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ABBOTSFORD, BC—Part of the curriculum of a new program that Columbia Bible College will launch this fall includes a 10-day visit to New York City. But it will be no vacation. Its intent is to expose young adults to contemporary…Read More→
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VANCOUVER, BC—While preparing to launch Christ City Church, a Mennonite Brethren church plant in south Vancouver, pastor Brett Landry received an offer he believes could only have come from the mind of God. He was told South Hill Church, a…Read More→
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SURREY, BC—Dave Morgan devotes his life to helping teen dads rise above the brokenness, emptiness, and instability that many of them have known most of their lives. He can do that, because until he met Jesus, he was where they…Read More→
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VANCOUVER, BC—Church planter Alastair Sterne believes at least some people in Vancouver are hungry for a less contemporary church experience—and are finding that in the traditional Anglican liturgies. “When you tell someone, ‘This prayer we just prayed has been prayed…Read More→
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EDMONTON, AB—Two Catholic-run hospitals in Edmonton now offer safe havens where mothers in distress can leave “unwanted” newborns in complete anonymity and without fear of criminal prosecution. The Angel Cradles, as they are called, are compartments built into an outside…Read More→
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ABBOTSFORD, BC—Lovella Schellenberg credits God with channeling her desire to pass on a family heritage of traditional Mennonite recipes into two Canadian bestsellers. “We didn’t have a business plan. Whatever God brought our way, we looked at and said, ‘Sure,…Read More→
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VICTORIA, BC—Maria Manna’s week-long stay onboard the Africa Mercy, a hospital ship docked in Conakry, Guinea, got off to a rough start when her luggage failed to arrive with her. “I was so mad at God,” she says. “I said,…Read More→
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OTTAWA, ON—BC Conservative MP Mark Warawa says he has “peace” about the failure of his motion condemning sex-selective abortion to even come to a vote in the House of Commons, despite his initial hopes it would pass with no one…Read More→
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DUNCAN, BC—When pastor and well-known author Mark Buchanan was offered a new job teaching pastoral theology at Ambrose Seminary in Calgary, he says he was uncertain at first. But slowly he came to realize that God was opening a new…Read More→
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CALGARY, AB—Calgary’s elected officials have as much as admitted they made a mistake six years ago by not including faith-based institutions as stakeholders in plans to revitalize the city’s core neighbourhoods. In early May, with no debate and no one…Read More→