Shopping debate heats up

CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI–The debate over Sunday shopping is heating up again in Canada's smallest province, but to date there has been little in the way of an organized response from the Christian community... More

CHP leader pursues Calgary seat in federal by-election

CALGARY, AB–Ron Gray, national leader of the Christian Heritage Party (CHP), visited Calgary in mid-January to launch his campaign to succeed Preston Manning as Member of Parliament for Calgary Southwest....More

Baptist leader mourned

UXBRIDGE, ON–As family and friends filed into Uxbridge Baptist Church to grieve the death of David Simmonds, the Baptist community mourned the loss of a remarkable leader....More

Christian stations vie for broadcast license

KITCHENER, ON–Two Christian radio stations are pledging financial and material support to one another in their bids for "competing" broadcast licenses in Kitchener-Waterloo (KW)....More

Court rules in favour of spanking

OTTAWA, ON–Spanking received the nod of approval from one of Canada's top courts in January, leaving discipline decisions in the hands of parents and teachers....More

Activist acquitted of assault on pastor

CAMBRIDGE, ON–Controversial Christian activist Erika Kubassek behaved in a rude and offensive manner but did not criminally assault a pastor about to preside over two same-sex weddings, Ontario Court Justice William Horkins ruled January 22.....More

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B.C. churches address welfare needs

Donna Forster and her husband Gipp, who founded Victoria's Mustard Seed Food Bank, handle outreach for Royal Oak Baptist Church. Three years ago, on her initiative, the church began stockpiling bag lunches at a neighbourhood elementary school, which hands them out as needed.

The group prepares about 125 lunches a year. But since September, Forster says they have already handed out about 75, plus half a dozen food vouchers...

Door-to-door prayer grows church

TORONTO, ON–Construction of the new Prayer Palace, an independent mega-church in Toronto's west end, brings new meaning to the biblical metaphor about 'harvesting' souls.

The congregation of 5,000 recently moved into its new home–a complex covering three square acres once part of a cornfield...

World Vision settles into dream home

MISSISSAUGA, ON–Yearning for more space was finally sated this fall as one of Canada's leading aid organizations moved into its newly constructed headquarters.

Staff ranks at World Vision Canada (WVC) have grown rapidly in the past five years, due in part to the doubling of donors and funds to the charity...

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