Lutheran Church of Canada congregations recently helped outfit First Nations children, in a half dozen remote B.C. coastal communities, with school supplies and colourful backpacks. The joint project of the Parksville-based B.C. Mission Boat Society (MBS) and Lutheran Hour Ministries of Winnipeg “was a great way to show God’s love,” said MBS executive director Marcus […]
Federal government looking at combating human trafficking
Human trafficking will be on the agenda as Members of Parliament return to Ottawa after a summer break. That deeply pleases a Conservative MP who has worked for nearly a decade to raise awareness of this growing problem. “When I first started, people didn’t know about human trafficking, it was under the public radar screen,” […]
Giving Back: Navajo in Canada
“We have been given so much in our ministry, Herman and I just want to give back to the Lord what He has blessed us with,” stated Cynthia Nells. So goes the overriding sentiment behind the missionary work of Herman and Cynthia Nells, a Navajo couple ministering to the First Nations people in Canada. I […]
Navajo couple find purpose in Port Alberni
A First Nations reserve in Alberta had closed its doors to the gospel because of a pedophile priest. But now it was allowing members of a Chinese church in Edmonton to conduct a Vacation Bible School. “That was because of their black hair and brown skin,” says Herman Nells. Nells and his wife Cynthia are […]