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OTTAWA, ON—One of the last of many awards given to George Beverly Shea, the Ontario-born gospel singer who went on to travel the world for close to 60 years with evangelist Billy Graham, may well have been among the most…Read More→
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MAPLE RIDGE, BC—In January, about 15 pastors who meet weekly to pray for their communities of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows on the eastern edge of Metro Vancouver felt it was time to encourage their people to start praying together…Read More→
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CAMBRIDGE, ON—Two years ago, Rick Reed, the senior pastor of Metropolitan Bible Church (MET) in Ottawa, learned he had prostate cancer. Little did he know that God would use his illness to begin leading him to a new calling as…Read More→
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LANGLEY, BC—Trinity Western University president Jonathan Raymond has no doubt about what motivates those seeking to kill a proposed new law school on campus. “They’re opposed to Christian institutions,” he says. “They’re opposed to Christian higher education.” The law school…Read More→
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VANCOUVER, BC—Residents of Hong Kong are “hungry” to discover deeper meaning in their lives, says Mark Mayhew, director of the Marketplace Institute at Regent College in Vancouver. In late November, Mayhew and three other Regent faculty members traveled to Hong…Read More→
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KELOWNA, BC—Metro Community Church in Kelowna’s inner city enjoys a profile and an outreach to its neighbours that probably few churches in Canada can claim. “There are no churches in our downtown core anymore,” says lead pastor Laurence East. “So…Read More→
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EDMONTON, AB—Immediately following the massive earthquake in Haiti, three years ago this January, University of Alberta hospital medical clerk Kim O’Dwyer felt God calling her to go there and help in the recovery efforts. Her original plan was to go…Read More→
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LONDON, ON–As the founder and executive director of International Justice Mission Canada, Jamie McIntosh travels the world to take part in projects aimed at rescuing and seeking justice for the millions of people caught up in slavery and human trafficking….Read More→
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ABBOTSFORD, BC—Equipping and encouraging the students of Columbia Bible College to become “fully devoted followers of Jesus” is the primary goal of soon-to-be president Bryan Born. For him, that means more than classroom instruction. “If we look at how Jesus…Read More→
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VANCOUVER, BC—When Union Gospel Mission hosted walking tours of the Downtown Eastside this fall, guided by someone who calls this poverty-stricken community home, the response was far more than anyone expected. And not just in the large number of people…Read More→