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In Part 1 of this article, I mentioned how my brother, as a child, would often forget what he was supposed to do in the washroom before he went to bed and would frequently ask our parents, “What am I supposed to be doing?” I suggested that this is a valuable question for the church to ask. We … [Read more...]
When my brothers and I were young, my parents had established a nightly routine for us. We would brush our teeth, read a Bible story together, get a drink, use the toilet, and then we would go to bed. Though this routine was as consistent as the rising and the setting of the sun, my brother would … [Read more...]
Britain’s charity watchdog has put the charitable status of the nation’s churches in question after it ruled that a Plymouth Brethren congregation in Devon in the South West of England did not exist for “public benefit.”The Charity Commission ruled that the Plymouth Brethren Church will … [Read more...]
Justin Welby, the current Bishop of Durham, was named Friday as the 105th archbishop of Canterbury, primate of the Church of England, and leader of the worldwide 77 million-member Anglican Communion.Welby was an oil executive for 11 years before leaving to train as a priest in 1987. Since then, … [Read more...]
This year marks the 350th anniversary of the final version of Thomas Cranmer’s Book of Common Prayer.Thomas Cranmer, the archbishop of Canterbury under Henry VIII, published the first Book of Common Prayer in 1549, over 100 years before the Psalter was added in 1662 to complete the version we … [Read more...]
The 40th anniversary of a unique ministry was celebrated on the evening of Sunday, July 29, 2012. That night, churches in the town of Dresden, Ontario, marked 40 years of “Sunday Evening In The Park.” This drive-in church service was the brainchild of Baptist minister Dann Filyer.The … [Read more...]
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 itThere 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 1Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5The 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...]
