New Hope is all about building community – and its focus on community was particularly harmed by an act of arson April 25. A Global News story stated: A Surrey-based charity that supports refugees integrating in Canada is reeling from a…
Creating Conversation is a weekly editorial, curated by the Centre for Missional Leadership (CML), which gives opportunity for people to speak about issues they believe are vital for the church in Vancouver. One of the goals of this weekly article is…
Vancouver pastor and author Ken Shigematsu will address Kentro’s annual conference (May 15 – 17). Here Laura Solberg, Executive Director of Kentro Christian Network, offers some background on an organization whose work is well known internationally, but is thus far…
The Bible is central to Christianity, but how central is it in the daily lives of Canadian Christians Cardus released a 32-page report May 2 which investigates that question. Daniel Proussalidis, Director Communications for Cardus, emailed this release: The latest…
Creating Conversation is a weekly editorial, curated by the Centre for Missional Leadership (CML), which gives opportunity for people to speak about issues they believe are vital for the church in Vancouver. One of the goals of this weekly article is…
Many of us have been waiting for news about Mission Central / Missions Fest Vancouver. Now there is some, and it is really quite positive. Tony Sanz, outgoing board chair of Mission Central posted this message on the ministry’s website…
Churches working with their communities. It has always been a thing – think hospitals, schools, Salvation Army, World Vision, gospel missions, the Halo Effect . . . But even so, there does seem to be a trend for local churches…
The pandemic and its aftermath – if that’s where we are – has been tough on pastors, and lay leaders for that matter. So it’s good to see that Regent College is offering The Gathering: Journeying towards Pastoral Health, June…
Creating Conversation is a weekly editorial, curated by the Centre for Missional Leadership (CML), which gives opportunity for people to speak about issues they believe are vital for the church in Vancouver. One of the goals of this weekly article is…
An extensive study of “faith formation of children in the home” was published by the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada April 11. Following is their release describing the study, then the Executive Summary. (Go here to download the full report.) How…