By Jackson Clelland. Yancey wrote this book out of a thirst for God and a desire to identify how a relationship with God truly works, rather than how it is supposed to work. He is transparently honest that his own relationship with God has more often than not been a struggle. … Read more
Reformation Overview
By Albert Bailey. This is a kit designed to help us pass on knowledge of our Reformation heritage to new generations. The compact kit has two videotapes with six half-hour segments, a Leader's Guide with suggestions for ways of developing the programs, and printed resources. … Read more
By the Renewing of Your Minds, by Ellen T. Charry
By Stan Cox. Christian doctrine, such as the Trinity and the two natures of Jesus Christ, are meant to enable the flourishing of human excellence by promoting people's enjoyment of God. A tour of Christian theologians who taught in the tradition of classic orthodoxy bears this out. … Read more
Introduction
By Calvin Brown. As part of the 125th Anniversary of the Presbyterian Church in Canada and the Millennium Celebrations we are happy to present this special history edition of Channels magazine retelling the stories of some of our Presbyterian missionaries to South East Asia. … Read more
Our Mission to China
By A. Donald MacLeod. In the mid 1880s, foreign missions became a dominant concern for many young people, who volunteered to go overseas, especially to China. Jonathan Goforth founded the Canadian Presbyterian mission in Honan, north of the Yellow River in China. … Read more
Far Formosa is Dear to My Heart
By A. Donald MacLeod. George Leslie MacKay was the first missionary of the Canada Presbyterian Church. He not only pioneered Christian mission in northern Taiwan in 1871, but also transformed the missionary vision of the Canadian Church. His work continues to have a profound influence. … Read more
Testing the Diversity of the Presbyterian Church within Canada
By Jonathan Dent. Jonathan Goforth used the Revivalist models of Finney and Moody in China. In meetings, he prayed, sang hymns, taught the Word, and called for testimony. Hours were spent in the confession of sin and repentance. Revival broke out wherever Goforth went. … Read more
The Tayal Church Experiences the Holy Spirit at Work
By Grace McGill. The Holy Spirit movement in Taiwan began in 1971. Signs and wonders occurred, including prophetic utterances by an illiterate woman who could not possibly have recited Bible passages, giving chapter and verse, unless she had been inspired by the Holy Spirit. … Read more
The Dayspring
By David Stewart. On the wall of the Memorial Hall in Zion Presbyterian Church, Charlottetown, PEI, is the picture of a ship, the Dayspring, whose birth came about in response to martyrdom and whose career was associated with the first great period of Canadian Presbyterian missionary outreach. … Read more
Dying for the Gospel: The Gordons of Erromanga
By Peter Bush. After the murder of his brother, George Gordon, a missionary to Erromanga in the New Hebrides, James Gordon brought his murderers a message of forgiveness. Both Gordons preferred to train islanders to spread the gospel, and by 1900, 95% of the people of Erromanga were Christians. … Read more
Communion Tokens of the New Hebrides
By Angus Sutherland. The first communion tokens used in the New Hebrides were Canadian, brought by John Geddie from Pictou, Nova Scotia, in 1846. The second was also designed in Canada, reading Efate New Hebrides and on the other side, Ko Mroa Ki Au, which means, "think on me." … Read more
Burning Bush and Chigge
By Robert K. Anderson. Koreans in Japan have long suffered oppression from the Japanese, and Christian witness there has seen many ups and downs. Work among them has moved from being directed from Korea to being indigenous. Help from the Presbyerian Church in Canada is on a "sister church" basis. … Read more
A. Caroline Macdonald of Japan
By John Vaudry. Caroline Macdonald worked with the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), which was at that time an interdenominational evangelical organization that encouraged educated Christian women to work for "the regeneration of society." This she did in Japan, supported by women's missionary organizations in the Canadian Presbyterian and United Churches. … Read more
Study Guide
Questions for discussion by a Mission Committee or Bible study group are presented on each of the three sections: China/Taiwan, the South Pacific Islands, and Japan. … Read more
See how Deep and Wide the Love of Our God Is!
By Calvin Brown. This issue of Channels reminds us of how God’s love is with his people in every time and age and how that witness of his faithfulness blends one time with another. … Read more
Blood Red — What Would You Be Willing To Die For?
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
A Summer’s Travels
By Ian Rennie. Observations of spiritual growth and strength in Newfoundland and the Magdalen Islands, especially in relationship with changes in leadership at the Presbyterian College in Montreal, and Presbyterian participation in Regent College, Vancouver. … Read more