Cariboo diocese makes plans to shut down
There were tears, there was comic relief, there was debate, and in the end, there was consensus: unless a miracle takes place, the Anglican Diocese of Cariboo will cease to exist in the next 12 months...More

Canadian companies big into Bible video project
Coming soon to home videoÑthe Bible in living colour and sound. Abraham, Moses, Esther, Jesus, Peter, Paul and thousands of other biblical persons will move, speak, laugh, cry, pray....More

Gray appointed to resolve residential school crisis
Deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray has been appointed to sort through the issues concerning residential school lawsuits and the church denominations being sued....More

Canadians to pray for persecuted
"Plead My Cause' is the theme for International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP) this year. IDOP Canada, a partnership of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, Voice of the Martyrs and Open Doors with Brother Andrew, has kits available to help churches focus their prayers and become more informed....More

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Top secret documents reveal Vietnamese government crackdown on religion

Top secret documents issued by the Vietnamese government portray evangelical Christianity as a dangerous problem that still needs to be eradicated 25 years after the fall of Vietnam to Communism....

Ontario warming to religious schools

Changes initiated by the Ontario government affecting the province's Christian colleges, seminaries and religious-based private elementary and secondary schools could signal a thawing in the government's traditionally cool view toward religious schools....

Is evangelicalism gaining respect?

"Of all of America's religious traditions, evangelical Protestantism, at least in its 20th century conservative forms, ranks dead last in intellectual stature," writes Alan Wolfe near the beginning of a lengthy cover essay in The Atlantic Monthly (October). But that may well be changing....

Dream of a lifetime to be realized after death

Salah and Shaline Adam's dream-of-a-lifetime house may soon be purchased in Toronto, but on the closing day they won't be present to sign the papers....

Zairian brothers make music in Saskatchewan

Five years ago, Fabian Lwamba had never heard of Saskatoon, but he did know the name Saskatchewan. It was stamped on the bags of food aid that came to the Kenyan refugee camp where he lived. He had no way of knowing that within a couple of years he would be a permanent resident of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, nor that he and his brothers Michel and Aliston would be using their music to minister to broken and wounded people....

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