacles, God has blessed us immensely. In 2006, the North and Lakeshore clubs came together to write a vision and mission statement and we have continued to supported each other in spite of the distance. In the spring of 2007 we ran Alpha, in the fall of 2007 we ran Curious? and in the spring of 2008 we ran Nooma.

Despite being completely student run with limited outside support, the Club has also doubled in numbers and there has been an increase of ministries. Previously, Lifeline only existed as one bible study, but the club has grown to now facilitate 4 Links (small groups), a prayer meeting, monthly socials, outreach activities, and an annual retreat.

Since the creation of the club in 1993, the goal was to always plant a church on the campus. However, the timing was never right and so we continued as a bible study. Nevertheless, this desire has not changed. An important fact to also note is that Lifeline is the only Christian Club to survive on campus over the years. Other campus ministry initiatives have tried to start on the campuses of Humber and Guelph-Humber (GH), which exist on the same campus, but they have all given up within a year and left. During the process of surveying students for Curious? we discovered that there is a great hunger on the campus, yet it is a real battle here and Satan has been working hard to hinder a Christian presence on campus.

In December of 2007, Reverend Len Thomas put us in contact with Trevor Gingerich, a pastor with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC). Through what they called the "Priority 1 Campus Ministry Initiative", the PAOC (Mission Canada) plans on planting 1 church on a campus in every province by 2010. After discerning the need, they felt God directing them to Humber. This began a 4 month process of discussion and prayer. Then in March of 2008, we decided to partner with Mission Canada to plant a Church on Humber College starting in the fall of 2008 under the umbrella of Lifeline.

-Nishant Das, former Club President