EBCE is a multicultural Hispanic Church, whose main audience is intended to be Hispanics. There are Spanish-speaking people from 20 different countries residing in the Greater Toronto Area, and there are people from 13 of those countries regularly attending EBCE.
Pastor J.D. is a native of Venezuela, and he was serving in ministry at a local church there until he and his wife Andreina moved to Canada in 2012. Upon their arrival in Toronto, the Fasolinos began attending Emmanuel Baptist Church Toronto. J.D. became a church planter apprentice while serving at EBCT. In 2015, he began to lead a small Bible study group that met in Ajax, Ontario (30 minutes east of Toronto). Early in 2016, that group began to meet on Sundays, and on April 9, 2016, 30 people were present at the launch service of Emmanuel Baptist Church East.
EBCE is a multicultural Hispanic Church, whose main audience is intended to be Hispanics. There are Spanish-speaking people from 20 different countries residing in the Greater Toronto Area, and there are people from 13 of those countries regularly attending EBCE.