EMI Canada exists to transform lives by coming alongside missions and local ministries who have a vision to present and live out the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We mobilize full-time project leaders, fellows, and interns from our office, serving alongside administrative staff; and we also support Canadians in these capacities to serve in other EMI offices around the world.
Vision
People restored by God and the world restored through design.
Mission
To develop people, design structures, and construct facilities which serve communities and the Church.
Core Values
EMI revolves around the person of Jesus and serves the global Church to glorify God through:
Design: EMI works within the local context to design and construct culturally-appropriate facilities that are sustainable, affordable, and transformational.
Discipleship: EMI develops people spiritually and professionally through intentional discipleship and mentoring.
Diversity: EMI builds the Church by connecting people of diverse backgrounds, abilities and ethnicities to demonstrate our love for God, our love for the nations and the unity we share in Christ.
Statement of Faith
EMI's vision for glorifying God by offering hope to the spiritually and physically poor stems out of a strategic plan to mobilize design professionals to minister to the less fortunate in developing nations. We proclaim the Gospel of Jesus by helping others change their world — through the development of hospitals, schools, orphanages, bridges, water supplies, electricity and more. Our commitment is to enrich the lives of those who give and those who receive.
EMI holds to a historic, orthodox understanding of Christianity, founded on the Bible, and as enunciated by the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) in their statement of faith adopted in 1951 as listed below:
We believe in:
The Holy Scriptures as originally given by God, divinely inspired, infallible, entirely trustworthy; and the supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
One God, eternally existent in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Our Lord Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh, His virgin birth, His sinless human life, His divine miracles, His vicarious and atoning death, His bodily resurrection, His ascension, His mediatorial work, and His personal return in power and glory.
The Salvation of lost and sinful man through the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ by faith apart from works, and regeneration by the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the believer is enabled to live a holy life, to witness and work for the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Unity of the Spirit of all true believers, the Church, the Body of Christ.
The Resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life, they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
In September 2002, Engineering Ministries International Canada opened its doors as a one-person office to better mobilize Canadian volunteers. Steve Ulrich, a Canadian serving with EMI USA, moved his family to Calgary to open the 4th office in the EMI family.
The first EMI Canada trip went out September 2002 featuring five Canadian design professionals, including Greg Young and Patrick Cochrane, both of whom would play extensive roles in EMI Canada’s development.
EMI Canada staff has grown locally and abroad, representing a variety of disciplines including engineers, architects, construction managers, surveyors, as well as administration and accounting personnel.
Since welcoming its first two interns in May 2003, EMI Canada has hosted over 100 interns from eight different countries, giving young professionals a chance to combine their faith with their career discipline.
EMI Canada celebrated its 22 anniversary in 2024 and continues to empower Canadian engineering and architecture professionals to design a world of hope. To date, EMI Canada has led 124 projects in 30 countries with over 72 client ministries served.
Contact Us
Engineering Ministries International Canada
Suite 201, 625-14th Street NW
Calgary, Alberta
T2N 2A1
info.canada@emiworld.org