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Below you'll find many of our most recent posts, including selected articles from Faith Today. You can also select one of the options in the boxes to the top left of your screen to jump to other types of articles not included in the list below (e.g., Dispatches from Brian, EFC Updates, media releases, official statements, outgoing letters, research, etc.).

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Church & Mission
Religious Freedom
22 June 2020

Peaceful assembly, large gatherings and the local church

This spring’s restrictions on indoor group gatherings have prompted concerns about religious freedom in Canada. EFC President Bruce Clemenger reflects on these issues.

TagsCovid-19, pandemic
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Church & Mission
27 March 2020

Tips for Small Church Pastors During the Pandemic (Based on EFC Research)

Now is the time to play to your strengths, mobilize your people and resist any impulse to reinvent the wheel, suggests EFC research assistant Lindsay Callaway.

TagsCOVID-19, Doug Estes, Lindsay Callaway, pandemic, research, small churches
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Church & Mission
21 November 2018

Is a clergy crisis coming?

How to prepare for the coming shortage of pastors. Reprinted with permission from Faith Today, Nov/Dec 2018.

TagsAmbrose Seminary, Association for Theological Schools, Ben Wimmers, Church of the Nazarene, Evangelical Missionary Church, Faith Today, Gary Nelson, Ian Fitzpatrick, Jo-Ann Badley, Kervin Raugust, McMaster Divinity College, Mennonite Church Canada, Michael Wilkinson, Peter Rigby, Sam Reimer, Tim Day, Tyndale Seminary, Wesleyan Church, Willard Metzger
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