History:
The Christian and Missionary Alliance Church was founded by Rev. Albert Benjamin Simpson in 1887 in New York City. Rev. Simpson was  born in Prince Edward Island in 1843. At the age of fifteen, he dedicated his life to God. After four years of study at Knox College, Toronto, he pastored Knox Presbyterian Church in Hamilton for eight years. He and his family then moved to Louisville, Kentucky, where he pastored Chestnut Street Presbyterian Church from 1874-1879.
During his ministry in Louisville, he became increasingly interested in taking the gospel of Jesus Christ around the world via missionary activity.
In 1879, Rev.  Simpson and his family relocated to New York in response to a call to minister in Thirteenth Street Presbyterian Church. A year later, he published the first issue of a missionary magazine entitled "The Gospel in All Lands". In 1881, Rev. Simpson resigned his position as pastor and subsequently began an independent church with particular emphasis upon missionary endeavours. In 1883, the Missionary Training College was opened with approximately forty-five students and the following year, five graduates were sent to minister in Central Africa.
In 1897, the new organization was legally incorporated under the name :
The Christian and Missionary Alliance.
Rev. Simpson was elected as President and General Superintendent, and continued to lead the organization until his death in 1919.

In 1980, The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada became an autonomous organization, and has its headquarters in Toronto, Ontario. Today, the Alliance in Canada has 376 churches, a membership of 86,000, and a missionary force of 230. Worldwide, the Alliance has over 13,000 churches and a membership of over two million.