City Councillor Andrea Reimer would love to see churches working together for the good of the city. “Many things start in a church basement,” she said recently. “I use that phrase a lot – and here we are in a…
For many years I have admired the way Mennonites champion restorative justice. Whenever you hear about citizens working with prisoners, or ex-prisoners, or Victim-Offender projects, or mediation . . . you’ll always find Mennonites in the mix. The latest manifestation…
Late on the afternoon of November 17, with blessings, acknowledgements, applause, singing, ringing bells, smart phones held high to record the moment – and champagne – Christ Church Cathedral (the Anglican cathedral of the Diocese of New Westminster) celebrated the…
The Vancouver Consultation kicked off in January and February by bringing together pastors and non-profit executives into nine focus groups based on which part of the City of Vancouver they ministered in. Out of the 309 congregations and 122…
Earthkeepers and several other faith-based groups will be taking part in another kind of pro-life action next Saturday (November 19) at city hall. They will be joining what they describe as “a monumental effort led by hundreds of organizations and…
Trinity Western University president Bob Kuhn is pleased with the BC Court of Appeal’s November 1 decision, which rejected an attempt by the Law Society of BC to prevent potential graduates of the law school from practicing in this province.…
Jarrod McKenna will be a keynote speaker at Missions Fest this weekend (January 26 – 28). A couple of months ago he and a few friends chained themselves to the front gate of Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s Sydney residence, a couple of…