WCC President Calls for Action From G20
WCC — During the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, World Council of Churches president from North America, Rev. Dr. Bernice Powell Jackson will join more than […]
WCC — During the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, World Council of Churches president from North America, Rev. Dr. Bernice Powell Jackson will join more than […]
Kortright Presbyterian near Guelph, Ont., has received a federal grant worth $760,700 to help finance renovations to its building. The grant is part of a […]
ENI — Faith leaders in Canada have joined a campaign to educate their members about the benefits of donating their organs and tissue, since Catholics […]
Edmonton’s unique city chaplain position was called into question in September over the issue of multiculturalism, but was affirmed by city council and the city’s […]
Edmonton’s unique city chaplain position was called into question in September over the issue of multiculturalism, but was affirmed by city council and the city’s […]
Part two If you read my last letter, you will remember that sunny, hot and humid described the weather. But it has finally cooled off […]
In August, Beth Allison, longtime executive director of Cairn camping ministries, announced she would be resigning from her position following the annual meeting of the […]
Three natural disasters in September have left thousands injured, dead, homeless, or without water and sanitation, and have had PWS&D staff working overtime to help […]
ENI — A religious freedom advocacy group has called on the international community to put pressure on China to respect the rule of law after […]
Canada Ministries and the Vine are hosting Congregations in Transition, a training workshop that will help 30 participants gain skills in helping congregations that are […]
PNS — Rev. Lewis S. Mudge, a scholar and theologian whose breadth of interests and expertise enriched virtually every corner of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) […]
Taiwanese communities in Toronto and Vancouver have raised more than $240,000 for relief work in Taiwan after Typhoon Morakot ravished the southern part of the […]
As American media and lobbyists pointed northward to criticize proposed changes to the U.S. heath care system, the Canadian Council of Churches defended Canadian health […]
Presbyterian minister and singer-songwriter Rev. Glen Soderholm will join English author Adrian Plass for a Story and Song Canadian tour this fall. The two World […]
The church’s national development agency is projecting a shortfall of nearly half a million dollars in 2009, marking the first time in recent history that […]
WCC — Norwegian theologian Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit was elected seventh general secretary of the World Council of Churches during its central committee meeting […]
ENI/RNS — London Mayor Boris Johnson called on the city’s millions of residents to join Muslims in fasting for at least a day during the […]
ENI — Three women who serve as presidents of the World Council of Churches have expressed “considerable concern and great disappointment” about the lack of […]
David Phillips, staff person at the Vine Helpline and retired high school teacher with 34 years’ experience, traveled to China this summer for the second […]
A planned amalgamation of two downtown congregations in Stratford, Ont., was derailed after three years’ planning when the congregation at Knox voted down the move […]