TORONTO, ON—In a move that will establish a residence in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and more than double their capacity for ministry in Ontario, Teen Challenge Incorporated (TCI) purchased a $3.1-million, 87-acre property just north of Toronto in July.
Teen Challenge operates faith-based, one-year residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs for young men and women. The purchase brings to 12 the number of residential properties owned and operated by the Christian, charitable organization throughout the country. Prior to the purchase, the ministry had 200 beds across Canada.
Arctic Diocese seeks $3 million
Iqaluit, NU—A nationwide appeal to raise $3 million needed to rebuild a landmark igloo-shaped church destroyed by arson last year is seeing modest success.
St. Jude’s Anglican Cathedral, built in1972 in Iqaluit, a community of less than 7,000 people on Baffin Island, was bulldozed this summer after a devastating fire made it unsalvageable.
Insurance will cover $1 million of the replacement cost, but the remainder is much more than the diocese and the relatively sparsely populated Arctic region can bear.
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Professor accused of discrimination against homosexuals
SYDNEY, NS—David Mullan, professor at University of Cape Breton, has been found guilty of discrimination and harassment as a result of posting documents on his website criticizing homosexuality.
In 2004, Mullan wrote to his local Anglican bishop saying, “When Anglicanism in some manner recognizes homosexuality as a legitimate ‘lifestyle’ for Christians, it will become a church in schism.”
Mullan posted letters from 2004 on his website. CBU homosexual student, Shane Wallis, who at the time coordinated the campus’ Sexual Diversity Office, read the letters and e-mailed Mullan in protest. Mullan responded to Wallis’ e-mail, saying, “Homosexuality is a repudiation of nature and apotheosis of unbridled desire.”
