Rev. George Eves is a retired Anglican Priest. Raised in the Pentecostal tradition and originally following a brief career in Life Insurance Administration, George felt the call to ministry and enrolled at Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto. There, he obtained the degrees of Master of Religion (MRel) and Master of Theology (ThM). After graduation, he and his wife, Deborah, moved to Winnipeg, MB where he was ordained deacon on January 6, 1980, and priest on November 1, 1980, both under the auspices of the Anglican Church of Canada.
After enjoying several years serving at a small country parish, George, Deborah and their two daughters moved to Saint John, NB where, again, the Lord was calling him to serve. George became the rector of St. John’s (Stone) Church where he and his family would remain for thirteen years.
During much of this period Rev. Eves served as the founding Chairman of the Board for “Barnabas Anglican Ministries”, an organization which sought to encourage biblical ministry in the Anglican Church of Canada. He worked closely with BAM’s National Co-Ordinator, the Rev. Tom Robinson and, under Tom’s overall guidance, was part of the team that organized the Essentials 94 conference in Montreal.
Rev. Eves left Stone Church in 2000 to teach at Taylor College of Evangelism in Saint John. He remained there until retirement in 2011. While there, he also took on the role as Priest-in- Charge at St. Luke’s, Gondola Point, Anglican Church, where he served until his further retirement in 2015.
George has written two books, Two Religions, One Church and In the Bosom of Abraham. He also has written blog entitled Lection Connection in which he provides key themes and thoughts regarding each reading from the Revised Common Lectionary, as an aid for preachers and lay people.
George and his wife Deborah have recently left the Anglican Church of Canada for reasons explained here. They have also moved to Winnipeg MB, to be closer to family. There, they are excited to be helping establish Immanuel Winnipeg, a church plant with the Anglican Diocese of Canada in the Anglican Church of North America.