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The EFC has made a submission to a UN committee reviewing Canada's commitment to eliminate discrimination against women (CEDAW). The EFC's brief outlines the negative impact of Canada’s euthanasia laws on women, particularly women with disabilities. It underscores that prostitution is a system of violence and exploitation, and points to the connection between human trafficking and prostitution. The EFC urges Canada to repeal the law allowing euthanasia for mental illness, to

This article comes from Read directly: https://www.faithtoday.ca/Magazines/2024-Sept-Oct →en français The ability of a Christian hospital to maintain its Christian ethic is now facing a legal challenge in British Columbia. Providing medical care is a consistent characteristic of Christian expression throughout Church history. In Medicine and Health Care in Early Christianity (Johns Hopkins, 2009), historian Gary Ferngren concludes that when a church was planted in the Roman E

This article comes from Read directly: https://www.faithtoday.ca/Magazines/2024-Sept-Oct When should kids have a smartphone? How should what they see online be monitored or restricted? These are the kinds of questions parents and grandparents, as well as teachers, doctors and people concerned about the next generation, are asking. Our kids have a whole world at their fingertips. And they are spending more time online - at younger and younger ages. More than one in three (39%)

To the Ancients, Friendship seemed the happiest and most fully human of all loves; the crown of life and the school of virtue. C.S. Lewis Did you know science proves that relationships matter? The connections we make with our friends, neighbours, family and colleagues can “lower anxiety and depression, help us regulate our emotions, lead to higher self-esteem and empathy, and actually improve our immune systems.” It’s so important that we make time in our busy lives to consid

Amila, a single mother in Sri Lanka, is determined to follow Jesus and raise her daughters to know him. When she became a Christian, her husband left them and she moved in with her mother and sister to have help with childcare. She faces hostility and mistreatment from her family, as well as relentless pressure to return to her previous faith. Scripture encourages us to remember our sisters and brothers like Amila as if we were mistreated with them. “Continue to remember thos

Bill S-210 died at the 2025 election call. A new iteration of the bill has been introduced in the Senate, Bill S-209.Bill S-210, An Act to restrict young persons’ online access to sexually explicit materials, is a private member’s bill introduced by Senator Miville-Dechêne on November 24, 2021. It passed its second of three votes in the House of Commons in December 2023, and advanced to be studied by a parliamentary committee This bill would have made it a criminal offence to

This article is reprinted with permission from Faith Today (Sept/Oct 2024). →en français In his 1976 book The Sunflower, Holocaust survivor Simon Wiesenthal recounted how a dying SS soldier came to him seeking forgiveness for his horrific war crimes. Wiesenthal denied forgiveness to the dying ex-Nazi. Some argued Wiesenthal should have extended forgiveness. Others affirmed Wiesenthal, noting that forgiving the soldier would have dangerously overlooked the atrocious injustices

Traduit de l'anglais par François Godbout Que se passe-t-il lorsque le peuple de Dieu se réunit sans ordre du jour ni orateurs connus, mais avec la passion d'entendre Sa voix ? C'est ce qu'ont fait plus de 100 personnes lors d'un récent rassemblement organisé par Our Common Calling, un partenariat soutenu par l'AEC. Plutôt que d'écouter un orateur en séance plénière, les participants venus de tout le Canada ont passé deux matinées entières à « demeurer dans la Parole » - en é

Download the full, four-page PDF of the August/September issue,or read the main story below. Aussi disponible en français. In these tumultuous times, public acts of hatred in Canada have risen significantly. Much of this increase was sparked from the Oct. 7 massacre of Jews by Hamas militants and the subsequent conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Antisemitism has dramatically increased since then as well as anti-Muslim hatred. People, businesses and religious instituti

The Hon. Dominic LeBlanc Minister of Public Safety 269 Laurier Avenue, West Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0P8 Canada Dear Minister, Today, on the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, we want to thank you for the actions that have been taken to combat trafficking and urge you to press on in this important fight. The Government of Canada has long recognized that trafficking is a serious violation of human rights. Canada was among the first countries to ratify the United Nations Pal

