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How are AI tools already affecting Christian faith formation – and how can we be discerning? The cover story in the new issue of Faith Today explores the reality of Bible study and devotional materials generated in part by artificial intelligence. Read this essay by Taylor Scott-Reimer and browse the entire Sep/Oct 2026 issue of Faith Today: Canada's Christian Conversation at FaithToday.ca.

This article is reprinted with permission from Faith Today (Jul/Aug 2026). →en français I've spent the last 23 years of my life in Christian higher education in Western Canada. This means I’ve had the opportunity to observe young adults and to ponder what it means to come of age, both in life and more importantly in Christian faith. I’ve also been surrounded by narratives of church decline for most of these years. A recent article pegs regular church attendance in Canada arou

A new podcast called evangelical 360° launches today that dives into contemporary issues impacting Christian life and witness around the world. Lively discussion and tough questions with leaders, writers and influencers help explore faith from different perspectives. Host Brian Stiller, a Canadian, is global ambassador for the World Evangelical Alliance. "Our hope is that each person listening will come away informed, encouraged, challenged and inspired," says Stiller. Learn

[ cliquer ici pour la version française ] The #influencing_faith_study (IFS) is a research partnership investigating how social media engagement affects the faith of Canadian youth participating in Canadian evangelical youth ministries and how Canadian evangelical youth ministry workers working with Canadian youth use social media in their ministries. Youth for this study are those aged 12 to 18 and in grades 7 to 12. Our surveys closed May 31, 2026. Please look for the final

This article comes from Read directly: https://evangelicalfocus.com/world/26379/how-will-the-church-and-world-look-like-in-2050-the-lausanne-movement-identifies-gaps-and-opportunities-for-global-mission What will the Church and the world look like in 2050? A new in-depth report analysing the state of the world and the opportunities for Christian mission has been launched five months ahead of the 4th Lausanne Movement Congress (L4), planned for September in Seoul, South Kore

→ français The full English report, a 72-page pdf, is now available (as of 23 March 2026). With thanks to the Charis Foundation for their grant support, a French edition of this report is also now available (as of July 3, 2026). A technical addendum (267 pages in English) is now also available for scholars. How do women understand their roles and participate in the local church? The National Study on Women in Canadian Evangelical Churches began with a simple aim: to listen c

For immediate release from The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada Only half of Canadians (51%) are aware that Canadians will be eligible for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) on the basis of mental illness in March 2024, according to a new Angus Reid Forum poll undertaken for The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. “What we can clearly see is that many of our neighbours aren’t aware of some of the major changes happening in our country,” says EFC President David Guretzki. “This

The full report, a 245-page pdf, includes the 3-page executive summary available on its own in English and français “How do we help evangelical parents form the faith of (or disciple) their children in the home?” This is a question with urgency. Parenting is one of the most difficult, rewarding and confounding endeavours most of us will ever undertake. In addition to feeding, clothing and sheltering our children, as parents we have important responsibilities in educating our

A major new Canadian study looking at Christian young adults' transitions from high school to the next phase in life has begun publishing its findings in July 2018 online here . (And see the EFC's collection of related resources such as podcasts, webinars and Faith Today articles.) The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, Power to Change–Students, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Youth For Christ and Truth Matters have partnered to discover how we can help our teens stay conne

Purchase the resource at hemorrhagingfaith.com A Canadian report hears from youth and suggests ways to reverse the trend. Only one in three Canadian young adults who attended church weekly as a child still do so today. Of the young adults who no longer attend church, half have also stopped identifying themselves with the Christian tradition in which they were raised. There are four primary toxins that keep young people from engaging with the church: Hypocrisy, judgement, excl