by Flyn Ritchie • • Comments Off on Around Town: Sistine Chapel Exhibition, Mission Central SERVE, Gerry Turcotte
Unfortunately, Mission Central SERVE (formerly Missions Fest) won’t be at the Vancouver Convention Centre this weekend – as it has been for so many years until COVID-19 struck. But it will be online – see just below. In the meantime,…
by Jason Byassee • • Comments Off on Creating Conversation: We probably shouldn’t have communion online
This weekly editorial gives opportunity for people to speak about issues they believe are vital for the church to respond to. We asked Andria Irwin (see accompanying article, ‘Communion online – it’s not ideal, but it’s faithful’) to respond to this…
by Flyn Ritchie • • Comments Off on World Evangelical Alliance aims to change the world
Several messages contended for top spot at the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) General Assembly (November 7 – 12 in Jakarta, Indonesia), but the one that stood out for me was the urgent need to engage seriously with the people and…
by Peter Biggs • • Comments Off on Snapshots of faith in local municipalities: a summary
In May 2017 Peter Biggs embarked on a major survey of Christianity in each of the municipalities from West Vancouver to Chilliwack. These ‘Snapshots of Faith’ were published first in The Light Magazine and have been re-posted on Church for…
by Flyn Ritchie • • Comments Off on Around Town: Multiply Conference, NOLA funding, Thomas Aquinas Fest . . .
“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…
by Flyn Ritchie • • Comments Off on Around Town: Forever & Ever, Church Renewal, T4T, Housing Justice . . .
While Jesus Christ Superstar has taken centre stage around North America again over the past few weeks, Metro Vancouver will have the opportunity to enjoy its own unique Christian rock musical this weekend. Forever & Ever (The New Jerusalem Project) will…
by Mark Naylor • • Comments Off on Mission and Evangelism in a Secularizing World
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…
by Flyn Ritchie • • Comments Off on Small Acts of Love: Inner Hope, one day at a time
“That’s one thing Inner Hope did for me; on their day off they would drive me to school, and it encouraged me to keep going to school.” Toni “A small thing that Inner Hope has done for me is pay for…
Murray Moerman has had many opportunities to observe the disciple-making process overseas in his work with the Global Church Planting Network (GCPN). He helped facilitate the invitation of a friend and effective practitioner to speak and train at Missions Fest January 26…
by Flyn Ritchie • • Comments Off on Around Town: UrbanPromise, ReFrame, Missions Fest, Assisted Suicide . . .
UrbanPromise Vancouver is back in business, following a three-year hiatus. The youth ministry has hired Abraham Han as executive director and will re-start programs in Surrey and Vancouver. Lloyd Mackey wrote this about UrbanPromise on this site May 7, 2014: UrbanPromise’s…