More Churches on Mission & More People Following Jesus
“It saved my life. My inner life.” That’s from a VMC leader who discovered spiritual direction. Spiritual direction is the ministry of spiritual companionship. In the book Sacred Companions, Christian psychologist and spiritual director David Benner defines spiritual direction as
Guy Bourassa is seeing a unity between churches in Quebec that was unimaginable 20 years ago. It seemed impossible. Yet, the Spirit of God has brought 14 different families of churches together in a network known as the Réseau Évangélique
A VMC pastor shoved his carry-on luggage in the bin above him and settled down into his assigned seat. He turned his phone to airplane mode and nodded to the guy next to him. As they flew across the skies,
When Dan and Lindsay had to return to Canada from their cross-cultural post in north Africa, they were disappointed. They loved their work. They were also more than a little scared. Their little daughter had serious health concerns and it
There’s not a strict career path for church planters. Of course, there’s lots of ways to get there and God’s creativity becomes obvious when we see people’s various paths. Take Ben, for instance. He was a young adults pastor, site
It’s like a few green shoots. The harsh snow of winter is slowly melting away and there’s some tender possibilities poking their head out of the cold. That’s what it feels like for Paulo Andrade, pastor at Grace Bible Chapel
I talked to a pastor a few weeks ago who had been trying something new for Sunday gatherings. A bit of a “church experiment.” I asked how it was going – knowing that we as a people are something resistant
A leadership consultation with Gord Martin a few years ago felt like fresh wind for Guelph Bible Chapel. The future seemed a bit fragile and it felt like the church was maybe coasting spiritually. But then God seemed to blow
We like stories with a happy ending. Conflict is resolved and things are made right again. However, real life doesn’t usually work that way. And yet – God is working and there’s a story to tell, even though it may
Something is in the air. Something is happening. Maybe a few of us have sensed this. What exactly is God doing in all the change and turmoil we see around us? How will God redeem and use all of this