“Voices Together is coming together with the help of seven working groups led by a core team of local pastors. On Canada Day, July 1, from 5 pm in the Pacific Coliseum, we are expecting a great congregation of about…
Life in the Neighbourhood is a day “geared to helping begin a movement of neighbourhood churches across the city.” Sponsored by Forge Canada and hosted by First United Mennonite Church, the April 11 event will feature four tracks: Neighbourhood Life…
A look at both the past and future marked the 25th anniversary of New Beginnings Baptist Church, during a celebration and vision-casting dinner at the church April 25, in an area of Vancouver’s east side populated heavily by the inner…
How does a marketing strategy shift involving a downtown Vancouver luxury hotel relate to the work of International Student Ministries Canada (ISMC) in and around BC’s largest city? The relationship comes in the fact that federal and provincial policies are…
Westside Church will welcome one of America’s best known theologians next week (April 24 – 25). John Piper will lead his Look at the Book Conference, which he says is “a new method of teaching the Bible.” Piper describes…
China and its people – past and present, inland and diaspora, Christian and otherwise – will be the focus of much activity at Fraserview Church in Richmond this weekend (April 17 and 18). The occasion will involve two major events…
Soohwan Park has visited the site of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan several times. Here she describes her most recent visit, over the Easter season. Check out Soohwan Park’s blog on Fukushima and the upcoming (May 7 – June…
A.D.: The Bible Continues premieres on CTV this Sunday (April 5) and – as with any movie featuring any kind of biblical theme – the best guide anywhere is our own (Surrey-dwelling) Peter Chattaway. He had a feature interview with…
A group of local citizens has invited Pope Francis to visit Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside; now it’s just a matter of waiting to see whether he will come. The interfaith group which sent the pope a letter includes Roman Catholic, United,…
Musician/author Carolyn Arends will co-lead Theology and Practice of Worship at Canadian Baptist Seminary with Daryl Busby, who is dean of the school. The course, which will take place this weekend (March 13-14) and April 24-25, will address “questions about…