The Archbishop of Canterbury announced the annual Lambeth Awards April 7 – and a Vancouver church musician was on the list: Rupert Lang, BMus, MA (Cantab) – The Thomas Cranmer Award for Worship. For more than 40 years as an outstanding… Read more →
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Remembering Dr. J.I. Packer, 1926 – 2020
by Julie Lane-Gay • • 5 Comments
“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.” Psalm 116:15 ESV It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Dr. J.I. Packer, a treasured faculty member, author, churchman, and friend. James Innell… Read more →
Around Town: Unplanned, Women & Families Centre, Baptist Housing . . .
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Why isn’t the movie Unplanned being shown in Canada? More than 200,000 people have signed a CitizenGO online petition demanding that Cineplex “Bring Unplanned to Canada and the World.” The petition, sponsored by National Campus Life Network in partnership with… Read more →
Around Town: Anglican mission, BC Civil Liberties, First Reformed, Tolkien . . .
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Anglicans are often uncomfortable with the word ‘mission.’ That reality was confronted head-on May 26 at Inside Out Church, a mission conference offered by the Diocese of New Westminster, which includes the Metro Vancouver / Fraser Valley area. Keynote speaker… Read more →
Dr. J.I. Packer: An evangelical leader with worldwide influence
by Neil Bramble • • 0 Comments
This profile is from the Faith in Canada 150 Thread of 1000 Stories. Faith in Canada 150 exists to celebrate the role of faith in our life together during Canada’s anniversary celebrations in 2017. The life story of James Innell Packer is the… Read more →
Ugandan bishop celebrates East African Revival, encourages ‘faith tours’
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Humility, repentance, brokenness – those are the hallmarks of revival. And those are the words I heard repeatedly from Bishop Fred Sheldon Mwesigwa when I met with him last week to discuss the purpose of his visit. He was in… Read more →
Ring out! capped 20 years of restoration and renewal at Christ Church Cathedral
by Randy Murray • • 0 Comments
Late on the afternoon of November 17, with blessings, acknowledgements, applause, singing, ringing bells, smart phones held high to record the moment – and champagne – Christ Church Cathedral (the Anglican cathedral of the Diocese of New Westminster) celebrated the… Read more →
Around Town: Andy Crouch, Stephen Toope, SALTS’ royal guests . . .
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Andy Crouch wrote Culture Making in 2008 and it has turned out to be one of those books – like Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger and The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind – that made Christians sit up… Read more →
Around Town: Young Messiah, Melissa Skelton, Willingdon School, Carson Pue
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
The year is starting strong for Bible-based movies. The Young Messiah will open this Friday (March 11) in several local theatres, even while Risen is still performing well at the box office. The Young Messiah takes place when Jesus is… Read more →
Vancouver School of Theology moving into new quarters
by Lloyd Mackey • • 0 Comments
Less than a year after selling its centrepiece gothic-towered Iona Building to the University of British Columbia, Vancouver School of Theology (VST) is ready to move its operation into a newly-restructured building nearby. That move, together with the confirmation of… Read more →