Category: CBAC News

Today is World Refugee Day. The focus in Canada is family reunification. There is a need and an opportunity! Even though Canada is a world leader in refugee resettlement, it is very difficult for new arrivals to sponsor their refugee relatives. They and supporting community… Read More »

June 20th is World Refugee Day. “An unprecedented 65.3 million people around the world have been forced from home. Among them are nearly 21.3 million refugees, over half of whom are under the age of 18.” (Source – http://www.unhcr.org/figures-at-a-glance.html). “Family separation has devastating impacts on… Read More »

Here’s part 5 of our Easter Sunday baptism series. This one was submitted by Rev. Dr. Rhonda Britton, Senior Pastor of Cornwallis Street Baptist Church in Halifax, NS. This also appears on the cover of our most recent Connect brochure sent out to churches. Cornwallis… Read More »

These days, privacy and permission surround our digital footprint in ways we may not even realize. We’ve become very concerned with protecting our privacy and the privacy of those around us. We give organizations permission to access certain information about us in exchange for use… Read More »

ATTN: CHURCH ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS Battery running low? Need a boost? Come to RECHARGE! RECHARGE is in its 2nd year initiative spear-headed by a working group of Church Administrative Assistants and sponsored by the Leadership Development of the Canadian Baptist of Atlantic Canada. RECHARGE’s goal is… Read More »

He is Risen! Matthew 28:1-20 Early on Sunday morning, as the new day was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went out to visit the tomb. 2 Suddenly there was a great earthquake! For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, rolled… Read More »

“Before the Passover celebration, Jesus knew that his hour had come to leave this world and return to his Father. He had loved his disciples during his ministry on earth, and now he loved them to the very end. 2 It was time for supper,… Read More »

As Jesus and the disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to the town of Bethphage on the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of them on ahead. 2 “Go into the village over there,” he said. “As soon as you enter it, you will see a… Read More »

Tuesday April 4th is Refugee Rights Day in Canada. Canada’s reputation as a refugee receiving country is at an all-time high. Our private sponsorship program is particularly admired, but there’s room for improvement – especially around family re-unification. To welcome a refugee family and then… Read More »

Everything has shifted. Everything! And if it hasn’t yet, it will and at lightning speed. Where is the church? Reacting, ignoring, mimicking, stumbling, shrinking, dying. You know this. We as the CBAC know this. And while we have made our own shifts, revamped our vision,… Read More »