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A World in Crisis

The world is in crisis, but it's a crisis and a worldview that many in the church don't understand, let alone recognize. Here's why: we're caught up in this crisis too. It's the very water we're swimming in.

Famed Canadian sociologist Charles Taylor calls this the Immanent Frame.

The world we live in is a world where faith is not assumed, where transcendence is optional, where the divine doesn't show up, and where religious claims must make sense within everyday experience.

Unless we (and unless our congregations) understand this shift, we risk speaking a language people no longer can hear, making the mission of the church - our embodiment and proclamation of the gospel - near impossible.

And so this year, the Conference's various speakers have been invited to share stories and engage us with practices that will help deepen our loving response to our neighbours in ways they might understand.

Schedule

Session 1: Thursday, January 29, 2026

  • 4:00PM - 6:30PM (Pacific)
  • 5.00PM - 7.30pm (Mountain)

Session 2: Saturday, January 31, 2026

  • 7:00AM - 9:30AM (Pacific)
  • 8.00AM - 10.30AM (Mountain)

Session 3: Saturday, January 31, 2026

  • 10:30AM - 1:30PM (Pacific)
  • 11.30AM - 2.30PM (Mountain)
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Keynote Speakers

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The Rt. Rev. Dr. Lynne McNaughton
Bishop of Kootenay
Christ's Church Responds

The thing is, we can't just ignore the immanent frame, hoping it will go away. This is the context in which we minister, requiring us to understand its language and practices, so that the Good News can be translated into the realities that shape peoples' day-to-day experiences.

To do this the Church's participation in God's mission must embody hospitality, and be grounded in genuine, open, non-anxious encounter. This isn't simply church for others, but church with others. 

In this context, the practices of community must be meaningful and engaging, meeting people where they're at, and journeying towards liberation, together. 

To take up this call is to open the possibility to renewal and transformation -- for us, for our communities of faith, and for the world God loves. It is to become more open to God, more authentic to ourselves, and ultimately, more spiritually compelling for a world in crisis.

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