A publication of the Renewal Fellowship
A publication of the Renewal Fellowship
By Calvin Brown. The Covenant was drawn up in Scotland promising to maintain "the true religion" when the King in England tried to impose a way of worship and prayer. Thousands who defied the government and worshipped in the open air paid with their life for their "treason". … Read more
By Calvin Brown. The Executive Director introduces three new members of the Renewal Fellowship Board of Directors: Carolyn Dickie, Geoff Wood, and Bill Boycott. … Read more
By Calvin Brown. This issue of Channels deals with stories of faith. As I travel around the country one of the greatest blessings of all is to hear the stories of the communities of faith at work – not only in spectacular ways but in everyday faithful ways … Read more
By Calvin Brown. As we begin a new millennium there is much speculation about what the emerging church will look like. Loren Mead and others suggest some changes (mostly to do with de-institutionalization and de-centralization) but say the jury is still out on how the church will re-configure itself to meet the needs and demands of the emerging postmodern world. … Read more
By Calvin Brown. Evangelicals in our church have for too long been beating their chests with recriminations for our failures and non-evangelicals have been using the evangelicals in our church as "whipping boys" who were blamed for holding back progress. … Read more
Calvin Brown, the Executive Director of The Renewal Fellowship, presents pictures of his recent trip to Manitoba … Read more
By Calvin Brown. Among Christians there has always been a tension between law and gospel, between living in grace and forgiveness and the call to holiness and justice, between freedom to choose what we think best for us as individuals and losing our moral compass. … Read more
By Calvin Brown. It is a real temptation to downplay the sinfulness of the homosexual lifestyle and follow the world's attitude, treating it as only one of many acceptable lifestyles. It is irresponsible to our youth to gloss over the sin of homosexual practice. … Read more
By Calvin Brown. Labelling people is not good when it is used simply to write others off or to demonize them, but it is helpful when we want to have a beginning point for conversation. Avoid stereotypes, and use the words only as descriptive of points of view. … Read more
By Calvin Brown. The leading of the Lord towards Bill's part-time role as Administrative Assistant at the Renewal Fellowship, following retirement from a 30-year career at Procter and Gamble, fulfils a life-long ambition to serve the Presbyterian Church. … Read more
Calvin Brown introduces the Alpha Course and calls for the appointment to PCC theological colleges of principals who are committed to classical biblical Christianity and who will train pastors who will be clear about their convictions. … Read more
By Calvin Brown. Worship wars are said to be the most common cause of disruption in congregations. When the real cause of unhappiness is examined, the principal offender is not usually the new music but the form of certain types of contemporary worship. … Read more
Calvin Brown compares how the Canadian Presbyterian General Assembly dealt with Darryl Macdonald, a self-confessed practising homosexual, and how the American Presbyterian General Assembly dealt with the amended and greatly weakened “Fidelity and Integrity” Amendment … Read more
By Calvin Brown. There is always lots of work to be done, and as Jesus observed it seems like the fields are white unto harvest but the labourers are few. How happy we should be to be included in the Lord’s work! … Read more
Calvin Brown, the Executive Director, reports on his various past and future speaking engagements, including a Church Growth Workshop in Ottawa, a one-week PCC “think tank”, meetings with Knox and Presbyterian College students, and the upcoming Annual Meeting. … Read more
Reviewed by Calvin Brown. Lloyd Mackey’s book uses the Canadian image of a mosaic to describe the variety of religious expression that evangelicals in Canada experience. … Read more
By Calvin Brown. We need to renew the sense of God’s calling and be bold and unafraid to speak out his truth in love. … Read more