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City, Culture

Facing the fentanyl epidemic in the Downtown Eastside – and beyond

by Matthew Johnson • January 26, 2017 • 0 Comments

Fr. Matthew Johnson serves in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside with the Street Outreach Initiative, a joint program of the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster and St. James Anglican Church. British Columbia finds itself in a life and death crisis. All around…

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Culture, Justice

Missions Fest 2017: Right living among Muslims

by Evelyne Reisacher • January 19, 2017 • 0 Comments

Evelyne Reisacher will be a featured speaker at Missions Fest Vancouver (January 27 – 29). A professor at Fuller Seminary and author of Joyful Witness in the Muslim World: Sharing the Gospel in Everyday Encounters, she describes the importance of…

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Community, Justice

Missions Fest 2017: Mukti Mission still creating beauty from ashes

by Lorraine Francis • January 12, 2017 • 0 Comments

Lorraine Francis of the Mukti Mission in India will be a featured speaker at Missions Fest Vancouver (January 27 – 29). Here she describes Pandita Ramabai, the renowned Indian reformer, and tells some of her own story. Born in 1858,…

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Culture, Justice

Garratts glad to be free – but would still love to be in China

by Flyn Ritchie • December 15, 2016 • 0 Comments

Kevin and Julia Garratt were interviewed by Anna Maria Tremonti on CBC Radio’s The Current December 8 about their imprisonment in China. The Garratts have strong ties to the Vancouver area, and expect to move back here next year. Following…

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Culture, Justice

Preventing the next flight from Bethlehem

by Paul S. Rowe • December 15, 2016 • 0 Comments

A part of the Christmas story tells how the Holy Family fled Bethlehem, warned in a dream of the vengeful plans of a mad monarch. In recent years, Christians have once again found cause to flee the town of his…

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City, Community

Richmond pastors wrote open letter, plan rally to reject racist flyers

by Flyn Ritchie • December 8, 2016 • 0 Comments

Church leaders in Richmond are encouraging their members and people from the broader community to join them at noon this Friday (December 9) at the Richmond Library to demonstrate unity in the face of anti-Chinese flyers being distributed in their…

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Culture, Justice

New JustUs Video Series guides viewers through issues of poverty and justice

by Kara Cheng • December 8, 2016 • 0 Comments

A brand new five-part locally-produced video series is aimed at “anyone interested in poverty and justice issues – senior high youth groups, church small groups, missions / service teams, etc.” The JustUs Video Series is produced through a collaboration between…

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