Our History
Maranatha Gospel Fellowship started as a prayer meeting about 40 years ago. It was the only Malayalam spiritual meeting at that time. In the early part of 1970s many Malayalee believers came together to worship God with out any denominational difference under the leadership of Bro & Sis. P. O.Oomen (Achenkunju & Marykutty) and Bro.& Sis. Philip Abraham (Kunjachen & Kunjamma). As the number of immigrants coming to Canada increased, many Malayalees moved to Edmonton. Eventually God allowed many Malayalee churches and congregations to be formed in Edmonton. We acknowledge the hard work of Bros. Achenkunju and Kunjachen in doing the ground work for establishing Maranatha Gospel Fellowship.
In 1992 Maranatha Gospel Fellowship registered as a church. Until Dec 2006 we worshiped mainly on Saturday nights. On December 9, 2006, Under Pastor Wilson Kadavil's leadership church took a new level by introducing full service on Sunday mornings and there by establishing its name in Edmonton as the only Full Gospel Malayalee Pentecostal Church. Our first service was held at Pastor Wilson Kadavil's house (670 Henderson St, Edmonton). January 2007, Christ Family Fellowship graciously opened their facilites for our worship service.
November 1, 2008 we moved in to our own facility at 2411-96 Street, Edmonton, Alberta. God was so gracious to us to buy our own facility in a very short time after we established our church a year before. In December 2009 we added another 1400 Sq.ft to the church. Now we have a facitily of Appro.3500 Sq.ft.
The first service started with five families (Pastor Wilson Kadavil family, Bro.Koshy Abraham family, Bro.Saju Skaria family, Bro. Saji Kochikuzhiyil family and Sister. Anitha Roy).Later in the first year Sister. Anitha family moved to Toronto, ON. Soon after Kochikuzhiyil family left the church. Today on December 31, 2010 about 45 families call MGF as their home church.Sunday worshippers are predominantly Malayalees but, Tamil & Telugu believers also worship with us. Spiritual growth of our children is of paramount importance to us, so our messages and worships songs are multilingual.
For the last 40 years, Maranatha Gospel fellowship has been a light house in the City of Edmonton. Many people came to know Jesus and accept Him as their personal savior through this fellowship. Almighty God had also provided us with the opportunity and means to help many needy people around the world. We were instrumental in starting the Western Pentecostal Conference 23 years ago.
Our prayer is that we will continue to serve the South Indian community of Edmonton, enlarge our territory to the South Asian community of Edmonton as God leads and direct us and be a blessing to the City.
Maranatha, pronounced as Mar'-ah-na'-tha, is a word found in the New Testament of Aramaic origin, the language spoken by Jews at the time of Jesus. It literally means "Come, O Lord".
It is generally believed that the early church often greeted one another by saying "Maranatha".
Christians lived in constant expectation that the God may come any day to establish the golden ages of eternity where there will be no more sin, no more sorrow, no more death, and no more trouble. Infact, this is something that we seem to forget in this busy world. We live as if the second coming of Christ is till far away. But if we look at the signs of our time (2 Timothy 3: 1-5), it is clear that we must also greet one another by shouting- "Maranatha, Our Lord is Coming". Hence our name Maranatha Gospel Fellowship.
Maranatha, pronounced as Mar'-ah-na'-tha, is a word found in the New Testament of Aramaic origin, the language spoken by Jews at the time of Jesus. It literally means "Come, O Lord".
It is generally believed that the early church often greeted one another by saying "Maranatha".
Christians lived in constant expectation that the God may come any day to establish the golden ages of eternity where there will be no more sin, no more sorrow, no more death, and no more trouble. Infact, this is something that we seem to forget in this busy world. We live as if the second coming of Christ is till far away. But if we look at the signs of our time (2 Timothy 3: 1-5), it is clear that we must also greet one another by shouting- "Maranatha, Our Lord is Coming". Hence our name Maranatha Gospel Fellowship.
Our Objective
The objective of our church is to provide a meaningful siritual service for our communinity. We hope you will enjoy visiting our web site and using our services as much as we enjoyed providing them for you.
Our Believers
Members play an important role in any church. Here is where we get a chance to tell you a little about ourselves. We may talk about our families, interests, and what we do in our free time. We try to bring our passion for life to you through our church and this web site. We are available to visit you, pray with you in your need and share our passion for Jesus with you.
Our Prayer
Our prayer is that you will know Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour and that you will develop and passionate loving relationship with Him