Some might assume that Teen Mania Ministries' operations would be confined to the United States. This is clearly not the case.

Teen Mania heavily promotes its missionary operation, "Global Expeditions," which in recent years has sent more than three thousand teenagers on seasonal short-duration trips to about fourteen countries. Not nearly as visible - at least from the U.S. side - is Teen Mania's Canadian subsidiary, headed by Kemtal Glasgow. Mr. Glasgow appeared here in the U.S., speaking from the stage during the 2006 San Francisco "BattleCry," and was reported to have participated in Teen Mania's "BattleCry Leadership Summits" in Philadelphia and Washington, DC during the fall of 2005.

Teen Mania's "Acquire the Fire" arena-sized regional youth event, held in about 30 cities every year, has been held in Hamilton, Ontario, every fall since at least 1999. In October 2002, an "Acquire the Fire" conference was also presented in Ottawa. At least one smaller, locally produced event, "Stand Up and be Counted," was held May 13, 2005, at Canada Christian College in Toronto.

Teen Mania Canada is not without its own political overtones. According to a published report in the Hamilton Spectator, the then-leader of the Canadian Alliance Party, Stockwell Day spoke at the Hamilton "Acquire the Fire" on November 10, 2001.

According to a weblog entry by David Wm. Eckmier, marketing director for Teen Mania Canada, the Canadian leg of the "Acquire the Fire" conference will expand its event schedule to nine cities beginning this fall. The proposed tour will begin in Vancouver on September 29, 2006, followed by Calgary, Hamilton, Saskatoon, Ottawa, London, Charlottetown, Moncton, and Winnipeg.

Update, February 1, 2008: The proposed Teen Mania Canada tour has not yet materialized, outside of the yearly Hamilton "Acquire the Fire" produced by the Texas based parent organization. The Teen Mania Canada website has not been updated since November 2005. Kemtal Glasgow is now a staff member at Teen Mania's Texas headquarters.