Category: Paul Carline

“I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home.” Matthew 25:35 Over the past few weeks we’ve all seen the rise in news stories about the refugee crisis particularly in the Middle East. The horrifying stories and images of people attempting to flee… Read More »

The number of refugees from Syria has now topped 4 million people. Worldwide, there are 20 million refugees that have been displaced from their homes. The CABC is responding by committing to sponsoring 50 families. We’re part of a wider Canadian Baptist story where 100… Read More »

What would it take to force you out of Canada? Aside from our recent winter, would natural disaster or social upheaval force you to abandon your home, belongings, and say “goodbye” to life as you know it? Can you imagine what would force you to… Read More »

Paradise Baptist Church (NS) is moving ahead in their quest to sponsor a family displaced by the violence in the Middle East. The refugee sponsorship team of Paradise Baptist took the next step and chose the family they would sponsor and help to settle in… Read More »

Today is Epiphany – The Appearing. Some traditions more accurately call it Theophany – The Appearing of God. The Word of all creation became flesh, became Immanuel – God with us, and we have seen his glory. Some mark the feast by focussing on Christ’s… Read More »

At a church anniversary service last month, I remembered an incident in Africa. In 2005 while travelling with some Kenyan pastors, I told them my church back home was celebrating over 200 years of existence. They were impressed (their tribe had only had the gospel… Read More »

After 25 years of marriage Kelly and I did something we’ve never done before. Well, that’s a lie. It was more me than she who did it and I’d done it once before – exactly four years ago. I brought TV into our home! In… Read More »

The New Paths Indigenous Peoples Ministry Conference was held in Mississauga, ON on April 4-5, 2014. Rev. Paul Carline (CABC’s Director of Intercultural Ministries and CBM Strategic Associate) was one of the key organizers of the event. Read more about the event here on Paul’s… Read More »

June 20th is World Refugee Day (churches will observe it Sunday June 15 or 22). The first time I heard about WRD was in Dadaab, Kenya – now earth’s largest refugee camp with 500,000 of the planet’s 15 million internationally displaced people (there’s another 30… Read More »

The New Paths Canadian Baptist Indigenous Peoples Ministry Conference kicked off 2 weeks ago with a plenary address from Regional Chief Stan Beardy – one of Ontario’s most senior First Nations leaders. With the talk title “Resetting the Relationship” and with the Truth and Reconciliation… Read More »