Peter Biggs of The Light Magazine is researching one Metro Vancouver / Fraser Valley municipality each month, and producing a four page feature. The July issue features Mission and Abbotsford. Mission According to the 2016 Census, Mission’s population is 38,833. Incorporated in 1892,…
Peter Biggs of The Light Magazine is researching one Metro Vancouver / Fraser Valley municipality each month, and producing a four page feature. The June issue features Abbotsford. Situated some 30 minutes east of the Port Mann Bridge, Abbotsford – aptly named ‘city in the…
The following is an excerpt from the introduction to Evangelical, Sacramental & Pentecostal by Gordon T. Smith, who is president of Ambrose University and Seminary in Calgary. He is also an ordained minister with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and a…
Humility, repentance, brokenness – those are the hallmarks of revival. And those are the words I heard repeatedly from Bishop Fred Sheldon Mwesigwa when I met with him last week to discuss the purpose of his visit. He was in…
If you are looking to hire staff and would like a free link to your church or ministry jobs in the Metro Vancouver / Fraser Valley area, please contact us and we’ll add the link. I check all listings each…
Vancouverites will have a couple of chances this weekend to experience a powerful play which premiered at Trinity Western University late last fall. disPLACE: Refugee Stories in Their Own Words features real-life experiences of refugees from a variety of cultures.…
The area around Brentwood Mall and the new SkyTrain station is undergoing a dramatic makeover. Life has been disrupted, but there is at least one oasis of calm in the midst of all the upheaval. Connections Coffee House has been quietly…
“Religious intolerance of homosexuality led to mass murder in Orlando.” So ran the headline in the Vancouver Courier last week. Religion columnist Pat Johnson was describing anyone who believes in the traditional (scriptural) understanding of same-sex relationships. He was talking…
If you’re not signed up yet, you won’t be able to attend the sold-out BC Leadership Prayer Breakfast, which will take place this Friday morning (April 22). But not to worry, it will be back next spring, going by the…
Vancouver churches are receiving more attention than usual in the media these days, for a number of reasons. Here are a couple of recent examples: Steeples for sale The Economist has taken note of Vancouver’s hot property market, in particular…