4. The United Methodist Church
Over the years there were many contacts between The Methodist Church and The Evangelical United Brethren Church and its antecedents, revealing their common heritage. These contacts led to the merger of these two denominations in 1968, forming The United Methodist Church. However, due to a growing difference in theological emphasis and social philosophy, there were those from the former Evangelical United Brethren Church for whom it was deemed best to decline from entering into the newly formed United Methodist Church. The differences between Canadian and United States law, plus the fact that since 1925 The Methodist Church had not existed in Canada led to the formation of two separate churches: The Evangelical Church in Canada and The Evangelical Church of North America.

5. The Evangelical Church in Canada
The Evangelical Church in Canada dates its origin to a visit by John Dreisback to Ontario in 1816. The first missions were established in 1839. In 1863 the Canada Conference was organized which entered in the province of Ontario.

In 1899 the Canada Conference sent its first missionary to Western Canada. From this small beginning the Northwest Canada Conference emerged as a missionary Conference in 1927. In 1928 the Dominion government granted a separate charter to this organization.

In 1946 the Conference came to be a part of the newly formed Evangelical United Brethren Church. At the time of the merger of The Evangelical United Brethren Church with The Methodist Church a request was made for the status of autonomy. This request was favorably received and the status of autonomy was officially consummated in June, 1970.

In 1982 the Northwest Canada Conference of The Evangelical Church and The Evangelical Church of North America merged into one denomination. At the time of this merger the concept of an “all-Canada” church was retained. In 1992 Hillcrest Christian College of the Northwest Canada Conference of The Evangelical Church and Mountainview Bible College of The Missionary Church of Canada merged to become Rocky Mountain College. This was a prelude to the merger of the Northwest Canada Conference of The Evangelical Church and The Missionary Church of Canada. In June, 1993 this merger was effected, forming The Evangelical Church of Canada.

6. The Evangelical Church of North America
The Evangelical Church of North America was born June 4, 1968, in Portland, Oregon, when forty-six congregations and about eighty Ministers met in an organizing session. Within two weeks a group of bout twenty churches and thirty Ministers from Montana and North Dakota became a part of the new church. These congregations and Ministers had been a part of The Evangelical United Brethren Church but had declined to enter the newly formed United Methodist Church. The former Holiness Methodist Church became a part of The Evangelical Church of North America in 1969, bringing its local churches, ministry and membership, along with a flourishing mission field in Bolivia, South America. The Wesleyan Covenant Church joined in 1977, along with its missionary work in Mexico and Brownsville, Texas, and its work among the Navajo Indians in New Mexico.

Involved cooperation with recognized evangelical organizations has been a hallmark of the new denomination. These organizations include Christian Holiness Partnership, National Association of Evangelicals, World Gospel Mission, and OMS International.