Our experience here at Park Avenue Bible Church… Larry and Phil were both at the Western Region Council meeting way back in early 2017 when as a Council we watched the BBC documentary about the situation of asylum seekers who had fled to…

On April 7, 2018 I had the pleasure of chatting with Andrea Bowman of Grace Church, Newmarket about their church's refugee sponsorship experience. Grace Church worked with Mennonite Central Committee as their to bring a family of 8 from…

At this point, it is still a waiting game but way more so for Ruth and Joseph* and their three children. We first began the process of sharing the vision for this with the congregation of Faith Community Church in January 2017. It was…

After 3 years of praying for peace in Syria, the Saturday night congregation at Varsity Bible Church wondered what else they might be able to do. By the winter of 2014, pastor Rinus Janson and some others in the congregation began…

Written by Ann Sparrow In October 2016 Fahad* contacted us - he said he found our name on a site of sponsoring churches. We were surprised because we didn't even realize that our names were on any list, so it was something definitely not…

Olivia is part of a group at Park Avenue Bible Church in Melfort, SK that has connected with a family overseas. She was asked if she would write something about that experience to share with our AGC churches. Thank-you, Olivia, for your…

“Please, if something happens to us, take care of my children.” I stared at Amira’s* tearful face on the monitor and knew we could not respond to that plea. Having received the initial contact with Ahmad* via an emailed appeal for help…

My first email from a refugee family seeking help came to my inbox in 2019. At first, I had no idea why they would be contacting me - some random pastor in Canada - so I suspected it was some kind of scam. However, in the email they…

Guest post by Dolores M. from Westside Bible Church in Victoria, BC. I am an elderly believer who has served my Lord in various ways for many, many years. With increasing limitations on my physical and mental abilities, there is still an…

This article originally appeared in the BVOR News published by RSTP October 2020, issue 25. The hamlet of Neerlandia, Alberta is a two-hour drive north-west of Edmonton. For a small community, it has been doing outsize work in resettling…

Jean-Nicolas Beuze, UNHCR Representative in Canada, has written an article recently published in the Toronto Star (Tuesday, July 17, 2018). He addresses a number of people's fears, including that the number of people crossing our Canadian…

The EFC (Evangelical Fellowship of Canada) has published an article written by Joel Arndt in Faith Today, Nov/Dec 2017 that recounts the impact that churches have had on resettling refugees through both the Private Sponsorship Program and…

If you visit Canada's Immigration Museum at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, one of the items you will discover is the Wheel of Conscience designed by Daniel Libeskind.

"Citizens for Public Justice" is a Canadian national organization of members inspired by faith to act for justice in Canadian public policy. Based in Ottawa, CPJ is a Christian voice for social and environmental justice. Martha Wiebe is a…

World Vision has put out a wonderful video of children welcoming refugees to Canada.