Klassen: tackling AIDS
THE MEMORY of a young woman suffering from AIDS in a Nigerian hospital lingers in Cindy Klassen's mind as she prepares for the World Cup speed skating competitions taking place in November.
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Tutu: promoting miracles
ARCHBISHOP Desmond Tutu, the renowned Nobel Peace Prize winner, is putting his name behind a global campaign which addresses both poverty and disability.
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Toycen: helping children
World Vision Canada CEO Dave Toycen (pictured, with a Sudanese girl) has been at the forefront of Canadian Christian aid agency work in addressing the AIDS pandemic.
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Hockey no longer the last frontier
WHEN people enter the lobby of the hockey arena at Teen Ranch, a 150-acre Christian camp northwest of Toronto, the first thing they see is its Hockey Hall of Faith - the framed pictures of 40 former and current National Hockey League players who have become born again believers through its ministry.
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Canada's bible society marks its first century
OVER the summer, a team of bikers invaded some 100 Canadian communities. Unlike certain motorcycle gangs, however, these colourfully costumed cyclists were welcomed.
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Sailing onward
THIS YEAR the Mission to Seafarers celebrates 150 years of caring for sailors.
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The gospel in toronto
TORONTO is a true 'global village,' boasting the highest percentage of visible minorities in the country.
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Hope - and a Dream come true
IN SCHOOL, we were taught that there is no God, and I was curious: If there is no God, why are they talking about him?
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Cottrill family - in mexico
The airplane left, and we weren't on it. Another mission team was leaving for a few months of service overseas. We had poured our hearts into this team, and now it was time to let them go.
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Evangelism hollywood style
THE WEEK The Da Vinci Code opened in theatres, Eryn Moore - the associate pastor of an evangelical church in British Columbia - and twenty other young adults, did what hundreds, perhaps thousands, of other church groups did.
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The tie-in of tie-ins
Depending upon the viewer, The McPassion is either a savage and incisive satire on the commercialization of religion or a pointless exercise in extreme tastelessness.
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Finding The Good Shepherd
The K'iche' of Guatemala are an ethnic group belonging to the Maya people. Estefana (eh-STAY-fah-nah) Chun, one of the K'iche,' has worked with Wycliffe Bible Translators. The following is her testimony, as told to the author. It is written in the cadence of the K'iche' story-teller. Estˇfana taught the author to speak K'iche'.
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Breakthrough in the world's highest city
AT THE TOP of the world, indigenous Quechua and Aymara peoples and Spanish and Bolivian officials took a major step towards bringing peace and reconciliation to their peoples.
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Helping hand for hospitals
AFTER returning from a two-week volunteer stint in an Ecuador hospital nine years ago, Winnipeg operating room nurse Phyllis Reader began noticing perfectly good equipment and supplies going to waste.
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The arts as mission
"ART, creativity, beauty - these are among the greatest things human beings are capable of. They're therefore things that need to be nourished and affirmed by people of faith," said Dan Donovan.
The Canadian priest was speaking this past summer to The Catholic Register, delineating the key reasons he collects works by Canadian artists.
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Avoiding ¢ostly mi$takes in short-term missions
I HAVE experienced short-term missions from all sides.
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Mission fields roundup
• Missionaries honoured
• New Chinese seminary
• Korean tidal wave
• The Word for kids
• Japanese church growing
• From China to Israel
• PAOC's new emphasis
• 50 years in the Arctic
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