David Mainse

Rev. David Mainse is a Canadian televangelist and evangelical Christian leader. In the USA, a televangelist (television evangelist) is a religious minister (often a Christian priest or minister) who devotes a large portion of his (or her) ministry to TV broadcasts to a regular viewing and listening audience. ... The term evangelical has several distinct meanings: In its original sense, it means belonging or related to the Gospel (Greek: euangelion - good news) of the New Testament. ... As a noun, Christian is an appellation and moniker deriving from the appellation Christ, which many people associate exclusively with Jesus of Nazareth. ...

Born in Campbell's Bay, Quebec and raised in a rural area near Ottawa, Ontario, Mainse was highly influenced by his father who worked as a missionary. This article is about the capital city of Canada. ... A missionary is a propagator of religion, often an evangelist or other representative of a religious community who works among those outside of that community. ...

Determining to go into ministry while still a teenager, Mainse studied theology at Eastern Pentecostal Bible College (now Master's College and Seminary) in Peterborough, Ontario and was ordained. He met and married Norma-Jean Rutledge in 1958. He pastored Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada churches in Brighton, Deep River, Sudbury and Hamilton. Peterborough (2004 population 74,600 and the metropolitan population numbers 112,000) is a city on the Otonabee River in central-eastern Ontario, Canada, 125km northeast of Toronto. ... The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC) have 1,111 member congregations in Canada. ... Brighton is a town in the province of Ontario. ... Deep River is a town in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. ... Greater Sudbury (2001 census population 155,219) is a city in Northern Ontario. ... Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Area: 1,117. ...

He began his communications ministry in 1962 with a 15-minute program following the late night news in at the then CBC affiliate CHOV in Pembroke, Ontario, while he pastored in Deep River. He later began a television program called "Crossroads", and the program expanded to stations across the country. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the countrys national radio and television broadcaster. ... CTV(1991-1997) Independent (1997-1998) NewNet (1998-2005) CHRO is a television station owned by CHUM Limited which serves the National Capital and Ottawa Valley regions of Ontario. ... Pembroke (population 13,490 in the 2001 Canadian census) is a city on the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley in eastern Ontario, Canada. ...

In 1975 David left the pastorate to focus full time on television and evangelism projects. The early seventies brought "Circle Square" a children's telecast that has been carried in over 50 countries and continues to be shown in some. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

In 1976, Mainse began a project to begin telecasting daily, and as part of this lead an initiative to create a studio at 100 Huntley Street in downtown Toronto, Ontario. The lead program of this new station took the studio's address as it's name. On June 15, 1977, the first of broadcast of the interview/talk show 100 Huntley Street was launched. This was the beginning of the ministry known as Crossroads Communications. 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... 100 Huntley Street is a long-running Canada-based Christian daily talk show and the flagship programme of the Crossroads Television System. ...

This TV program has featured more than 14,000 guests including some famous evangelicals such as Billy Graham and Charlton Heston. It has a weekly audience averaging one million Canadian viewers. The Rev. ... Charlton Heston on the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter on October 4, 1924), is an American film actor noted for heroic roles, and his long involvement in political issues. ...

In 1998, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission granted Crossroads a licence to operate a 24-hour a day Toronto-Hamilton over-the-air commercial TV station carried on cable and covering North America on satellites. CITS-TV has been broadcasting programming since September of 1998. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC, in French Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes) was established in 1968 by the Canadian Parliament to replace the Board of Broadcast Governors. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Mainse also served for several years at the request of the world's most successful mutual funds leader, Sir John Templeton as a judge in the world's largest annual prize "The Templeton Fund for Progress in Religion". John Marks Templeton was born on 29 November 1912, in the town of Winchester, Tennessee. ...

He has received numerous awards for excellence in television production from the National Religious Broadcasters in the USA, and has several honorary doctorates. The most recent being from Tyndale University College and Seminary in Toronto in 2003. The National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) Association represents 1700 plus Christian religious broadcasters. ... Tyndale University College and Seminary is an evangelical Christian and transdenominational post-secondary educational institution located in Toronto, Ontario Canada. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Mainse stepped down as president of Crossroads and host of 100 Huntley Street in the summer of 2003. The new president of Crossroads is his youngest son, Rev. Ron Mainse.

Biography from 100 Huntley Street