Canadian songwriter Brian Doerksen, 60, known for praise songs such as “Come, Now is the Time to Worship” and “Refiner’s Fire,” died July 21 at his home in Abbotsford, B.C., a few days after the family shared he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.
Canadian songwriter Brian Doerksen, 60, known for praise songs such as “Come, Now is the Time to Worship” and “Refiner’s Fire,” died July 21 at his home in Abbotsford, B.C., a few days after the family shared he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.
Theatre of the Beat recently concluded a cross-Canada tour of a new play, inspired by Mennonite ministries in Toronto, about exploitive conditions in global retail systems.
A former pastor of Toronto Chinese Mennonite Church has been charged with sexual assaults of minors.
Many colony Mennonites in Latin America are applying for Canadian citizenship derived from their ancestors’ citizenship.
From 1962 to 1991, Mennonite-related organizations operated residential schools for Indigenous people in northwestern Ontario. On March 6-8, 30 survivors from those schools gathered in Dryden, Ont., to tell their stories and begin their healing journeys.
David Chow, a Mennonite Brethren pastor from Calgary, Alberta, has been appointed Mennonite World Conference regional representative for North America.
Life in First Nations reserves can be tough. Yet not all is grim on the reserve. In fact, spending a few weeks in a couple of these communities has been renewing and refreshing.
