To celebrate February as Black History Month, the EFC highlighted important contributions of Black pastors and churches in Canada online. Our continued ministry mandate of promoting united gospel witness in Canada involves maintaining an open, curious posture to the spiritual formation experiences of Evangelicals nationwide. This includes exploring and celebrating intercultural realities from Caribbean- and African-Canadians in municipalities big and small. Our social me

Alberta passed Bill 24: An Act to Support Gay-Straight Alliances, in November 2017. The bill required school principals to immediately grant permission for Gay-Straight Alliance/Queer-Straight Alliance clubs or activities “intended to promote a welcoming, caring, respectful and safe learning environment that respects diversity and fosters a sense of belonging” at the request of a student. However the province has passed new legislation that does not include the provisions fro

Here's the latest news including implications analysis by lawyer Geoffrey Trotter, podcast with TWU’s Bob Kuhn, EFC president’s blog and video, webinar discussion, news releases and more. Below this bulleted list is a series of buttons that allow viewing of additional material. Implications for the Evangelical Community of the Supreme Court Decision in the Trinity Western University Law School Case. By Geoffrey Trotter, co-counsel for the EFC in its interventions in the TWU l

The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada intervened before the Supreme Court of Canada in this religious freedom case March 24, 2014. A decision was announced March 19, 2015. The EFC intervened in the case to argue that government decision making must take into account the principles of life in a free and democratic society, including recognition of the religious freedom of individuals, religious communities and corporations / organizations established for a religious purpose. T

Case Summary S.L. v. Commission scolaire des Chênes (hereafter, the "Drummondville" case), a case originating in Quebec, addressed whether parents have the right to choose the kind of education their children will receive, particularly in regard to religious instruction. The case cut to the core of what freedom of religion and conscience and parental authority mean in Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada rendered its decision in the case on February 17, 2012. Read our media re

The Supreme Court, by an eight to one majority, ordered the BCCT to approve TWU’s education program. The EFC was an intervenor and appeared before the Court in the case. The majority judgment states, “Absent concrete evidence that training teachers at TWU fosters discrimination in the public schools of B.C., the freedom of individuals to adhere to certain religious beliefs while at TWU should be respected.” The majority judgment said that “tolerance of divergent beliefs is a

The EFC intervened in the Chamberlain v. Surrey School Board case before the B.C. Court of Appeal. The Surrey School Board refused to use three storybooks depicting same-sex parents approved for use in kindergarten and Grade 1 classrooms. A B.C. Supreme Court judge had overturned the decision because it was based on the concerns of religious parents and schools are to be run on a "strictly secular" basis under the B.C. Schools Act. The EFC and the Archdiocese of Vancouver arg

[1996] 3 S.C.R. 609, 140 D.L.R. (4th) 385, 204 N.R. 81, 95 O.A.C. 1, 40 C.R.R. (2d) 1. Several parents who wished to send their children to private Jewish or Christian schools challenged the lack of public funding for these schools. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the Charter rights guarantees cannot be used to challenge section 93 of the Constitution Act, 1867. Justice Iacobucci, writing for the majority, said: In my view, any analysis of denominational school rights