Hymn singing – the way it used to be – has not entirely disappeared from the face of Metro Vancouver. In fact, hymn singing traditions are emerging as congenial alternatives to the contemporary worship music that prevails in many churches.…
Lower Mainland Christians are hopeful the newly formed Metro Vancouver Alliance – a broad, non-partisan coalition that includes people of faith – will develop solid solutions to some of the critical social issues facing their communities. “We see so much…
More teenagers in Canada now identify as Muslims than Anglicans, Uniteds and Baptists combined. That was just one of the findings put forward at Shifting Stats: Shaking the Church, a series of day-long forums for Christian leaders that attracted an…
Every year, Heritage Vancouver comes out with a list of the Top Ten Endangered Sites around the city. Third on the list this year is Kerrisdale Baptist Church. Following is Heritage Vancouver’s description of (1) the threat to Kerrisdale Baptist…
The demolition of the little red brick 50s-era Christ the King Lutheran Church, across the street from the massive new Surrey City Hall, will likely be accomplished by Good Friday. And with its demise, not one but two congregations will…
Paul Kariya’s devotion to the environment developed naturally, growing up as the son of a salmon fisherman on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Now executive director of Clean Energy BC, he has also served as executive director of the…
During the first decade of the 21st century, some 5,000 people would gather in Surrey’s Chandos Pattison auditorium each Good Friday to worship and consider the implications of Calvary. In 2013, the leaders of a loose-knit pastors’ group known as…
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.…
Unfortunately, this first event is already over – but it does need to be recorded. Wednesday night (March 19) will be remembered as a very significant evening by the hundreds of people in the very diverse crowd that gathered at…
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…