Jesus exhorts us to love our neighbour as ourselves. Mosque communities are often the target of hate and racism, but we are called to love. Perhaps the most loving thing we can do is to pray. There are 650 mosques across Canada, scattered in our neighbourhoods. Our vision is that each mosque across Canada would have at least one church praying regularly for their community.
Start with prayer. Pray together. Pray for the mosque community nearest to you. See our resources. We'd love to partner with you in this.
Religion strongly influences the Moroccan culture. Most Moroccan Arabs are Muslim and follow the Maliki rite of Sunni Islam. There are a small minority of Shia followers and small numbers of follower...
I grew up in a devout Shia Muslim family from British Columbia, Canada (originally from Iraq). My family was not like most families I knew. My parents were emotionally and physically abusive, and I b...
Iranians started coming to Canada in the 1980’s because of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. From 2011-2016, Canada has seen about 42,000 Iranians migrating to Canada. Majority of Iranians came from urban...
Lebanese Arabic immigrants began coming to Canada as early as 1882, however in limited numbers until 1945. From then on, there were increasing numbers, especially in the 1960s and onward.
During RAMADAN, the Muslim holy month, Muslims around the world pray and fast seeking Allah's favor and approval. As Muslims enter a season of prayer and fasting during this month, let’s also enter a...
Fruitful Factors 5, 6, & 7 - They had time to consider the claims of Christ; It involved multiple factors; They were in a situation that allowed them to explore new ideas. "Being skeptical of the au...
Fruitful Factor 4 – They had a supra-rational experience "...My doubts increased to a point where I felt I needed to express what was going on in my heart with someone... I had a friend who, unlike m...
While I always believed in God, I did not have a personal and daily connection with him which made me not have a moral compass in life. I was introduced to Christ in Canada during a period of diffic...
Fruitful Factor 3 – They had a Bible in their heart language. "...This put me in almost a frenzy to learn, so I put my bets on Islam and Christianity, the two religions that made the most logical sen...
Fruitful Factor 2: they had a Christian friend. Interviews with those, who after coming to North America, chose to leave Islam to follow Jesus, identified some key common factors that were fruitful i...
The Pray for the City prayer blog is temporarily on hold, as we are in the process of re-structuring the Network so that we can serve you in a more effective way. Thank you for your understanding. ...
Toronto is the largest city in Canada and the fourth most populous in North America. Located on Lake Ontario it is the largest of the Great Lakes cities, and is the provincial capital of Ontario. In ...
Windsor lies directly across the Detroit River from Detroit, Michigan. It is the southernmost city in Canada and the third largest community in southwestern Ontario after London & Kitchener. The Amba...
Thunder Bay is the largest city in Northwestern Ontario, an amalgamation of Port Arthur and Fort William in 1970. The symbol of Thunder Bay is a sleeping giant, a geographical formation that is evide...
The population of Fort McMurray has decreased recently because of the major wildfire in May 2016 and the downturn in activity in the oil sands. Fort McMurray is located at 435 kilometres northeast of...
Montreal is Canada’s second-largest city and the largest in the province of Quebec. It is also the second-largest French speaking city (behind Paris) in the world. Although Montreal is an island its ...
Mississauga was formed in 1974 and is home to Toronto Pearson International Airport, Canada's largest airport. It has been recognized as the safest city in Canada 9 years in a row. Mississauga offer...
Whitehorse is the capital and only sizeable city of Yukon. The territory’s economy is based primarily around mining and tourism. The Northwest territories, with Yellowknife as the capital, is the mo...
Milton is a city on the edge of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) about 40 kms from Downtown Toronto on Highway 401. It is a fast-growing community. From 2001-2011 it was Canada’s fastest growing munici...
Edmonton is the capital city of Alberta. It is an important cultural and educational centre, the second largest urban centre in the province behind Calgary. It is often referred to as the Gateway Cit...
God named Ishmael "God hears" before he was born. Years later, God heard Ishmael’s cry when he was perishing in the desert and opened his mother’s eyes to see a spring of water from which she gave him drink – and he lived! Islam claims Ishmael as a spiritual forefather. Today, Muslims are perishing and crying out for living water. May that cry pierce the heart of the Church so we will pray to the Father to reveal the well of living water, Jesus, that they might live
Pentecost 2022 is almost here! Are you sensing the weightiness of God’s glory about to be released on the earth? Let’s keep our eyes fixed on Him, our spirits alert to perceive what He is doing and o...
Ramadan, the Islamic month of daytime fasting, begins April 2. Right in the middle of this global communal effort to gain God's favour through self-denial and intensified prayer, Christians will cele...
The musical My Fair Lady is about an arrogant phonetician who bets another linguist that he can transform a lower class "flower girl" with a thick Cockney accent into a proper lady within six months....
These past few weeks, the Lord seems to be pointing out my personal shortcomings and asking me to write about them. It's humbling, and appropriately so as we approach our remembrance of Jesus' crucif...
Sunday last, we took a Muslim international student out for dinner to celebrate his birthday. He chose a place that serves the kind of food he would eat at home.
Last Saturday, we threw off the confines of COVID and had two couples with small children over for dinner. Both couples have lived in Canada between 10 and 20 years, and both come from cultures quite...
Around the time of Holocaust Remembrance Day, in rapid succession, I read two books to help me observe it meaningfully. The first was Maus: A Survivor's Tale, a graphic novel in which cartoonist Art ...
It has been over 20 years since 911 when Islam grabbed the world spotlight in a most brutal and terrifying way. People immediately began educating themselves about militant Islam.
My friend left Islam decades ago and has passionately prayed for her family ever since. Through the years, she has experienced verbal attacks on her faith, rejection (including divorce), strong press...
Contemplating how extraordinary and incomprehensible it is that Christ chooses to live in human beings like you and me, I looked up "Christ in you". Of course, Colossians 1:27 appeared. As I read the...
As you pray this month for your local Muslim community, use these prayer pointers to help. Join us as we seek to bless our Muslim neighbours in the name of Jesus.