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Who we are....

Our Vision

Ferndale is a faith community committed to becoming a healthy reproducing church. We exist to glorify God by having a great commitment to the Great Commission and the Great Commandment. This means we want to reach people with the gospel and help them love God and each other.

Our Beliefs

  • The Bible is God's word.

  • God exists in three persons, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

  • Jesus Christ is fully God and man.

  • Humankind is sinful and unable to please God apart from personal faith.

  • Christ's death and resurrection is the only adequate payment for humankind's sin and eternal life.

  • The Holy Spirit lives in every true Christian believer's life.

  • Christ will return at the end of the age at which time all dead and living believers will be resurrected to be with Christ.

  • People who have not embraced Christ's sacrifice through personal faith will be eternally separated from God.

Our History

Born in 1922, with eight churches united to reach out to a growing population in the Hamilton/Toronto communities. Built on a strong conviction that the Bible is the truth of God for every generation and is relevant in addressing all of life, this group of churches soon spread to other provinces. Driven by leadership that was passionate in their love for God and people, eight churches have become 135 churches and 25 additional congregations. Designed to be a people movement of interdependent churches, each church took on an individual name and unique identity dependent on local cultures, ethnic origins and traditions. Although a family of churches with self-determined identities, we hold a common faith that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that we are to be an authentic expression of God's love on earth today.

Ferndale is the daughter church of Church of the Open Bible located in downtown Peterborough. Ferndale was established in the West End of Peterborough in 1961. Ferndale has had 5 senior pastors in its 45 year history. Rev. Carl Crate. Rev. Carl Friedrich, Rev. Ron Unruh, Rev. Jake Geisbrecht, and Rev. Rick Lucas.