Central Ontario Auxiliary Fall Meeting

Thursday 16 October 2025 at 7:30 pm
Ebenezer Free Reformed Church of Dundas
253 Weirs Lane
Hamilton, ON L9H 5E1

Fraser Valley Auxiliary Fall Meeting

Tuesday 18 November 2025 at 7:30 pm
Southern Irrigation Boardroom
43645 Industrial Way, Chilliwack, BC V2R 4L2

Speaker: Jonathan Arnold, TBS UK General Secretary

TBS (Canada) Alberta Fall Meeting

Thursday 20 November 2025 at 7:30 pm
Coalhurst & District Community Centre
527 50 Ave, Coalhurst, AB T0L 0V0

Speaker: Jonathan Arnold, TBS UK General Secretary

During the year of our Lord 2024, TBS (Canada):

• Granted hundreds of Bibles to Sunday school and elementary school children.
• Almost as many were also provided at a discounted price for middle and high school students.
• More than 1,500 Bibles were granted to prison inmates through their chaplains.
• More than 15,000 Bibles, New Testaments with Psalms, and individual Gospels were granted or sold at reduced prices to organisations and individuals for distribution as part of their outreach work.

It is both humbling and encouraging for us to be involved with the distribution of so many TBS Bibles and Scripture items throughout Canada. Our country has largely forsaken its Christian heritage and no longer acknowledges the authority of God’s Word in public education, the justice system, and all levels of government. Despite our backsliding as individuals and as a nation, the Lord still allows us freedom of worship and facilitates the distribution of His Word throughout the land. Truly, ‘It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness’ (Lamentations 3.22–23).

Throughout the past year, the Lord inclined the hearts of many individuals, churches, organisations, and businesses to support the work of the Society financially. Small and great, every gift is a humbling reminder that the Lord continues to provide even though the cost of living has risen disproportionately to personal income. ‘The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts’ (Haggai 2.8). To Him be all thanksgiving and honour for the funds received, which enabled us to cover all costs incurred, provide the additional monthly funding TBS (UK) needs to pay the Tagalog translator full-time, and transfer a large surplus to TBS (UK) for other translation and granting projects. Thanks to the sustaining Hand of the Lord, and the invaluable help of Mrs Tichelaar and several loyal volunteers, I may report that 2024 exceeded my expectations. Having the opportunity to read much in preparation for writing articles for the Canadian Report was a very rewarding and instructive experience. Meeting new people in person or via telephone calls and conversing with them about their outreach efforts gave me a deeper appreciation for the extent of Bible distribution in Canada. It is the Word of God, and He will cause it to bear fruit wherever and in whomever He will.

In both the spring and the fall, I travelled to Ontario to attend the annual meetings. It was my privilege to hand out Bibles and carry out TBS presentations for students in schools and/or homeschool groups in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario, and each opportunity was a rewarding experience. Attending the AGM in London and meeting several of the TBS team at William Tyndale House was a special privilege as well. It gave me an even greater awareness of the enormity of the undertaking in which TBS is engaged. Towards the end of the year, I was diagnosed with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (Sezary Syndrome) and needed to start treatments immediately. Despite time off for treatments, I was enabled to do most of my work for the remainder of the year. ‘What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits towards me?’ (Psalm 116.12).

With this brief overview of the past year, I extend TBS (Canada)’s hearty greetings to TBS (UK) at William Tyndale House as well as to each of the other Branches. May the Lord bless and prosper the Trinitarian Bible Society in its efforts to make ‘The Word of God Among All Nations’ a reality. The Apostle Paul, in 2 Thessalonians 3.1, wrote, ‘Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you’. May the Lord grant prayer in all our hearts for the Society and each of its many labourers. Most importantly, may His Holy Spirit accompany His Word. He has promised in Isaiah 55.10–11, ‘For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it’. Let that be an encouragement for 2025.

On behalf of Trinitarian Bible Society (Canada),
William Grisnich
General Secretary, TBS (Canada)

Lord willing, we hope to hold an Open House on Saturday, August 30 from 10.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. at our Lethbridge office. We hope to provide you with more details soon, but please mark your calendars and plan to join us! 

Summer Office Closures

Please note that the TBS (Canada) office will be closed during the following dates:

Summer Closure 1:

• Closed: Monday, June 30 – Friday, July 5
• Order Shipping: Orders placed after Thursday, June 27 will be shipped when we return.

Summer Closure 2:

• Closed: Monday, August 11 – Friday, August 15
• Order Shipping: Orders placed after Thursday, August 7 will be shipped when we return.

—All the Lord willing.—

It is with great pleasure that we distribute Bibles to many people throughout Canada—this includes elementary school children. Every autumn, we distribute several hundred Bibles to children; many of these are embossed with their names. We hope and pray that these young children will treasure, read, and study their own copy of the Holy Scriptures.

This year we have sent over four hundred Bibles to schools in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, and Ontario. We are pleased that in addition to the schools that we regularly send Bibles to, new schools and homeschool groups have joined the program, and a previous school has also once again requested Bibles for their students.

When possible, the Canadian General Secretary, Mr. William Grisnich, presents the Bibles to students and gives a short presentation about the Holy Scriptures and their importance. Please remember to pray for the children who receive a Bible through TBS (Canada).

We look forward to presenting more Bibles to school children this autumn, if the Lord will. We would welcome the opportunity to give even more Bibles to school children and ask that you contact us if your school or homeschool group/family have not received Bibles.

‘But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus’ (2 Timothy 3.14-15).

Date: Saturday, 7 September, 2024
Time: 10.00 a.m. - 2.00 p.m.
Location: 10, 320 41st Street S., Lethbridge, AB

The end of 2023 marked the conclusion of Mr Adrian Stoutjesdyk’s work as General Secretary for TBS (Canada). Mr Stoutjesdyk has laboured there for fourteen years. We are very grateful for the work he has been enabled to do for the Society. We trust his labours are not in vain in the Lord.

It is a time of change for TBS (Canada) as Mr William Grisnich takes up his new role as General Secretary, and the office premises moved from Chilliwack, British Columbia to Lethbridge, Alberta. The office in Lethbridge is now open and we pray that this branch will continue to be a blessing to Canadians who desire a faithful edition of God’s Word.

The address and contact details for the new office are:

Trinitarian Bible Society (Canada)
#10 – 320 41 Street S.
Lethbridge, AB T1J 5B3
Canada

Phone number: (403) 634-3911
Email: office@tbscanada.org

The video below may be of interest for those interested in viewing one of Mr Stoutjesdyk’s final addresses as General Secretary, where he recounts some of the labours of the Society and the work of the Rev. Robert Jermain Thomas, a missionary to Korea.

The AGM for the Southern Alberta Auxiliary was held on 21 November 2023. The business portion of the meeting included the updates from the Auxiliary, and a desire was expressed to place Scripture texts on public benches in the Lethbridge, Alberta locality.

0.0 Business Meeting
23.04 Mr Adrian Stoutjesdyk gives the main address
1.10.19 Mr Jonathan Arnold brings greetings from the UK
1.15.58 Mr William Grisnich provides a short message