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TORONTO, ON—Last year the hit of the Toronto Fringe was Ins Choi’s Kim’s Convenience—a play loosely based on the story of the Prodigal Son. This year, Diane Johnstone’s Desperate Church Wives—based on the biblical book of Hosea—got standing ovations at…Read More→
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CAMBRIDGE, ON—Glenn Lavender doesn’t know if the popular band downhere will ever record or tour again, but says the group is “hanging up our skates,” for the foreseeable future. Marc Martel and Jason Germain were roommates at Briercrest Bible College…Read More→
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GUELPH, ON—Until July, Nancy Blois could only watch her husband give out Gideon Bibles to students. Now she can give them out herself. Originally founded as an association of Christian businessmen and professionals, the Gideons International in Canada, known for…Read More→
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GUELPH, ON—The fruit of Sylvia Woods’ term as artist-in-residence was literally hanging in Lakeside Church’s atrium. The program, which ran from September to June, saw the church provide studio space, materials and a small stipend. Woods, in return, acted as…Read More→
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MISSISSAUGA, ON—Eurovangelism wants to help transform Europe by helping the poor and needy. “Our passion is to serve people who don’t have a voice,” says Eurovangelism executive director Kevin Campbell. Just back from a late-February trip to Albania, Campbell spoke…Read More→
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TORONTO, ON—Everything from children’s rights to justice will be discussed by everyone from scholars to faith leaders at a spring conference. The Centre for Philosophy, Religion and Social Ethics (CPRSE) will host the Social Justice and Human Rights Conference on…Read More→
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KITCHENER, ON—Hockey fans once again listened to the “voice of the Kitchener Rangers” and brought tons of potatoes to a recent game. Part of the annual House of Friendship February Potato Blitz, the Don Cameron Potato Night on January 27…Read More→
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HAMILTON, ON—A coalition trying to stop the “theological drift” from the centre of evangelicalism is holding a conference in Cambridge in May. The Gospel Coalition grew out of a desire by American evangelical pastors Don Carson and Tim Keller to…Read More→
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CAMBRIDGE, ON—What do you do after bagging more than five million servings of soup? If you’re the Ontario Christian Gleaners (OCG), you celebrate. By using excess vegetables, the ministry was able to bag enough dehydrated vegetables to make 5.3 million…Read More→
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NEW HAMBURG, ON—Answering a job posting on Twitter eventually led Ryan Jacobs to his new position as the general manager of Ten Thousand Villages Canada. Jacobs was the communications officer at the University of Waterloo when he saw a tweet…Read More→