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Passion spurs community outreach
OAKVILLE, ON-Free tickets to The Passion of the Christ are bringing people back to church to check out the rest of the story. The Sanctuary, an Oakville church begun two years ago, purchased 4,000 tickets for Mel Gibson's controversial film at an estimated cost of $60,000...More

Sex seminar extols joys of married love
DEVON, AB-A weekend sex seminar that is the brainchild of a pastoral couple at Devon Community Church in suburban Edmonton, is attracting the attention of Christians right across Canada...More

Orthodox Anglicans present united front
The time was ripe for the "For Such a Time as This" satellite conference, say organizers of the February 28 event. The four-hour Anglican conference featured an interactive televised presentation to 21 venues across Canada, from Vancouver to Charlottetown, P.E.I.-including a two-hour live broadcast for general viewers on CTS...More

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God calls women to leadership
TORONTO, ON-Canadian Christian women need to know they are not alone when it comes to making important leadership decisions. "There are so many women that God is calling to a higher, more excellent way," says Bonnie Pioveson, co-ordinating team member for "Expanding Horizons," the second biennial Leading Women conference. "Many of us have felt that, but nobody’s teaching us how to raise the bar." More than 300 women from a vast vocational spectrum attended the conference, held February 19-21 in Toronto...

Anglican parishes plan breakaway
VANCOUVER, BC-Five primates of the global Anglican Communion are offering to be the temporary overseers of priests and parishes in Canada who feel abandoned by their own bishops for opposing a rite of blessing for same-sex couples...

Campus Crusade for Christ welcomes new president
LANGLEY, BC-Leonard Buhler, Campus Crusade for Christ Canada’s new president, says it was only a few years ago that he was pretty much at a spiritual standstill. "I went to church; I was on a number of committees; I definitely believed in God," says Buhler. "But as I reflect on that period of my life, it was very obvious I had taken my eyes off Jesus"...

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