ChristianWeek

Chaplains battle "Christian" fraud artists targeting churches
ABBOTSFORD, BC-John Haycock sees little difference between his day job as a hospital chaplain and his evening occupation-alerting local congregations to the threat posed by con artists who are bilking churchgoers out of millions of dollars. As he sees it, both tasks offer pastoral care to the vulnerable...More

Citizenship Commission bans free Bible distribution
TORONTO, ON-The Canadian Bible Society's half-century-long tradition of offering Bibles as gifts to brand new Canadian citizens came to an end recently, when the Citizenship Commission of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) called a halt to the practice...More

Pentecostal college embraces change
EDMONTON, AB-Following an intensive year-long process, the Alberta/Northwest Territories District of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC) gave overwhelming support to a proposal to change the name of the denomination's Edmonton-based Northwest Bible College to Vanguard College...More

Why secularism rules in a Christian majority society
TORONTO, ON-Tim Hollaar's high-powered job as a vice president for the Canadian subsidiary of Australian-owned mining giant WMC Resources Limited sees him engaged in the cutthroat international mining business, where huge profits are made and lost everyday...More

Jews most likely targets of hate crime in Canada
TORONTO, ON-When Statistics Canada recently released the results of the first national pilot survey on people groups most victimized by hate crimes, Jews topped the list. The federal agency reported that Jewish people and institutions were targeted in 25 per cent of 928 hate crimes reported by 12 major Canadian police forces in 2001 and 2002...More

Toxic mould forces closure of church and child daycare
CHARLOTTETOWN, PE-To characterize the circumstances of Charlottetown's Salvation Army church as daunting is an understatement. It has been six months since the congregation was forced to evacuate the building housing the church and daycare due to toxic mould, and there is still no solution in sight....More