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April 3, 2018

03 April 2018

Canada Summer Jobs Update

The EFC and other faith leaders recently met with Minister Hajdu on the Canada Summer Jobs program. The government does not plan to change the attestation or provide accommodation for religious groups this year. The policy will be reviewed for 2019. For more information, see the Interfaith Update Regarding Canada Summer Jobs Program and sample letters you can send your MP on our Canada Summer Jobs Grant Program page.

Canada Watch: Charter Values, Neutrality and What It All Means for Religious Freedom

As a member of the EFC community, you are certainly aware of the current challenges facing religious freedom in Canada. EFC President Bruce Clemenger digs deep into these issues for us in the latest Canada Watch newsletter. Also in this issue: spotlight on gathering leaders together through Ministry Services; latest webinar and podcast resources for you; updating you on Canada’s most immediate issues; and more.    

Love Is Moving App for Students and Their Leaders

The EFC’s youth movement, Love Is Moving, has just launched the Love Is Moving app. It facilitates interaction with the print magazine and offers practical challenges for students and leaders to put their faith into action.

Please download the app on the Google Play Store and offer a rating to help increase the visibility of the app on the store. The app is free and is available to be used on all types of mobile devices.  Apple iOS users, please visit LoveIsMoving.me.

New Audio Podcasts: "Brazil—A New Force in Mission" and "Don't Turn Away From Suffering"

Our latest podcast Don’t Turn from Suffering originated with a Faith Today article by Doug Koop, a spiritual health practitioner at a major trauma and tertiary care hospital in Winnipeg. 

Our new podcast Brazil: A New Force in Mission is based on a Dispatch from World Evangelical Alliance Global Ambassador Brian Stiller.

Listen to individual episodes of The EFC Podcast (or subscribe to download each new episode automatically) at Google Play, iTunes, SoundCloud, and RSS (Feedburner). Check out our full list of recent episodes.

Human Trafficking in Canada: Sign up for Our April Webinar

What is the latest news on human trafficking in Canada? Who are the victims? What can individuals and Canadian churches do to help with this overwhelming problem? On April 26 at noon EST, join us for our webinar on this issue. Julia Beazley, director of public policy for the EFC, will update us and share the EFC recommendations made to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights that is currently studying this issue. Register now.

EFC Leaders in Toronto, Washington, D.C., Winnipeg

EFC President Bruce Clemenger will speak on the challenges of freedom of religion in the Canadian context and the benefits of networking as Evangelicals as one of several speakers at an event in Vaughan, Ont., called Thriving in Babylon: Christian Living in a Secular World. This multi-denominational conference, April 20-21, is organized by Presbyterians Standing for Apostolic Love and Truth and The Renewal Fellowship Within The Presbyterian Church in Canada. Other speakers include Warwick Cooper, Lee Beach, Gary Stagg, William Webb, John G. Stackhouse Jr., David Haskell, Wes Chang, Peter Bush, and Carmen Laberge.

The Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Global Summit is taking place in Washington, DC, this week. EFC Director of Public Policy Julia Beazley will be there to hear the latest research, resources and updates on pornography, human trafficking and prostitution, as well as strategies for mobilization, advocacy, action and prevention. The general sessions will be livestreamed at endsexualexploitation.org. Watch the EFC Facebook page and Twitter feed for updates.

Don McNiven, the EFC’s Director of Affiliate and Donor Relations, will be in the Winnipeg, Winkler, Steinbach, and Morden area the week of April 16-20. Contact his assistant Bonnie Knoll to RSVP or to set up a personal visit.

Your Theology Is Changing—Is That Okay?

“It’s quite common to realize your theological framework is limited and needs greater breadth. Such changes, whether unconscious, incremental or dramatic, are an invitation to careful reflection – and we do need to be careful because there are potential landmines.” Rod J.K. Wilson, former president of Regent College, writes in Faith Today about how we can tell when a change in theology is a sign of deepening spiritual maturity…and when it might be a sign we’re being influenced by people and things other than God’s Word. This article is free online, but you can also receive it and future articles in our print magazine by subscribing at FaithToday.ca/subscription.

How to Be a Friend to the Homeless

Matthew Demitroff writes in the latest issue of Love Is Moving about following God’s leading to serve the homeless in the city of Toronto. “In my first week at Tyndale, I already began to do mission work within the city — my friend James and I decided to go downtown exploring, talking and sharing with homeless people. We had barely known each other for a few days, but God had already set the design for the night.”

Coming Events at TheEFC.ca/Calendar 

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→ Be Ready Apologetics Conference, Calgary, Apr. 6-7
→ Ottawa Christian Writers’ Conference, Ottawa, Apr. 7
→ Expanding the Ekklesia Vortex, Toronto, Apr. 7
→ Empowered to Connect: Conference on Adoption and Connection, various Canadian locations (simulcast from Oswego, Illinois), Apr. 13-14; North York, Apr. 27-28
→ Iron Sharpens Iron Men’s Equipping Conference, Coquitlam, Apr. 14
→ Passionnés pour notre mariage/Passionate About Our Marriage, Laval, Apr. 14
→ Responding to the World Refugee Crisis One Family at a Time, Waterloo, Apr. 14
→ Promise Keepers Canada Legacy Equipping Conference, Cambridge, Apr. 14; Chatham, Apr. 21; Barrie, Apr. 28
→ Thriving in Babylon: Christians Living in a Secular World, Thornhill, Apr. 20-21
→ Women’s Ministries Institute Introduction Day, Cambridge, Apr. 21
→ Church Leaders Forums – World Vision. Victoria, Apr. 24; Langley, Apr. 25; Calgary, Apr. 26; Edmonton, Apr. 27
→ CYN Youth Worker Resource Lunch Tour, 12 cities across Ontario and Quebec, Apr. 24-May 3
→ Foundations of Media Strategy, online, Apr. 26
→ EFC Webinar on Human Trafficking in Canada, online, Apr. 26
→ Come Thirsty, Drink Deeply…Because There’s More, Mississauga, Apr. 27-28
→ REACH Conference, Toronto, Apr. 27-28
→ Last Days Bible Conference, Calgary, Apr. 27-28
→ Voices for Peace, Toronto, Apr. 28

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Three Understandings of State Neutrality (Faith Today column by EFC President Bruce Clemenger)
Power Made Perfect in Weakness (Love Is Moving)
Dwell Here for a While in Holy Week 
The Profound Beauty of Foot-Washing
Words Matter. To Life and to Faith.