This is the first official notice of the Renewal Day and Annual General Meeting of The Renewal Fellowship Within The Presbyterian Church in Canada. In these days of relativism, deepfakes, and social media, young people are looking for truth that they can believe in and real people that they can connect with. The future of the church is with the young, and God is definitely at work on university campuses! Our guest speaker this year will be Rev. Dr. Todd Statham, who will share from his experience as the Christian Reformed campus pastor at The University of British Columbia (Okanagan). … Read more
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New Publications
The December 2025 issue of Living in Truth, the online magazine of The Renewal Fellowship has now been published.
A printable version of the Prayer Calendar for the first quarter, January to March 2026, is available for download in PDF format here. The Prayer Calendar requests are also sent as a convenient daily reminder or as a weekly or monthly summary with your subscription to Renewal Fellowship e-mailings. You can email us your public prayer requests for inclusion in the Prayer Calendar. We encourage prayers with specific dates for specific congregations and ministries.
2025 Revised Constitution and 2024 Annual Reports
The Renewal Fellowship’s Constitution, as revised at the annual general meeting on Saturday, May 3, 2025, has been posted on the website, and is also available for download in printable PDF format. The Renewal Fellowship’s Annual Reports for 2024 as presented at the annual general meeting on Saturday, May 3, 2025, are also available for … Read more
Our Constitution
As adopted at the Annual General Meeting on May 3, 2025
In our love for the authentic Church in the Reformed tradition, including The Presbyterian Church in Canada, and in gratitude to God for its contribution to our spiritual growth, we as believers desire to be united in common fellowship. ... Read more
Download the entire Winter 2024 issue of Renewal News in PDF format, or read and comment on the individual articles as follows:
- Renewal renewal – RF proposes a new way forward
- In Joyful Expectation – Rev. Sandy Copland-Dufour, RF Board Chair
- Holy Imagination! – 2023 Pastors' Retreat report
- Introducing Andrew introducing – Rev. Dr. Richard Topping
- Get back to where we once belonged – Rev. Paul D. Johnson
Download the entire Fall 2023 issue of Renewal News in PDF format, or read and comment on the individual articles as follows:
- A new front emerges – Opposition to Physician Assisted Suicide/MAID by Rev. Andy Cornell
- Bread in the wilderness by Rev. Sandy Copland-Dufour
- Physician Assisted Suicide: Readers respond
- Retreat needs financial support by Rev. Andy Cornell
- Go to the desert road by Rev. Dr. Joon-ki Kim
- Good news, but challenge remains
- Thanks to our Supporting Congregations!
- Become a Supporting Congregation
- Christianity and Liberalism by Rev. Andy Cornell
Good news, but challenge remains
Decline slowed after increased financial support from congregations. Thanks to our faithful supporters, the decline in our finances for the first half of 2023 was not as bad as we had expected. Renewal Fellowship lost $17,288 from January to June compared to a budgeted loss of $26,552. Part of the reason for this is the … Read more
Thanks to our Supporting Congregations!
For many years, congregations have formally indicated their partnership in our ministry with a minimum annual gift of $100.00. From September 2022 to the end of August 2023, Renewal Fellowship received a total of $18,514 from 14 congregations. Amounts ranged from $100 to $3,499 in lump sums or installments. Here is a listing of supporting congregations for 2022-23 … Read more
Being a Supporting Congregation
A Supporting Congregation receives (a) the satisfaction of knowing that it is furthering the Renewal Fellowship's mission, (b) a listing among the Renewal Fellowship's Supporting Congregations for those looking for a new church, (c) priority consultation with the Executive DIrector (d) free use of the Renewal Fellowship's logo … Read more
We confess our racial bias
A Confession From the majority or dominant group within The Presbyterian Church in Canada to its minority and marginalized communities, adopted by General Assembly on June 7, 2023. Preamble Reading and responding to this confession cannot be done with an unredeemed heart, still filled with prejudice, judgment, and self-righteousness. To read and understand this document … Read more