Craig Kraft Articles

Did you know that in 2022, Canada aims to welcome 431,645 new permanent residents? And over the next 3 years, Canada aims to welcome 1.3 million new permanent residents?

Welcoming strange...

Months before we plunged into a socially isolating global pandemic, I completed a research project on the impact of hospitality in Canadian Churches. I studied a number of Canadian congregations en...

February 2022 Update from Outreach Canada's Executive Directior, Dr. Craig Kraft. 

Canadian Christians should be known by their love and acts of hospitality. Followers of Jesus should reflect the qualities of the One they are following. 

January 2022 Update from Outreach Canada's Executive Directior, Dr. Craig Kraft. 

4 Simple Suggestions to Include Hospitality in your Christmas celebrations. Christmas is a time for hospitality; a time to open our homes and extend a warm welcome to friends and family. ...

One of the things that should be on all our prayer lists right now is our church.  Pastors, elders, and various leaders and ministries have had a challenging time as we live through a global p...

We just installed new signs on our office and this provides an opportunity to look back at a moment in our history!

We often think of missions as being to the "ends of the earth," but Jesus commissioned his followers to be his witnesses, starting in Jerusalem, right where they were. As followers of Jesus, we are...

Welcoming strangers has become one of our greatest needs and significant challenges as Christians in Canada. Here are 4 opportunities, for individuals & churches, to demonstrate hospitalit...

Young Canadians need to hear the gospel message, but where will they hear it? Jesus Cares Canada recognizes that social media provides a great opportunity for fresh, unencumbered access to the Gosp...

One day our churches will reopen. As we prepare for that eventuality, churches would do well to discern the difference between treating newcomers as visitors or guests.