The year is starting strong for Bible-based movies. The Young Messiah will open this Friday (March 11) in several local theatres, even while Risen is still performing well at the box office. The Young Messiah takes place when Jesus is…
The Vancouver Consultation is a year-long process to engage the diversity of the church in a kind of “spiritual census” of the city – discovering what God is doing around town; documenting best practices and innovative forms of mission; and…
With the redevelopment of the Central Presbyterian Church site at Thurlow and Pendrell streets in the West End finally underway, Rev. Jim Smith – who’s been shepherding this project since its inception six years ago – can finally breathe a…
“Alan Roxburgh is a father figure to many of us in the missional movement and like everything he writes, this is a smart book and a wise one.” So says Michael Frost – himself a leading missional figure – about…
The Carey Institute has developed a Centre for Healthy Aging Transitions (CHAT), which will be hosting Transitions of Life: Healthy Aging, Retirement & the Spiritual Journey, this Saturday (February 20), and then a three-part Aging Matters Seminar Series (March 5,…
Joseph Fiennes seems to have a penchant for faith-based movies. He played Martin Luther several years ago and will soon take on Eric Liddell, the Olympic champion / missionary to China. And in his most recent project – Risen (due…
Oakridge Lutheran Church held an open house Tuesday evening (February 23), welcoming neighbours to learn more about plans to redevelop its property. The church, which is located just west of Cambie Street, across 41st Avenue from Oakridge Centre, has partnered…
If Darrell Guder didn’t invent the terms ‘missional’ and ‘missional church,’ he was certainly there when the terms were coined. In 1998, he edited Missional Church, which introduced the terms to the North American church. Now they are omnipresent, claimed…
Top 10 in the nation. Impressive. Allyson Jule, a professor of gender studies at Trinity Western University’s School of Education, has been named one of Canada’s top 10 professors. Jule has been awarded a prestigious 3M Teaching Fellowship for excellence…
One of the unique things about Alpha is that it is run in every major denomination. As a result, one privilege of my role with Alpha Canada is that I get quite an objective perspective on all the different ways…