Calling Christians to fight antisemitism
At a recent national gathering of 50 rabbis and 50 pastors, including many Evangelicals, Toronto rabbi Jarrod Grover called Canadian Christians to publicly oppose anti-Jewish hatred as they did in 1980. Read his reflections in a new post at FaithToday.ca.
The voices of Hiroshima’s children
Let’s remember the children of Hiroshima as well as the adults when commemorating the end of the Second World War, writes History Lesson columnist Caroline Lieffers of MacEwan University. Learn about a collection of first-hand stories of child victims of Hiroshima that turned trauma into testimony.
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Participate in government budget consultation
The Department of Finance is offering a pre-budget questionnaire and accepting formal submissions on what should be in the fall federal budget. You can suggest the government support your community by not politicizing charities, including pro-life charities, and by maintaining the charitable status of advancing religion. For background information, see the March brief the EFC sent the Finance Department on charitable status. The deadline to participate in the government consultation is August 28, 2025.
Letter on human trafficking to public safety minister
The EFC is asking for a new permanent national strategy to fight human trafficking. “Human trafficking is not just a serious crime with devastating impacts, it is also one that is often hidden, difficult to detect and hard to prosecute,“ the EFC’s Julia Beazley wrote to the Public Safety Minister. “The realities of human trafficking call for deliberate, coordinated action, both in Canada and around the world.”
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Tyendinaga, Ont., August 9-10, David Guretzki, attending traditional Tyendinaga Pow Wow
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Arnprior, Ont., August 17, Rick Hiemstra, pulpit supply and speaking about the EFC at First Baptist Church
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Melfort, Sask., August 17, Wayne Durksen, giving an EFC presentation on Church and Mission at Melfort Evangelical Covenant Church
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Kitchener, Ont., August 17, Don McNiven, speaking at Sunday service, Stanley Park Baptist Church
Additional Christian community calendar events
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Global Leadership Summit (simulcast from Chicago), August 7-8
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Workshop – A Clean Heart (Word-Insight Life Counsel), online, August 10
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Godly Play Conference (Godly Play Foundation), Vancouver, August 14-16
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The Case for Religion Journalism (The Newman Centre), Toronto, August 14
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Ministry Leaders Renewal Retreat (FOTFC), Nestleton, Ont., August 16-22; September 13-19
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Christian Creative Arts Conference & Awards (GMI Hub), Mississauga, August 16
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Book in a Day: Lamentations (Timothy Trust), Ottawa, August 23
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Online Church Vitalization Summit (Church Vitalization Canada), online, August 27-28
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Pastors & Leaders Prayer Forum (BGEA Canada), online, August 27
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Jesus in the City Parade & Festival (Jesus in the City/Festival of Praise International), Toronto, September 6