“The gravity of ignoring the hungry, the poor, the disposed, is repeatedly emphasized in the biblical texts. It is not just something that would be good to do, if you are able, if you have time, if you have some spare funds. It is a requirement, an obligation.”
Rev. Dr. Rick Fee is well known across the church in Canada and in churches and ecumenical organizations around the world. He was moderator of the 2004 […]
Almost 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped from a school in Chibok, Nigeria, on April 14th, and a Presbyterian in Ottawa is speaking up in hopes of […]
Members of the Presbyterian and United Church communities in Regina have joined with indigenous peoples to commemorate a cemetery on the grounds of the former […]
A United Church minister has been elected as the next general secretary of the World Communion of Reformed Churches. Rev. Christopher Ferguson assumes his new […]
The Presbyterian Record received 10 awards from the Canadian Church Press and the Associated Church Press for its 2013 material. The September issue topped the […]
Biennial Assemblies The convener of Assembly Council cast the deciding vote on a recommendation that will bring the topic of biennial General Assemblies before the […]
Pictured are Paula Sampson, director of VST’s Native Ministries program; Dorothy Visser, Hummingbird Ministries elder; Patricia Dutcher-Walls; Mary Fontaine, executive director; Rebecca Simpson; Laura Fortin, […]
When Rev. Joyce Yanishewski preached for the call at Andrew’s, Thunder Bay, Ont., she jokes that she literally brought the ceiling down. The week before […]
The estate of an Ontario couple gifted the Presbyterian Church with a large donation in January. Marion and Bruce Berry of Thornhill Presbyterian willed $850,000 […]
Graph: Presbyterians Sharing income 1999-2013 A total of $7.8 million was donated to the church’s national mission and ministry fund in 2013, falling short of […]
“What happens to others should make me care,” says Rev. Victor Kim on the phone. “This person, forced into labour, is my sister. We are […]
Stevie Cameron, author and investigative journalist, and a member of St. Andrew’s King Street, Toronto, received the Order of Canada Dec. 12, 2013 at a […]
The Vancouver School of Theology announced in January it is selling its iconic Iona Building to the University of British Columbia for $28 million. VST […]
In early December, Rev. Dr. David Sutherland and 46 other prominent Canadians, including leaders of the United, Anglican and Lutheran churches, signed a statement in […]
Canadian Girls in Training, or CGIT, will mark its 100th anniversary in 2015. In preparation for the event, the organization is seeking personal stories from […]
On Dec. 5, the world bid farewell to Nelson Mandela, a man whose name and image have become symbols of the struggle against apartheid and, […]
At the November meeting of the Assembly Council discussions focused on the size and number of national church committees and an update on the denomination’s […]
There are three names on presbyteries’ ballots for moderator of this year’s General Assembly. The three nominees took some time out of the busy Advent […]
The Record sent a handful of questions to each nominee for moderator of the 2014 General Assembly. They took some time during the busy Advent season […]