Coming up: Theology of persecution seminar

Dr. Sudhakar Mondithoka

VOM Canada, along with The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC), is pleased to announce a two-day seminar on the theology of persecution.

The seminar, led by Dr. Sudhakar Mondithoka, will focus on religious freedom and the global persecution of Christians.

Sudhakar Mondithoka is the Director of the Hyderabad Institute of Theology and Apologetics, located in Hyderabad, India. Ordained in the North American Baptist Conference and published in several journals and texts on missiology, Sudhakar served with Ravi Zacharias International Ministries from 1994 to 2006. Sudhakar also pastors the English congregation of Centenary Baptist Church in Secunderabad, India.

The Theology of Persecution Seminar 

Tuesday, September 27 & Wednesday, September 28

Cost:

$60.00 for registrations received before September 16

$80.00 for late registrations

Location:

The Life Centre

2214 Innes Road

Ottawa, ON  K1B 4C4

All recipients will receive a copy the book In the Shadow of the Cross by former VOM Canada CEO Glenn Penner and a DVD copy of the teaching as recorded at these seminars. Breaks and lunches are included in registration cost.

To register or for more information, please visit EFC’s website.

Who decides what religious education your child receives: Parents or the government?

The Supreme Court of Canada
Philippe Landreville, Photographer

Supreme Court of Canada Collection

Today, the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) will present a verbal argument in the Supreme Court of Canada in regard to the Quebec case dealing with parents’ rights to determine the religious and moral education of their children.

S.L. v. Commission scolaire des Chênes (hereafter, the "Drummondville" case) addresses the issue of whether parents have the right to choose the kind of education their children will receive, particularly in regard to religious instruction.

The case will cut to the core of what freedom of religion and conscience and parental authority mean in Canada.

At issue is the Ethics and Religious Culture (ERC) program, a mandatory course which must be taught to all Québécois children. The course has as its objective the instruction of children in a manner that will promote “the development of attitudes of tolerance, respect and openness,” thus “preparing them to live in a pluralist and democratic society.”

Essentially, the course teaches children that all religions are the same. EFC is taking a stand for all parents in Canada to determine for themselves the religious education of their children.

Please take a moment to pray for Don Hutchison, EFC’s Vice President and General Legal Counsel Director, as he presents the case today. Pray for wisdom, guidance and peace. Pray, too, for those on the Supreme Court.

You can read the full court case here.