Category: Church Stories

The Apple Blossom Trailer Park in Fredericton is a long, long way from Benin, West Africa. But when a 32-year old missionary returned to New Brunswick, he began to apply what he had learned as a missionary in Africa to this trailer park of 50… Read More »

The Westmoreland-Kent Baptist Association are hosting their annual pastor’s Prayer Summit and extends an invitation to all CABC pastors. The retreat provides encouragement and opportunity for pastors to draw closer to God in the midst of challenging schedules. Says organizer Mark Hunter, “Being heavily involved… Read More »

Since 1996, Linda Naves has been faithfully serving Canadian Baptist Ministries here in Atlantic Canada. Keeping an office in the CABC building in Saint John, Linda has visited many of our churches and has been a great source of information, wisdom & insight to the… Read More »

Prior to becoming President of Kingswood University, Dr. Mark Gorveatte spent ten years spearheading a church planting movement as a District Superintendent for the Wesleyan Church in the United States. They planted 22 churches in ten years, 20 of these churches are still thriving today… Read More »

A New Year’s Message from Rev. Sandy Sutherland, CABC President: Early in my time as president of our Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches, I began to see our Convention in a whole new way. All my life I had thought of us as a family… Read More »

Encouraging news for small churches! There is growth in rural Nova Scotia in the small church! May we be an encouragement to you sharing our good news not only for our little church, but for the whole Convention of Baptist believers! God is so good!… Read More »

Many churches have monthly communion offerings, often as an opportunity for individuals to support their local church’s benevolence programs. Each year CABC churches are encouraged to designate their December communion offerings to the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches. These funds are then used to offer… Read More »

We are pleased to announce that Rev. Jennifer Rowsell was ordained to pastoral ministry by the congregation of The Journey Church on Saturday, November 3, 2012. Rev. Jen is currently serving as our Next Generations Pastor. This was an exciting celebration with both Next Gens… Read More »

In our 180th year as a congregation, God has taken us on quite a journey. The weekend we were set to celebrate our 180th Anniversary, a devastating flood hit our village of Perth-Andover, NB – destroying dozens of homes, businesses and public buildings. Our church… Read More »

It was mid July when Lynn Erskine, the associate pastor of worship and mission at Immanuel Baptist Church in Truro, challenged a group of friends to do what they were already doing – to run – but to do it with purpose. “I am able… Read More »