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Mustard Seed founder
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Pat Nixon founder of The Mustard Seed street ministry in Calgary, will be inducted into the Order of Canada in October. The Mustard Seed addresses the needs of more than 800 people per day. (P
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CALGARY, AB—The founder and executive director of The Mustard Seed street ministry in Calgary has been named by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson for induction as a Member of the Order of Canada.
Pat Nixon will be formally appointed to the Order at a ceremony in Ottawa on October 29.
The 46-year-old native of Kamloops become executive director of “The Seed” in 1984 when he assumed responsibility for a coffeehouse outreach originally launched by First Baptist Church in 1973. Initially operating on a shoestring budget, the ministry eventually relocated to an aging house down the street from the church and word quickly spread throughout Calgary’s downtown core that a cup of hot coffee and a caring friend could always be found “three doors down from that big red church on 4th Street.”
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Mission groups avoid
further legal battle
Two organizations once joined in a mutual mission to reach Canada’s North with the gospel of Christ have settled a dispute over trademark infringement out of court. The Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots Canada (LAMP) and its former sister organization, the Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots U.S., were set to go to court in early April—but reached an agreement just days before.
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United Church aims to contemporize statement of faith
TORONTO, ON—Is God a “Holy Mystery” and “Mother”? Was Jesus “the child of Wisdom”? Proponents of Faith Talk II, a new draft statement of faith being considered by United Church of Canada congregations, say they are putting traditional Christian doctrines into a contemporary context. Traditionalists are calling it another attack on the church’s Christian theology.
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Pro-life group claims discrimination at university
Tim Callaway
CALGARY, AB—Pro-life students at the University of Calgary claim they were victims of discrimination when an exhibit that members prepared depicting graphic pictures of dismembered fetuses eventually had to be displayed off-campus. get the full story>
Long-standing denominational magazine
to close this summer
Diane Trail
KENTVILLE, NS—In June 2005, the Atlantic Baptist, Canada’s oldest denominational magazine, will cease publication. Changing times, declining subscriptions and a financial crunch contributed to its demise.
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World’s oldest Bible to be digitized
The Codex Sinaiticus, believed to be the world’s oldest Bible—and considered by some scholars to be the most important biblical manuscript in existence—could one day be available to the public for free viewing on the internet
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