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January 2018

Below you'll find many of our most recent posts, including selected articles from Faith Today. You can also select one of the options in the boxes to the top left of your screen to jump to other types of articles not included in the list below (e.g., Dispatches from Brian, EFC Updates, media releases, official statements, outgoing letters, research, etc.).

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Church & Mission
31 January 2018

Would our neighbourhoods notice if we left?

The Flourishing Congregations Institute probes what is working in Canadian congregations, as reported in this article from Faith Today, Jan/Feb 2018.

TagsFaith Today, Flourishing Congregations Institute, Joel Thiessen, loving our neighbour
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Religious Freedom
Church & Mission
Family & Community
22 January 2018

Competing views on state neutrality

While the state cannot be absolutely neutral towards religious beliefs, it should be as neutral as possible, explains EFC President Bruce Clemenger in Faith Today. 

TagsBruce Clemenger, Faith Today, religious freedom, Supreme Court of Canada, Trinity Western University
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Church & Mission
Care for the Vulnerable
Family & Community
01 January 2018

Journey of Reconciliation: What are the first steps?

Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians can be better together, says Cheryl Bear, a Christian Indigenous leader from B.C. What are the first steps?

TagsCheryl Bear, Faith Today, indigenous, reconciliation
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Church & Mission
Care for the Vulnerable
Family & Community
01 January 2018

Let the Sermon Be Interrupted: The Church, First Nations and Reconciliation

After all that’s happened, First Peoples still hold out a hand of friendship to us. But many of us have just ignored it.

TagsFaith Today, indigenous, Mark Buchanan, reconciliation
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