"Spirituality without religion" or "Christianity without Jesus?"
TORONTO, ON–Describing itself as "Christian in focus," a new quasi-church community for those who want "spirituality without religion" has begun weekly meetings in downtown Toronto...More

Justices weigh marriage arguments
OTTAWA, ON-After landmark hearings October 6 and 7, nine Supreme Court justices must now weigh arguments from 25 interveners on questions Canada’s Attorney General (AG) referred to the court prior to tabling legislation changing the definition of marriage...More

Pastor defies provincal same-sex marriage ruling
WOLFVILLE, NS-A pastor in Nova Scotia has turned in his provincial licence to register marriages in a strongly worded protest against the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia’s acceptance of same-sex marriage...More

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Churches urged to stand against violence, poverty
OTTAWA, ON-The newly elected general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) ended his first official visit to the Canadian churches by calling on them to take a stand against all forms of violence, including indifference to poverty...More

First and Third Worlds share ideas for evangelization
PATTAYA, THAILAND-A seaside hotel and
conference centre in Pattaya, Thailand hosted 1,500 delegates to the 2004 Forum of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization September 29 to October 5. Transformation was a recurring theme throughout the conference,
representing a deep longing by the delegates to allow the gospel to change culture from bottom to top...More

Council honours 10 "best Christian places to work in Canada"
WINNIPEG, MB-The winners of a contest to identify the best Christian places to work in Canada were unveiled September 29 at the annual conference of the Canadian Council of Christian Charities (CCCC)...More

 

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