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Person · 1903-1988

William George Berry (1903-1988) was a minister of the United Church of Canada. He was born in London, England and educated at Mount Allison University, McGill University and Oxford University. He was ordained in 1934. Rev. Berry was active in social work and served as Associate Secretary on the Board of Evangelism and Social Service. He was a member of the Inter-Church Committee on Protestant- Roman Catholic Relations and was active in union negotiations with the Anglican Church of Canada. He retired in 1971 and died in 1988.

Best, Marion
Person · 1924-

Marion Best was born in New Westminster, British Columbia. She received Nurse Training at the Royal Columbian Hospital, then worked there from 1968-1975. In 1977, she and her husband Jack Best received a joint call to the Naramata Centre in British Columbia, where she worked on programs and he worked on public relations and finances. She continued work there until 1987 when she began freelance consulting work with church and community groups, in the healthcare field. For many years, she was on the Executive of the World Council of Churches. She was also President of the British Columbia Conference, and on the United Church’s General Council Executive. A lay-leader, she served as Moderator of the United Church from 1994-1997, and in 1998 began serving as Vice-Moderator of the World Council of Churches. Best was Chair of the sessional committee that produced the 1988 recommendations on opening the ministry to gays and lesbians, in the report Toward a Christian Understanding of Sexual Orientation Lifestyles and Ministry.

Corporate body · 1850-?

Bethel Primitive Methodist Church in Scarborough was established in the 1850s and was likely located near the present-day intersection of Eglinton Avenue East and Kennedy Road.

Corporate body · ca.1968-2003

Bethesda United Church of Forest Glen was established ca. 1968, after Bethesda United Church had closed ca. 1967; it closed in 2003 and the majority of members transferred membership to Applewood United Church.

Corporate body · 1954-2011

Beverley Hills United Church was established in 1954, two years after the establishment of the Beverley Hills Sunday School in 1952. A church, located at 65 Mayall Avenue in Downsview, was dedicated in 1957. The congregation closed in 2011 and the building was transferred to the Ghana Calvary Methodist United Church.

Bexley United Church (Ont.)
Corporate body

Bexley United Church was established in 1925; formerly Methodist; it closed ca. 1965.

Person · 1864-1942

Robert Barnes Beynon (1864-1942) was a Methodist/United Church minister. Born in Temperanceville, Ontario, he married Altia Doane of Thornton, Ontario, and served as a minister from 1891 to 1925.

Bible Christians
Corporate body · 1815-1884

Bible Christians in England had seceded from the Wesleyans to establish a distinct Connexion in 1815. In 1831, missionaries were sent to Prince Edward Island and Upper Canada. The Canada West District was formed in 1842, but first met in 1844. It was divided into three smaller Districts at its final meeting in 1852. A General Meeting of Preachers and Representatives of these Districts was held in 1853 and again in 1854. Permission was given by the English Conference to establish a Canadian Conference, which first met in 1855. In 1865, the Prince Edward Island missions joined the this Conference. An Executive Committee was first mentioned in the published digest of Conference minutes for 1871; members included the President and Secretary of Conference, Superintendents of Districts, Editor and Book Steward, Missionary Secretary and Treasurer and General Financial Secretary. Some minor changes in membership were made leading up to 1884, when this Conference joined the other Methodist denominations to form the Methodist Church (Canada) in 1884.

Binnie, James, 1864-1944
Person · 1864-1944

James Binnie (1864-1944) was a Presbyterian/United Church minister in Ontario. He was born in Parry Sound and was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in Canada in 1892, serving in the Kingston and North Bay/Parry Sound Presbyteries. He was then a United Church minister in the Carling-Otter Lake District, 1925-1926; Toronto, St. Cuthbert's, 1927-1928; and superannuated in Toronto, 1929-1943. He married Jessie Connell in 1904.

Person · 1902-1982

Alfred Fernes Binnington (1902-1982) was a United Church minister. He was born in Toronto in 1902. He was educated at Victoria College and Emmanuel College, receiving his B.D. degree in 1931. He was ordained as a United Church minister the same year. Rev. Binnington served various churches across the country before he retired in 1967. He died in 1982.

Corporate body · 2003-

Birchcliff Bluffs United Church in Scarborough was estalished on November 30, 2003 with the amalgamation of Birch Cliff United Church and Birchcliff Heights United Church. It is located at the former Birch Cliff United Church at 33 East Road at Warden Avenue and Kingston Road. It is still an active congregation of the United Church of Canada.

Birch Cliff United Church in Scarborough was established ca. 1951, formerly First United Church. First United Church was established in 1925, formerly Birchcliff Union Congregational Church. In 1951 the church was re-named Birch Cliff United Church. The congregation cloed on November 30, 2003.
Birchcliff Heights United Church in Scarborough was established in 1925; formerly Birchcliff Heights Methodist Church, which was established in 1917. It was originally located on Willingdon Avenue at South Woodrow Boulevard and then in 1925 the church re-located two blocks south to Highland Avenue and South Woodrow, just north of Danforth Avenue, about half-way between Birchmount Road and Kennedy Road. Birchcliff Heights United Church amalgamated with Birch Cliff United Church to become Birchcliff Bluffs United Church in 2003.