Who We Are

Our name tells you a little about us:

  • Our church is Evangelical. We accept the entire Bible as the word of God and, therefore, as our only rule of faith and conduct.
  • Our church is Presbyterian. It is governed by a body of Teaching and Ruling Elders who have equal voice in the government of the church.
  • As a Presbyterian church, we subscribe to the Westminster Confession of Faith (1647), the Larger and Shorter Catechism, The Directory for Public Worship, and Form of Presbyterian Church Government.

In accordance with the pattern of worship evident in the New Testament church—a pattern revived by the Reformation—we use the Book of Psalms in praise, without instrumental accompaniment.

The Evangelical Presbyterian Church was founded in Toronto in 1928. Our first building was constructed in downtown Toronto in 1931 and the present building in suburban North York was completed in 1976. See our congregational history for more detail.

Our congregation is made up of people from a wide variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds. This is one visible expression of the fact that our message—the message of the Bible—is not designed for any particular group of people. In fact, because of our firm adherence to Biblical simplicity, we believe that our church is equipped to speak to everyone. It is our desire to reach out in a Biblical and relevant way, to the highly diversified society around us in Toronto.

We are part of the North American Synod of the Free Church of Scotland. Other Free Church congregations in North America are located in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island and also in Livonia, Michigan, USA.

What We Believe

We believe in:

  • One true God, consisting of three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—in unity.
  • The Bible as entirely God-given and, therefore without error.
  • The sinfulness and guilt of all men before God—as a result of Adam’s fall—and their inability to please God or meet the demands of His Holy Law, leaving them liable to everlasting punishment.
  • The choice of the church by God before the creation of the world.
  • The righteousness of Jesus Christ—God in our nature—as the righteousness which met the demands of God’s law for all who believe in Him.
  • The necessity of being born again by the Holy Spirit, enabling us to believe in Christ and to have His righteousness put to our account.
  • The necessity of personal holiness as defined by the commands of God.
  • The eternal security of those who are true believers.
  • The physical resurrection of Christ from the dead, his ascension into heaven and his future return to judge the world.
  • The proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ as the only hope for a lost world.
  • The principle that nothing should be introduced into the public worship of God except what is commanded by God.

Sample Sermons by Rev. Allan MacLeod

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