News & Events

We are excited to officially welcome Rev. Cheryl Ann Beals as our Director of Clergy Formation & Health, a new department concerned with the overall health and well being of our CABC pastors and staff. She brings a wide range of experience to this role…. Read More »

Last weekend almost 200 leaders in children / family ministries from all over the Atlantic Provinces gathered for an exciting time of connecting, worship, and training!  This is the second year for NEXT Conference, and it was a great success! NEXT Conference is an annual… Read More »

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,…”. People in ministry today could relate to this quote from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Good news stories of individuals growing in Christ are often met with negative elements that… Read More »

How many times have you thought you saw something, only to take a second look and realize that it wasn’t what you thought at all?  I remember when Twila and I were driving across Canada in the summer of ’97.  On one particular evening in… Read More »

After eight years of dedication and service, we sadly announce that Rev. Dale Stairs will leave his role as Director of Youth & Family Ministries with the CABC at the end of August. Dale will take on the new position as Director of the Bachelor… Read More »

18 years ago, as we stood on the threshold of cross-cultural ministry in Africa, tentatively taking stock of the Somali world and seriously second-guessing ourselves, an experienced field worker “pushed” us into the unknown with this advice: “Just enter the chaos.” Looking back, I’m not… Read More »

“I began to see a real need for a book that could teach the basic doctrines,” explains Heather Goodwin, author of For Of Such Is The Kingdom Of Heaven, a new workbook designed to help guide children (age 9-12) through the basic doctrines of Scripture… Read More »

The other night when I was at the Diner with my boys, the oldest pulls out a fistful of firecrackers, my first response was not a parental, “Where did you get those?” with the accompanying gasp – instead it was an awed, “How many of… Read More »

In an age of skepticism and futility Christianity offers hope. Jesus reversed the effects of death and circumvented the meaninglessness of existence. The Resurrection, what an amazing concept, that death is not the end! If Christ was raised from the dead there is hope for… Read More »

At a special ceremony held on February 22, 2013 at Crandall University, three outstanding faculty members became the university’s first Professors Emeriti. Dr. Douglas Mantz, Dr. Carol Thorne, and Dr. Gary LeBlanc were each recognized for their longstanding service to the university and its students…. Read More »