This Canada Day, let’s thank God for the freedoms and opportunities we enjoy living in this great country. Let’s pray for our leaders, that God will give them wisdom for the decisions they make. And let’s commit to being a compassionate nation, caring for those amongst us who are vulnerable or in need. May our… Read More
Adapted with permission from an Oct. 6 article by Intercede News Service Christians currently face oppressive persecution in North Korea, Iraq, Syria and many other regions around the world. Yet somehow many of them find reassurance in the biblical truth that nothing shall separate us from the love of God. Each year, five Canadian Christian… Read More
More on this issue, including video, at theEFC.ca/Saguenay The recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on prayer before town council meetings in Saguenay, Quebec, has generated a lot of commentary. Some city councils have cancelled their prayers while others have suspended their practice of opening their meetings with prayer until they have had… Read More
By EFC President Bruce J. Clemenger Originally published 30 September 2014 at theEFC.ca/PrayerandState. Available also as a printer-friendly PDF. Should prayer before city council meetings be unconstitutional? That is the issue coming before the Supreme Court of Canada in October. The question is not whether a prayer must be offered but whether a public, group… Read More