When MP Steven Woodworth’s private member’s Motion 312 is debated in the Canadian House of Commons on Friday, September 21, Woodward will have a lot of backing. Woodworth’s motion states “That a special committee of the House be appointed and directed to review the declaration in Subsection 223(1) of the Criminal Code which states that […]
Concerned Citizens Have One Week to Challenge Canada’s “Human Being” Definition
“There’s a particular country that we’ve come across. They’ve taken a segment of their population – children below a certain age, that live in a certain location – and they refuse to give them human rights. They label them as non-humans, so that anything anyone wants to do with those children is completely permissible. How […]
Why Canadian young people are leaving the church
Only one in three Canadian young adults who attended church weekly as a child still does so today. Why and When Canadian Young Adults are Leaving, Staying and Returning to Church?
Hidden data a health and political issue
The Institute of Marriage and Family Canada (IMFC) has accused the Ontario government of hypocrisy. In January, the Liberal minority government passed Bill 122, the Broader Public Sector Accountability Act. It was supposed to increase public access to information from hospitals and clinics. However, while it made some information more readily available, it made other […]
One Step Closer
Grandview Calvary Baptist Church (GCBC) has cleared a major hurdle in realizing its dream of creating affordable housing in its Vancouver neighbourhood. Earlier this year, Vancouver city council unanimously approved the church’s re-zoning application to convert the church’s parking lot into a four-storey, 26-unit building to house low income and marginalized individuals and families. The […]
Going out with a bang
Evangelist Billy Graham is convinced that he is going to live until 95, and he wants to celebrate that event with the largest evangelistic event of his life. Graham first came to prominence through a tent revival in Los Angeles in 1949. His career has also included the 16-week New York Crusade in 1957 and […]
Gospel in the park
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 invention of the automobile is sometimes blamed […]
Evangelicals urge government to act on human reproduction
Chief Justice McLachlin “We were known internationally for having the gold standard of reproductive technology laws,” states Faye Sonier, Legal Counsel for The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) visit site. “Now what do we have? The brass standard? It’s deeply disappointing.” On July 19, the EFC issued an open letter to the federal Ministers of […]
Canadian government appeals assisted suicide ruling
Pro-life groups are welcoming a July 13 announcement that the Canadian government will appeal a court ruling legalizing assisted suicide. In making the announcement, Rob Nicholson, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, stated, “The Government is of the view that the Criminal Code provisions that prohibit medical professionals, or anyone else, from counselling […]
Nigerian Christians Fleeing Their Homes Following Mass Killings
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 […]
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