Canada's Southern Baptists ponder name change
TORONTO, ON-After being known for close to 20 years as the Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists (CCSB), messengers-or delegates elected by member-churches-to the annual meeting in Toronto last month voted to take the first tentative step toward finding a new name...More

Alliance spices up missions thrust
WINNIPEG, MB-Sadness and celebration mixed freely at the 13th biennial General Assembly of the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) in Canada, held July 1-6 in Winnipeg. Just days before the event that drew hundreds of delegates from across Canada, 21-year-old James Pyles, the son of C&MA president Franklin Pyles and his wife Gay, was killed in a car accident while serving on a short-term mission trip in Israel...More

Zed's pro-life stance "comes naturally"
SAINT JOHN, NB-Pro-life Liberal Paul Zed is the newly-elected MP for Saint John, the riding held since 1993 by outspoken septuagenarian Conservative Elsie Wayne, also a pro-lifer. Wayne retired this spring and Zed defeated pro-choice Conservative Bob McVicar who had hoped to capture her seat...More

Quebec church offers "come as you are" welcome
KIRKLAND, QC-"We reach a lot of people who wouldn't darken the door of a church," says pastor Gary Smith. In fact, the people who participate in services at Renaissance Church in Kirkland on the west island of Montreal only have to darken the door of a movie theatre...More

Alpha resumes ad campaign
Riding on the success of last year's Alpha Initiative, Alpha Ministries Canada is launching "Invitation to the Nation 2004," a renewed advertising campaign that aims to raise Alpha's profile and increase awareness of the program...More

Chinese churches multiply in Quebec
MONTREAL, QC-The Saint Lawrence District of the Christian and Missionary Alliance(C&MA) set a goal in 1995 of establishing 75 new churches in Quebec by 2020. Nine years into the project, more Chinese churches are being planted than English or French....More