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Around Town: Nora Hendrix, Business As Mission, Project Oikos, Southern Cross

by Flyn Ritchie • February 10, 2021 • 0 Comments

One of the streets being created around the new St. Paul’s Hospital complex will be named after Nora Hendrix – a founder of the Black community’s first church (and grandmother of Jimi Hendrix). Vancouver City Council approved the proposal from…

Black History Month, from Stayed on Freedom to African Fountain Chapel

by Flyn Ritchie • January 31, 2019 • 0 Comments

February is Black History Month, sponsored by the City of Vancouver. There will be a series of activities, but I will focus on two events of particular interest to the Christian community: Stayed on Freedom and the ‘Grand Reopening and…