Three local groups have developed an important new resource for churches that want to support their neighbours. A Table for All is a 90-page “toolkit for community meals in a framework of food justice.” Karen Giesbrecht and Winston Green of…
The Canadian Centre for Christian Charities (CCCC) recently endorsed two lawyers’ letters outlining key concerns about charitable status in Canada. One stems from CCCC engagement with other lawyers specializing in charity law. The other stems from CCCC engagement with other…
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) wrote a letter to the finance minister June 3, asking for clarification about recommendation 430 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance report, which recommended that the government “Amend the Income Tax…
On the afternoon of March 1, the birth of Anabaptism was jubilantly celebrated at the Central Heights Church in Abbotsford, where perhaps 5 – 10 percent of the local population attend Mennonite congregations. Mennonites make up a significant portion of…
The warm reception of a Christian political action group at the BC Legislature has renewed discord within the Conservative Party of British Columbia. It also demonstrates, once again, the limits of our society’s supposed appreciation for diversity. And how challenging…
Every day in hospitals around Vancouver (and beyond) medical teams gather for rounds, discussing the patients in their care. Each team member – doctors, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, occupational therapists and dietitians – shares their input on how patients are…
Psalm 126; Isaiah 43:8-15; Philippians 2:25-3:1 Day 27 | Friday, April 4 I posted an overview of Union Gospel Mission’s Lent Devotional March 6 and am posting four excerpts during March and early April. This week’s entry is by Xavier Law, Cantonese…
Roughly 40 percent of all charitable organizations in Canada are religious. Their status was threatened just before Christmas, when the Standing Committee on Finance released its “Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2025 Budget” in the House of Commons on…
Union Gospel Mission (UGM) has dramatically increased its work with women over the past few years, and they recently announced another initiative. Speaking with Stephen Quinn on CBC Radio’s Early Edition, a UGM spokesperson described their temporary new overnight Women’s…
We like to say that as Christians, as kingdom people, we live in the ‘already, and not yet.’ The kingdom of God is at hand – already we are saved and set apart, being sanctified; we repent of sins, follow…