NEW EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT
The EFC is pleased to announce that Dr. David Guretzki is joining the EFC team as our new Executive Vice-President, beginning June 1, 2017. He is currently serving as Dean of the Seminary and Professor of Theology, Church and Public Life at Briercrest College and Seminary.
THE EFC LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE AND VIDEO
If you haven't visited our new website yet, check it out at www.TheEFC.ca. You will notice that the website is organized with five primary themes: Sanctity of Life, Religious Freedom, Church and Mission, Family and Community, and Care for the Vulnerable.
We also now have a new EFC overview video. Please watch it and let us know what you think.
CALL TO ACTION
Parliament recently passed a motion calling on the standing health committee to study the public health effects of easily accessible, violent and degrading sexually explicit material online. This crucial study ought to receive the attention that this issue demands. Please view our two-minute video to see how you can help.
ONE YEAR LATER: REFUGEE SPONSORSHIP BY EVANGELICAL CHURCHES IN CANADA
Today the EFC published the first in a three-part blog series regarding refugee sponsorship by Evangelical Churches in Canada. It offers a "by the numbers" glance at the dedicated efforts of denominations and churches across Canada to welcome refugees. It also provides guidance on how to support our new neighbours, one year later.
YOUTH MINISTRY TRAINING IN SASKATOON AND CALGARY
Do you know someone who might benefit from a youth ministry training event? The Canadian Youth Workers Conference will be in Saskatoon (Jan. 27-28) and Calgary (Mar. 3-4). Love Is Moving, the EFC’s youth and young adult initiative, is a national sponsor of these events. Learn more at CYWC.ca.
→ Adam & Eve: Genesis vs. Genetics, Hamilton, Jan. 27
→ Youth Ministry Training CYWC, Saskatoon, Jan. 27-29
→ Break Forth Canada, Edmonton, Jan. 27-29
→ Missions Fest Vancouver 2017, Jan. 27-29
→ Revolution Youth Conference for Grades 6-12, Langley, Jan. 27-28
→ Health. Family. Wealth. Conference, Toronto, Jan. 28
→ Writing as a Second Career, Ottawa, Jan. 28
→ Christianity & Environmental Degradation, Ottawa, Jan. 29-30
→ EFC francophone prayer summit/La rencontre au sommet, Granby, Jan. 30-Feb. 1
→ Missionfest Manitoba, Winnipeg, Feb. 3-5
→ Lay Pastor Development Program – Module 6, Winnipeg, Feb. 4
Add your upcoming event for free.
GROWING YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE AS A COUPLE
When you picture spiritual intimacy as a couple, do you picture drinking coffee together in a sunroom filled with Bibles and Bible commentaries? Sheila Wray Gregoire is an author, blogger and speaker on the subject of Christian marriage. She says that couples can foster spiritual intimacy in many creative ways. Read her recommendations for growing your spiritual life as a couple in the Jan/Feb Faith Today.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
→ An Interview with the Authors of “Theology Matters” Study
→ The Top Faith Today Blogs of 2016
→ Christians and Mental Health: We Should Be Good at Helping Others
→Tom Harpur’s Life Demonstrates How Religion in Canada Has Changed