A publication of the Renewal Fellowship
A publication of the Renewal Fellowship
By Esther McIlveen. Margaret Avison loved and understood the characters at Evangel Hall, an inner city mission run by Knox Presbyterian Church on Spadina Ave. in Toronto Ontario, with about 100 single men. She identified with their poverty, mental illness and aloneness. … Read more
By Ian Rennie. Walter Ellis exerted a profound influence upon Fairview Church in Vancouver BC, although he had passed away twenty years before the author arrived in 1964. He was a forebear of those in the Renewal Fellowship within the Presbyterian Church in Canada today. … Read more
By J.H. (Hans) Kouwenberg. Margaret Avison, pictured on the cover, has an urbanized, educated imagination. Many of her poems have thoughtful and intriguing word choices. The poetry in her second volume, The Dumbfounding, revealed a deep Christian faith which had not been evident in her earlier work. … 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
By John P. Vaudry. Dr. David Perrie (1857-1930) was a leader in the resistance to church union in 1925, whose expository preaching had depth and power. As a very private man, only the contents of his library give us a clue into his hidden personal life of prayer. … Read more
The Rev. Calvin Brown has recently been appointed Director designate of the Renewal Fellowship. … Read more
By Rodney Clapp. Eugene Peterson says, “My characteristic feeling at the end of the day is a sense of awe about what God is doing with these people.” … Read more
By Jack Charleson. If it were not for Basil Howell, it is unlikely that the Renewal Fellowship would have been developed and formally constituted on May 8, 1982. … Read more
David Marshall outlines his growth in the Christian faith from his boyhood through 37 years of ministry, to his untimely death from cancer. … Read more
We wish to remember Rev. Robert Leishman Taylor, former moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada and member of The Renewal Fellowship. He will be missed. … Read more
By Daniel MacKinnon. My spiritual father, my mentor, my counsellor, and my example has gone to be with the one he has worked his whole life to be with, and now I have the task of being a spiritual father, mentor, counsellor and example for the student sitting by my chair. … Read more
By John Vissers. On Wednesday, November 28, 1990 the Renewal Fellowship lost a friend and keen supporter when Mr. E.W. “Nick” Nicolle passed away in Toronto after a brief illness. … Read more
By James M. Houston. To try to enter into the understanding of Lewis’ prayer-life is an attempt to penetrate his very mind and spirit, in the most intimate way. … Read more
Reviewed by Shirley Charleson. Called to Die is the biography of American linguist Chester Allen Bitterman III who was slain by terrorists in Bogota, Colombia in 1981. Chet Bitterman was an enthusiastic man of 28, married and father of two little girls when seven armed terrorists broke into … Read more
Dr. McMillan has also received three Honorary Doctor of Divinity Degrees. He was elected Moderator of The Presbyterian Church in Canada in 1979. He served as General Secretary of the Canadian Bible Society for over 26 years. Since October 1983 he has been Director of Church Relations for World Vision Canada. … Read more