On Mission

I cannot remember a time when I did not know about missions. Surely I was naive about what “going into all the world” meant, but I understood that ...

As the freighter eased into its berth at the Seattle harbour in July 1972, a small group of passengers could be seen gathered at the rail. Garth an...

My Dad, George Irwin, simplified life. He took complex issues and made them simple, practical. To him, missionary work was not all about strategizi...

“I’m afraid she’s too girly and fragile to be trekking around the world with a 30-pound backpack for the next nine months!” Dave’s dad exclaimed. H...

The year 1994 was significant in the life of The Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA). Both Canada and the United States jointly discerned a cl...

My parents came from farming backgrounds in Nova Scotia. Their parents followed Jesus, and one of my grandmothers led the missionary society at her...

Just before coming home on home assignment in June 2013, a man came to see me. "Mama Anne, I'm your disciple. I have burden for the people in my vi...

A powerful sense of God’s presence pervades the Lince Alliance Church’s lower auditorium in Lima, Peru. Four hundred and fifty chairs are occupied ...

It happened on the last Sunday of October 2019. Due to unforeseen circumstances, I missed my flight out of Vancouver for Montreal on Thursday, from...