Get back to the basics, national church planters told
VANCOUVER, BC-The traditional church needs to get back to basics if it wants to evangelize a post-modern world, participants at a major church planting congress were told.
"To use Jesus' metaphor of the wine and wineskins, people still have a taste for the wine. But we have problems with our containers," said Glenn Gibson, director of church revitalization ministries for Outreach Canada, which hosted the three-day gathering at First Baptist Church...More
Gala raises $1 million for AIDS
TORONTO, ON-Stephen Lewis, AIDS Envoy to the United Nations, commends faith-based groups for the care they're providing to AIDS orphans. At a World Vision gala, Lewis encouraged Canadians to engage in government advocacy to fight AIDS...More
Repaired bells return to historic church
LUNENBURG, NS-Two years after they fell in flames to the ground, a new bell tower and restored bells were lifted in place on top of St. John's Anglican Church in Lunenburg in early November as part of the restoration of the historic church...More
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Priest combines ministry with drama
STE-ANNE-DE-BELLEVUE, QC-In the early days of Cedric Cobb’s acting career, he had a dream that took him off the stage and put him behind the pulpit. "God said to me, 'I want you to be a priest, to make my words live. This is how you will use the talents I have given you'"...
Samaritan's Purse occupies new headquarters
CALGARY, AB-Less than six months after sod-turning ceremonies, Samaritan’s Purse Canada and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association of Canada (SP/BGEAC) moved into new national headquarters at state-of-the-art, energy-efficient facilities in northeast Calgary...
Ontario cancels tax credit
OTTAWA, ON-Ontario's new Liberal government has announced plans to cancel the province’s private school tax credit, retroactive to January 1, 2003. Christians and other faith groups are criticizing the move as contemptible, although it was expected following the recent election campaign, when the Liberals promised to withdraw the tax credit, which the previous Conservative government granted....
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