Quebec Protestants are welcoming the open secularism that has been proposed by the Quebec government, and they are even welcoming a new inter-religious school curriculum that has been opposed by Roman Catholics. In a brief presented to the Taylor-Bouchard commission on the “reasonable accommodation” of minorities November 14, the Protestant Partnership in Education noted that Protestants are the largest […]
Why it is urgent to reach young people with the gospel
I recently spent some time reflecting upon strategic issues related to the church. As I have done a personal and strategic review, I’ve pondered some very important material. Some is information I’ve had for years, and some is new. God’s call In the early 1990s, I received the simple numeric results from a survey conducted […]
The State of the Canadian Church – Part II: Shifting Traditions
One of the problems with the census data is that it is still using categories from a century ago, which do not reflect current categories. In particular, the older categories do not reflect the current divide between evangelical and mainline Protestant churches. Over the past quarter-century, there has been a massive shift within ‘Protestantism.’
News round-up
Note: Registration or subscription to the host news sites may be required to read some of the stories linked here. Stories about The Golden Compass: Kidman the icy queen of evil ‘She loves herself and hates herself at the same time,’ she says of the diabolical Mrs. Coulter CanWest News Service, December 7 Wrong direction This […]
OttawaWatch: The case for careful conversation
One of my press gallery colleagues asked me, earlier this week, if I knew whether Ottawa Mayor Larry O’Brien is religious. My colleague said a radio reporter had made that assertion. Further, the reporter contended, O’Brien’s faith had sustained him in the wake of his current situation. The mayor was charged criminally in connection with allegedly trying to […]
News briefs
Veteran Christian leader Bob Birch passed away December 4, only three weeks before his 100th birthday. He died peacefully in Burnaby Hospital of natural causes, leaving wife Margaret and three sons. Pastor Bob, as he was affectionately called, was a key church figure in Vancouver during the ’70s as the leader of St. Margaret’s, a church […]
Charities hope to help Iraqi Christians
Ottawa — Christians are being “wiped out” in Iraq, and Canadian Catholics need to respond to this crisis the way they did to the Vietnamese boat people 30 years ago. That was the view of some Catholic charity representatives who attended a November 29 workshop on the Iraq refugee catastrophe. The Iraq war has created […]
Faith unscathed by Lumberworld fire
When their landmark enterprise burned down 15 months ago, a career of dealing fairly and going the extra mile with both customers and competitors stood Lumberworld owners Dave Flaig and Clive Piercy in good stead. So did their faith. Customers not only remained loyal when Lumberworld reopened for business; but contractors who’d been shopping at the Victoria, BC store […]
The State of the Canadian Church — Part I: A Nation of Believers?
Church attendance in Canada is declining rapidly. Atheism is rising. Christian moral values are being replaced by secular ones. Canada is no longer a Christian nation, and Canadian Christians will soon be a persecuted minority. These are among some of the understandings — and, in some cases, misunderstandings — prevalent among Canadians.
Giving voice to Darfur’s young
The Images bear all the hallmarks of typical children’s art: bold use of colours; carefree disregard for perspective; crude but charming likenesses of buildings, animals and people. But some of the people are bleeding; others are shooting them. Welcome to the world of Darfur’s children. These images are part of an exhibition titled ‘The World […]
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