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Pivot: A Kairos Story
A story of momentum lost and momentum restored! The Kairos Course had huge momentum early in 2020. As the pandemic unfolded, the Simply Mobilizing team was forced to pause, pray, think and piv...
Why Canada Needs Biblical Hospitality
Jesus demonstrated how one can balance the tension between pursuing holiness and being a friend of sinners, and he did it through hospitality.
Better Together? When together is not always better…
Better Together? What about when it is harder, and messier to be together? What is it really going to take to be better together?
COVID-19 does not Discriminate. Neither should British Columbians.
A Canadian Christian response to Anti-Asian Racism.
It is my hope that as churches strive to be missional communities, we would hear pastors address the topic of racism from the pul...
Focus
Focus. There is one thing that is occupying the whole world's attention right now. The church is aware of another 'virus', one that we have been tasked with bringing the readily available cure to t...
Diaspora Ministries
Diaspora is a term that describes people who are scattered—settled far from their historical homelands. This scattering and displacement is a global reality today, whether it occurs voluntarily (e....
Future Hope: Things are not as they Seem
It seems fitting to spend some time, standing at the beginning of a New Year full of potential and unknowns, to spend time looking at the things we're already certain of in the future.
We...
Is Multiculturalism "bad" for the church?
Should local churches strive for a multicultural make-up? How does the Canadian multicultural ethic influence Canadian churches? Has multiculturalism hindered or facilitated our efforts i...
Diaspora. Diaspor...what?
What is Diaspora? And how should this word affect our lives & ministry?
Find out more about Diaspora, what it means, and what's new at Outreach Canada with what we believe is a v...
Choosing Thankfulness
Reframing our situation in light of God's good purposes in the world, helps us be thankful, even when things aren't going 'our way'.
Recently on a family camping weekend, our daughter wok...