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Religious congregations’ value to Canadian society($35.24 billion annually)

A $67.5-Billion Annual Investment in Canadian Society

New research suggests religion produces measurable economic contributions to the common good.

Menno & Flor Giliam as new missionaries in 1929

Interview: Dutch Missionary Couple Survive World War II through God's Faithfulness

Shadow of the Sun, a historical fiction novel was released in late August, a time when the world fights against COVID-19. It tells \"an against-all-odds survival story of my grandparents Menno and Florence Giliam -- Dutch missionaries to the island of Java (formerly the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia)\", showing God’s faithfulness at a difficult circumstance. Menno, a mission school headmaster who was conscripted into the Dutch army against the Japanese army during World War II, was eventually released and united with his family after horrific three years.

Ham Brown's first debut single, "I Sing Praise"

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Interview: Dutch Missionary Couple Survive World War II through God's Faithfulness
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