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American worship leader, Sean Feucht stated that he has faced more resistance in Canada for holding a worship service than he experienced in Turkey and Iraq.
It is a sad testimony of the spiritual climate of America’s northern neighbor.
Sean was touring Canada as part of his Let Us Worship: Revive in 25. He started off as a worship leader at Bethel Church in Redding, California. He has since gone on his own. He has been holding worship services across America over the past several years, including areas hit by the Antifa riots.
The Canadian tour is broken up into two legs. The first takes place in Eastern Canada in July and the second half will be in August featuring locations in Western Canada. Most events were previously booked and paid for.
Feucht’s problems started almost immediately with the cancellation of the first worship service scheduled at Nova Scotia’s York Redoubt National Historic Site on Wednesday, July 23, 2025.
Parks Canada officials made the decision citing “health and safety as well as community standards and well-being”, the National Post reports.
There were concerns about potential protests over Sean’s public support of traditional values and his support of President Trump.
But since it was cancelled three days earlier, a local farmer volunteered a field and mowed the grass to facilitate the concert on the scheduled date.
Officials at the City of Charlotte, the capital city of Prince Edward Island, were next to cancel Sean’s worship event at Confederation Landing on July 24, 2023. They also cited health and safety concerns.
Fortunately, Sean had time to move the event to the property of a church, Faithworks Centre, several miles outside PEI’s capital city.
Moncton, New Brunswick was next canceling Sean’s event scheduled for the city’s Riverfront Park on the evening of July 24th, 2025.
In its news release revoking the permit the day before the scheduled event, city officials stated, “In addition, due to evolving safety and security considerations, including confirmation of planned protests, the City has determined that the event poses potential risks to the safety and security of community members, event attendees, and organizers.”
When Sean asked if any churches were interested in hosting the event, Bar None Camp volunteered its facilities allowing it to go forward.
A worship service at Jacques-Cartier Park North in Gatineau, Quebec was also cancelled by government officials.
But perhaps the most controversial event was the worship service that took place at Spanish speaking church, Église MR, in Montreal, Quebec.
It started off with Montreal officials stating that the church could not hold a worship service inside the church without a permit. It threatened fines if the event proceeded.
Sean added that the pastor was “pressured, threatened and attacked” for agreeing to host the event.
The church ignored these threats and proceeded with the event.
Though, the pastor didn’t back down, police were sent to the church on the day of the worship service. Though police entered the building, they allowed the service to continue.
A handful of protesters showed up to voice their displeasure. Some tried unsuccessfully to interfere with people entering the church, the Montreal Gazette reports.
However, police were stationed around the front of the church to prevent potential problems.
During the service one agitator actually entered the building and threw two smoke bombs at Sean as he was leading the service. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
Though the auditorium filled with smoke, the event was able to continue. The protestor was not arrested.
The City of Montreal then fined the church $2,500 for holding a worship service inside the church. However, it seems to have withdrawn the fine when the church refused to pay and lawyers offered free legal support.
As Sean explained in an interview with the media, since when has it become illegal for a Canadian church to hold a worship service inside its facility:
As Sean and his team travelled to Quebec for their services, a driver of a car lost control in the wet weather and hit their bus. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
While a worship service scheduled for Vaughn, Ontario was canceled, the group was able to hold a service in Alfred and Plantagenet, Ontario.
“We worshipped. We took communion. People were baptized. People got saved and set free,” Sean told reporters after the service. “And then we handed out Bibles. It was a great night.”
A worship service was also held at Toronto’s Catch the Fire Church with no hitches. Formerly called Airport Christian Fellowship, this is the church where the Toronto Blessing broke out.
The second leg of Sean’s tour is scheduled for Western Canada at the end of August including stops in:
- Winnipeg, Manitoba: August 20, 2025, Central Park;
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, August 21, 2025, Diefenbaker Park;
- Edmonton, Alberta, August 22, 2025, South Bandshell Legislature Grounds;
- Kelowna, British Columbia, August 23, 2025, Memorial Park; and
- Abbotsford, British Columbia, August 24, 2025, Mill Lake Park.
Already, a political party is pressuring the government to cancel the event scheduled for Alberta legislature in Edmonton.
City News reports that Alberta New Democratic Party House Leader David Shepherd stated that “Other jurisdictions have denied or revoked permits for Sean Feucht’s events in public spaces. The UCP government should do the same.”
One of Canada’s unelected Alberta Senators also joined the anti-Feucht chorus:
These attempts to cancel the worship services may be backfiring, because they created a lot of publicity for these events. As one example, a non church going man showed up at the PEI event, because of all the controversy, and ended up committing his life to Jesus.
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