Letter to Minister of Health on Assisted Reproduction
The EFC has written a letter to the new federal minister of health in response to a review of regulations of the Assisted Human Reproduction Act (AHRA). The EFC highlighted key principles that should remain at the forefront of the review.
EFC President to Visit Kitchener, Ontario
EFC President Bruce Clemenger is speaking to the large seniors group at Benton Street Baptist Church this week in Kitchener. The topic is assisted suicide and euthanasia. Consider inviting an EFC speaker to your group or church. Find a list of popular topics at TheEFC.ca/Speakers.
Join Us at Religion and Science Dialogue: Enter Our Ticket Giveaway!
“Is God a Figment of Our Imagination?” is part of Wycliffe College’s Religion and Society series. This dialogue will take place at the University of Toronto’s Convocation Hall this Friday, September 15 at 7:30 p.m. It will feature Dr. Alister McGrath, an atheist who became a theist, and Dr. Michael Shermer, a theist who became an atheist. Faith Today editor Karen Stiller is moderating and EFC Vice-President David Guretzki is attending. The Religion and Society Series, which Faith Today helps sponsor, seeks to generate critical conversations on matters of faith, society and public interest.
Faith Today would like to send a subscriber and a guest to this event. We are collecting entries on Facebook and also by email until midnight tonight! Just send in your name (not more than once by either method, please) and we’ll enter you in our draw.
Love Is Moving on TV Every Friday
Love Is Moving is being featured in each episode of Outside the Box With Sheldon Neil this fall and winter. Outside the Box was created to be one of Canada’s leading Christian voices in Faith, Arts, and Culture. The show explores how Christ’s love is at work in communities in Canada. If you have a young person in your life, encourage them to check out this show every Friday at 10 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. on YesTV.
New Podcast: Evangelical Leaders Reflect on TRC Report
Hear how evangelical leaders have responded so far to the important Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report.
Christian Communicators Hold Discussion
Staff from a variety of Christian organizations who work on magazines, newspapers, newsletters, websites and other forms of communication participated earlier today in an online discussion about their challenges and future opportunities for collaboration. The townhall-style meeting, led in part by Faith Today editor Bill Fledderus, was held online, and proceedings will soon be available at www.canadianchurchpress.com.
New issue of Faith Today online
Visit www.faithtoday.ca/digital to browse the Sep/Oct issue of the EFC magazines Faith Today and Love Is Moving, including an FT cover story in which senior editor Karen Stiller travels to Africa to see how refugees from South Sudan are being received in Uganda. Print subscriptions are only $29.99 at www.faithtoday.ca/subscriptions.
New Webinar: Top Current Issues for Canadian Christians
Join us on Tuesday, September 19 at noon EDT for a “round up” conversation on some of the issues the EFC is working on this fall. We will catch up on the latest information on medical assistance in dying, pornography, religious discrimination, Bill C51, and others. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and hear directly from Julia Beazley, the EFC’s director of public policy.
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→ Foundations of Media Strategy, launch of 5-wk online course, Sept. 14
→ Women on the Frontlines Canada, Grimsby, Ont., Sept. 14-16
→ MCC Festival for World Relief, Abbotsford, B.C., Sept. 15-16
→ Freedom Session Leadership Training, Vancouver, Sept. 15-16; Toronto, Sept. 23
→ Conference Ministère auprès des enfants/Youth Ministry Conference, Québec, Sept. 16; Gatineau, Sept. 23; Montréal, Sept. 30; Montréal, Oct. 21; Sherbrooke, Oct. 28
→ Canadian International Faith & Family Film Festival, Toronto, Sept. 16-17
→ New EFC Webinar, online, Sept. 19
→ Story in Ministry, online course, Sept. 20
→ Does the Church Matter? Interdisciplinary Studies Conference on Church since 1517 Reformation, Edmonton, Sept. 20-21
→ 2017 Mission Leaders Conference, Dallas, Sept. 21-23
→ Christian Legal Fellowship National Conference, Mississauga, Sept. 21-23
→ Inscribe Christian Writer’s Fellowship Conference, Edmonton, Sept. 22-23
→ Is God a figment of our imagination? The debate is coming…
In Case You Missed It
→ EFC speaker at celebration for Pastor Lim
→ The EFC to intervene in case on church freedom from court review
→ It’s worth all the dirty laundry