Archive for September, 2009

WARC—The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Korea has told members of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches that churches should be motivated to engage in a movement...

WARC—A letter written by a church leader in the early hours of July 31 called for prayers and support for Christian families under attack in eastern Pakistan. The appeal,...

ENI—A group of Orthodox clergy in Greece led by three senior archbishops have published a manifesto pledging to resist all ecumenical ties with Roman Catholics and Protestants. “The...

ENI—In an address to a European gathering of mainly Anglican, Orthodox and Protestant churches, the leader of the Romanian Orthodox Church warned against attempts to restore a “Christian...

ENI—Jennifer Gray took a decisive step when she recently got “de-baptised” in Ohio, considering herself “a weak Christian” whose baptism at age 11 came to mean less...

When Swiss Air flight 111 crashed offshore in 1998, killing 229 people, Nova Scotia’s faith communities got their first taste of a crisis situation. Rev. Cindi Chenard, minister at...

The June Record contained some introductory comments about the Dalit peoples in caste-affected societies, and about the recent Global Ecumenical Conference on Justice for Dalits, which took place...

Under the sponsorship of the Scott Mission, more than 600 children and youth from low-income families left the towers of Toronto for the great outdoors this summer. Although the...

Churches can be a powerful force when it comes to eradicating poverty in their community, said Stephen Allen, associate secretary of Justice Ministries. “But duplication is a luxury...

Joseph Scriven, author of What a Friend We Have in Jesus will be celebrated this month in his hometown of Port Hope, Ont. Local churches are planning a...

When a Vancouver newcomer wandered into Central Presbyterian last August and asked if he could play the organ, the congregation thought their prayers had been answered. Martin John Stephen...

Web guru and former Vine staff person Peter Johnson launched a modest filmmaking career in July when his short film The Only Possible Outcome played at the Mississauga...

Knox College will hold a seminar in October on the Dead Sea Scrolls, which are on display at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto until January 2010. Knox’s...

The general secretary of the Canadian Council of Churches, Rev. Dr. Karen Hamilton, visited the Canadian Forces base in Kandahar in July, meeting with soldiers and military chaplains...

When it comes to what’s wrong with the war in Afghanistan, Remmelt Hummelen isn’t exactly lost for words. A former national church staff person, he thinks Canada’s approach...

Abhishek Tomar (not pictured), Deepika Tomar, Deepak Baghel and Jaklina Parmar, from Jobat and nearby villages in Northern India, share a traditional song and dance at the...

I cannot tell you how disappointed I am to see how many Presbyterians seem to have followed the United Church into outer darkness on the issue of abortions. Although...

While I applaud the Presbyterian Record for its position on the freedom of speech, I am disturbed that in a Christian magazine, printing a pro-life advertisement has to...

I received the Holy Spirit in 1979 at age 30 after a heartfelt repentance about the way I was living my life. The experience was like Saul’s conversion...