Baptists in Canada
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History
Baptist missionary work began on the Atlantic coast in the 1760s but took around 100 years to reach the west coast.
The first congregations organized in Central Canada were at
Three significant shifts in associations have occurred, between 1905 and 1906, in 1927, and in 1953. From 1905 to 1906, the United Baptist Convention of the Maritime Provinces formed from the union of the Maritime Convention of Maritime Baptists, the Free Baptists of New Brunswick, and the Free Baptists of Nova Scotia.
In 1944, the BCOQ joined with the United Baptist Convention of the Maritimes and the Baptist Union of Western Canada to form the first national Canadian Baptist association, the Canadian Baptist Federation.[8] In 1995, they merged with the Canadian Baptist International Ministries to form Canadian Baptist Ministries. The four conventions still exist within the association and counted over 1100 member churches in 1995.
By 1953 some churches had dropped out of the Union of Regular Baptist Churches, but the remainder joined with the Fellowship of Independent Baptist Churches (founded 1933) and formed the
A Regular Baptist church in British Columbia joined a Southern Baptist Convention affiliate in 1953. The first SBC association was formed in 1955 and there are now 233 churches, in most provinces and territories, with the largest concentration in western Canada.[9]
The Canadian National Baptist Convention was founded in 1985.[10]
Statistics
According to the
Education
The regional conventions of the
Baptist denominations have also founded several
References
- ^ Robert S. Wilson, "Patterns of Canadian Baptist Life in the Twentieth Century," Baptist History & Heritage (2001) 36# 1/2, pp 27-60.
- ^ a b c Bumstead, J. M. (1984). Henry Alline, 1748-1784. Lancelot Press, Hantsport, NS.
- ^ a b Rawlyk, George A. (1986). The Sermons of Henry Alline. Lancelot Press for Acadia Divinity College and the Baptist Historical Committee of the United Baptist Convention of the Atlantic Provinces, Hantsport.
- ^ Bell, D.G. Henry Alline and Maritime Religion. Canadian Historical Association, Ottawa, 1993.
- ^ William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 3
- ^ E. R. Fitch, ed., The Baptists of Canada (Toronto, 1911)
- ^ Daniel C. Goodwin, "Maritime Baptist Union and the Power of Regionalism." Journal of Ecumenical Studies 41.2 (2004): 125+
- ^ William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 121
- ^ Callum Jones, "Western Canadian Baptists and the Southern Baptist 'invasion' of the 1950s." Baptist Quarterly (2014) 45#7 pp 413-429.
- ^ George A. Rawlyk, Aspects of the Canadian Evangelical Experience, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, Canada, 1997, p. 222
- ^ George A. Rawlyk, Canadian Baptists and Christian Higher Education, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, Canada, 1988, p. 6
- ^ Aaron W. Hughes, From Seminary to University: An Institutional History of the Study of Religion in Canada, University of Toronto Press, Canada, 2020, p. 33
- ^ William H. Brackney, Congregation and Campus: Baptists in Higher Education, Mercer University Press, USA, 2008, p. 137
- ^ Randall Herbert Balmer, Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism: Revised and expanded edition, Baylor University Press, USA, 2004, p. 42
- ^ William H. Brackney, Congregation and Campus: Baptists in Higher Education, Mercer University Press, USA, 2008, p. 377
- ^ William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 214
- ^ William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 120
- ^ Gordon L. Heath, Dallas Friesen, Taylor Murray, Baptists in Canada: Their History and Polity, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2020, p. 78
Further reading
- Coops, Lorraine "'Shelter from the Storm': The Enduring Evangelical Impulse of Baptists in Canada, 1880s to 1890s, in G. A. Rawlyk, ed., Aspects of the Canadian Evangelical Experience (McGill-Queens Press, 1997), pp. 208-223.
- Fitch, E. R., ed. The Baptists of Canada (Toronto, 1911)
- Heath, Gordon L., and Paul R. Wilson, eds. Baptists and Public Life in Canada (Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2012)
- McLeod, Tommy. "'To Bestir Themselves:' Canadian Baptists and the Origins of Brandon College," Manitoba History (2007), Issue 56, pp 22-31. online
- Rawlyk, George, ed. Canadian Baptist and Canadian Higher Education(McGill-Queen's University Press, 1988).
- Wilson, Robert S. "Patterns of Canadian Baptist Life in the Twentieth Century," Baptist History & Heritage (2001) 36# 1/2, pp 27–60. Covers the educational, social, political, missionary, and theological trends; notes that the years 1953-2000 were marked by the union of different Baptist groups.
External links
- Baptist General Conference of Canada - official Web Site
- Canadian National Baptist Convention - official Web Site
- Canadian Baptist Ministries - official Web site
- Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada - official Web Site