After coming to Canada penniless from Falkirk in Scotland, Robert Dollar became one of Scotland’s fifty wealthiest individuals, amassing a fortune of over forty million dollars ($800 million in today’s money). He was even on the cover of the March 19th, 1928 TIME magazine, and written up in the Saturday Evening Post in 1929. Leaving school at age 12 to work in … [Read more...] about Robert Dollar, global disciple in business
Mission
Engaging in the mission of the church, to share the good news of Jesus to our neighbours and to the world. Encouraging those who are being persecuted for their faith, and coming alongside those ministering in the name of Jesus.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a man on a mission
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a man on mission, a bright spot in the very dark time of World War II. Coming from a highly educated, aristocratic family, Bonhoeffer shocked his family by deciding to become a pastor. He was supposed to become a psychiatrist like his dad. His older brother begged him to not waste his life in such a “poor, feeble, boring, petty, bourgeois … [Read more...] about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a man on a mission
Covid spikes child marriages and teen pregnancies in Uganda
The UN claims that 12 million girls a year are married off before they turn 18. A 2018 report before the pandemic noted that Africa had one of the highest rates of teen pregnancies in the world before the virus arrived. In Uganda, Covid’s impact has spiked this reality on the impoverished. Victory Care Center in Kabale municipality has documented 2,618 young teens pregnant due … [Read more...] about Covid spikes child marriages and teen pregnancies in Uganda
Missionary Kid publisher, Henry Luce
As the founder of TIME, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated magazines, Henry Luce has been described as ‘arguably the most important publisher of the last hundred years,’ and ‘the most influential private citizen in the America of his day.’ Luce’s parents sacrificially devoted their lives as missionaries in China. It took them eighteen years to win their first … [Read more...] about Missionary Kid publisher, Henry Luce
Hudson Taylor: To China with sacrificial love
Who would have imagined that today’s China probably has more Christians (100 million+) than Communist party members (90 million)? With our senior bishop Dr. Silas Ng reaching many new Chinese believers, we are fascinated by how the gospel initially impacted China. Born in 1832, Hudson Taylor had a burning heart of love for the people of China. His Methodist … [Read more...] about Hudson Taylor: To China with sacrificial love