{"id":984,"date":"2011-03-29T06:00:44","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T06:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/?p=984"},"modified":"2011-04-19T16:15:37","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T16:15:37","slug":"the-immigration-reality-how-is-your-church-responding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2011\/03\/29\/the-immigration-reality-how-is-your-church-responding\/","title":{"rendered":"The Immigration Reality: How is Your Church Responding?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"World<\/a><\/p>\n

In his recent book, Beyond the Gods & Back<\/em>, Canadian researcher Reg Bibby uncovers a fascinating link between immigration patterns and the future of the local church in our country.<\/p>\n

Church leaders with a vision to see their communities impacted for Christ would do well to learn all they can about how immigration is impacting our communities, and how churches can respond to these new opportunities.<\/p>\n

One opportunity to learn about this can be found through a series of forums being presented by our partners at World Vision Canada<\/a><\/strong>. These forums are called ‘Beyond The Welcome, How Canadian Churches are Responding to Canada’s Immigrant Reality<\/a><\/strong>‘.<\/p>\n

Each forum will feature results from a recent study conducted by World Vision, The Tyndale Intercultural Ministries Centre and the Centre for Community Based Research gathered information and insights from over 300 church leaders, including new immigrants, from across Canada.<\/p>\n

Three important questions will be addressed:<\/p>\n