More Churches on Mission & More People Following Jesus
450 km east of Quebec City is a French assembly- Assemblée Chrétienne de Baie-Comeau. About ten years ago, they built a little church building for their congregation of 25. A few years ago, waves of newcomers flooded the area. One
In the last few years, Nicole (and her husband Helio and their two girls) have moved from Albania to Scotland to Canada. While living near Edinburgh, Scotland, they were fasting and praying about what was next. They wondered if they
About 25 people from Charleswood Community Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba gathered together in January for a contemplative night of prayer and discernment. For each person, the question was: what would be their word for the upcoming year? The evening was
Fresh mangoes. Barbecued goat. A potluck feast. As I talked to Doug about his recent trip to Kenya to visit VMK pastors, these were the things that revealed God at work. The mangoes in Kenya were fresh off the tree
Discernment is a good and beautiful thing. Seeing the pastoral search team at Gentle Shepherd Community Church (Flesherton, ON) demonstrate wise and careful discernment is a joy for Jon Dart. Jon, one of VMC’s transitional pastors, is ministering at Gentle
“What does it mean to be the Church of Christ in contemporary Ethiopia?” This is the question that Girma Bekele is posing to the churches in Ethiopia. Girma is a VMC church planter and pastoral leader of Addis Kidan (which
Namrata is the youth pastor at Scarborough Chinese Bible Church. During seminary in Taiwan, she was a missionary in south east Asia as part of a cross culture mission. She was a little surprised when she was called back to
In recent years, Kevin Jolly and the Aurora North End Parish Church congregation have been faithfully praying about how to steward their building space well. They’ve got space – a church hall – that they’d like to be occupied and
The question is – how do we help our youth understand the mission of God? Here’s one approach. The Friday night event for the Refinery Youth Group is fun and something easy to invite friends to. But it’s the Tuesday
Chris Atkinson explained to me the effects of the erroneous missionary teaching that has gone on in Kenya. In the past, missionaries have emphasized in their preaching – “blessed are the poor” – and therefore, if you make money, you