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EFC Update Newsletter Oct. 14

14 October 2025

Welcome Church tour

Welcome Church is an EFC project equipping congregations across Canada to welcome newcomers. It is currently on a Northern Ontario tour (October 8-19) to explore newcomer realities in communities around Lake Superior. Events will be hosted in Thunder Bay, Sault Ste Marie and Sudbury. All are welcome at these events, which are an opportunity to learn, collaborate and share in the ministry of reaching and welcoming newcomers.

Please pray for the Welcome Church team as they travel, for their generous hosts, participants, and that the Holy Spirit will ignite an imagination for God’s mission in Northern Ontario. Learn more and register for upcoming events. 

Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery

Have you heard of the Doctrine of Discovery? It offered religious and ethical justification for the colonial takeover of lands where non-Christian peoples lived.

Read more in the Sep/Oct Faith Today History Column. Join Canada’s Christian conversation by subscribing for free to read many more columns and articles and columns in Faith Today, the EFC’s bimonthly magazine.

Podcast: Is Korean reconciliation possible?

Phil Wagler of the Peace and Reconciliation Network spoke with Young Lee, president of New Center for One Korea and advisor with Global Hope Network International, on the latest episode of the All Things Reconciled Podcast. Lee shared his thoughts about a divided Korea, the power of the good news of Jesus in his own life, and his hope for Korean Christians to lead the way in a future where his homeland is no longer shaped by division.  

Coming Events at TheEFC.ca/Calendar

  • Calgary, Alta,, Oct. 14, Roger Helland, speaking on Leading with Kingdom Prayer, at the chapel of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association of Canada

  • Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Oct. 17, Sudbury, Ont., Oct. 18, Welcome Church tour of Northern Ontario

  • Hinton, Alta., Oct. 17-19, Roger Helland, speaking at Hinton Alliance Church, about a life of prayer and corporate prayer gathering 

  • Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 23, David Guretzki and staff at EFC Presidents Day 

  • Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 23, David Guretzki and staff at EFC Pastor’s Day 

  • Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 24, EFC’s Centre for Faith and Public Life holding a briefing on Public Policy, Legal Trends and Antisemitism in Canada 

  • Vancouver, B.C., Oct. 25, Welcoming Newcomers Roundtable

  • Seoul, South Korea, Oct. 27-31, World Evangelical Alliance General Assembly

Additional Christian community calendar events

  • AI and Our Information Society: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (WCC), online, Oct. 15

  • Change Conference (YFC Canada), Toronto, Oct. 17-18

  • Ministry Leaders 7-Day Renewal Retreat (Kerith/FOTF), Nestleton, Ont., Oct. 25-Nov. 1; Priddis, Oct. 20-27

  • Reenchanting the World: Philosophy, Spirituality, Ecology, Arts (Richard Kearney, Mark Wallace/TMU/ICS), Toronto, Oct. 16-18

  • Conference on Faith and History 2025 (Pacific Academy), Surrey, Oct. 16-18

  • Global Leadership Summit, simulcast from Chicago to Calgary, Vancouver, etc., Oct. 16-17

  • Tyndale Intercultural Leadership Conference (TIM Centre), Toronto, Oct. 16

  • Social Media: A Window into Your Church (Florence Sevensma/Knox College), online, Oct. 17

  • God’s Heart for Our Muslim Neighbours (LMT), Toronto, Oct. 17-18

  • Christian Courier’s 80th Anniversary (CC), Toronto, Oct. 18

  • Celebrate Christian Writing (TWG), Surrey, Oct. 18

  • Uncertain Times: Developing the Theological and Ministry Skills We Need (Bell’s Corners United Church), Bell’s Corners, Oct. 20-21

  • Building Teams for Mission, Culture and Kingdom Impact (Kentro Network), Abbotsford, Oct. 20

  • An Evening of Conversation (Murray Watts / Imago), Toronto, Oct. 21

  • The Beloved Son Play about Henri Nouwen (Murray Watts / Imago), Waterloo, Oct. 21; Toronto, Oct. 22; Richmond Hill, Oct. 24; Ancaster, Oct. 25

  • Conference on Digital Communications and AI (Evangelical Press Association), online, Oct. 21-22

  • ELO Forum (ELO Network), Winnipeg, Oct. 22

  • Flourishing Together Teachers Conference (ACSI Eastern Canada), Moncton, Oct. 23-24

  • Celebration of Generosity (Generous Giving), Collingwood, Oct. 24-26

  • Paul and Grace: Scripture and Theology Colloquium (Wycliffe), Toronto, Oct. 24

  • Wor/th Seminar on Worship and Theology (Matt Redman/Matt Maher/etc.), Abbotsford, Oct. 25

  • Kentro Workshops: Domestic and International, Oct. 27

  • Canadian Stories of Transforming Culture (TOWC), Canada, Oct. 28

  • Convention 2025 (MEDA), Montreal, Oct. 30-Nov. 2

  • Ottawa Civic Prayer Breakfast, Oct. 31

     

     

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