Cassandra Diamond didn’t wake up one day and decide she wanted to be trafficked for sex through a decade of her life. Neither do other girls trapped in the lucrative trade. Sex-trafficking, world-wide, nets $99 billion a year according to the International Labor Organization. It is part of what the UN defines as “the recruitment, transportation, harbouring or receipt of … [Read more...] about Sex trafficking – Part 1: Are Christian youth at risk?
Jack Taylor
Jack is founder of 1HeartCoaching and former pastor of Faith Baptist Church in Vancouver. His award-winning writings can be found at jackataylor.com and his coaching at 1HeartCoaching.com
Multi-cultural teams reach First Nations
From April through December, Love First Nation’s Ministry (LFNM) director, Peter Park makes a three-hour monthly drive from Vancouver to the Village of Lytton (Nlaka’pamux) to build on the respectful exchange of culture and belief, developing since 2007. He was part of an original group of ten Korean churches who loosely bonded together to start an outreach program where 50 … [Read more...] about Multi-cultural teams reach First Nations
The hot dog church serving the poor in Vancouver downtown eastside
Contemporary writer A.M. Swodboda, addressing a conservation biology class at Houghton College, stated that “creation care is not about polar bears. It’s about the poor.” If there is anyone in Vancouver who has translated this into tangible expression, it is Randy Barnetson through his street church ministry in the eastside of downtown Vancouver. Barnetson began the … [Read more...] about The hot dog church serving the poor in Vancouver downtown eastside
The Canadian Christian community is bigger than we realize
So what difference will that make for us as churches in Canada? Tim Day, executive director of City Movement, has now completed his tour of 30 Canadian cities – presenting to some 2,000 church leaders along the way. At the end of it all he summarized his three biggest take-aways as, “we are bigger than we realize; we all have different versions of the same fundamental problems; … [Read more...] about The Canadian Christian community is bigger than we realize
An ark for our times – L’Arche’s Jean Vanier passes
Swiss born, Jean Vanier (son of former Canadian Governor-General Georges Vanier and his wife Pauline), may not have known all the persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the 29 communities among the L’Arche Communities in Canada but his life impacted them nonetheless. So did his passing from thyroid cancer on May 7 in Paris. L’Arche – the Ark – was … [Read more...] about An ark for our times – L’Arche’s Jean Vanier passes