Korea has a very strong church presence and is now a major missionary force around the world. But the church is also very young, and missionaries from Canada played a significant part in introducing the gospel to the East Asian…
Robert P. George will address The Truth-Seeking Mission of the University at the Peter A. Allard School of Law (UBC) next Tuesday (September 27). George is McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals…
Kinbrace Refugee Housing & Support has been receiving some very positive attention of late, but co-founder Loren Balisky is happy to share the credit as he reflects on the influence of Layne Daggett, who passed away this summer. Late last…
Several Burnaby politicians and community leaders took part in the grand opening celebration of Jubilee United Church September 11. The ceremony followed the congregation’s first worship service in their new home at 6000 Sussex Avenue, just north of Metrotown. The…
Christ Church Cathedral has set up a memorial to Queen Elizabeth in its sanctuary. The downtown cathedral is open every day from 10 am to 4 pm for anyone who wants to stop in to pray and pay their respects…
I will be giving you all a break from my weekly Church for Vancouver updates through the summer, so I thought I’d just point out a few highlights on the horizon. Open houses Two communities in south Surrey will be…
Ed and Janice Hird devoted one chapter of God’s Firestarters (HIS Publishing, 2021) to E. Stanley Jones. This article first appeared as a ‘spiritual biography’ column in The Light Magazine and is re-posted by permission. What if we told you…
You remember why you don’t like going to church, right? The uncomfortable clothes. The excessively early alarm on a day when you could’ve slept in. The feigned niceness. Remember all that? Well, as a professional pastor, I can tell you…
Two recent events in Nigeria have horrified the Christian community around the world, and even received some attention in the secular press. A young student, Deborah Yakubu, was stoned to death by a mob in northwestern Nigeria May 12 by…
Adults will be allowed to possess up to 2.5 grams of opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine and MDMA in British Columbia by early next year. That major shift in Canada’s drug policy was announced May 31 by Federal Minister of Mental Health…