Brian Doerksen, the Canadian Christian worship singer and songwriter behind Come, Now Is the Time to Worship, has died at his home in Abbotsford, British Columbia, just four days after publicly revealing he had stage 4 cancer, his family confirmed on social media on Tuesday. He was 60.
Doerksen had only announced his diagnosis days earlier, telling supporters he had been facing serious health concerns since February. A fundraising page set up for the family said scans had revealed a 'mass in the pelvis and spots on the liver, lungs, and near the heart', indicating an advanced and aggressive cancer. No further medical details have been released, and there is no independent confirmation of the precise cause of death, so some of the circumstances remain unverified and should be treated with caution.