July 30th is World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. This year, the focus is on the most vulnerable – children – calling us to “leave no child behind in the fight against human trafficking. ”You may wonder, is this really an issue in Canada? 1 in 4 victims of trafficking in Canada is under 18 In police-reported incidents of human trafficking in Canada, one in four victims (24%) were under 18 years of age. Young adults were also more likely to be victims of trafficking, with

Traduit de l'anglais par François Godbout Des petits groupes, des églises et des organisations utilisent les brochures de l’AEC pour informer, susciter des discussions et des réflexions, et envisager des réponses pratiques à des questions clés. Nous recevons des témoignages encourageants sur l'utilisation de ces livrets dans les ministères à travers le Canada. Bryan Gillmore, membre du personnel de Karis Disability Services (anciennement Christian Horizons), vient de commande

Traduit de l'anglais par François Godbout Projet de loi sur les préjudices en ligne : Les députés devraient poursuivre le débat sur le projet de loi C-63, la Loi sur le préjudice en ligne, lorsque le Parlement reprendra ses travaux à l'automne. Bien que le projet de loi C-63 aborde les façons dont les enfants et les jeunes sont victimes de violence sexuelle en ligne, l’AEC est très préoccupé par les dispositions sur les crimes haineux et les changements apportés à la Loi cana

Traduit de l'anglais par Bruce J. Clemenger Par Bruce Clemenger En ces temps tumultueux, les actes publics de haine ont considérablement augmenté au Canada. Cette augmentation est due en grande partie au massacre de Juifs par des militants du Hamas le 7 octobre et au conflit qui s'en est suivi entre Israël et le Hamas à Gaza. L'antisémitisme a considérablement augmenté depuis lors, de même que la haine anti-musulmane. Des personnes, des entreprises et des institutions religie

AMAC is a newer affiliate of the EFC and shares a report of its anniversary by way of introduction. The Armenian Missionary Association of Canada (AMAC), founded on March 27, 1982, is joyfully celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2024. With hearts full of gratitude, we give thanks to God for His enduring blessings and guidance throughout our journey. To commemorate this special milestone, the organization is planning several events. The first one took place on July 20, 2024, i

More and more of us are seeing the impact of MAiD as it touches the people in our lives. People in vulnerable situations are ending their lives via MAiD because they feel they have no other choice – and some are pressured to do so. There’s also a growing realization of the very subjective nature of the MAiD eligibility criteria. At the same time, there’s a push to expand MAiD even further and to eliminate MAiD-free spaces for patients and doctors who are conscientious objecto

This article comes from Read directly: https://www.faithtoday.ca/Magazines/2024-Jul-Aug →en français I was around 10 years old when I was the narrator for a Christmas play in my little home church. In the lead up to the big event, Mom spent hours coaching me to read the lines with expression, volume and clarity. On production night I perched up on a little stool – too short to see over the podium – and proudly, if nervously, delivered my lines. Though I don’t remember who she

The EFC and ARPA Canada (the Association for Reformed Political Action) were granted co-intervener status before the Supreme Court of Canada in a case titled Mikhail Kloubakov, et al. v. His Majesty the King (the Kloubakov case). The case was heard by the Supreme Court in November 2024. In 2021, two men, Mikhail Kloubakov and Hicham Moustaine, worked for a Quebec-based escort agency run by convicted traffickers. They were convicted of financially benefiting from prostitution

Could we introduce ourselves? Because I think you might not know us. There’s been some chatter in political circles about a certain party leader visiting three evangelical Christian churches on a recent summer Sunday. I listened to a podcast about politics, where the panelists and host talk about the risk of this kind of visit and whether this is importing US style politics into Canada. They ask questions like, “Why does this raise eyebrows?” “Why isn’t this more risk than re

The harassment that members of Parliament face, including death threats and vandalism, is on the rise. Two months ago the House of Commons sergeant-at-arms reported that cases rose from 8 in 2019 to 530 in 2023. Threats are becoming increasingly common – MPs are followed on the streets, filmed in stores and have their offices vandalized. One Parliament Hill staffer describes answering the phone and having angry Canadians yell at her about the decisions the MP had made and cal