Mississauga Christian Assembly began early 2003.
God placed a calling in the heart of our Brother Haribabu Talasila to leave his ministry, people, and comforts of life in India to find a habitation (dwelling place) for the Mighty God in Canada. He received this confirmation from the Word of God in Psalm 132:5 and was led by the Holy Spirit with the Lord’s promise in Acts 1:8.
As a family Brother Haribabu started gathering in his Mississauga house, and through much prayer, waiting and supernatural circumstances, the Holy Spirit connected and added a small group of devoted brothers and sisters in the early 2003 to gather on the Lord’s Day to worship the Lord and study the Word of God.
And over the course of time, the Holy Spirit continued to build the Lord’s church in the local Mississauga area and in 2005 the church governance was established as per the scriptures, and Elders and Deacon were appointed in the assembly.
With the growing burden for spiritual maturity, the assembly started and committed to weekly corporate prayer meetings and the Spirit stirred the hearts of many families to open their house for prayer meetings.
Through the years the Holy Spirit moved powerfully and added many more families from all background and cultures to the local assembly and the church grew to a large number that the house of Brother Haribabu Talasila became too tight and crowded to worship on the Lord’s Day.
We believe Church is a heavenly entity and was not established to be an earthly institution. And from the inception, the assembly was gathering in houses as it was the custom in the first century until the Lord deemed it necessary to move us out to a meeting place.
In the fall of 2014, the Lord laid in the heart of the Elders to prayerfully seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the assembly fasted and prayed fervently.
And the Lord showed His faithfulness again, as the Holy Spirit supernaturally arranged a place of worship near Meadowvale Town Centre, in Mississauga at the end of 2015. All glory and praise to be God alone, though we were not registered as a legal entity, but as we exercised faith, the Meadowvale authority provided us with a meeting place and even gave our gathering name as The Assembly.
And the grace of God was upon the Assembly as the Holy Spirit continue to add faithful saints and disciples to learn the teaching of the Kingdom of God and to walk and live by the counsel of the Holy Spirit.
During the turmoil of pandemic in 2020, the Lord continued to show his presence and power through His Holy Spirit as HE supernaturally connected more families through the online service. As the Word of God was ministered daily, the assembly continued to grow in the knowledge of the Kingdom of God and worshipped in the spirit and truth.
The Meadowvale authority terminated the lease of the Assembly during pandemic citing concerns of limiting number of tenants in their property.
In the fall of 2021, as the church was fervently praying, the Lord showed His favor again and opened the Erin Meadows Community Centre facility for yet another a season for His saints.
We are excited and cannot wait to see what the Lord has in store for us as God unfolds what is He up to and what He will do to accomplish His will in building His Church.