Opportunities for Business Leaders and Professionals
Our vision is to see leaders living and leading wholeheartedly for Jesus. The Christian Embassy team endeavours to offer meaningful services that will help inspire you to follow the Greatest Leader of all with all your heart and strength. In doing so, you will be Christ’s ambassador to those you lead and serve. There is no greater faith adventure!
We offer several initiatives that will give you the opportunity to network and connect with diplomats and parliamentarians, as well as with other business leaders and professionals. As you trust Jesus to lead you in your conversations, you may have incredible opportunity to both share your own faith journey and to be inspired by the stories of others.
“Fantastic encounter. I am so grateful. I asked if the spirit of Christianity is in business and then I found you.”
"It was such a wonderful experience! To be able to share values, ideas, mission, faith and business with such influential people was so humbling...Very thankful for the opportunity."
Initiatives for Business Leaders and Professionals
Networking Luncheons
Through our networking luncheons and dinners, the Christian Embassy provides a platform for more than 100 diplomats, parliamentarians and business leaders to make meaningful connections that inform and inspire. You will have the opportunity to hear a Christian leader talk about their professional experience and how a personal relationship with God impacts their personal and professional life.
Ambassador Business Tours
Since 1998, the Christian Embassy has taken more than 170 ambassadors and high commissioners from 92 different nations on three-day ambassador business tours to different Canadian cities. These tours provide you valuable opportunities to: – discover and enjoy Canadian innovation, culture and hospitality
– expand your network of Canadian contacts
– promote business and economic opportunities in your country
Christmas Dinner
The highlight of the year is our Christmas Dinner, which brings together leaders from across Canada. Diplomats, parliamentarians, business leaders and their guests are invited to begin celebrating the Christmas season by enjoying a festive meal, live seasonal music and an inspirational guest speaker.
International Delegations
Since 1989, the Christian Embassy of Canada has sponsored more than seventy-five international tours. These have introduced delegations of Canadian economic and political leaders to national leaders around the world. The purpose of our delegations is to discover the priorities and concerns of the leaders they meet and to build bridges of understanding. They also seek to discuss areas of mutual concern and to explore the possibility of future cooperation. Participation in a delegation also helps members of Parliament increase their understanding of international affairs and helps them network more easily with leaders overseas.
Events for Business Leaders and Professionals
“Anchored in Reality: Why Christmas Matters”, Mr. Abdu Murray
December 1, 2026, 18h00
“Anchored in Reality: Why Christmas Matters” with Mr. Abdu Murray, J.D.
Diplomats, parliamentarians, business leaders and their guests are invited to begin celebrating the Christmas season by enjoying a festive meal, live seasonal music and inspirational keynote speaker Mr. Abdu Murray.
The bedrock of reality seems to be shifting underneath our feet in these turbulent times. Yet the Christmas story remains an unchanging influence on cultures, institutions and our lives. We invite you to discover the deeper meaning and significance of this world-changing event.
On Mission Together: Reflections on a Political Life – Hon. Ed Fast, PC KC and Mrs. Annette Fast
November 24, 2025
“On Mission Together: Reflections on a Political Life” with the Honourable Ed Fast PC KC and Mrs. Annette Fast
Diplomats, parliamentarians, business leaders and their guests are invited to begin celebrating the Christmas season by enjoying a festive meal, live seasonal music and inspirational keynote speakers the Honourable Ed Fast, PC KC and Mrs. Annette Fast.
When a spouse enters politics, it affects both partners deeply. Ed and Annette Fast speak on how Ed’s 34 years in public life entailed both sacrifice and reward. They address their struggle to manage career, community and family, and how their commitment to serve God informed the many decisions they made along the way.
For the Love of Food – Dr. Don Buckingham and Mrs. Julia Sáez
December 3, 2024
We find life and meaning in what, when, where and how we eat. And we love eating! But in many homes across Canada and in communities around the world, finding enough food to eat, let alone at a desired frequency and with loved ones, will be a challenge this Christmas.
Join father/daughter duo, Don and Julia, for a journey into their worlds of food, agriculture, human rights and international development as they reflect on why there is food insecurity in our world of abundance and what we can do about it.
Peace in Conflict? – Mr. Abdu Murray, J. D.
April 17, 2024
The impact of global conflicts have given rise to increased uncertainty and fear. Three aspects of human experience arise from conflict: cries of Sorrow arising from loss, demands for Justice, and questions about Love in the face of seeming indifference to our suffering. Abdu Murray explains how ancient wisdom can resolve all three aspects of conflict in a way that brings peace that defies our circumstances.
40th Christmas Dinner – Hon. Hugh Fraser, O.C.
November 28, 2023
“Cultural Change in Sport” with the Honourable Justice Hugh L. Fraser, O.C.
