Anglican
church suffers $1 million budget cut
The Anglican Church
of Canada has slashed more than $1 million from its operating budget by
cutting overseas programs and subsidies to northern Canada, reducing its
fulltime staff at headquarters by eight, and reducing or eliminating other
programs...More
United
Church promotes homosexual concerns
Much to the dismay of its renewal groups, the United Church
of Canada (UCC) is continuing to move further in affirming homosexuals
in the church. Meeting in its 37th General Council in Toronto last month,
the denomination started by renouncing its 1960 statement that called
homosexuality a sin. Full story only in
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Bible
college shut down
Larry
Perkins finds himself in the unenviable position of shutting down a
key part of an institution that he's spent more than 20 years helping
to build...More
JW
blood beliefs challenged by Witness Inc.
The Jehovah’s Witness (JW) policy on blood transfusions, which
made headlines in June, was one of the issues dealt with at Witness
in Canada, held August 4 to 6 at Trinity Western University in Langley...Full
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Clinton
reviews moral failures
The scandals that rocked
his presidency have made him a better person, President Bill Clinton told
a group of church leaders August 10. Discussing the aftermath of his affair
with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, Clinton said, “I feel much
more at peace than I used to. As awful as what I went through was, sometimes
when you think you’ve got something behind you and it’s not
behind you, this sort of purging process, if it doesn’t destroy you,
can bring you to a different place.”...More
Jesus
who? The fading memory of post-Christian Quebec
I thought he was joking. I really thought he was
pulling my leg. I had said that God loved him so much that he gave his
son Jesus to die for him. Then came the response. "Jesus who?"
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Groups
oppose B.C.'s marriage challenge
The British Columbia
government is going to court to challenge the legal definition of marriage
and Christian family groups are racing to cut them off at the pass...More
Pro-life
group launches TV commercials
Alliance for Life Ontario is getting ready to run
its first pro-life TV commercial campaign this fall...Full
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Amsterdam
2000 concludes with message from Billy Graham
Some 10,000 evangelists received their final instructions
on the final night of Amsterdam 2000. It was a message to inspire and
encourage them as they return to cities, towns and villages throughout
the world. The words that carried them home came from Billy Graham, who
did not attend the conference due to his health...More