Rev. Lim Released From Prison, Returns Home
After more than two years, Mississauga pastor Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim was released from a prison in North Korea last week and has returned home to Canada. Last Sunday, he addressed the congregation at Light Korean Presbyterian Church, the church he pastored. Rev. Lim’s release is a wonderful answer to prayer. The EFC wrote several letters on Rev. Lim’s behalf (most recently on July 11).
Interfaith Conversation – What’s The EFC Doing?
How is the EFC engaged in interfaith collaboration? We asked Aileen Van Ginkel, the EFC’s Vice-President, Ministry Services, to explain in a brief interview. Read this latest post in our Three Questions series.
The EFC’s Youth Initiative on New TV Show
The EFC’s youth initiative, Love Is Moving, will be featured in a new TV show called Outside the Box With Sheldon Neil starting September 8. Love Is Moving will have a segment in each episode featuring young people living out God’s love. The show will air Fridays at 8:30 p.m. on YesTV.
Meet EFC Director in Ontario and B.C.
Don McNiven, our Director of Affiliate and Donor Relations, will be in the Sarnia, Ont., area from Aug. 23-25, and the Surrey, Abbotsford and Langley areas in B.C. Sept. 10-15. Would you like to meet with him? Just email Don and he’ll be happy to arrange a meeting.
A Birthday Gift for Canada: A Fully Engaged Evangelical Church
Canada is no longer a predominately church-going nation; but EFC President Bruce Clemenger believes the evangelical church in Canada can play a greater role than ever. He writes in Faith Today, “In Canada’s 150th year our best gift is a fully engaged church – communities of grace and truth, love and compassion, forgiveness and redemption, bearing witness to the Good News of the gospel.”
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→ Gospel Impact Conference (Gideons), Toronto, August 18-19
→ Canada on Track Prayer Initiative, Edmonton, Aug. 18; Leduc, Aug. 19-20; Coquitlam, Aug. 24-25
→ Freedom Session Leadership Training, Calgary, Sept. 8-9; Vancouver, Sept. 15-16
→ Foundations of Media Strategy, launch of 5-week online course, Sept. 14
→ Women on the Frontlines Canada, Grimsby, Ont., Sept. 14-16
→A Canadian author tackles the life of David in upcoming novel: A FT mini-Interview with Mark Buchanan
→The passing of a great one: Haddon Robinson influenced many Canadian preachers
In Case You Missed It
→ The EFC hosts World Evangelical Alliance leader
→ The EFC to intervene on behalf of TWU
→ New resource on reconciliation
→ You anoint my head with oil: What a bronze-age warrior king can teach us about friends and enemies