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March 24 – 30: Once an Arafat Man, Conquering Addictions, Agora Lunch . . .

by Flyn Ritchie • March 27, 2014 • 0 Comments

Tass Saada will speak at several events in the  Metro Vancouver area this week, telling of his transformation from a Palestinian militant into a Christian who works for the good of both Israel and the West Bank and Gaza Strip.…

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City, Justice

Why I am proud to be a chaplain for the Portland Hotel Society

by Al McKay • March 26, 2014 • 14 Comments

A funny thing happened on Sunday at church. I had been scheduled for a month to read the scriptures, and I felt a slight chill when I discovered the passage was John 12:1-11. This is the story of Mary anointing…

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Culture

Noah revives, and transforms, Bible movies

by Peter T. Chattaway • March 26, 2014 • 0 Comments

If you want to know anything – and I do mean anything – about Noah (opening this week), go to Peter Chattaway’s FilmChat blog. You’ll discover he has been on the trail for quite some time now. Not only has…

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Culture

China’s Muslim population is both large and diverse

by John Allen • March 25, 2014 • 0 Comments

Vancouverites will soon have a unique opportunity to hear a firsthand account of life among Chinese minority groups. Speaker John Allen has lived in China for 10 years and is currently engaged in doctoral research on ethnic and religious identity…

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Around Town: Apologetics on a roll, arts in the media, Clova now a church

by Flyn Ritchie • March 13, 2014 • 0 Comments

Apologetics Canada has stepped in at the right time to fill a need. Their fourth annual conference, March 7 – 8, drew about 2,000 people to two local churches – Willingdon in Burnaby and Northview in Abbotsford. There were people…

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Bernice Gerard, Pentecostal women in ministry and feminist ideologies

by LInda M. Ambrose • February 25, 2014 • 2 Comments

Dr. Linda Ambrose points out that influential Vancouver pastor and politician Bernice Gerard was a convinced feminist. This article is excerpted from her public lecture at Trinity Western University February 17. In the year 2000 The Vancouver Sun named the…

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Community

Sale of Iona Building reflects changing face of theological education

by Lloyd Mackey • January 15, 2014 • 0 Comments

While the Vancouver School of Theology (VST) $28 million sale of the iconic Iona Building ‘castle’ to the University of British Columbia is significant news, VST principal Richard Topping suggests there is more to the story. The ‘more’ relates to…

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