{"id":24336,"date":"2017-01-17T09:30:38","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T14:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=24336"},"modified":"2020-06-18T14:28:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T18:28:42","slug":"inspiring-missions-in-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/storiesoffaith\/2017\/01\/17\/inspiring-missions-in-vancouver\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiring Missions in Vancouver – Missions Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Authored By John Hall, Executive Director, Missions Fest Vancouver<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Missions Fest Vancouver has served the Christian community of Vancouver and the Fraser Valley for 34 years. What began as a small collaborative effort to put on a mission conference between a number of churches in the region, has now grown to be an organization that serves the church community all year long. In fact, we now run the largest annual Christian mission conference in North America.\u00a0 The motivation has remained the same through all these years. We desire to inspire people with the work of organizations who are making a difference in the world while, at the same time, sharing the importance of who Jesus is.<\/p>\n

Central to the Christian faith is the command to love our neighbour as ourselves. Throughout the ages this command has given rise to the expression of our faith through social justice and evangelism. Specifically, we have all benefited from hospitals, social services, human rights, education, emancipation, and advances in arts and science which arise from the Christian understanding that each of us is created in God\u2019s image.<\/p>\n

One of the most amazing things about Missions Fest is that our conference is still a collaborative effort and is an amazing picture of unity among churches. To give you some sense of the scale of \"\"the conference, here are a few facts:<\/p>\n