Vancouver Taiwanese Presbyterian Church is spearheading an effort to have pioneering missionary George Leslie Mackay commemorated on a Canadian stamp. It would mark the 150th anniversary (2022) of his arrival in Taiwan, where he is regarded as a national hero.… Read more →
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China’s top coronavirus-fighting hospitals have missionary roots
by Flyn Ritchie • • 2 Comments
Trump Card! Victory Belongs to China! Four Top Hospitals Join Forces in Battle for Wuhan That headline in a Chinese newspaper referred to four hospitals leading the fight against COVID-19 – and a later article in China Christian Daily pointed… Read more →
Around Town: Mitchell Prize, Augustine, Jesus Collective, Heart for Asia . . .
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Bowen Island resident Susan Alexander has won a major literary prize. She was awarded the $20,000 Ross and Davis Mitchell Prize for her suite of poems,Vigil. The announcement came October 22, during a celebration at the Aga Kahn Museum in Toronto, with… Read more →
Eric Liddell: a champion at the Olympics and on the mission field in China
by Ed & Janice Hird • • 0 Comments
How often does a Chinese-born missionary to China become the subject of an academy award-winning movie? The people of China see Eric Liddell as their first Olympic gold medalist, even recently unveiling a statue of him. His daughter, Patricia Liddell,… Read more →
Around Town: Prayer for Christian Unity, A Rocha’s new CEO, Kairos Course . . .
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Every year churches around the world celebrate the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity; this year it will be held January 18 – 25. Several local churches will hold services, though some will take place as late as January 30.… Read more →
Dr. David Livingstone: intrepid explorer, medical missionary, foe of slavery
by Ed Hird • • 0 Comments
While teaching on marriage in East Africa to tens of thousands recently, we asked many Africans what they thought about Dr. David Livingstone. It was encouraging to learn how fondly he is remembered in Africa. Some other westerners may have… Read more →
Why the Great Commission is still great
by Don Little • • 0 Comments
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… Read more →
The Nones: An Evolving Story of Secularity in Canada
by Jared Siebert • • 3 Comments
Jared Siebert will be leading a conference in Surrey later this month (see below). In the meantime, he has given permission to re-post this comment. The current situation the Canadian church finds itself in could be called a crisis. But… Read more →
Local couple played a part in dramatic growth of Soura church in India
by Blair Clark Suraj Komaravalli • • 0 Comments
Dave and Ruby Hayward founded Joy Fellowship in Vancouver (which particularly involves people with physical and mental disabilities), but before that they had a role in the amazing growth of the church among the Soura people in India, especially through their Bible translation work. The… Read more →
Mission and Evangelism in a Secularizing World
by Mark Naylor • • 0 Comments
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 →