Start reporting the growing anti-Christian incidents occurring in Canada
A new portal for reporting stories of anti-Christian prejudice and bias will soon be launched at evangelicalfellowship.ca/reportincident.
Discrimination and hate crimes toward people of faith is growing in Canada. Just watch the news and learn of growing anti-Semitism or attacks on Muslims. These faith communities are now intentionally tracking hate crimes and reporting trends to government officials and the media.
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) is about to launch a new way of monitoring a new way of monitoring discrimination, hate crime, vandalism, and violence against Christians in Canada. Christians will be able to report incidents of anti-Christian behaviour and the EFC will track trends including the frequency and intensity of these incidents. This will provide EFC with the sound evidence needed to better advocate for religious freedom and to call civil authorities to follow through on their human rights obligations.
EFC President, David Guretzki, said: “We believe this monitor is needed as anti-religious sentiment increases.” Evangelicals don’t often face violence or physical threat, but anti-evangelical commentary on the news and social media is commonplace with an attempt to remove and exclude a Christian worldview from public life. Local churches who apply for government grants discover they are flagged and reviewed due to their beliefs. A proposed Christian Law School at Trinity Western University was never established due to the efforts of a law society and the Supreme Court. There is documented evidence that Canadian university faculty proposed excluding applicants to medical school if they were conscientious objectors to practices such as MAiD or abortion. Our bastions of “free-thinking” have become ideological echo chambers.
Anti-Christian bias may come in the form of being looked over or not taken seriously but there is increasing anti-Christian sentiment that includes slander, libel, vandalism, and violence. Thirty-three churches have burned to the ground in Canada between May 2021 and December 2023 with twenty-four confirmed as arsons and only two ruled as accidental.
If you become aware of anti-Christian discrimination, hate, vandalism, or violence – I encourage you to report the incident at evangelicalfellowship.ca/reportincident once the service goes live.
To view the latest edition of the Fellowship’s Religious Liberty WATCH newsletter and learn more about recent religious liberty issues in Canada, click here.