Awards for Faith Today Work from 2021
Faith Today was awarded two third-place awards and a second place in this year’s Evangelical Press Association awards, held April 11 in Colorado. Join us in congratulating all the writers whose work has been judged excellent. Our blog post on the awards links to our winning articles such as “Does Church Still Matter – Even in a Pandemic?” and “An Essay on Dying Well.”
EFC Brief Supports Bill on Protecting Children and Youth from Pornography
The EFC submitted a brief in support of Bill S-210, a private member’s bill to protect children and youth from exposure to pornography. The bill would hold organizations responsible for making sexually explicit material accessible online to minors, for a commercial purpose. Find more information and a sample letter of support at www.TheEFC.ca/S-210.
New EFC Job Opening
The EFC is looking for an innovative, creative person to fill a part-time position of marketing and community relations coordinator for Love Is Moving, Canada’s young adult magazine. The role involves promoting and facilitating initiatives that network and support the creative and spiritual lives of Christian young adults in Canada. Application deadline is May 13. Learn more at TheEFC.ca/jobs.
Join Next Week’s Discussion on Christian Character on Social Media
What should Christians be doing about the divisiveness of social media? Sign up today for our April 27 Meet the Author evening with Douglas Bursch. We'll gather online to examine why social media divides people and how Christians can address polarization through a ministry of peacemaking. Bursch is the author of Posting Peace: Why Social Media Divides Us and What We Can Do About It and host of the Fairly Spiritual podcast. He'll make a presentation and take questions live from the audience. We’ll end with optional small group discussions. Why not order a copy of the book (ivpress.com/posting-peace) from your local bookstore or library to get ready?
EFC President Bruce Clemenger to Speak at Affiliate Denomination Gathering
This week EFC President Bruce Clemenger will be giving a talk on Signs of the Times: Christian Witness in a Culture of Autonomy and Choice at the Regional Gathering of the Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada. The EMCC is one of EFC’s 44 affiliate denominations.
Faith Today article: Indigenous and Christian
NAIITS (formerly the North American Institute for Indigenous Theological Studies) offers programs created, provided and overseen by Indigenous persons, circumventing traditional Western narratives. Learn more about the latest developments at NAIITS in this article from Canada's Christian magazine.
Print subscriptions to Faith Today are now free in Canada. Sign up at FaithToday.ca/SubscribeFree.
Faith Today Reader Survey
Faith Today, Canada’s Christian Magazine, wants to hear from our readers. What are we doing well? What would you like done differently? Take our reader survey, and you could also win one of 10 coffee-shop and bookstore gift cards. You can visit www.FaithToday.ca/ReaderSurvey.
How to Help Those Affected by the Russia-Ukraine War
To learn about EFC affiliates helping Ukraine and how to support their work, as well as to find prayer prompts on how to pray for Ukraine, see our article.
This Week’s EFC Prayer Prompts
Prayer is essential to any effective action. Each week at TheEFC.ca/TakeAction we rotate through a prayer request from each of these five areas: Sanctity of Life, Care for the Vulnerable, Church and Mission, Family and Community, Religious Freedom. We also list an EFC affiliate group to pray for.
This week’s prayer request is about collaboration. Pray that Christian groups will be led by the Holy Spirit to collaborative directions that will build up the church. Pray for fruitful collaborations with groups, Christian and otherwise, that can help your group engage in meaningful ministry.
You can learn more on these issues at TheEFC.ca/ChurchandMission.
This week's EFC affiliate highlight focuses on Women Together. The heart of Women Together is to equip, encourage and empower women to dream more, learn more, do more and become more!
Covid-19 continues to have a significant impact on our lives. The EFC continues to offer new Friday@4 pandemic-focused prayer suggestions each week at TheEFC.ca/Covid-19.
April
→ Fresh Words with Publisher Larry Willard (Women Together), online, Apr. 20
→ Love Unending Ministries (Loving Muslims Together), online, Apr. 21
→ We the Diaspora - Finding Restoration and Healing Workshop (Welcome Church/The Peoples Church), online, Apr. 23
→ Women in the Holiness/Pentecostal Traditions (Tyndale/Master’s Seminaries), online/Toronto, Apr. 26
→ How to Better Engage Persons with Contentious Differences (Redeemer University), online/Ancaster, Apr. 27
→ Meet Douglas Bursch, author of Posting Peace (The EFC), online, Apr. 27
→ Flourishing Conference (Food for the Hungry), online, April 29-30
→ Missionfest Manitoba, online/Winnipeg, April 29-May 1
→ True City Conference: ReMembering the Body, Hamilton/online, Apr. 29-30
→ Bridges Seminar (Crescent Project), Orleans, Apr. 30
May
→ Pastor’s Conference (Ambrose University), Calgary, May 5
→ World Evangelical Alliance Business Coalition webinar, online, May 6
→ Unite 2022 (Jesus Collective), online/Oakville, May 5-6
→ Marriage Enrichment Retreat (FOTF), Huntsville, May 6-8
→ Canadian Christian Communicators Association annual conference, online, May 10-13
→ EFC Prayer Gathering for Educational Institution Affiliates, online, May 11
→ Kentro Relief and Development Forum 2022, Mississauga, May 11-13
→ Watercooler Break for Communications Workers (CCCA), online, May 13
→ Ending Poverty Together Workshop (Food for the Hungry), Burlington/online, May 14
→ Perseverance: Moving towards Greater Mental Wellness (Agora Network), online, May 14
In Case You Missed It
→ Easter Poems 2022 (in print magazine)(additional online poems)
→ Does It Matter if Outsiders Trust Us? (Faith Trends podcast)
→ Bill C-230: Protection of Freedom of Conscience Act