The fact that this is the 15th in my ‘Christianity: a missionary religion’ series demonstrates that missions and missionaries are still a matter of interest, at least in some quarters. The number of new books reflects a reassessment of the…
Were missionaries an integral part of the colonial enterprise? Were they simply swept up in it? Or were they on-the-ground critics? Those are the themes that engage most books on the topic, often from academic presses, these days. Those works…
When we consider the modern missionary movement, we usually think of places like Africa, Asia and Latin America, where its impact has been dramatic. They are now the centre of world Christianity, while the faith has weakened to varying degrees…
As I have pointed out earlier in this series, missions and missionaries have not, in recent years, received the amount of attention they warrant. The good news, though, is that many new books are considering the missionary enterprise. Some authors…
Following are excepts from a report by Patricia Paddey which has recently been posted on the websites of both the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) and the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC). Started in 2011, Canada’s Roman Catholic–Evangelical Dialogue…
Ron and Wendy Gaudet and their team have provided well over $600,000 worth of free dental work in Surrey / White Rock since 2017. Working from a clinic in a 38-foot specially designed RV trailer, their City Care Dental program…
As I have pointed out earlier in this series, missions and missionaries have not received the amount of attention they warrant. The good news, though, is that many new books are considering the missionary enterprise. Some authors are still writing…
Psalm 126; Isaiah 43:8-15; Philippians 2:25-3:1 Day 27 | Friday, April 4 I posted an overview of Union Gospel Mission’s Lent Devotional March 6 and am posting four excerpts during March and early April. This week’s entry is by Xavier Law, Cantonese…
With the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity upon us (January 18 – 25) Nicholas Olkovich offers some background regarding the Roman Catholic Church’s evolving approach to ecumenism, spirituality and mutual learning. Ecumenism is one of those things that some…
I’ve had a few interactions recently that strongly suggest to me that church tradition trumps Scripture when it comes to a definition of mission. Many Christians from a Protestant background would define mission as crossing from one culture to another…