Gerretsen: Local church has gone down ‘very wrong and concerning path’

Bryan Paterson ‘stepping away’ from Third Day Worship Centre

Community responds to Third Day Worship Centre service videos

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December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments anti-LGBTQ+, anti-Muslim, Apostle Francis Armstrong, autonomous church, church governance, conspiracy theories, conversion therapy, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, Edith Armstrong, email to parishioners, gay rights, homophobia, independent church, Kingston, Kingston Islamic Centre, Kingston Muslim community, microchipping, MP Mark Gerretsen, MPP Ian Arthur, outbreak, Pastor Francis Armstrong, T.J. Malcangi, Third Day Fellowship of Canada, Third Day Worship Centre, vaccinations

After more coverage of the questionable practices at Third Day Worship Centre come to light, MP Mark Gerretsen has decided to take a public stance on the autonomous church and its sole leader, Pastor “Apostle” Francis Armstrong. On Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, the federal representative for Kingston and the Islands

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September 9, 2020September 9, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments Bryan Paterson, conspiracy theories, COVID-19, homophobia, islamophobia, Mayor Bryan Paterson, open letter, Third Day Worship Centre

On Wednesday, Sep. 9, 2020, Kingston’s Mayor Bryan Paterson posted an open letter on his blog announcing his departure from the congregation at Third Day Worship Centre. The letter comes two weeks after a video of the church’s preacher appeared on YouTube in which he denounced homosexuality, associated Islamic mosques

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September 3, 2020December 18, 2020 Tori Stafford 1 Comment anti-homosexual, anti-Muslim, Bill Gates, chipping, Christianity, conspiracy theories, COVID-19, COVID-19 cure, Edith Armstrong, fact check, flu, Gilles Charette, HIV/AIDS Regional Services (HARS), homophobia, homosexuality, ID2020, Islamic Society of Kingston, Israel, Kingston, Kingston Muslim community, Mayor Bryan Paterson, microchipping, Microsoft, Mona Rahman, MP Mark Gerretsen, MPP Ian Arthur, Pastor Francis Armstrong, swine flu (H1N1), Third Day Fellowship of Canada, Third Day Worship Centre, vaccinations

Over the past month, members of the Kingston community have taken to social media, attempting to raise awareness of the subject matter being discussed at a local church during their services. Third Day Worship Centre is a non-denominational church, the “flagship church of Third Day Fellowship of Canada and… also

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August 27, 2020August 27, 2020 Kingstonist 0 Comments conservative leader, Conservative Party of Canada, CPC, gay rights, Hastings-Lennox & Addington, homophobia, Kingston, letter, LGBTQ, MP Derek Sloan, MP Erin OToole, Nathan Townend, opinion, transphobia

Editorial note: The following is a submitted Op/Ed piece written by Councillor Nathan Townend and does not necessarily reflect the views and beliefs of The Kiingstonist. Following his recent election as the new Conservative Party leader, Erin O’Toole has made overtures about inclusion and is quoted in The Hill Times