Events

Helping Your Connect With the Marketplace

There are many great Christian events and organizations in the lower mainland that reach out business people and professionals. Business by the Book supports the following organizations:

Alpha in The Workplace: is an opportunity to explore life’s greatest questions in a discussion group with other business people.

Contact:

  • Allan Burnett: 604-618-4437 or allan@thechapels.ca
  • Tim Ernst: 604-657-7087 or timernst@telus.net
  • Alpha Canada: 604-304-2082 or info@alphacanada.org
 

Business by the Book: A luncheon where business leaders share how their faith in Jesus Christ has impacted their work places and family.  Every first Wednesday of every month at the FortisBC Centre, 1111 West Georgia.

Contact:

  • Dave Koop: 604-684-8475 or dkoop@coastalchurch.org
 

City In Focus: The goal of the ministry is to communicate the love of Jesus Christ in a sensitive and challenging manner to the business and professional people of Vancouver. Breakfast with a speaker 2nd Friday every two months. Vancouver Club 915 West Hastings.

Contact:

  • Tom Cooper: 604-687-7292 or info@cityinfocus.ca
  • Bill Wong: billw@cityinfocus.ca
 

Faith in the Marketplace: Weekly Talks from Scripture – An “Oasis of encouragement in the middle of the city, in the middle of the week”.  12:15 to 12:45 sessions are held Wednesdays at either the Boardroom or Meeting room down on the concourse level of HSBC 885 W. Georgia, the best entrance is from 650 Hornby St, 50 steps north of Georgia just before the 885 Fitness Centre.

Contact:

  • Herb Reesor: 224-5245 or herb777@lightspeed.ca
 

LeaderImpact Group: Helping marketplace leaders discover the relevance of faith in their professional and personal lives. Our Leadership Forums and Discovery Groups offer opportunities to further those conversations and help leaders explore issues of faith and spirituality.

Contact:

  • Tim Chan: 604-808-2949 or timc@leaderimpactgroup.com
 

The Navigators: Helps business and professional men integrate and extend their faith to their families, peers and their community.

Contact:

  • Tim Ernst: 604-657-7087 or timernst@telus.net
 

Marketplace Connections – Vancouver’s Women’s Ministry: Offers friendship and encouragement in Jesus Christ to business and professional women.

Contact:

  • Edie Rittinger: 604-669-0105 or er0105@telus.net
 

Reel Light: A network of Christians in the entertainment and media industry in Vancouver who meet occasionally for encouragement & outreach.

Contact:

  • Debra Sears: 604-831-4524 or debsears@telus.net
 

Intercultural Network: The focus of this team is to reach, resource and release new immigrants within our community to further the Kingdom.

Contact:

  • Rebecca Swaim: 604-779-2105 or rnrswaim@telus.net
 

Bread For Lunch: Bringing Christian Scholarship from Regent College into the marketplace by providing a venue for critical and intellectual dialogue during lunch & after work hours between business and theological professionals at various social hubs.

Contact:

  • Jonathan Chan: 778-773-2552 or jonathan@jonathanlkchan.com