Join four ‘Taste & Receive Nights’ this fall Missions Fest will be back next year! We had been told that the one held earlier this year would be the last, but a newly formed board has announced that Missions Fest Vancouver 2024 will take place. In three recent messages to pastors, churches and ambassadors (agencies, ministries) the new board said the location has not … [Read more...] about Missions Fest 2024 confirmed!
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.
Hurry up and finish the job
May 28 this year was the International Day of Prayer for the more than 7,000 Unreached People Groups in our world today. The majority of these groups are found in India and China. As we prayed for these needy people, my mind was taken back to a mission trip I led to China some years ago, and an amazing little Christian senior woman we met there who reminded me we need to hurry … [Read more...] about Hurry up and finish the job
Persecuted for their Christian faith
India. A Christian leader in Manipur, a state in northeast India, is pleading for help because of the murder, desecration, and disruption of his people by a warring tribe. He said that members of the Meitei tribe “are killing innocent women, children, pastors, and even civil servants” among the Kuki and Zo tribes. Not only has the government done nothing to stop the … [Read more...] about Persecuted for their Christian faith
Christians being persecuted for their faith
Belarus: Seven young Christians fined A court in Minsk has fined seven young Christians the equivalent of two months’ average wages each. The charges were laid against the believers as punishment for talking to others about the meaning of Easter on April 15, the day before Orthodox Easter Sunday. The young people were charged for organizing “a demonstration or mass event,” … [Read more...] about Christians being persecuted for their faith
Canadian non-profits partner with rural communities in Ethiopia
Run For Water and Mennonite Central Committee BC continue their partnership in 2023 to provide clean water for rural communities in Ethiopia. Run For Water Director, Dean Dahl, and MCC BC Advancement Director, Jet Takaoka, returned from Ethiopia last week where they surveyed water projects in the Amhara region. This year, Run for Water will host three events in the … [Read more...] about Canadian non-profits partner with rural communities in Ethiopia