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Our “Traditional Canadian Thanksgiving Dinner” went incredibly well… We didn’t make it a “ticketed” event, so we had no way to gauge the number of people coming in advance. We decided 150 was the maximum we could accommodate in the building over the course of… Read More »

Two rural CABC churches have come together in a partnership with Canadian Baptist Ministries (CBM) and with the Bolivia Baptist Union in the STEP Program (Serving, Training, Energizing Partnerships). New Heights and New Tusket Baptist Churches in the Yarmouth Association in Nova Scotia have agreed… Read More »

This podcast is a conversation with the authors of the revealing study “Hemorrhaging Faith: Why and When Canadian Young Adults are Leaving, Staying and Returning to Church”. Dr. Jody Linkletter (Assoc. Dir. Youth & Family, CABC) sits down with James Penner and Rachael Harder to… Read More »

Economic changes in recent years has given rise to record numbers of people accessing food banks in communities around Atlantic Canada. Many of these people are turning to local churches for help as well. Edith Avenue Baptist Church in Saint John, NB, is offering cooking… Read More »

Listen to a conversation with Dr. Lois Mitchell (Dir. Public Witness & Social Concerns), Paul Carline (Dir. Intercultural Ministries), and Larry & Lynn Pearce (Coordinators of Refugee and Uprooted Peoples Issues with Canadian Baptists of Western Canada). This round table discussion touches on some of… Read More »

Mid September 2012 marked the start of construction of a new facility for Havelock United Baptist Church at 2046 Route 885 Havelock NB. The site has been prepped and the foundation is being poured. “God has blessed us beyond all measure”, says Darryll Jonah. “Our… Read More »

When children and teens join with their parents in serving God, families and their faith is strengthened. This year the Youth & Family Department of the CABC offered opportunities for families to participate in two mission trips – one to Toronto in March and another… Read More »

On February 6, 2012, MP Stephen Woodworth filed Motion 312 requesting that Parliament form a special committee to review Canada’s legislative definition of a “human being”. This is a really important discussion which has implications on a number of fronts. The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada… Read More »

In August, First Elgin United Baptist Church had a baptism. Pictured: Joel Church (left), Pastor David Hawkesworth (center), Elijah Martin (right).

A major research project has just been released that takes an in depth look at why Canadian young people are leaving the church. “Only one in three Canadian young adults who attended church weekly as a child still do so today,” says James Penner, lead… Read More »