Although opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) won most of the seats in parliamentary by-elections in Burma (Myanmar) on April 1, the results were greeted with wary optimism by Christian organizations.
The two announcements came only days apart. Rev. Dr. John Vissers has been elected to stand as sole nominee for moderator of the 138th General Assembly, and he has been appointed director of academic programs and professor of historical theology at Knox College, Toronto.
The Assembly Council decided next year’s General Assembly should begin on a Friday and end on a Monday, making the annual meeting of the church’s highest court more accessible to full-time working elders.
“A community rooted in Jesus Christ, empowered by the Holy Spirit, courageously embracing the gifts of God, to be a blessing in the world,” reads the vision statement that will come before the church’s highest court in June. The accompanying one-page mission statement includes a series of bullet points outlining what the church aims to do.
Each year hundreds of thousands of workers come to Canada on temporary visas. Melanie Ferrier explores what life is like for the migrant farm workers who help keep us fed.
My first encounter with John Moir took place in 1974. I was a young arts student struggling to find my way at the University of […]
Most of us who have aged beyond the immortal teenage years have figured out that we don’t get out of this life alive. What we don’t know is precisely when and how death will find us.
Our God is great, but He cares about the little things. How do you honour God?
Church Franchising LifeChurch.tv or “Life Church” is generally considered the second largest church in the United States. It has locations in five different states, and […]
Do Christians really need the church’s help to interpret the Bible?
While reading old newspapers recently (as one does) I came upon a curious headline: “Sterilization of retarded discussed.” It’s a small story, a few column […]
Eugene Peterson’s memoir says a lot about the man who wrote The Message, but it says even more about what it means to be a pastor.
Rick Allen teaches about HIV/AIDS in Kenya. When he headed for Kenya 17 years ago, Presbyterian missionary Dr. Rick Allen didn’t picture himself handing out […]
God is love. And First, Sackville, N.S., is showing it with homegrown veggies.
Msgr. Charles Pope of the Archdiocese of Washington makes a point with which I almost agree.
It can be hard to believe in the resurrection. Jim McKay got a little help from a children’s story.
The best manuscripts of Mark’s gospel end abruptly. The tomb is empty and the disciples are afraid. We should be, too.
“We are not victims and we cannot be forced to hate,” said Dawoud Nassar, a Christian Palestinian farmer and founder of Tent of Nations, an […]
The mostly grandparent-aged members of Comox Valley are working to “live a legacy” in their community.
Dr. John Sargent Moir, professor, author, and renowned church historian passed away March 9 at the age of 86. “It’s impossible for anyone to write […]