May 2014

Over the years, Starbucks Coffee has built their company by doing something many people consider at odds with good business practice: they’ve opened stores across the street…

“A theologian acquires the habit of looking at people and circumstances with an eye for what God is doing. The more unlikely the person, the more unfriendly the circumstance, the more…

MoveIn, a grassroots movement and ministry partner of the Canadian conference, provides opportunity for people from Christian churches to join teams…

We prefer not to talk about money, but Jesus did – quite a lot! He taught that giving is part of discipleship and everything we have is a gift from…

The body of Christ is at the centre of what God is up to in the world, his primary tool to accomplish his mission. But mission – or missio Dei – is not merely an activity of the church; it is an attribute of God. Jesus sent the church into the world to “be missionary.”

Update from the Executive Director  In Luke 10:2, Jesus tells his followers: “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge…

CCMBC exists to multiply Christ-centred churches to see Canada transformed by the good news of Jesus Christ. We pray the church in Canada would rise up in boldness and courage…

Update on Finances  The executive board finance committee, supported by CCMBC finance staff, has done a great job in leading our financial review. The finance team’s leadership is positioning CCMBC…

Update on the C2C Network In his book, What Happened to Christian Canada? Mark A. Noll writes, “Put generally, in 1950 Canadian church attendance as a proportion of the total…

Update on the Board of Faith and Life  The board of faith and life (BFL) is making concerted efforts to increase the level of connectedness to conference ministries in order…

True stories of COACH to the rescue “I bumped up against a sense that there were limitations around what I knew and didn’t know,” says Jericho Ridge pastor Brad Sumner. “No…

Kelowna Gospel Fellowship knows it’s not the only church to declare February “love month” or dedicate a day each February to demonstrate unconditional agape love. But it continues, through teaching and actions and meticulous organization, to make agape love part of how KGF members live beyond church walls in the community every day.

Mennonites, Catholics and Lutherans hold second round of dialogue on baptism STRASBOURG, France “I continue to be inspired by the mutuality of our work,” commented John Rempel of Toronto, Ontario,…