Catherine Darnell
Catherine Darnell has been a tireless advocate for PBI abuse survivors. Hopes Tapestry
View ArticleGordon Driver, Axcess Automation/Funds ordered to pay 41.4 million by...
This week, a federal judge in Southern California sided with the United States Futures Trading Commission and handed Driver a whopping bill for his shenanigans: $41.4 million. U.S. District Court Judge...
View ArticleCharisma Magazine caught posting altered article
What happened at Charisma Magazine? Why would an article by a guest author written in 2004 re-appear front and centre on the Charisma website, with changes, leading the reader to believe it was written...
View ArticleToronto the Good. Really?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Next Saturday, July 28th, is a big day for Faytene Grasseschi as the latest of her big prayer rallies, The Cry Toronto, is planned for Massey...
View Article“Tell them The truth!” he yelled at the pastor
By Rick Hiebert All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. An Alberta man was removed by church security from a service earlier today after he heckled the church pastor about a business transaction that...
View ArticleMother of murder victim Jun Lin converts to Christianity
The mother of a Chinese student murdered and dismembered in Canada announced that she has converted to Christianity and was recently baptized in the wake of the gruesome case. ‘Patrick’ Jun Lin, a...
View ArticleSaskatchewan Storm chasers
There isn’t much on TV tonight so I’ve been watching TVNWeather – canadogreg’s chaser stream. I’ve also been following along on Twitter – #skstorm. As I was posting, the cell continue to...
View ArticleBeaverton Grace Bible Church loses court case against blogger
A minister who sought 500 thousand dollars in damages for defamation against a former church member who blogged about her experience with his church, will be paying the former members court costs and...
View ArticleDaniel P. Reeve charged with fraud
In 2009 a few Christians wrote me, alerting me to possible investment fraud, involving a guy from their former church named Daniel P. Reeve. Investors who have had the misfortune of knowing Daniel P....
View ArticleEnglish reporter looks at Todd Bentley in the same way that they would look...
By Rick Hiebert. Used by Permission. All Rights Reserved It’s going to be increasingly hard for evangelist Todd Bentley to make a living, judging by some recent press coverage. He seems to have settled...
View ArticleEvangelical tribalism – stance versus substance
For evangelicals, one’s “stance” determines one’s standing. What does it mean that a stance is the all-important determinant of one’s status and legitimacy in the community? Part of what it shows, I...
View ArticleIndependent Fundamentalist Baptists rocked by dismissal and investigation of...
The internet community of former Independent Fundamentalist Baptists has been buzzing none stop this week, when news that IFB rock star leader Jack Schaap of First Baptist Church Hammond had been...
View ArticleTo be perfectly honest about To Be Perfectly Honest
By Rick Hiebert All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission Earlier today, I bought a used copy of the fairly new book To Be Perfectly Honest. On the way back to my office, I started to read. You might see...
View ArticleLabour MP calls for Todd Bentley to be banned from Britain
By Rick Hiebert All Rights Reserved Used by Permission For Todd Bentley, who plans to minister in the London suburb of Croydon later this month, things are going from bad to worse. We already know...
View ArticleTodd Bentley’s alleged antics covered in Australian newspaper
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission We may be coming up on a holiday in Canada, but I wonder if Todd Bentley may be on his way to becoming a “nine-day wonder” in the English press....
View ArticleReynold Mainse, the OSC and Open Bible Faith Fellowship
Should someone have the rights and privileges of ministerial (ordination) credentials given by a branch of the Ontario government when that person is under investigation by another arm of the...
View ArticleThe sunny nuns
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission Readers of Saturday’s Vancouver Sun may have been surprised to see a photo of a nun dominating the newspaper’s front page. The August 11 issue...
View ArticleChristianity Today looks at David Jang and Second Coming Christ Controversy
This article in Christianity Today, The Second Coming Christ Controversy, is going to generate discussion in North American evangelical circles. While the piece centres around the Southern Baptist...
View ArticleUnited Church of Canada elects new moderator
The United Church of Canada has elected it’s first gay moderator. Ottawa Citizen: In a historic vote, the United Church of Canada has elected its first openly gay moderator. After six ballots and...
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