Tyndale expands its territory

Catholic convent purchased for $40 million Patricia Paddey Ontario Correspondent ontario@christianweek.org TORONTO, ON—Tyndale University College and Seminary is poised for another growth spurt. The institution, headed by president and vice-chancellor Brian Stiller, finalized a $40-million deal June 29 that will see the school acquire 22.8 hectares (56.3 acres) of prime Toronto real estate and facilities adjacent to their present property. read the full story>

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Newfoundland Pentecostals divorce Masters College ST. JOHN’S, NL—The Pentecostal Assemblies of Newfoundland (PAON) has decided to “discontinue its partnership” with Masters College and Seminary (MCS) in Toronto, Ontario. MCS and its predecessor, Eastern Pentecostal Bible College in Peterborough, Ontario, have been the official training institution of PAON for more than 50 years. The decision came as PAON members gathered in St. John’s May 31to June 4 for their annual general conference. VICTORIA, BC—A citywide youth evangelism thrust is fostering a new sense of shared vision and purpose among churches to reach teenagers for Christ. read more>

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Evangelistic event engages churches WINNIPEG, MB—It’s been two years in the making, and now Winnipeg is just a few months away from hosting a Franklin Graham festival. Most churches are enthusiastically supporting the evangelistic event, which will involve more than 1,000 local counsellors, ushers, choir members and other volunteers. However, not everyone is on board. Some members of Mennonite Church Manitoba (MC Manitoba) and the Mennonite Brethren Church of Manitoba are voicing concern about participating in the October 20 to 22 event. read more>

OTTAWA, ON—Two years from now, the Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists (CCSB) will probably have a new name.

Representatives from CCSB churches across Canada at their annual meeting in Ottawa earlier in July agreed on the need to move toward finding a name that better reflects their Canadian identity.

They mandated a committee that has been studying the issue to present a new name at next year’s annual meeting in Vancouver, B.C., with ratification to follow in 2008 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Bible Society celebrates centennial anniversary

TORONTO, ON—June was a month of special celebrations for the Canadian Bible Society (CBS), as it marked 100 years since receiving its official charter in June, 1906.

The organization—which translates, publishes, distributes and encourages the use of the Bible in Canada—formed when 14 regional auxiliaries of the British and Foreign Bible Society (dating as far back as 1807) joined together. In the century since, the CBS has distributed hundreds of millions of Scriptures.

Five hundred invited guests—including Bible Society staff, volunteers, supporters and dignitaries—gathered on June 17 for a birthday party at the Crowne Plaza Toronto Don Valley hotel.

A little more than a week later, the Society held a sacred service honouring the life of 18th-century First Nations warrior and Bible translator Teyoninhokarawen (also known as John Norton) at Her Majesty’s Royal Chapel of the Mohawks in Brantford, Ontario.

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