Trinity Western Case in Supreme Court
The Trinity Western University law school case was heard in the Supreme Court of Canada on November 30 and December 1. The EFC was a co-intervener with Christian Higher Education Canada joining many other organizations including ARPA Canada and the Canadian Council of Christian Charities.
You can read our live tweets from each day and watch footage of the hearings (Albertos Polizogopoulos, co-counsel for the EFC, appears at 25:40). EFC President Bruce Clemenger gave video updates from the Supreme Court on Day 1 and Day 2 of the hearings.
Please continue to pray for the justices as they deliberate. A decision can typically be expected within six months to a year. Pray that the outcome of this case will protect religious freedom in Canada, and pray also for Trinity Western University as it continues to provide quality Christian education. For additional resources on the EFC’s intervention in this case, visit www.TheEFC.ca/TWUlaw.
Theological Lessons from the TWU Law School Case
While we wait for a decision in the TWU law school cases, we can think about the implications for the Church, regardless of the justices’ final decision. EFC resident theologian David Guretzki attended the hearings and shares his reflections.
Andrew Klavan Interviewed by James Beverley
Andrew Klavan is an award-winning writer, screenwriter and media commentator who has made the improbable conversion from agnostic Jewish intellectual in New York to baptized Christian in California. Faith Today columnist Jim Beverley interviewed him about his coming-to-faith memoir The Great Good Thing (Thomas Nelson, 2016) last year. Our latest podcast is a recording of that interview. Read more on Klavan in the Mar/Apr 2017 issue of Faith Today.
Dispatch from Brian Stiller: The Dark Continent Calls
"Driving from Rwanda into Congo is like reading two tales of one border...Just in crossing it’s obvious one is leaving one world and entering another." Read more about Brian Stiller's visit to the Congo in his latest dispatch. Brian is Global Ambassador for the World Evangelical Alliance.
Searching for Home: How a Temporary Life Offers a More Permanent Hope
Jen Pollock Michel is a Toronto-based writer and author of Teach Us to Want. As an American recently arrived in Canada, she acknowledges how her experience of longing for a settled home became a lesson in faith and in cultivating a longing for a more lasting home. Read her article in the latest issue of Faith Today.
Two Christmas Gifts for the Price of One
Only a few weeks left! Faith Today, Canada’s Christian magazine, has a special offer of two gift subscriptions for the price of one! Get details at our 2for1 webpage or by calling toll-free 1-866-302-3362. EFC magazine subscriptions are great for all ages, since they include both Faith Today and our youth magazine, Love Is Moving.
EFC Director in Southwestern Ontario
Don McNiven, the EFC’s Director of Affiliate and Donor Relations, will be in Chatham, Aylmer, Ingersoll, Simcoe, Hagersville and Brantford from December 12-15. If you’re interested in a visit, contact his assistant, Bonnie Knoll.
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→ Canada Chinese Christian Winter Conference, Edmonton, Dec. 27-31
→ P2C Plus Youth Conference, Richmond Hill, Dec. 28-Jan. 1
→ Understanding and Answering Islam (RZIM), livestreamed to various locations, Jan. 12-13
→ Strategic Management Certificate Course, Toronto, four Saturdays starting Jan. 13
→ Becoming Whole: Relational Healing and Transformation in Christ, Pierrefonds, Jan. 18-20
→ Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, worldwide, Jan. 18-25
→ Canadian Youth Workers Conference, Surrey, Jan. 19-20
→ Advent is a robust and demanding spiritual season
→ Today at the Supreme Court of Canada
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