“How do we see healthy disciples of Jesus multiplied in our day? We want to see churches planted that are reproducing churches, creating a multiply movement, and we want to partner together as the body of Christ. The prayer of…
There are two good reasons to think Multiply right now: 1) C2C is changing its name to Multiply this month 2) Multiply Conference 2019 (run by C2C / Multiply) is less than a month away First the name change. Why change…
Every fall the City of Vancouver “joins communities and organizations throughout the region to mark Homelessness Action Week” (October 7 – 13). And every year, in the West End, the Advocacy Office of St. Paul’s Anglican Church partners with First Baptist Church…
This will be my final weekly update for 2016 (Merry Christmas!), and I find myself feeling a little bit guilty for having neglected to keep up with some of the new music and books that have come along this year.…
Church planting. Some seem to think it’s a panacea, others question it. Most believe growth is a good thing, but are still not sure quite what that should mean in a city like Vancouver. Multiply Conference will be an ideal…
Dramatic plans for First Baptist Church appear to have caught the media by surprise, but they have been a long time coming – and are still some way from being realized. Last week the church at the corner of Nelson…
Reality Church Vancouver, a plant of Westside Church, had hoped to launch in mid-2008. But they needed a place to rent, and for six months every site they approached that seemed the least bit promising turned them down. Then in…
Thanks to a dynamic young congregation and C2C network (an assertive national church planting program – interdenominational, but affiliated with the Mennonite Brethren denomination), a little white stepped gable church at 19th Avenue and Prince Albert in east Vancouver, is…
I can’t remember anyone ever mentioning Vancouver Day, and I’ve lived here all my life. Proclaimed in 1929, it was at one time celebrated on June 13 – the day Captain George Vancouver sailed into our harbour in 1792, and…
While preparing to launch Christ City Church, a Mennonite Brethren church plant in south Vancouver, pastor Brett Landry received an offer he believes could only have come from the mind of God. He was told South Hill Church, a long-established MB church…