Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada

The Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada (CBAC), formerly

Canadian Baptists of
known as Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches (CABC), is
a Baptist Christian association of churches in the eastern provinces Atlantic Canada
of Canada. The offices of the CBAC are located in Moncton, New Classification Evangelicalism
Brunswick. The union is one of four components of Canadian Theology Baptist
Baptist Ministries.
Associations Canadian Baptist
Ministries ·
History Evangelical
Fellowship of
The Baptist Convention of the Maritime Provinces was
Canada
founded in 1846.[1] The Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada was
formed in 1905-1906 as the United Baptist Convention of the Region Atlantic Canada
Maritimes by a union of Free, or Free Will Baptists and Headquarters Moncton, New
Calvinistic or Regular Baptists.[2] The Regular Baptist and Free Brunswick,
Will Baptist congregations wrote a statement of faith and polity Canada
called the "Basis of Union" with which both groups could agree.
With the addition of Newfoundland to Canada, the name was Origin 1846
changed to the United Baptist Convention of the Atlantic Congregations 450
Provinces in 1963.[3] Many of these churches still carry "United Official website baptist-atlantic.ca
Baptist" in their official name. In 2001, the name was changed to (http://baptist-atla
the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches. In 2016, the name
ntic.ca)
was changed to the Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada.[4]

Since 1944 CBAC has been one of the partners in the Canadian Baptist Federation (now known as
Canadian Baptist Ministries).[5]

Organization
According to a census published by the association in 2020, it had 450 churches and 21 associations across
the Atlantic provinces (New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island).[6] The
CBAC is subdivided into nine regions for local cooperation.

Beliefs
The association has a Baptist confession of faith.[7] The Union is a member of Canadian Baptist Ministries
and Evangelical Fellowship of Canada.

Education
Crandall University is a partner of the Union.[8] It houses the Baptist Heritage Center whose 300 artifacts
preserve the material history of Atlantic Baptists, the Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada, and its
predecessor organizations. The collection and archives includes objects used in worship services, furniture,
musical instruments, church building architecture pictures and printed material.[9]

Sources
Baptists Around the World, by Albert W. Wardin, Jr.
The Baptist Heritage: Four Centuries of Baptist Witness, by H. Leon McBeth

See also
Baptists in Canada
Henry Alline

External links
Official website (http://baptist-atlantic.ca/)

References
1. Gordon L. Heath, Dallas Friesen, Taylor Murray, Baptists in Canada: Their History and
Polity, Wipf and Stock Publishers, US, 2020, p. 35
2. Drew Blankman, Todd Augustine, Pocket Dictionary of North American Denominations,
InterVarsity Press, US, 2010, p. 27
3. James H. Marsh, The Canadian Encyclopedia, McClelland & Stewart, Canada, 1999, p. 194
4. "New name, renewed vision" (http://baptist-atlantic.ca/news/new-name-renewed-vision/).
Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
5. "Ministry Partners" (https://web.archive.org/web/20161019083215/http://cbmin.org/who-we-a
re/ministrypartners/). Canadian Baptist Ministries. Archived from the original (http://www.cbmi
n.org/who-we-are/ministrypartners/) on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
6. Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada,OUR CBAC (https://baptist-atlantic.ca/our-conventio
n/), baptist-atlantic.ca, Canada, retrieved April 25, 2020
7. Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada,OUR BELIEFS (https://baptist-atlantic.ca/our-conventi
on/our-beliefs/), baptist-atlantic.ca, Canada, retrieved April 25, 2020
8. Randall Herbert Balmer, Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism: Revised and expanded edition,
Baylor University Press, US, 2004, p. 42
9. Baptist Heritage Center (http://www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/GetMuseumProfile.do?l
ang=en&chinCode=guadxf) Archived (https://archive.today/20130628052513/http://www.mu
seevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/GetMuseumProfile.do?lang=en&chinCode=guadxf) 2013-06-
28 at archive.today

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