JOS, NIGERIA — Members of the Church of Christ in Nigeria (CCN) in the Jos region are fleeing their homes, fearful of more violence in the wake of last weekend’s mass killings in Plateau state, according to Open Doors News (ODN). CCN officials told media that after a week of rising tensions between the mainly Muslim ethnic […]
Push for Change
Joe Roberts, also known as the “Skidrow CEO”, is planning to push a shopping cart across Canada in 2013. As a warm-up, he is pushing a cart from Calgary to Vancouver this summer. He left Calgary July 1 and expects to finish his trek in Vancouver on August 25. The idea is for communities and individuals to […]
Pastor makes his rounds on the golf course
Jodi Reimer, pastor John Burns of Relate Church in Surrey, B.C., and Ryan Schwarz golfed 100 straight holes (more than five and a half rounds) on June 18. The marathon golf-a-thon took 11 hours and raised $200,000 for Mercy Ministries, which last year opened its first residential home in Canada for girls who face life-controlling issues, such as drug and […]
University gets connected
Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) in Winnipeg has announced Connect, an $11 million capital expansion. Fundraising is already underway, and construction will begin in 2013. The project will feature a new Library and Learning Commons, including meeting rooms, computer enhancements, a bookstore and a café. The project will also include a pedestrian bridge over Grant Avenue, connecting […]
They are listening
Gai Ecoute a Quebec homosexual activist group, has launched what it calls “the world’s first registry of homophobic acts.” The group says that anyone who is a victim or witness of homophobic acts must report it to the registry. Reports can be made anonymously by phone, email or other means. The group defines homophobic acts […]
A difficult choice
Many Christians in Egypt welcomed the June 14 court decision to dissolve Egypt’s parliament due to alleged election irregularities. The Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist parties had won 71 percent of the seats in the election, but Egyptians will now have to vote again. The ancient Coptic Church (which represents about 10 percent of the […]
Moral standards not allowed
River of Pride, a homosexual activist group, and the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) have demanded that public funding be taken away from Crandall University in Moncton, New Brunswick, because the school’s Statement of Moral Standards requires faculty and staff to have Christian faith and “to be sexually pure, reserving sexual intimacy for within a traditional marriage between […]
Surprised Writer Wins Top Prize for First Novel
MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO – She could hardly believe her ears. As an excerpt was being read from her bookThe Third Grace, Deb Elkink was both astonished and elated at being selected as the Grace Irwin Award winner at the 24th annual Canadian Christian Writing Awards gala. Elkink skipped to the podium to the delight of the 200-plus attendees gathered in […]
Save the environment, not the children
“The Future We Want,” the concluding statement of the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, which will be signed by 52 heads of state on June 22, will not contain language about “population dynamics,” “reproductive rights” and “reproductive health services.” Groups such as the UN Population Fund and the International Planned Parenthood Federation had been pushing for the […]
Government Launches Canada’s National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking
Canada has just launched a National Action Plan to combat human trafficking. The plan was launched by Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for Status of Women, Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs, and Member of Parliament Joy Smith. “The Harper Government is committed […]
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