Andrew Stephens-Rennie presented this paper as part of the Christian Witness in Cascadian Soil conference at St. Andrew’s Hall May 10 – 11. Hosted by Ross Lockhart and the Centre for Missional Leadership, the gathering featured some 20 papers from…
Friends and supporters have created a GoFundMe page for the family of pastor Tom Cheung, who died in a fiery crash at the Peace Arch border crossing May 2. Cheung had been lead pastor at Port Moody Pacific Grace MB…
Our tax-funded broadcaster is going after tax-funded independent schools again. Throughout the day Monday (March 4), CBC radio hosts and news broadcasters highlighted a critical CBC report by Erica Johnson. Go Public had just posted “Teacher shown door after Christian school discovers she…
Pope Francis received a lot of attention when he took part in the Global Conference on Human Fraternity February 3 – 4 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). As a helpful Christianity Today article put it: Pope Francis must love…
Every year, Missions Fest is a wonderful place to catch up with old friends and acquaintances. And sometimes those chance meetings have a unique back story. This year I had the pleasure of running into two men who found their…
Dozens of local pastors and Christians leaders gathered at Cedar Grove Baptist Church in Surrey September 26 for the West Coast Christian Accord (WCCA) Reveal. They in turn were representing 185 pastors and 1,000 others who have signed the accord “to…
Several locally-based organizations have received sizable Stronger Together grants. A Rocha Canada, ACTS / WaterSchool, FH Canada, Northwest Baptist Seminary, Ratanak International, Trinity Western University and Wellspring were among the 20 organizations which were, in all, awarded over one million dollars. Ratanak International, for…
Mission Possible is an innovative community economic development agency operating in the Downtown Eastside. It runs two social enterprises, MP Maintenance and MP Neighbours, which employ an average of 50 individuals per year in transitional jobs. They are the subject of a…
If you’ve missed Martin Scorsese’s Silence, there is a one-night showing, tonight, at the Rio Theatre. The basic outline is this: Silence tells the story of two Christian missionaries (Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver) who face the ultimate test of…
Years of planning, prayer, training, cooperation – and some conflict – will bear fruit this weekend as the Greater Vancouver Festival of Hope comes to Rogers Arena from Friday to Sunday (March 3 – 5). One final pre-Festival prayer gathering…