In this episode, we talk with Andreae Sennyah, Director of Policy at Cardus, to discuss Cardus's research on trends in faith and spirituality among Canadian immigrants and non-immigrants. We discuss why it’s important to understand and appreciate the religious dimension that immigrants to Canada have to offer, and think about how this affects the religious landscape in Canada.Access the research report we discuss in this episode here: https://www.cardus.ca/research/faith-communities/research-brief/religion-and-belief-among-immigrants-to-canada/Discover more research from Cardus here: https://www.cardus.ca/research-library/

John Bowen and Jeremy McClung from the Institute of Evangelism at Wycliffe College https://institute.wycliffecollege.ca/ talk us through their research on trends in conversion to Christianity in Canada, and it's not what you might think. John and Jeremy discuss how their findings can support effective evangelism in our nation.A summary of their findings can be found here: https://institute.wycliffecollege.ca/2024/01/how-and-why-canadians-become-christian-five-lessons-from-recent-research/Their full research report can be accessed here: https://institute.wycliffecollege.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2024-GI-Jan-Finding-Faith-in-Canada-Today-1.pdfAlso, introducing Christie Chan as our newest member of The Centre for Research on Church and Faith.

​REV. DR. ANDREW BENNETT is program director for Cardus Faith Communities. He holds a PhD in politics from the University of Edinburgh and degrees in history from McGill and Dalhousie universities. From 2013 to 2016 he served as Canada’s ambassador for religious freedom and head of the Office of Religious Freedom.The Bible and Us: Canadians and Their Relationship with Scripture. https://www.cardus.ca/research/faith-communities/reports/the-bible-and-us-canadians-and-their-relationship-with-scripture/.The Sacred Texts: Canadian perspectives on the Bible, Qu'ran, Torah, and their place in modern society https://angusreid.org/canada-religion-sacred-texts-bible-quran-torah/The Shifting Landscape of Faith in Canada https://www.cardus.ca/research/faith-communities/research-report/the-shifting-landscape-of-faith-in-canada/

​​Does it matter where our worship music comes from and who's writing it? The latest research from Worship Leaders Research revealed that most of the songs we've sung in our churches over the last decade come from the same four sources. You can read about the findings here: http://www.worshipleaderresearch.com/

​The topic of climate change seems to be everywhere these days. From the news, to the families we work with in the global south, there is no escaping it. Multiple reports tell us that it is an important topic for younger generations too. I personally know many young people within my circle including grandchildren who have questions and big concerns about it. That's why we've partnered with A Rocha Canada and Maru/Blue (a leading research organization) to conduct a resource survey to learn more about what Canadian Christians aged 16 to 40 actually think about the topic. Our hope is to better understand next-generation views on the issue in order to better equip and resource the Canadian church to respond to the Spirit's leading in this area. The survey is now open and will open until Nov. 2. We're looking for a minimum of 500 responses.

​​Sam Reimer's new book Caught in the Current: British and Canadian Evangelicals in an Age of Self-Spirituality is available at:https://www.mqup.ca/caught-in-the-current-products-9780228016960.php?page_id=73&https://www.amazon.ca/Caught-Current-Canadian-Evangelicals-Self-Spirituality/dp/0228016967/Sam can be contacted at [email protected]://www.crandallu.ca/staff/sam-reimer/

​​Reflections on the Significant Church report www.TheEFC.ca/SC

​​Bruce Clemenger talks with Lindsay Callaway and Rick Hiemstra about his recently released book The New Orthodoxy: Canada's Emerging Civil Religion.

In this episode we talk with Dr. Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme about her new book Religion, Spirituality and Secularity among Millennials: The Generation Shaping American and Canadian Trends, and we explore the reasons why so many are taking a pass on religion.Dr. Wilkins-Laflamme's book can be found at:https://www.amazon.ca/Religion-Spirituality-Secularity-among-Millennials/dp/1032109211 and she can be contacted at:[email protected]://twitter.com/swilk033

​​Guest host Karen Stiller interviews researches Lindsay Callaway and Rick Hiemstra about how family faith formation in evangelical homes is different than many of us expect.