Here is the Most Recent Edition of The Bulletin
A PDF copy of The Bulletin is available here
Letter to Members and Friends of the CABF
The May 2025 Letter to Members and Friends is available here.
We encouraged you to share this with those who you feel might be interested and to post it on your Church bulletin board.
If you have not received a copy of this letter in your personal email account and would like to receive future communications as soon as they are posted, just notify us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
--CABF Executive and Council
Find Out More About Proposed Amendments to By-Law #2
In only a 3 1/2 weeks, we will be convening for the annual Rushton Lecture and for a short (business) Meeting of Members to vote on an amendment package to the CABF By-Laws that has been recommended by the team working on the Special Project to Update the CABF Governance Structure and approved by CABF Council for presentation to the membership for a vote as a Special Resolution.
For those interested in an opportunity to find out more about the proposed ammendments to our By-Laws, ask questions and make comments, we will be pleased to schedule on-line (Zoom) Town Hall Information/Discussion sessions. Please send your request by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
For those who would like to read a copy of the introductory presentation (PowerPoint) used at the Town Hall Sessions, a copy is available here.
Council Approves Plan for Membership to Vote on Amendments to CABF By-Law #2
At its meeting on March 12, 2024, CABF Council approved a plan to inform the CABF Membership of progress on the Special Project to Update the CABF Governance Structure and the proposed amendments to CABF By-Law #2 in preparation for a vote on the amendments as a Special Resolution at the time of the upcoming Rushton Lecture on Saturday, June 7, 2025.
To see more detail on the Special Project and to view the proposed amendments to the CABF By-Law #2, please follow this link and scroll down. Canadian Association for Baptist Freedoms - Constitution and Policies.
The April 9, 2025 Letter to Members with a progress report on the Special Project to Update the CABF Governance Structure is available here.
Notice
Some unscrupulous person has searched our website and found records of the Nominating Committee reports from former Annual General Meetings. These contained personal information such as phone numbers and email addresses that were intended for Council use only. This information has been used to send spam messages to Council and Committee members appearing to ask for the purchase of gift cards or similar scams or requesting urgent communication.
Please do NOT respond to these requests as they are NOT from CABF, its Council or Committees. These postings containing personal information have been taken down and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience that may have been caused.
Welcome
Join CABF in welcoming our newest member church, First Baptist Church, Saskatoon, SK.
Learn more about this congregation on their website: firstbaptistchurchsaskatoon.ca.
New Catgegory of Pastoral Accreditation
At the AGM held on September 24, 2024, the members ratified changes to the Policy on Credentials Committee which had been recommended by the Credentials Committee and approved by the CABF Council.
These changes have established a new category of accreditation to allow a local church to request recognition of a Local Church Minister. In some cases, a local church may not have a minister who meets the requirements for licensing or ordination. However, they have been called to ministry by the congregation and the congregation may wish to have this person recognized as a Local Church Minister. This would be particularly the case for part-time and multi-vocational ministers whether in a solitary ministry in a small church or those taking a specific ministry roll in a larger church.
Unlike applications for Licensing and Ordination, which are initiated by the candidate, applications for recognition of Local Church Ministers are made by the congregation and remain valid only while the minister is exercising that role with that particular congregation.
The Policy on Credentials Committee, which includes this revised text is found on pages 31 to 46 of the updated Policy and & Procedures Manual, is available here.
Surrey, B.C., Church Switches Affiliation to be More Inclusive
A Surrey, B.C., Baptist church has switched its affiliation to a more inclusive religious group, more than a decade after a gay couple who were members forced a reckoning over how they were being treated.
Full News Story Available Here
Video Available Here (starts at 18:51)
First Baptist Church Edmonton Seeks Senior Minister
Reviewing applications will commence on March 29, 2025.
First Baptist Church Edmonton is a robustly Christian and radically welcoming congregation in search of a Senior Minister. Located in Edmonton, Alberta, we are a destination church in a downtown urban setting.
We value a liturgical approach to worship, traditional music and thoughtful Scripture-based preaching. We seek the peace and well-being of the city, stand against oppression, and welcome and make space for those who have had difficult or traumatic histories with institutional religion. We welcome and affirm all of God’s children as God created them. Indigenous reconciliation is an important part of what we are and seek to advance. The same is true of LGBTQ+ inclusion. We are a member of the Canadian Association for Baptist Freedoms.
If you want to find out more about the qualifications we seek and the opportunity that this position offers, please see this link and consider applying if you believe that this might be the right call for you. https://fbcedmonton.ca/fbc-edmonton-seeks-senior-minister/