Pentecostals trim staff
MISSISSAUGA, ON-A downturn in giving and changes to the way the denomination handles its business have prompted the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC) to slash jobs and restructure staffing at its national headquarters...More

Faith and media centre launches
Faith groups often complain that reporters aren't interested in news about religion unless it involves sexual or financial scandals and journalists largely shun the religion beat because they perceive it be about bake sales and soup kitchens...More

Christian school seeks public classroom space
NORTH VANCOUVER, BC-A small Christian school faces an ongoing battle to lease space in two public elementary schools, despite a growing number of empty classrooms and a school district that is desperately short of money. "That would be a win-win situation for both the district and us," says David North, principal of Lions Gate Christian Academy...More

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Dead Sea Scrolls prove existence of biblical figures
OTTAWA, ON-While relationships among Jews, Christians and Muslims are wracked by suicide bombings, a war on terror and rising anti-Semitism, a exhibition opened at Canada's Museum of Civilization that reveals the shared roots of the three major monotheistic religions...

Public schools consider religion curriculum
CALGARY, AB-The governing body of Calgary public schools is considering the best way to teach religion as a regular part of the public school curriculum...

Theologian Carl F. H. Henry dies
WATERTOWN, WI-Carl F. H. Henry, theologian and journalist, died in his sleep December 7 in Watertown, Wisconsin. He was 90 years old...

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