Chair of the Hockey Canada Board of Directors
Diplomats, parliamentarians, business leaders and their guests are invited to begin celebrating the Christmas season by enjoying a festive meal, live seasonal music and inspirational keynote speaker and Olympian, the Honourable Justice Hugh L. Fraser, O.C.
Canadian Agriculture: a Force for Food, a Force for Good – Mr. Ian Ross
May 17, 2023
Canada’s Role: Feeding the World while Saving the Planet
Ian Ross explores Canada’s role in feeding the world while saving the planet in a networking luncheon “A Force for Food, a Force for Good.”
Journeying with Jesus – Mrs. Anne-Marie Montgomery
February 16, 2023
How can we be witnesses in a very natural and relevant way that draws on all that we have learned from our own journey with God? How can we help others become curious about Jesus and want to grow in their own relationship with God, moving from seeker to discipler?
39th Christmas Dinner – Mr. Peter Hall
November 29, 2022
Is there reason for hope in these times which seem to be defined by gloomy forecasts? Hear of critical elements that are almost entirely absent from today’s policy, strategic and social discourse.
Speaking Words of Life and Hope – Barbara Rudd Degenhardt
October 13, 2022
Living out our abundant life and overflowing hope
Our world is in need of solutions to address the challenges we are facing. How can I make a difference by speaking life and hope in my workplace, my family and my community?
Be Filled with the Spirit! – Mr. Robert Montgomery
June 7, 2022
It is impossible to live the Christian life without the Holy Spirit. As believers we want to know how to be filled with the Holy Spirit and how to help other believers experience His power and work in their lives.
Becoming Effective Kingdom Emissaries – Mrs. Barbara Rudd Degenhardt
April 28, 2022
Grow in confidence and effectiveness in interacting with diplomats and dignitaries:
– Connecting, engaging and hosting
– Developing active listening skills
– Understanding cultural contexts
– Speaking life and hope
Navigating International Business in 2022 – Mr. Rob Wildeboer
February 23, 2022
Challenges in the automotive sector, one of the most innovative and technologically advanced industries in the world, provide the background to discuss issues of international trade, supply chain dynamics and public policy adjustments, including energy and environmentally related policy.
38th Christmas Celebration – Supreme Court of Canada Justice, the Honourable Russell Brown
November 23, 2021
A Christmas celebration to inspire and connect diplomats, parliamentarians and business leaders from across Canada and the world.
What is the most important judicial virtue? For decades, lawyers, judges and academics have debated this. The leading views focus on competing virtues of sympathy and detachment, but can they be reconciled? And if so, how?
Life Unmasked – the Honourable Stockwell Day PC
May 20, 2021
Hope for the future with lessons from the past. Join diplomats, parliamentarians, business leaders and spouses for this webinar, followed by Q and A and optional discussion groups.
Global Trade – Danger Ahead! – Dr. Ann Penner
April 7, 2021
Global trade and supply chains are in peril. Countries are pursuing protectionism. Is there a resolution? What is a way forward? Dr. Ann Penner discusses these issues and The Honourable Ed Fast, former Minister of International Trade, gives concluding remarks.
37th Christmas Celebration “Hope in Uncertainty” – Dr. Peter Chung
December 1 and 2, 2020
Financial challenges, isolation, relational stresses, illness or the death of a loved one…Where does one find hope?
A virtual Christmas celebration to inspire and connect diplomats, parliamentarians and business leaders from across Canada and the world.
2020 Global Leadership Summit: World Class Leadership Training
August 6 – 7, 2020
The Global Leadership Summit is your opportunity to gain access to a wealth of leadership insight from a world-class faculty ready to equip and inspire you—no matter where you have influence.
Now more than ever, when you grow in your leadership, you can withstand difficult seasons, re-imagine the future, strengthen your relationships, improve your business, and provide hope to your community through effective charity or church engagement.
Join us this year in a global movement of more than 420,000 people learning together across 124 countries.
Stop Human Trafficking. What can we do? – Joy Smith
May 21, 2020
Human trafficking is a global crime that affects every country. It happens every day. Traffickers make annual profits as high as $36 billion worldwide.
Recession. Re-flation. Restoration. – Jonathan Wellum
April 21, 2020
As a result of the public health policy response to COVID-19, the global economy is experiencing the largest contraction in GDP in modern history. This has thrust the global economy into an economic recession/depression. Governments and central banks have responded with massive spending programs funded by record levels of debt coupled with an enormous expansion in the money supply.
Jonathan will be discussing some of the impacts and potential unintended
consequences of these dramatic actions. He will address the questions:
What are some of the impacts and potential unintended consequences of these dramatic actions?
As decision makers what approach might we take?
How do we begin economic and spiritual restoration?
36th Christmas Dinner: Peace on Earth? – Mr. Michael Ramsden
December 2, 2019
Diplomats, parliamentarians, business leaders and their guests are invited to begin celebrating the Christmas season by enjoying a festive meal, live seasonal music and inspirational keynote speaker Michael Ramsden.