AIDS activist sees “golden time” of Church response
Jim Cantelon lays foundation for greater concern of pandemic
Patricia Paddey
Ontario Correspondent
ontario@christianweek.org
BURLINGTON, ON—Pastor, broadcaster, author and 21st century prophet Jim Cantelon believes the next 25 to 30 years could well be a “golden time” for the Church worldwide. And he’s doing everything in his power to help lay the foundation for that to happen.
But Cantelon’s idea of “golden” doesn’t involve huge buildings bursting at the seams with oversized congregations and countless program offerings. What it does involve is the Church living out her God-given mission; to be the body of Christ and God’s hand extended, compassionately serving the broken, poor and marginalized in our world. It involves caring for widows and orphans and seeking after righteousness, justice and hope.
Quebec evangelicals remember pivotal Expo '67
Individuals and churches across a broad spectrum of denominations will celebrate April 28 as the 40th anniversary of the most eventful summer in the spiritual history of Quebec—the year of Expo ’67.
Growth and attendance in Quebec’s evangelical churches has plateaued over the last couple of years and many are looking back to the breakthroughs of the summer of ’67 for inspiration.
While many Quebec evangelicals do not trace the roots of their conversion to the summer of ’67, they probably have been influenced by churches, ministries and others who were directly involved.
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Church and workplace separated, say business professionals
The vast majority of pastors are failing most of their church members by not helping them see themselves as missionaries to the marketplace, say those who minister among Vancouver’s business and professional community.
“On Sundays, businesspeople have been sitting so long [in church] without hearing a lot of connections to their Monday world, they don’t even ask for it anymore,” says Tim Ernst of The Navigators.
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Geez magazine takes a plunge into the rhetoric of social justice
Is there such a thing as holy mischief? We may not know what that means exactly, but more and more folks concerned about social justice and a redefinition about what it means to be spiritual—or even Christian—are picking up copies of the new Geez magazine, produced in Winnipeg by Mennonite editors Will Braun and Aiden Enns.
A year in the running, the slick design and editorial content of Winnipeg’s newest faith and social justice magazine has won accolades across the continent. Nominated by Utne Independent Press Awards for best new publication and best spiritual coverage in 2006, the magazine’s editors have had airtime on CBC national and is already on shelf in various Toronto print stands. Not bad for the new generation of anti-establishment Mennonites.
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Taizé worship conference slated for Montreal
Inspired by Taizé-style worship, two representatives from France traveled through Ontario and Quebec inviting youth to Taizé Montreal 2007 this spring.
Taizé, a small village in the south of Burgundy, France, is home to an international ecumenical community founded in 1940 by Brother Roger Schutz. At the heart of daily life are three times of communal prayer which include times of silence and simple songs which have been composed as prayers.
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Schools districts approve Christian programs
Rural school divisions are making room for Christian programs within the walls of their public schools.
Rocky View School Division north of Calgary unanimously approved an alternative Christian education program to be run out of Mitford Middle School in Cochrane, a two-year pilot project for students in kindergarten to Grade 4. This is the second time the board has approved such a program within the division, the first being in Chestermere, just east of Calgary.
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