Journey Home Community works with refugee claimants, those who arrive in Canada without sponsors. Also known as asylum seekers, they arrive with few resources and are at grave risk of homelessness. In its June newsletter (slightly modified here), Journey Home…
Creating Conversation is a weekly editorial, curated by the Centre for Missional Leadership (CML), which gives opportunity for people to speak about issues they believe are vital for the church in Vancouver. One of the goals of this weekly article is…
“What goes on in North America is just a tiny fraction of what goes on in the refugee world.” James Grunau knows what he is talking about. He has spent many years welcoming refugee claimants to Metro Vancouver, while also…
Has COVID-19 been a challenge or an opportunity? Our church has been challenged on many levels – but we have been reminded of our original call, to pursue the things God had sent us into our neighbourhood to do. Southside,…
Chinese security officers detained Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig a year ago, in early December. Kevin and Julia Garratt suffered through a similar experience and are now speaking about their experience on various media and in churches. Following is an…
Churches are welcoming their neighbours in a variety of ways on Halloween night. Several are opening their building for festivals, fiestas and family nights, while others are moving right out into the community. Here are the church-based events I have…
Every week I hear of new and creative ways in which churches and individual Christians are working for the good of the broader community. And I am sure that I don’t hear about most of them, even though I’m always…
The Cultch has a series of plays that will be of interest to many in the Christian community over the next month or two, beginning with Children of God, which runs from February 20 – March 10. Here is a…
Peter Biggs of The Light Magazine is researching one Metro Vancouver / Fraser Valley municipality each month, and producing a focus on each one. The March issue features Burnaby. The City of Burnaby is the third largest city in British Columbia (after Vancouver and…
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…