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The partnership Ignite Prayer Canada shared a compelling vision during its online launch gathering Sept. 19, 2024. Imagine this: 1,000 churches across Canada radiant with God’s electrifying presence continual fires burning on spiritual altars with faith-filled and united prayer, Scripture-fed and Spirit-led, fixated on God’s rule and righteousness intercession fused with gospel proclamation activating harvests of lost people coming to Christ, baptized, Spirit-empowered, exper

Many jurisdictions around the world are taking steps to protect children and youth from harmful content online. One of the ways of protecting kids and youth online is by putting in place age restrictions for violent and explicit content. Age assurance systems can be mandated by law or regulation. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) held an exploratory consultation on privacy and age assurance. The OPC takes the position that “it is possible to design and us

A new initiative invites shared stories of collaboration. Joel Gordon and Adam Kline of the EFC Centre for Ministry Partnership and Innovation explain more. The EFC is passionate about uniting Evangelicals to bless Canada in the name of Jesus – because the Church is stronger when we can leverage our distinct traditions and work together, bearing even greater witness to Canadians through our kingdom collaboration. Unity is important. It has always been a central characteristic

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 is reprinted with permission from Faith Today (Sept/Oct 2024). →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 Empire, medica

Ask your MP to protect kids online and support Bill S-210. Write or call your MP. Even a voicemail message left at your MP’s office has an impact. Contact your MP in more than one way for even greater impact, for example, by calling and writing. Follow these simple steps to reach your Member of Parliament (MP): Go to "Find Members of Parliament" Enter your postal code Click on your MPs name Look under the “Contact” tab for your MP's phone number and email address For writing

This article is reprinted with permission from Faith Today (Sept/Oct 2024). 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%) Canadian kid

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