About Us
Here's the deal, North Shore Church cares about one thing more than anything else, Jesus Christ. North Shore is a family of individuals that have found hope in Jesus, and simply want as many people as possible to experience that exact same freedom.
Our mission at North Shore is to love God first. This means giving our full attention to Him. When we dedicate our lives to Love and Serve God first, we understand His heart for us and for people, YOU! Therefore, we cannot truly Love God without also showing His love to Others. Being a follower of Jesus means living and acting as Jesus would, and He loves everyone.
A little More About Us
Learn more about North Shore Church. Discover who we are, where we come from, and where we're headed
Where we come from
North Shore Church has been established the community of Terrace Bay Ontario since 1975 and was known as "Terrace Bay Gospel Assembly. A couple people got together and saw the need for a church family who would bring the good life-changing news about Jesus Christ. Startign in the pastor's living room, soon the congregation would move to te public school due to a need for more space.
After a few years of fundriasing and a struggle to find property, 2 lots were purchased from Kimberly Clark Pulp and Paper on 10 and 12 Twelve Terrace Court in 1979. By 1982, a building had been established and still serves as a valuable tool today.
The 1990's were a bit of a slower season of ministry and in the community. A few faithful remained and kept the focus on worshipping God and serving the community. By the early 2000's, the church mortgage and church house were paid in full! Some building renovations including new windows and a new roof brought much needed improvements.
The mid-2000s were a difficult time for the community due to the challenges with the local pulp mill. Again, many families moved away but the church remained faithful and on mission.
As the community began to expand its focus, the church began a journey to long-term sustainability in the late 2010's. North Shore Church has gone through another building renovation through 2020 to the present day and continues it's slow and steady growth. More people are experiencing God's presence and love through out church every week.
We invite you to join us on this journey of faith and to experience all that God has for your life.
Where we're headed
What's the bottom line? More than ever, North Shore is committed to fostering a family built around hope. Hope for today, Hope the future. Hope for better. Hope in Jesus. And as we move forward as a church family, inclusion and belonging remain at the center of who we are as followers of Christ.
We believe that God will take you exactly as you are but we believe that He will never keep you there. We believe when Paul says in the book of Ephesians in the Bible that "He (God) will immeasurably more than we ask or imagine".
This means our church will continue to build on this understanding of New Life in Christ and will continue to grow and learn about the things of God and about the new and creative ways we can fulfill our mission. We are always ready to try something new.
What this means for you
What does this mean for you? Most importantly, you're always welcome at North Shore Church. We're saving a seat for you. Wherever you're at in your faith journey, you'll always be accepted as part of our family.
Beyond that, if you're ready to plan your first visit, click here. If you want to learn more about our beliefs as a church, click here. Or if you'd simply like to get in touch with a person on our lead team directly, click the button below.
We believe in You. We believe God can and wants to use you for His purposes and you can do that here at North Shore Church, You are welcome to get involved.
What we Value
Belong
We are family and everyone who comes through our door should feel like they belong here
Change
God never changes, but he says we are to be transformed by renewing our mind
Generosity
Those who sow generously, reap generously. We want to be generous with our Time, Talent, and Treasure
Future Generations
God is calling us to reach kids and youth. They will be key in seeing us fulfill our vision now and in the future
Our Beliefs
North Shore Church is in a cooperative fellowship with The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC), and as such, we adhere to the following:
1. TRIUNE GOD
There is one God, the creator, who exists eternally in unity as three equal persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The triune God is loving, holy, infinite, just, and worthy of all worship.
The Father accomplishes His plan of salvation through both redemption and judgement. All things will be subject to Him, and His kingdom will have no end.
The Father sent the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of Mary when she was a virgin. Jesus became fully human while remaining fully God. Anointed by the Spirit, Jesus revealed the Father and the kingdom of God by His sinless life, teaching, and miracles. After He died for our sin, God raised Him from the dead, and He is now at the right hand of the Father.
The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father through the Son and gives life throughout creation. The Spirit draws people to repentance and new life in Jesus Christ. Through the Spirit’s indwelling, the Father and the Son are present to all believers, making them children of God.
2. BIBLE
The Bible, both Old and New Testaments, is the written revelation of God’s character and saving purposes for humanity and for all creation. As God’s revelation, the entire Bible is true and trustworthy, and is the final and absolute authority for belief and conduct. The Holy Spirit who inspired the Bible enables its interpretation and application.
3. CREATION
God created and sustains the heavens and the earth, which display God’s glory. Formed in the image of God, both male and female, humankind is entrusted with the care of God’s creation as faithful stewards. As a result of human rebellion, sin and death entered the world, distorting the image of God and all of God’s good creation.
Angels were created as supernatural beings to worship and serve God. Along with Satan, some angels chose to rebel and oppose the purposes of God.19 Christ gives believers victory over Satan and these demons.
4. SALVATION
God created and sustains the heavens and the earth, which display God’s glory. Formed in the image of God, both male and female, humankind is entrusted with the care of God’s creation as faithful stewards. As a result of human rebellion, sin and death entered the world, distorting the image of God and all of God’s good creation.
Angels were created as supernatural beings to worship and serve God. Along with Satan, some angels chose to rebel and oppose the purposes of God.19 Christ gives believers victory over Satan and these demons.
SPIRIT BAPTISM
On the Day of Pentecost, Jesus poured out the promised Holy Spirit on the church. As his return draws near, Jesus continues to baptize in the Holy Spirit those who are believers. This empowers them to continue his work of proclaiming with speech and action the good news of the arrival and coming of the kingdom of God. This experience is available for everyone, male and female, of every age, status, and ethnicity.
The sign of speaking in tongues indicates that believers have been baptized with the Holy Spirit and signifies the nature of Spirit baptism as empowering our communication, to be his witnesses with speech and action as we continue to pray in the Spirit.
6. THE CHURCH
Jesus Christ is the head of the church. All who are united with Christ are joined by the Spirit to his body. Each local church is an expression of the universal church whose role is to participate in the mission of God to restore all things.
Central to the church is the shared experience of the transforming presence of God. The church responds with worship, prayer, proclamation, discipleship, and fellowship, including the practices of water baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Baptism by immersion symbolizes the believer’s identification with Christ in his death and resurrection. The Lord’s Supper symbolizes Christ’s body and blood, and our communion as believers. Shared together, it proclaims his death in anticipation of his return.
The Spirit gives all gifts to the church to minister to others in love for the purpose of bearing witness to Christ and for the building up of the church. The Spirit also empowers leaders, both female and male, to equip the church to fulfil its mission and purposes.
7. RESTORATION
Our great hope is for the imminent return of Christ in the air to receive his own, both the living who will be transformed, and the dead in Christ who will be resurrected bodily. Christ will complete at his second coming the restoration begun when he initiated God's kingdom at his first coming. Christ will liberate creation from the curse, fulfil God’s covenant to Israel, and defeat all powers that oppose God. Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Ultimately, God will judge the living and the dead. Such judgement is God’s gracious answer to humanity’s cry for justice to prevail throughout the earth and is consistent with God’s character as loving, holy, and just. The unredeemed will go away into eternal punishment, but the redeemed into eternal life. The redeemed will enjoy the presence of God where there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!