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City approves church’s role | Event reFocused on ‘full counsel of God’
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Articles
City approves church’s role
CHURCHES in Vancouver will be able to provide social services without seeking a permit to do so, under a motion presented to city council April 1.
Event reFocused on ‘full counsel of God’
SOME 200 pastors, elders and Bible students gathered at Willingdon Church in Burnaby April 14 – 16 for the second annual ‘reFocus’ Preaching & Theology Conference.
Generous giving enhances God’s cycle of life
I’M INSPIRED by the generosity of Warren Buffet (age 76), who has expressed his intentions of giving away some $37 billion before he dies.
Vancouver author a key guru in ‘Church of Oprah’
More than 20 million viewers tune into The Oprah Winfrey Show daily. Many of them are Christians.
Hope for Romania’s teen AIDS victims
“HOW would you feel if your parents dumped you in a garbage can after learning that you’d been infected with HIV?
Mizoram: trouble in paradise
WHEN I first visited Mizoram in 1996,            I believed I had found paradise.
The impact of ‘Amazing Grace’
IT IS 260 years since the conversion of John Newton, the author of ‘Amazing Grace.’
Several prominent groups face human rights tribunals
THE USE of human rights tribunals to censure individuals has been receiving increasing criticism.
UN restricts criticism of Islam
CANADA and several European nations have voted against a United Nations resolution amid fears that it could be used to limit freedom of speech.
Opposition to teachers’ guide growing
THE TIME has come, say some Christian activists, for British Columbia parents who do not want their children taught in school subjects they consider immoral or contrary to their religious beliefs, to be more assertive in standing up for their convictions.
Mapmaker Thompson a godly man
To mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of British Columbia, BCCN presents the first in a series of faith portraits. Following is an excerpt from The Battle for the Soul of Canada, by Ed Hird.
Snapshot of the Church in White Rock & South Surrey
White Rock is often termed a ‘jewel’ for its small town atmosphere, its large pier and railway and its beachfront boulevard.
Testimony
Broken bodies, shattered lives – and God’s will
I DON’T remember the split seconds before the impact. Not the angry skid of tires, nor the fearful shrieks from my wife Mary, our son Aaron, and his young Kenyan friend Daniel.
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