OTTAWA, ON-As revival sweeps Canada's Arctic, bishops serving the world's largest Anglican diocese-four million square miles-want to disciple and restore the people who are coming to Christ.

The church leaders, however, find themselves hamstrung by a lack of facilities, even at their cathedral in Nunavut's capital, Iqualuit.

"I have seen exorcisms in the name of Christ almost everywhere I go where we have worship services," said diocesan bishop Andrew Atagotaaluk of St. Jude's. "I always see some kind of deliverance taking place unexpectedly.

"Then of course we have to follow it up," he said while in Ottawa recently to launch a fundraising campaign to expand St. Jude's.

The spiritual awakening is taking place against a backdrop of high rates of alcohol and drug addiction, suicide, teenaged pregnancies, sexual and physical abuse and depression. "The answer does not come from one meeting. We have to establish a place where regular meetings, training, counseling, restoration and healing take place," says Atagotaaluk.

The present cathedral, with its igloo-like design, has been spiritual beacon, icon and symbol of beauty to the peoples of the Arctic, but it has no facilities to accommodate extra programs, not even space for a Sunday school.

The proposed renovation maintains the igloo motif, but will wrap the original building in extensions designed to resemble snow drifts. Because of the building's 50-year age, climate stress and shipping costs, the renovation's projected cost is $7 million.

The Arctic diocese serves 55,000 people. Iqualit, the largest city, has 6,000 people, which is expected to double within the next 10-20 years.

Atagotaaluk and the first ever Inuk bishop, Paul Idlout, along with Anglican Church Army Captain Ron McLean of St. Jude's launched the fundraising campaign at Ottawa's Christ Church Cathdral because of a special bond between the two congregations.

That bond developed when people from Nunavut began flying to Ottawa for medical care. The Ottawa Cathedral began to help an outpatient centre for Arctic residents find housing and furnishings for extended stays in the south.