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Backed by the choir, Rev. Fung conducts Sunday service at Eliam Chinese Baptist Church, 675 Sheppard Ave. E. Started only 8 years ago by a few people (...)
Backed by the choir, Rev. Fung conducts Sunday service at Eliam Chinese Baptist Church, 675 Sheppard Ave. E. Started only 8 years ago by a few people (...)

Backed by the choir, Rev. Fung conducts Sunday service at Eliam Chinese Baptist Church, 675 Sheppard Ave. E. Started only 8 years ago by a few people (...)

Date4/30/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Backed by the choir; Rev. Fung conducts Sunday service at Eliam Chinese Baptist Church; 675 Sheppard Ave. E. Started only 8 years ago by a few people meeting in their homes; it now draws some 500 worshippers to its $350;000 church. It is typical of the rapid growth of evangelical Christian congregations among Toronto Chinese.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0021819F
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