Author: Bene Diction

The United Church of Canada has elected it’s first gay moderator. Ottawa Citizen: In a historic vote, the United Church of Canada has elected its first openly gay moderator. After six ballots and nearly eight hours of voting at the Church’s 41st general council in Ottawa on Thursday, Rev. Gary

This article in Christianity Today, The Second Coming Christ Controversy, is going to generate discussion in North American evangelical circles. While the piece centres around the Southern Baptist Convention and it’s business dealings with the copious holdings of David Jang and his Olivet University out of San Francisco, there are

Should someone have the rights and privileges of ministerial (ordination) credentials given by a branch of the Ontario government when that person is under investigation by another arm of the provincial government? Reynold Mainse, son of David Mainse, founder of Crossroads Christian Commuications Inc. is listed as an ordained minister by the

  The internet community of former Independent Fundamentalist Baptists has been buzzing none stop this week, when news that IFB rock star leader Jack Schaap of First Baptist Church Hammond had been fired.   Churchgoers and students at Hyles-Anderson Bible School had initially been told their pastor of 11 years

For evangelicals, one’s “stance” determines one’s standing. What does it mean that a stance is the all-important determinant of one’s status and legitimacy in the community? Part of what it shows, I think, is the way that stance trumps sub-stance. This is a reflection of the underlying theology, in which faith trumps works,

In 2009 a few Christians wrote me, alerting me to possible investment fraud, involving a guy from their former church named Daniel P. Reeve. Investors who have had the misfortune of knowing Daniel P. Reeve who have started to talk to each other by email believe between them they’ve lost

A minister who sought 500 thousand dollars in damages for defamation against a former church member who blogged about her experience with his church, will be paying the former members court costs and legal fees. Rev. Chuck O’Neal of Beaverton Grace Bible Church grabbed world-wide attention this year when he

There isn’t much on TV tonight so I’ve been watching TVNWeather – canadogreg’s chaser stream. I’ve also been following along on Twitter – #skstorm.             As I was posting, the cell continue to form. This is east of Weburn Sask. Nasty.        

via: Mainstream Baptist

The mother of a Chinese student murdered and dismembered in Canada announced that she has converted to Christianity and was recently baptized in the wake of the gruesome case. ‘Patrick’ Jun Lin, a Chinese student studying in Montreal, was murdered in May. AFP: “Last Sunday, I decided to get baptized,”

What happened at Charisma Magazine? Why would an article by a guest author written in 2004 re-appear front and centre on the Charisma website, with changes, leading the reader to believe it was written in 2012 – without awareness and permission of the author? The article, Do We Want a

Rick passed this along, I’m tossing it up.:^) What a great obituary in the Salt Lake Tribune. The guy is Val Patterson 1953-2012.  I had a lot of fun. It was an honor for me to be friends with some truly great people. I thank you. I’ve had great joy

There is an odd little item at OneNewsNow out of the US. Well, not odd considering it is OneNewsNow is a news arm of the American Family Association, designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group. Charles McVety says he is back on tv. A Canadian preacher is

ChristianWeek chats with Lawrence Wilkes, interim minister of the troubled Crystal Cathedral. Wilkes first joined the staff at the Crystal Cathedral in 1991, serving as pastor in the church’s evening service for 10 years as well as being a dean at the Robert Schuller School for Preaching. He left the church