First Baptist Church is expecting a couple of hundred visitors for their Homelessness Action Day October 14: We have so much to be thankful for! Let’s give thanks to our Lord. For the last 20 years, First Baptist Church has been… Read more →
Social conservatives are not getting much of a look-in during this federal election – with Conservative leader Andrew Scheer reasserting his party’s determination not to re-open abortion or gay marriage issues – so I expect the Courageous Christianity Conference to… Read more →
Have missionaries also been agents of secularization even as they have sought to introduce the gospel? How does the reaction of religious fundamentalism and terrorism to secularization affect the way we approach missions? Those are among the questions which will be… Read more →
Gord Carkner has just released The Great Escape from Nihilism, the themes of which are evident in this Advent reflection. (See below for more about the book and his work with graduate students and faculty on the UBC campus.) Just… Read more →
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 →
“Forge Canada serves the church by evoking missional conversation, equipping churches to join God on mission and then helping to establish multiplying missional Christian communities in neighbourhoods across Canada.” So says Cam Roxburgh, national director of Forge Canada and team… Read more →
Shad will take over as the new host of Q on CBC Radio next week (April 20). His arrival is a good news story, both for him and for CBC. He is already a successful musician, winning a Juno Award for best… Read more →
“Our neighbourhoods are in a continual state of change. God is sending the nations to our cities and as Christ-followers embedded in local churches we are, at times, overwhelmed in how to respond.” Dr. John Fuder will provide some guidance… Read more →
There are always 101 good reasons to come down to Missions Fest – try it out this weekend (Friday to Sunday) if you never have, or haven’t for a while. But one element I’m particularly looking forward to this year… Read more →
Steve Bell will join Regent prof Bruce Hindmarsh for a free public lecture July 9 on Hymns and the Christian Spirit: A Short History of Song and Devotion. Following are some of his thoughts on psalms, music-making, culture and creativity.… Read more →
