What we learn as we walk with people in distress

Why are Christians swearing so much lately?

It was three separate incidents over a period of as many weeks that persuaded me swearing is no longer the taboo it once was for Evangelicals. Three distinct gatherings of Christians during which casual profanity presented on the lips of fellow believers.

Finding a new pastor for your church can be a daunting prospect. A search committee is usually quickly formed, made up of enthusiastic members of the congregation, but after weeks of long meetings and stale coffee even the most ardent committee members can grow weary. Here’s a Faith Today guide to forming an effective search committee and helping them through the process.

Few things are as crucial to the future of the Church in Canada as Christian higher education – colleges, universities and seminaries that do their work in intentional alignment with the mission of God in the world.

Thousands of Canadian churches responded to the plight of Syrian refugees by becoming private sponsors for the first time. Here are three stories.

GORDON T. SMITH is president of Ambrose University in Calgary. He is a highly regarded thinker and speaker on the changing culture in which the Church finds itself. He spoke to Faith Today about the questions we need to ask about the boundary markers between us and the world, what we can learn from the next generation of Evangelicals, and what it means to be the Church in exile – right here in Canada.