Feature

A Plea to the West

Raheel Raza and Salim Mansur

As Muslims in Canada, we have repeatedly called upon our fellow Muslims to publicly disavow all relationships with Islamists and Islamism, and to cooperate—without any hesitation—with law enforcement and security agencies of our home country, Canada.

Best Practices

John-Peter Smit

Over the past six years, I have been in literally hundreds of churches. Many are in gradual decline and are searching for solutions to reverse direction. Sadly, almost all are going about it in exactly the wrong way.

The Cost of Discipleship

Anita Mack

It was on the night of my mother’s 16th birthday, May 10, 1940, that the small kingdom of the Netherlands was invaded by neighbouring German troops. So instead of happy birthday greetings by family members, my mother was glumly told that morning: “It’s war.”

Can We Doubt?

afaiz

Doubt has become a dirty word in church. As if to say, “I’m really not sure,” somehow derails the whole enterprise. The Record’s Andrew Faiz met with Tom Allen and Rev. Will Ingram to talk about this thing we church people don’t like to talk about.

Taking Risks

Ande Clumpus

Within the church, it’s impossible to not take risks. With every day, every service and every event, there are uncertainties, likelihoods and probabilities that come into play that can result in positive or negative outcomes. Risk is inevitable. The negative outcomes it produces, however, are not.

Evergreen

Laurie Watt

On a tough strip of Yonge Street near a series of adult entertainment parlours, Maria found her way out of a lifestyle filled with uncertainty, street drugs and prostitution. She had walked past Evergreen many times. One day, she walked in.

Community of Compassion

Laurie Watt

A ministry of the Presbyterian Church in Canada celebrating its centennial in 2013, Evangel Hall is a place of hope where the individual’s heart is what matters, where someone can find understanding and strength to make a new life, where someone can find a sense of belonging.