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In honour of Carl
 | | Carl Armerding signing books at the
Regent College bookstore. |
Regent College took time on the afternoon of March 4 to
honour Carl Armerding, who served at the school 1970 – 1991 as a professor, and
then as president. He was presented with a ‘Festschrift’ (a
book written in honour of a retiring scholar), entitled The Bible in World Christian Perspective: Studies in Honour of
Carl E. Armerding (Regent College, 2009).
The book was edited by David W. Baker, one of Armerding’s first
students in 1970-71, and by Ward Gasque, a former teaching colleague at
Regent.
Closing a treasured book
Trinity Western University professor Barbara Pell died March 9. An expert in
the interaction of religion and Canadian literature, she published numerous
articles and two major studies: Faith and
Fiction: A Theological Critique of the Narrative Strategies of Hugh
MacLennan and Morley Callaghan and A Portrait of the Artist: Ernest Buckler’s The
Mountain and the Valley.
In 1981, she co-founded the Conference on Christianity
and Literature Study Group, which provided a forum for Christian scholars
in the field to meet – and resulted in a wide range of scholarly
papers from a Christian perspective being published; she served as chair of
this body for the past 17 years.
At TWU, Pell served as chair of the English department;
was awarded the Kenneth R. Davis Distinguished Teaching Award in 2006; and
helped establish the Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Humanities program
in 2005. TWU has established the Dr. Barbara Pell Scholarship in her
honour.
She is survived by her husband Archie, children Lisa
and James, and grandsons Andrew and Hugh.
Lions Gate forced out
Lions Gate Christian Academy (LGCA), the North Shore’s only Christian school, has
been given notice that the North Vancouver School Board will no longer
lease the old Maplewood Elementary School building to them. In a narrow 4
– 3 decision, the board favoured using the building for a public
special education purpose. The 275 LGCA students have only until August in
the present building. Contact: lionsgateca.org.
Migrant workers
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Chilliwack has been running an afternoon service –
followed by a lunch and some classes in English – aimed at
mostly Mexican migrant workers. The church commenced this program in March,
and will be adding a regular Spanish language Bible class. One worker is
also taking extension courses in Spanish through Concordia Seminary in the
U.S.
– The Canadian
Lutheran
New fold for the sheep
Church of the Good Shepherd,
the largest and oldest Chinese Anglican congregation in Canada, has made an
agreement to purchase the facility which it has been leasing for several
years. The purchase price for the building, at 189 West 11th Avenue in
Vancouver, was $3.4 million. The congregation raised enough money for the
first installment, and received pledges which will allow it to fully repay
the mortgage over seven years.
The congregation is celebrating its 120th anniversary
this year. More than 250 people regularly attend Sunday services, offered
in English and Cantonese. The church also has 26 fellowship groups for its
members, as well as those inquiring into Christianity.
The congregation belongs to the Anglican Network in
Canada. “This clearly demonstrates an amazing outworking of the
miraculous providence of God, the sacrificial giving of leaders and
parishioners, and the support of fellow Christians of other denominations,
local and abroad,” said member Nona Tong.
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This is not a divorce
Dave Currie resigned as
national director of FamilyLife Canada, effective March 1. This will allow him to focus more energy
on the Marriage Uncensored television program he co-hosts with Christie Rayburn – and also
on writing articles and books about marriage and family. During the past
seven years, under Currie’s leadership, FamilyLife Canada has grown
from a staff of three to 35.
Contact: www.familylifecanada.org.
Renewal renewed
 | | Gabe Garcia (left) and William Beasley spoke at St. Simon's Renewal Mission. |
The 22nd annual St.
Simon’s Renewal Mission was held March 20
– 21, with some 120 leaders from Anglican and other churches
attending. Hispanic pastor Gabe Garcia and church planter William
Beasley called those present to renewal,
revival and evangelism.
At the closing eucharist, many went forward for
healing, and the breaking of spiritual bondages.
Beasley and Garcia also spoke to 70 pastors at the
annual Renewal Mission Clergy Luncheon at Valley Church. An interdenominational celebration
service was also held March 22 at Harvest City Church in Vancouver,
presenting the theme ‘Catching Fish for the Olympics.’
This event was co-sponsored by the Vancouver Pastors
Prayer Fellowship, Vancouver City of Destiny, North Shore Pastors Prayer
Fellowship, the Anglican Coalition in Canada and the Hope Vancouver
Network.
Christian men can jump!
Trinity Western University forward Jacob Doerksen has been awarded
the Mike Moser Memorial Trophy as the Canadian Inter-university Sport (CIS)
men’s basketball player of the year. The third-year business student
transferred from the University of Victoria this year, and helped the TWU
Spartans improve from a 4 – 19 record in 2007 – 2008 to a 17
– 6 record in 2008–2009.
Reporting for dummies
In BCCN’s March issue, we reported that Paddy
Ducklow was installed February 26 as the
Erb-Gullison Professor of Family Ministries at Regent College. He was
actually installed at Carey Theological Centre. We apologize for the error
in our reporting.
– Peter Biggs
April 2009
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