If you’ve been around VMC for a while, you will recognize Ben Peltz. Ben has provided wisdom and guidance to VMC churches over the years regarding relationship with Indigenous communities. As the pastor of Curve Lake Christian Assembly, he is
A pastor’s dream? That church can be a place for young people to explore the possibility of ministry. This is what is capturing Rinus Janson’s imagination these days. As pastor of Varsity Bible Church in Calgary, AB, he wants to
It’s sometimes hard to detect spiritual growth. Like, how can you tell if an individual or a congregation is growing spiritually? I was talking to a church pastor the other week and he is detecting small signs of spiritual growth
When Pastor Lane Scruggs of Oak Park Church of Christ had a moment to pause and reflect on the last 12 months of renovations, he was grateful. Grateful for the project itself and the new foyer that allows for lots
Imagine what it’s like to be a kid and to wait for your parents after church. You might remember the feeling! Now imagine – even worse – that your mom is the children’s ministry pastor and you get dragged along
These booklets are part of a three year pastor training program. For pastors in Kenya to be able to have these in their hands – this is a joy. For the teaching pastors who need resources, for the pastors who
Biblical illiteracy. Wanting to learn more about God. This challenge and desire of their church congregation caught Lynne and Shannon’s attention. As seminary students themselves, they were grateful for their opportunity for intense study and they wanted to give others
The young university student sat in the pew, Sunday after Sunday. Having grown up in a Hindu culture, there wasn’t much interest in Christianity. Except maybe to argue about why Christianity was wrong. Despite his faithful attendance, church felt like
A woman showed up on Christmas Eve, wanting to volunteer at Wasaga Community Church’s Christmas Dinner. She was relatively new to town and not really familiar with church. But she wanted to serve others and be a part of a
When God is at work, we don’t always immediately see it. It’s easy to miss these divine clues or to dismiss them as interesting, but mostly irrelevant. In a recent conversation with a VMC pastor, there was this noticing of
