Porto Alegre, BrazilThe top official of the World Council of Churches says climate change represents one of humanity’s most dire threats and he has appealed
Jim Robertson pauses at “Burnt Offerings,” one of nine stations in his Altarwalk sculpture, a self-guided devotional featured in the foyer of Edmonton’s St. Paul’s
The Anglican church’s volunteer program is appealing for candidates to serve the church in different capacities overseas, as it once again goes through a bleak
Members of the Vancouver School of Theology community carry in a 680-kilogram totem pole carved by Coast Salish artist Jackie Timothy. The pole was a
Porto Alegre, BrazilLeaders of two world Christian groupings have reacted positively to a proposal by Rev. Samuel Kobia, World Council of Churches general secretary, that
Porto Alegre, BrazilA group of religious leaders from the United States has issued a public letter criticizing the war in Iraq and acknowledging their churches’
The diocese of Toronto reported that its annual Faithworks appeal raised $1,433,000 in 2005, the highest single-year amount in its history. “This is an incredible
James Loney (second from left) and another member of the Christian Peacemaker Teams hold a vigil for Iraqi detainees in downtown Baghdad, prior to Mr.
Peter Irish, of Minto, N.B., diocese of Fredericton, on March 11 resigned as deputy prolocutor of General Synod, one of the nine national offices of
‘Thy will be done’ The agony of Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane as depicted by Canadian artist Michael O’Brien. Gethsemane was where, according to
Jerusalem Holy Land Lutheran Bishop Munib Younan has urged Christians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip not to panic over the militant Islamic group
Departing members of the parish of Holy Cross, a Japanese-Canadian parish in East Vancouver, paid the parish’s back assessment of $30,290 to the diocese of
Ask and Imagine, a popular Anglican leadership course for young people, will have international participants for the first time this summer, said Judy Steers, program
Bishop George Snell has set up a trust administered by the Anglican Foundation to finance special work in Toronto parishes. Bishop George Snell on Jan.
Four parishes in the diocese of New Westminster will be tapping alternative energy sources – the sun and the wind – after receiving a $50,000
London It has featured transsexuals, couples having sex and contestants engaged in fisticuffs, but now Big Brother wants Christians to appear on the show. For
Nairobi Churches in Kenya are moving to provide aid for millions facing starvation due to a severe famine in this East African country, where the
Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR), the delivery arm for development programming and overseas relief for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC), has partnered with
The duties of Canadian Forces chaplains can be very different from their civilian counterparts. Take Capt. Fraser Harvey, the Anglican chaplain at Canadian Forces Base
The Anglican Church of Canada has collected nearly $17.7 million from its national office and 30 dioceses to cover potential damages sought by former students