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Wycliffe, PAOC sign partnership agreement
Mississauga, ON – Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada and the
Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC) will formally work together
to help start Bible translation in languages that need it by 2025.
To that end, Wycliffe Canada’s Executive Director Dave Ohlson
signed a partnership agreement with Dr. William Morrow, PAOC General
Superintendent, and Murray Cornelius, PAOC Assistant Superintendent,
International Missions, at the PAOC’s Mississauga, ON, head office
this past March.
"Being able to partner with the largest evangelical denomination in
Canada, where we find PAOC directly engaged in the Bible translation
movement," said Ohlson, "is from our perspective one of the most
exciting partnership agreements that Wycliffe Canada has made in
recent history."
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Christian
bookstores closing
by Doris Fleck
Christian
Publications is closing up shop while the going’s still
good. Faced with skyrocketing lease rates and a
dramatically changing marketplace, the four-store
Christian retail chain, headquartered in Calgary, has
chosen to go out on a positive note.
“We can
choose to exit honorably,” said general manager, Larry
Thiessen. “Let’s celebrate three decades of good work,
celebrate our staff, honor our vendors
and go out saying it’s been a great time rather than
risk being forced to the sidelines.”
In the last
five years, Christian retailers across Canada have been
struggling to stay afloat. Once the only provider of
Christian books, music and curriculum, they are now
being undercut by national bookstore chains, big-box
department stores, wholesale clubs and the advent of
convenient and affordable online shopping.
Ironically,
bestselling Christian books like The Prayer of Jabez,
Left Behind and The Purpose Driven Life ended up doing
major damage to the Christian retailer.
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