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We Pray For Canada

We are calling on the people of Canada to pray for our nation and church leaders to open their churches to the public for at least 1 hour per week.

If you are a church leader and willing to open your church for prayer please find and claim your free listing in the Church Directory and verify / update your information including:

Church name
Website address
Physical address
Description
- Any way you would like to describe your church or ministry
- Be sure to include day and time(s) your church will be open to the public for prayer
- Please include something like:
  - #WePrayForCanada every Tuesday from 2-4 PM in the library
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Regardless of your religious or political affiliation we ask you to pray.

Pray for:

Our politicians and those seeking political office
Peace and understanding between those who do not share their political or social views
Police and those who serve us in legal, judicial and law enforcement
Firefighters, Emergency Service Workers and Healthcare
Education and youth
The physically, mentally and emotionally infirmed as well as those suffering from addiction
The unborn, newborn, seniors and other vulnerable members of our society
Those seeking refuge in our nation

Christians in China are Imprisoned for Memorizing the Bible

An American pastor made the journey to China for training faith leaders who were dealing with Christian persecution. However, he realized they could teach him much more than he could.

The group was short on Bibles. When Pastor Cordeiro asked them to turn to 2 Peter, he noticed that one of the women had handed her Bible to another leader while managing to recite the entire book. When he asked her about it during a break, she replied, saying that prisoners have a lot of time in prison. Pastor Cordeiro then asked if the Bibles were confiscated in prison. She replied saying that while the Bibles are confiscated, people smuggle in pieces of paper with bits of Scripture on them.

The Apostles’ Creed – Christianity’s elevator pitch

It’s 1629 years old at least and still useful. It’s the Apostles’ Creed – a short summary of the Christian faith that many reach for when they need a less-than-one-page answer to “what do you believe?” This old statement of faith is exciting enough to be the subject of two recent books by Australian leading theologians – Michael Bird of Ridley College, Melbourne, and Ben Myers of the Millis Institute in Brisbane – and one currently being written by John Dickson of the “Undeceptions” podcast.

“The best thing is that you are confessing a faith that the Christians of western Europe and across the world have declared for nearly 2000 years as a symbol of what it means to believe in Christ and what it means to follow Christ. The Apostles’ Creed is ancient, it’s not a fad, it’s like granite. The creed also transcends denominational differences; it embodies what C.S. Lewis called ‘mere Christianity’ and what Thomas Oden called ‘consensual Christianity.’ The creed declares those elements of the faith that bind all Christians together irrespective of their differences. It is an instrument for unity, oneness, and a shared worship.”

“The real centrepiece of the Apostles’ Creed is not a doctrine but a name,” writes Myers. “To confess Jesus as Lord is to set him above all other loyalties. It is to make a universal claim. If Jesus truly shares the identity of YHWH, then he is the hidden truth of creation, of history and of every human life (Col 1:15-17). I confess him as my Lord only because I recognise him as the Lord.”