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While the world watches the growing food and water shortages gripping the Horn of Africa, Canadian Christian organizations are doubling their efforts to both enhance existing projects and forge new partnerships to help stem the humanitarian crisis. A cycle of…Read More→
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OTTAWA, ON – Full-time clergy salaries tend to be both modest and consistent across evangelical denominations. However more churches are doing without full-time staff. These were the findings of a recent Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) study looking at congregational…Read More→
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OTTAWA, ON – The Ontario government is introducing new guidelines on balancing the power that cities have over historically significant churches with the needs of those churches’ congregations. In 2005, the Ontario Heritage Act strengthened the role municipalities have in…Read More→
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David Harris, publisher and editor of the Canadian magazine The Presbyterian Record is the new president of Ecumenical News International. The international news organization, which uses a network of freelance journalists around the world, was forced to suspend its daily…Read More→
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OTTAWA, ON – Even before Bruce Clemenger and his wife Tracy were married, they had already decided they were going to adopt. “It was a deal breaker issue for us,” says Tracy, a former legislative assistant in Health and Citizenship…Read More→
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HAMILTON, ON – Canadian Christian television pioneer David Mainse is the recipient of an honorary doctorate from McMaster Divinity College. Mainse accepted the doctorate of divinity at a ceremony in May, where he gave an address to the graduating class….Read More→
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TORONTO, ON – Planning a barbeque? Why not use it to launch a business? That’s the challenge Christian micro-finance organization Opportunity International Canada is putting to supporters this summer, in conjunction with its 40th anniversary celebrations. The Dine for Dignity…Read More→
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OTTAWA, ON �” More than 300 people marched to Parliament Hill this summer, carrying banners from churches and groups across Canada, affirming aboriginal rights. The June 20 event was held as part of Roll With the Declaration, organized by KAIROS….Read More→
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TORONTO, ON – Tom Reynolds, theology professor at Emmanuel College, is grateful for all the support his family received after The Toronto Star ran a story on how his son’s Tourette’s and Asperger’s could prevent them from living in Canada….Read More→
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OTTAWA, ON – Forty-two low-income women, including 20 seniors, are moving into a brand new housing complex this summer, thanks to the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa. The four-storey building on Booth Street will provide studio apartments for women who are…Read More→