Last year was quiet, but this year most choirs and church ministries are more than ready to spread some Christmas cheer. Check out the many Calendar listings below, but here are a few highlights for this week: * Christmas Presence…
Pre-pandemic, an estimated one in eight Canadians were food insecure, meaning they did not have the income to purchase enough food to stave off hunger, let alone support their health, make special food for a celebration or host friends for…
This weekly editorial gives opportunity for people to speak about issues they believe are vital for the church to respond to. We asked Shadia Qubti (see accompanying article) to respond to this article, in part to model healthy conversation. One of…
Our weekly Creating Conversation editorial gives opportunity for people to speak about issues they believe are vital for the church to respond to. We asked Shadia Qubti to respond to Jonathan Bird’s accompanying comment, in part to model healthy conversation.…
This weekly editorial gives opportunity for people to speak about issues they believe are vital for the church to respond to. We will also ask someone – in this case Chris Sundby – to respond to the article, in part…
Andrew Stephens-Rennie presented this paper as part of the Christian Witness in Cascadian Soil conference at St. Andrew’s Hall May 10 – 11. Hosted by Ross Lockhart and the Centre for Missional Leadership, the gathering featured some 20 papers from…
Earlier this month the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) made the following submission to the Special Senate Committee on the Charitable Sector, which completed a year of hearings April 8. Introduction The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) welcomes the opportunity…
The story of Narendra Modi’s dramatic rise to power in India centres at least in part on his government’s ability to bring the success of “vibrant Gujarat” to the national level. Modi rode to victory in the 2014 election promising…
Ah, Missions Fest! Always one of my favourite times of year, not far behind Christmas and summer holidays. There are other missions conferences around the world – including several directly modelled on ours – but few if any rival the…