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It was while riding our big, air-conditioned tour bus up the Meander River valley, to view the ruins of Laodicea, that I began to appreciate what Paul and the first Christian evangelists in the Roman province of Asia had to endure for the sake of the gospel. I was travelling through what is now … [Read more...]
Part 1: The Church as we saw it There were 102 full news stories posted on CC.com in 2008. An analysis reveals that 13 concerned the Roman Catholic Church, nine featured mainline Protestant churches, nine featured evangelical churches and two featured charismatic churches. Those ratios very … [Read more...]
The State of the Canadian Church 2009 -- Part 1 Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 The church made news in 2008 -- but how, and why? And what do the news stories reveal about the state of the Canadian church, its priorities, its strengths and its weakness? First in a series. There were 102 … [Read more...]
A recent cross-country 'open house' project achieved "exactly what we wanted," said Ian Adnams -- namely, helping Lutheran congregations "connect with their communities." The project essentially encouraged local congregations to invite people to open houses on the last weekend of September. The … [Read more...]