the Canadian Baptists of Western Canada, has legally changed its name from
the former Baptist Union of Western
Canada.Other regional groupings associated with this family of Baptists include
the Canadian Baptists of French Canada
(Union d’Églises Baptistes Françaises au
Canada) and the Canadian Baptists of
Atlantic Canada (Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches). These groups
operate together as Canadian Baptist
Ministries.
There are four other major Baptist
denominational groups operating in
Canada: the Fellowship of Evangelical
Baptists, the Baptist General Conference, the North American Baptist Conference and the Canadian National Baptist Convention (formerly the Canadian
Convention of Southern Baptists).
GLOBAL ISSUES
Report on Egypt
The EFC’s Religious Liberty Commission released Religious Freedom
in Egypt: The Case of the Christian
Minority in June. The 17-page report
examines the major factors contributing to limited religious freedom for
Egypt’s Christian citizens and was
highlighted on the National Post’s
Holy Post blog.
Help for Sri Lanka
The EFC and the World Evangelical
Alliance (WEA) are calling on Christians worldwide to help the Sri Lankan
Church meet the overwhelming humanitarian crisis affecting the country. The
EFC has set up a relief fund to channel
donations to the National Christian
Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (one
of 128 national alliances in the WEA).
The aftermath of Sri Lanka’s 30-
year armed conflict has displaced more
than 300,000 people who are desperately in need of food, medical assistance
and other basic needs.
“Despite being a small minority,
the Christian community is valiantly
and sacrificially giving to meet these
needs but urgently requires assistance,” says the EFC’s Geoff Tun-nicliffe, who is international director
of the WEA. He travelled to Sri Lanka
June 1-6.
Evangelicals in Sri Lanka (www.
nceasl.org) were feeding more than
10,000 people every day in June at a
cost of US$1.50 per person per day
for basic food.
Any donations to the EFC (1-866-
302-3362 and www.evangelicalfellow
ship.ca) with the memo “Sri Lanka”
will be forwarded.
COURTS AND GOVERNMENT
Support Housing Bill
EFC leaders have sent letters to the prime minister and other party leaders urging
them to support Bill C-304, which would mandate the government to work with
provincial and municipal governments and aboriginal communities to establish a national housing strategy. The bill is likely to have its second reading in september.
Oppose Euthanasia Bill
EFC leaders wrote to all mPs and senators requesting they not give further consideration to a private members bill that proposes the legalization of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. The EFC resource study In the Shadow of Death:
A Christian Perspective on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide was included with each
letter and is available free at www.evangelicalfellowship.ca (click resources).
Regulation Rejected
an EFC submission to the Canadian radio-Television and Telecommunications
Commission (CrTC) hearings on new media has borne fruit. The CrTC has
decided not to engage in regulation of broadcast content distributed over the
internet and through mobile devices. n
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