It is common knowledge that the church is shrinking in Europe (and in North America). Right? That’s what we’ve been told over and over. However, a significant new study suggests that the trend may be changing – at least where…
Pastor Trevor Vanderveen has had many experiences trying to help families caught off guard by all the issues they face surrounding death and dying. He would particularly love to welcome regular members of congregations, people who may not have devoted…
Susan Martens Kehler is warmly remembered by Taiwanese nurses and professors she trained many decades ago, during her many years at Mennonite Christian Hospital Nursing School in Taiwan. And following her death April 9, a video from them has been…
There is a missing middle-ring of social relationships, the ring of social relationships where we once learned to value one another in our differences. The church can play a role in this middle sphere of relationships. The church can be…
Leaders of the Canadian Council of Churches and the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada joined with 27 leaders of Christian denominations and ministries as signatories to an open letter to Canada’s federal politicians calling for the preservation and strengthening of Canada’s…
The news that a leading American seminary will be joining Trinity Western University is making waves around the North American evangelical world. While both schools are describing the merger in positive terms – “joining Trinity Western in launching a global seminary”…
The BC Humanist Association has has been approved, along with several Christian groups, as intervenors in a lawsuit which poses a threat to all religiously based medical institutions. The BC Humanists posted April 2: The BC Humanist Association will be…