Jews for Jesus campaign exposes growing tensions
TORONTO, ON-Darryl Weinberg spent several days earlier this month handing out pamphlets and knocking on doors, one of 15 volunteers who worked Toronto streets each day to pitch the claims of Jesus to the Jewish community...More

MPs okay same-sex legislation
OTTAWA, ON-New same-sex legislation made a profound leap toward becoming law in early September.
Despite a flurry of rallies across the country, some attracting thousands of supporters of traditional marriage, Canadian parliament narrowly endorsed the idea of same-sex marriage September 16...More

Ingham tries to re-take dissident parish
NORTH VANCOUVER, BC-Orthodox Anglicans are outraged by what they regard as a deliberate bid by Bishop Michael Ingham to seize control over one of the nine parishes in his New Westminster diocese that no longer recognize him as bishop...More

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Anglican leaders fear persecution over gay issue
TSAWWASSEN, BC-The push by Anglicans like Bishop Michael Ingham of the Diocese of New Westminster to make the church more accepting of homosexuality is endangering the lives of Christians in the developing world, according to several of its orthodox leaders...

Film discussion highlights spiritual issues
MONTREAL, QC-Filmmakers, actors and fans from around the world were in Montreal for the World Film Festival on the Labour Day weekend. Meanwhile, a group of Christians gathered for "Talk Film, Talk Faith" where they watched a selection of movies and discussed what the films say about culture and spirituality...

Evangelism at root of Compassion
Compassion Canada (www.compassion.ca) celebrates its 40th anniversary this year and is undertaking a cross country tour, conducting evening rally events in 14 major centres across the country...

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