The Faith Today Podcast

Dispatches from the Global VillageBy Brian StillerSpiritual movements produce bizarre and often cult-like offshoots. Nowhere is this truer than in Brazil. The explosion of Christian faith in Latin America, and indeed in the world, occurs in an environment where ideas framed by hope, accelerate popularity of some giving influence to self-proclaimed prophets. The Universal Church of the Kingdom of G...

By Julia CheungFaith Today visits Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside to understand what it is like to minister in this hard, hard place. Read this article and more at:http://digital.faithtoday.ca/faithtoday/20150910?pg=42#pg42

Interview with Mathew P JohnMathew P John is the creator of an online course called Mosaic. He explains why it's important to understand other religions when we share our faith.

BY MEAGAN GILLMOREThousands of Canadian churches responded to the plight of Syrian refugees by becoming private sponsors for the first time. Here are three stories. Read this article and more at:http://digital.faithtoday.ca/faithtoday/20160910?pg=46#pg46

Trading in picture-perfect faith for authentic experience with JesusBY REBECCA GREGOIRE LINDENBACHPatrick grew up in the perfect Christian family. His dad was on the elders’ board, his mom ran all the fundraisers, and the kids volunteered to help with summer camp community programs. They led small groups in their home, sent their children to youth conferences and did family devotions together at d...

Renee Embree discusses youth culture today and plans in Atlantic Canada

An interview with Dave Wells, general superintendent of The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC). He is also a sports chaplain, and served as Canadian chaplain for the Olympic Games for multiple years, most recently in 2016, the Pan Am Games and the Commonwealth Games where he joined us by Skype from Australia’s Gold Coast. Dave spoke with us about the Humboldt Hockey tragedy, the nature of cha...

AIMEE PATTERSON PhD is a Christian ethics consultant with The Salvation Army Ethics Centre in Winnipeg. She spoke to Faith Today about sexual ethics in the Church, what pastors need to watch for and the #metoo campaign. Read Aimee's Faith Today Article at:http://digital.faithtoday.ca/faithtoday/20180102/MobilePagedArticle.action?articleId=1276036&app=false#articleId1276036

An interview with Preston Manning

What we learn as we walk with people in distress. By: Doug KoopA big part of my job as a spiritual health practitioner is to stay attuned to the suffering. Every day I encounter patients and family members enduring multiple types of personal distress – physical, emotional, spiritual. People who require hospital care almost inevitably find themselves struggling to come to terms with any of a variet...

Brazil is huge. A population of two hundred million live in a land mass slightly smaller than the United States or China. It’s Amazon basin, over seven million square kilometers is rich in unexplored terrain, home to more than a third of known species, expansive as “lungs” of the globe, its seeming endless river winds its way from the mountains of Peru, some 6,992 kilometers to the Atlantic Ocean....

An interview with Janet Warren, president of the Canadian Scientific and Christian Affiliation

Food is central in scripture, community and restorationHow can churches do food ministry well? Lots of churches provide community dinners, but how can we do that better? We speak with experts on this topic, featured in "The Healing Plate," the Mar / Apr cover story in Faith Today magazine. Jenn Arnold, founder of 541 Eatery in Hamilton; Kristine O'Brien, Minister at Trafalgar Presby...

It doesn’t need to be only long prayers and joint Bible study. By: Sheila Wray GregoireRead this article and more at: http://digital.faithtoday.ca/faithtoday/20170102?pg=36#pg36

Interview with Emily ReesorRead more at:https://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/Communications/Articles/March-2018/How-Fort-Langley-Evangelical-Free-Church-is-coping

Calvary Temple, How a maritime church is pushing back. Interview with Chad NickersonRead more at:https://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/Communications/Articles/March-2018/How-a-Maritime-church-is-pushing-back-on-Canada-Su

The trouble with do-it-yourself transformation. By: Carolyn ArendsFaith Today magazine column: Go with God

Dave Addison, executive director of Toronto City Mission discusses how the Canada Summer Jobs grant situation has impacted their ministry, and what they will do next.

Dead to DistractionI had just flown into Santa Barbara and met up with several colleagues for a working dinner. While others placed their orders with the waiter, our president Chris Hall and I both pulled out our smart phones for a quick email check. I noticed a positive response on a logistical matter we’d been concerned about, so I exclaimed, "Oh, good!" Unfortunately, it wasn’t until...

Sid Koop discussed state of youth in Canada today. Youth Adult Transition Researchhttps://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/YATR

Fred Weiss Executive director of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association of Canada and Samaritan’s Purse Canada reflects on the amazing legacy of the beloved evangelist

"...In my travels, I look for footprints of the Spirit. Vietnam is a country of tragedy, ingenuity and beauty. These past 100 years, as the Spirit birthed a people of God, through horrors of war and still living under Marxist rule, theirs is an apostolic story. In this country of mysterious contradictions, there is a groundswell of faith. It is not always pretty and petty conflicts abound. Ye...

Pastor Bob Davies from Kanata Baptist Church shares his church's response to the situation

Dispatches From Brian Stiller - Unintended ConsequencesIn Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell describes a moment in time in which an idea generates such momentum that it moves forward enabled by its own critical mass. As a snowball builds up size and speed, it moves forward under its own steam. I may have just witnessed a tipping point on Jeju Island, South Korea. Read the rest at: https://www.evangel...

Geri Rodman has led InterVarsity Christian Fellowship for the last 17 years. Preparing for retirement, she shares with the EFC Podcast what has kept her focussed over the years and her special admiration for this generation of Canadian youth.