It’s Time to Out-Run Poverty!
On Sep. 18 Micah Challenge Canada is teaming up with Make Poverty History and churches across Ottawa for a 5 km fun run/walk to show support for global poverty eradication – and something of God’s heart for the poor. There is no cost to participate, and runners can sign up as individuals or teams to participate. Participants can expect dynamic speakers, a great run, family-oriented post-run activities and refreshments. Register online. Micah Challenge Canada is a ministry partner of the EFC. 

North America Mission Leaders Conference
Annual conference of CrossGlobalLink, EMS and The Mission Exchange. Features Canadian T. V. Thomas as one of the plenary speakers. Charlotte, N.C. Sep. 23-25. www.crossgloballink.org/Mosaic_AC10

Women in the Boardroom: Why Not?
Conference by Next Level Leadership to inform and equip women to be effective board members. St. Jacobs, Ont. Sep. 24. www.nextlevelleadership.ca

CCCC Leadership and Stewardship Conference
Annual conference from the Canadian Council of Christian Charities. Winnipeg, Man. Sept. 28-30. www.cccc.org/conference

Eighth Letter Conference
Fresh challenges for the Church in North America from Shane Claiborne, Andy Crouch, Len Sweet, Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove, [You], Ron Sider, Wendy Gritter, Tim Challies, Sarah Lance, Makoto Fujimura and Jason Hildebrand. The EFC is a supporting partner in this Epiphaneia event. Toronto, Oct. 1-2. www.eighthletter.com

International Student Ministry Forum
Reaching the world on your doorstep for Christ, featuring Douglas Shaw, president of International Students, Inc. Seminar to help you, your church or mission to understand the strategic nature of ministry to international students in Canada. Toronto, Oct. 1, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30. www.tyndale.ca.

Pastors Meeting on Marriage and Family
The Canadian Marriage and Family Network (CMFN), which operates on the EFC's administrative and communications platform, will facilitate an Oct. meeting in Saskatoon with local pastors and church leaders to discuss working together to intentionally transform the relational landscape of their churches and the communities they serve. Email greg@cmfn.ca for more details.

Lausanne 2010
Can't make it to South Africa for the Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in October? You can join the ongoing online discussion on key issues right now at www.lausanne.org/conversation, and/or you can attend live video feeds of the sessions hosted at many major Christian institutions. For example, one Toronto "Global Link" site will be at Rexdale Alliance Church (Oct. 20, 23, 26 to register contact tim@tyndale.ca). Get a complete list of Global Link sites by submitting your email at www.lausanne.org/cape-town-2010/globalink.html.

Cross the Street Conference
Practical tools to help put the Church back into the heart of the community. The EFC is a partner in this BGEA event. Burlington, Ont. Oct. 16 www.billygraham.ca/ministries/training/cross-the-street.aspx

Purely Canadian Youth Workers Conference
Fourth annual conference. Three Hills, Alta. Oct. 15-17. www.prairie.edu/events/purelycanadian.htm

Loving Muslims Together National Conference
Inaugural national conference from Canadian Network for Ministries to Muslims. Calgary, Alta. Nov. 11-13 (registration now open). www.cnmm.ca

The EFC Hosts National Conference on Church and Mission
The Hinge dialogue conference comes at a key moment. Toronto, Ont. Nov. 16-18. theEFC.ca/hinge

For More Coming Events...
View the EFC's Canadian Community Calendar. Use it to let others know about your regional or national event — adding an event is free!

Offsite Listings of Christian Events
For anti-poverty events, visit the calendar from our partner organization, Micah Challenge Canada. And for general Christian events, visit the pages run by our friends at Christianweek and CanadianChristianity.com.

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