CFEG-TV
Encyclopedia
CFEG is a low-power Christian
television station
broadcasting from Abbotsford, British Columbia
, Canada
. The station is owned and operated by the Clearbrook Mennonite Brethren
Church.
The station was created mainly because many senior citizens, who make up a large portion of the church's congregation, are unable to attend services in person, thus a broadcast television station would give them the opportunity to watch those services on television.
Clearbrook Mennonite Brethren Church was granted a licence by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate a low-power ultra-high frequency television transmitter in the spring of 1999. After the station and its transmitter were set up and tested, CFEG went on the air for the first time in July 2000. The station's antenna is mounted on the roof of the church.
CFEG's programming consists of the church's English
and German
Sunday morning and evening services as well as its Wednesday morning German Bible
study. Other programs which keep with the church's mission may be added in the future, although they must be locally-produced, since the station is not allowed to air programs produced by other stations.
All of CFEG's operating costs are paid for by the church. As part of the conditions of its licence, the station is not permitted to air advertising.
Christianity
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television station
Television station
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broadcasting from Abbotsford, British Columbia
Abbotsford, British Columbia
Abbotsford is a Canadian city located in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, adjacent to Greater Vancouver. It is the fifth largest municipality in British Columbia, home to 123,864 people . Its Census Metropolitan Area, which includes the District of Mission, is the 23rd largest in Canada,...
, Canada
Canada
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. The station is owned and operated by the Clearbrook Mennonite Brethren
Mennonite
The Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist denominations named after the Frisian Menno Simons , who, through his writings, articulated and thereby formalized the teachings of earlier Swiss founders...
Church.
The station was created mainly because many senior citizens, who make up a large portion of the church's congregation, are unable to attend services in person, thus a broadcast television station would give them the opportunity to watch those services on television.
Clearbrook Mennonite Brethren Church was granted a licence by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate a low-power ultra-high frequency television transmitter in the spring of 1999. After the station and its transmitter were set up and tested, CFEG went on the air for the first time in July 2000. The station's antenna is mounted on the roof of the church.
CFEG's programming consists of the church's English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
Sunday morning and evening services as well as its Wednesday morning German Bible
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
study. Other programs which keep with the church's mission may be added in the future, although they must be locally-produced, since the station is not allowed to air programs produced by other stations.
All of CFEG's operating costs are paid for by the church. As part of the conditions of its licence, the station is not permitted to air advertising.