Canadian Friends Foreign Missionary Board

The Canadian Friends Foreign Missionary Board was originally set up to take care of missionary efforts of Canada Yearly Meeting (Five Years Meeting). After the amalgamation of the three Yearly Meetings in 1955, it became one of the standing committees of Canadian Yearly Meeting. In recent years the concept of missionary work has changed and with it the emphasis of the Board. The Board maintains interest and support of the work of Friends in foreign lands insofar as these projects minister to the whole person, both the physical and spiritual condition.

Income of the Board consists of the income from several bequests made to the Board in the past, and more recently from capital from the sale of the Botsford Street Meetinghouse in Newmarket, Ontario, and contributions from Friends. Projects under the care of wider Friends' bodies and other overseas projects are supported by the Board at its discretion. At the present time the Board does not initiate projects.

Contact: Michael Paetzold