Everyone is born into a culture and influenced by that culture. This issue was a major concern of the apostle Paul, and again today it has major implications for local Canadian churches. Imagine a church in Saudi Arabia made up… Read more →
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Snapshots of faith in Richmond
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Peter Biggs of The Light Magazine is researching one Metro Vancouver / Fraser Valley municipality each month, and producing a focus on each one. The May issue features Richmond. Few will be surprised that Richmond is distinct. This low-lying island, notable for being… Read more →
Around Town: Signs of Unity, Asian Events, MY House, Spencer Capier . . .
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
More than 30 Abbotsford churches (and a couple of schools) are posting the same Thanksgiving message on their signboards for two weeks: Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift. The initiative is sponsored by the Abbotsford Christian Leaders Network… Read more →
The Great Reversal: The church advances despite Satan’s strategy
by David Hearn • • 0 Comments
This week the Canadian Chinese Alliance Churches Association is hosting Joint Mission Convention 2015 in Surrey: Dr. A.B. Simpson, founder of C&MA [Christian and Missionary Alliance], upheld missions as the backbone of the movement building up the life and characters of… Read more →
Around Town: Voices Together July 1, John Paul II statue, Praise in the Park …
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
There is just one week now, until Christians from all over Metro Vancouver gather for Voices Together. As many as 12,000 people will worship and pray together at Pacific Coliseum on Canada Day (July 1), starting at 5 pm. … Read more →
Around Town: Philip Owen, Fukushima art, Robert Morrison, Voices Together …
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Philip Owen was mayor of Vancouver from 1993 to 2002, and his contribution to the city and our society will be recognized next Monday (May 11) when the Vancouver School of Theology (VST) confers on him the degree of Doctorate… Read more →
OMF celebrating 150 years; Chinese Missions Conference launching
by Lloyd Mackey • • 0 Comments
China and its people – past and present, inland and diaspora, Christian and otherwise – will be the focus of much activity at Fraserview Church in Richmond this weekend (April 17 and 18). The occasion will involve two major events… Read more →
Around Town: Carolyn’s gift, Chinese Mennonites, transgender politics . . .
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
It’s Christmas in May for Carolyn Arends, but those bearing gifts will be repaid later this year. The local musician has created lots of music over the years – 10 albums and counting – though she clearly has a particular… Read more →
Being Chinese, being Canadian and being Christian
by Joyce Chan • • 2 Comments
Dr. Chung-Yan Joyce Chan (director of the North American Chinese Ministries Program at Carey) launched an exhibition and a book (Rediscover the Fading Memories) about ‘Early Chinese Canadian Christian History’ last fall. The exhibition is showing at Regent College until… Read more →
Chinese Christian Winter Conference still going strong
by Lloyd Mackey • • 0 Comments
It is now 53 years since a movement of western Canadian Chinese Christian students started a winter conference between Christmas and New Year’s. It was an opportunity for fellowship and community, as well as a chance to meet with and… Read more →