Adam Kline is the Intercultural Engagement Team Leader. The Intercultural Engagement Team (IET) provides coordinated oversight and support to missional efforts and projects by local churches across The Free Methodist Church in Canada. The main objective of these missional efforts is to share the good news of Jesus with people […]
Mary Lee DeWitt is a Regional Coach and is part of the Ministerial Education, Guidance and Placement (MEGaP) Committee. “You could say my motto is “So many books, so little time,” but I have become a bit more selective in what I read. My book choices are often influenced by
Next Church, in Kingston, ON, sent Todd Stelmach as a Community Development Missionary to Rustle Church. The neighborhood surrounding Rustle Church is the eleventh poorest neighborhood in Canada. Kingston is a fairly affluent city, but they concentrated all their government housing and most of their social services and shelters in
There is a component to church health that we don’t talk about enough. When we talk about church health we think systems, discipleship/ outreach, vision/ mission, revitalization strategies and so on. This is all good but something seems to be missing. Or maybe it’s just assumed, but if we assume
Welcome to round two of “Who is Reading What in 2019?” This time I asked John-Mark Cockram, co-pastor of Kingsview Church in Etobicoke, ON, to share his reading list in the hopes he would include something for the comic fans out there. He didn’t disappoint. John-Mark is graduating with his
Recently I had the opportunity to be part of a baptism service. I love these types of services. They are probably my favorite. One of the best parts is hearing the stories of what God has done in people’s lives. The ones I heard that day were moving, inspiring and
In 2015, members of West Springs Free Methodist Church in Calgary, AB started the Asylum Seekers Initiative Group (ASIG) in response to the Syrian refugee crisis. No one in the group had any prior experience working with new immigrants or refugees so they turned to the Calgary Catholic Immigration Society
I have been looking into all the resources out there regarding church revitalization. These include books, articles, websites and even a conference/training event hosted by our friends in the FMUSA. There is a lot of good, helpful stuff out there about church revitalization, but there are parts of it that
Ever wonder what your peers are reading? Love a good book recommendation? Looking to gift a good read? You’ve come to the right place! Over the next few months we will be sharing who is reading what in 2019. First up is Bishop Cliff Fletcher. Bishop Cliff starts each day
