Don Little will give a workshop on Understanding Islam and Loving Muslims, this Saturday (May 26) at New Life Community Church in Burnaby. In the meantime, here is the sermon he delivered at the church last Sunday, focusing on the…
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…
For the first time in its 34-year history, Missions Fest Vancouver will incorporate several mini-conferences, which organizers describe as “opportunities for you to learn from experts who are collaborating together to help you go deeper into a subject than can…
This will be my final weekly update for 2016 (Merry Christmas!), and I find myself feeling a little bit guilty for having neglected to keep up with some of the new music and books that have come along this year.…
How often do missionaries garner serious press attention these days? Never, unless they are held prisoner for years in some totalitarian nation. Good works and sacrificial living don’t make the front page. But the St. Francis Xavier Relic Pilgrimage is…
Missionary George Leslie Mackay may be long since forgotten in his native Canada – but not in Taiwan. And a film being shown as part of the Vancouver Taiwan Film Festival tells the story. Mackay: The Black Bearded Bible Man will…
Missions Fest does many things well, and I enjoyed a couple of days touring the booths and listening to speakers again this past weekend. But what I love most are the reminders of our missionary history – and our debt…
An exhibition of North Korean Art (May 28 – July 24) and a one-day conference on Global Church and Reconciled Korea (June 20) are part of a series of events making connections between critical issues in Northeast Asia and Christians…
In the spirit of Missions Fest – where we were reminded more than once that well over half of the world’s Christians now live outside of Europe and North America – we will look at the fascinating history of Christianity…
UBC law professor Benjamin Perrin will present the main findings from his study on human trafficking in Canada next Wednesday (February 25) as part of the UBC Graduate and Faculty Christian Forum lecture series. Confronting Modern Day Slavery: Human Trafficking…