Who we are
Our Mission is to Glorify God through the fulfillment of the Great Commission, in the spirit of the Great Commandment.
Distinctives
As a member church in the Great Commission Collective, we fully affirm and seek to practice the six distinctives of a Great Commission church.Bold
Preaching
Expository and applicational.
Purposeful Disciple-Making
Intentional and in community.
Strategic Church Planting
Together and around the world.
Our History
See how God called a group of 30 people to plant a new Church in London Ontario.
1999
God called a group of about 30 people together in the fall of 1999 to begin to meet, pray and study the Scriptures in regard to a new church plant in London.
2000
After about six months of seeking after God, they launched SouthWest Community Church in March of 2000 commissioned by Wortley Church of London. God has graciously grown this small group during this time as many who used to be far from God are now followers of Him and many more have matured and grown in their love and devotion to Christ.
2004
SouthWest started out renting Ashley Oaks Elementary School in White Oaks and in 2004, moved to Oakridge Secondary School as their growth continued.
2006
In the late winter/early spring of 2006, God began to reveal His leading that SouthWest should transition to Harvest Bible Chapel of London. With the encouragement and blessing of the Harvest Fellowship and all other Harvest churches, our Elders team transitioned SouthWest to Harvest London.
2009
In the summer of 2009, due to God’s continued provision and growth of His church, Harvest London moved to Banting Secondary School
2015
In the summer of 2015, Harvest London purchased the church building at 250 Commissioners Road (the old Wortley Baptist Church/Hillside Church building).
2017
In the fall of 2017, Harvest Bible Fellowship Canada became the Great Commission Collective (GCC), joining a new church planting organization in the USA by the same name. As part of GCC Canada, we joined with about 120 churches worldwide that were previously Harvest churches associated with Harvest Bible Fellowship, but transitioned to GCC churches. Together, we are continuing to work, planting churches in Canada, the US, and around the globe. Learn more about GCC, gccollective.org
2018
In September of 2018, we officially changed our name to Redemption Bible Chapel to reflect our heart for the gospel of Jesus Christ.
1999
God called a group of about 30 people together in the fall of 1999 to begin to meet, pray and study the Scriptures in regard to a new church plant in London.
2000
After about six months of this seeking after God they launched SouthWest Community Church in March of 2000 commissioned by Wortley Church of London. God has graciously grown this small group during this time as many who used to be far from God are now followers of Him and many more have matured and grown in their love and devotion to Christ.
2004
SouthWest started out renting Ashley Oaks Elementary School in White Oaks and in 2004, moved to Oakridge Secondary School as their growth continued.
2006
In the late winter/early spring of 2006, God began to reveal His leading that SouthWest should transition to Harvest Bible Chapel of London. With the encouragement and blessing of the Harvest Fellowship and all other Harvest churches, our Elders team transitioned SouthWest to Harvest London.
2009
In the summer of 2009, due to God’s continued provision and growth of His church, Harvest London moved to Banting Secondary School
2015
in the summer of 2015, Harvest London purchased the church building at 250 Commissioners Road (the old Wortley Baptist Church/Hillside Church building).
2017
In the fall of 2017, Harvest Bible Fellowship Canada became the Great Commission Collective (GCC), joining a new church planting organization in the USA by the same name. As part of GCC Canada, we joined with about 120 churches worldwide that were previously Harvest churches associated with Harvest Bible Fellowship, but transitioned to GCC churches. Together, we are continuing to work, planting churches in Canada, the US, and around the globe. Learn more about GCC, gccollective.org
2018
In September of 2018, we officially changed our name to Redemption Bible Chapel to reflect our heart for the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Structure
Redemption is committed to the Bible’s teaching that Elders are to oversee the various functions of the local church. The Bible’s teaching on leadership in the church is found in 1 Timothy 3:1-16 and Titus 1:5-9.
Elders
The Bible says that Elders are responsible for the spiritual oversight and leadership in the local Church.
QUALIFICATIONS
If anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. For an overseer, as God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it. Titus 1:6-9
AND
The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church? He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil. 1 Timothy 3:1-7
RESPONSIBILITIES
Doctrine – Ensuring that the doctrine of the church is biblical; all doctrinal issues in the church will be settled by the Elders Team. Therefore, the Elders oversee all the teaching ministries in the church.
Direction – Ensuring that the direction of the church is consistent first and foremost with God’s Word, and secondarily with the Redemption Bible Chapel mission and four pillars.
Discipline – Administering in love and humility the process of church discipline as outlined in Matthew 18:15-20; Galatians 6:1-4; Titus 3:10; 2 Thessalonians 3:14-15; 1 Timothy 5:17-25; 1 Corinthians 5:2; 2 Corinthians 2:5-11 and Romans 16:17.
PLURALITY
The Scriptures teach that a plurality of men called elders governed individual New Testament churches (Acts 14:23; Acts 20:28; Titus 1:5; Philippians 1:1). The Scripture does not mention any congregations featuring a stand-alone pastor as sole leader, nor does it teach the church is to be run like our political system with representation and voting. Jesus Christ is the head of the church (1 Peter 5:4), the elders are to follow His leadership as under-shepherds (1 Peter 5:2-4) and lead the church with humility, service and sacrifice (John 13:1-20).
Deacons
QUALIFICATIONS
