Canadian Baptist Ministries

Canadian Baptist Ministries (CBM) or Ministères Baptistes

Canadian Baptist
Canadiens is a federation of four regional Baptist Christian
association of churches in Canada. The federation is a member of Ministries
the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarter is in Mississauga, Classification Evangelicalism
Ontario. Theology Baptist
Associations Baptist World
History Alliance
Region Canada
The first Baptist church in what is now Canada was founded by an
American pastor in Sackville, New Brunswick in 1763.[1] More Headquarters Mississauga,
churches were founded throughout Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Canada
Lower Canada, and Upper Canada by American pastors and Origin 1944
itinerant preachers. Saint John, New
Brunswick
Mission Boards Merger of Canadian Baptist
International
The first Baptist born in Canada sent out as a missionary was Ministries and
Samuel S. Day, who was born in Upper Canada, and sent to India Canadian Baptist
by the American Baptist Missionary Union (ABMU) in 1835.[2] In Federation
1866, A.V. Timpany was also appoint by the ABMU to go to
India, and that prompted the creation of a Canadian auxiliary to the Congregations 971
ABMU in 1866.[3] In 1869, the Canadian auxiliary was Members 81,685
reorganised as the Regular Baptist Foreign Missionary Society of Official website cbmin.org (http://
Canada, and in 1889, the name was changed to The Board of
cbmin.org)
Foreign Missions of the regular Baptist Convention of Ontario and
Quebec.[4]

Meanwhile, Baptist Churches in the Maritime colonies had been supporting the work of Adoniram Judson
in Burma since 1814. In 1845, the Churches sent out Rev. R.E. Burpee and his wife Laleah to Burma, also
under the auspices of the ABMU. The Maritime Baptist Convention formed a Foreign Mission Board in
1865.[5]

In 1874, the Canadian Baptist Foreign Missionary Society was founded in Ontario.[6]

The Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission Board (CBFMB) was founded in 1912.[7] The Canadian Baptist
Foreign Mission Board was renamed to Canadian Baptist Overseas Missions Board (CBOMB) on May 1,
1970.[8] The Canadian Baptist Overseas Missions Board was renamed again to Canadian Baptist
International Ministries (CBIM) in 1990.

National Federation

Efforts to form a national Baptist body date back to 1900. In 1900, delegates from across Canada met in
Winnipeg and formed the National Baptist Convention of Canada. Inexplicably, it never met again. As
such, no national coordinating body of Baptists existed in Canada until the Baptist Federation of Canada
was organized at Saint John, New Brunswick in 1944.[9] The Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec,
the Canadian Baptists of Western Canada, and the Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada initiated the
Federation and were joined by l'Union d'Églises baptistes francophones du Canada in 1970.[10]

In 1947, the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec authorized the ordination of women ministers and
Muriel Spurgeon Carder was the first ordained woman. [11] In the United Baptist Convention of the
Atlantic Provinces, Josephine Moore was the first in 1954. In the Baptist Union of Western Canada, Mae
Benedict was the first in 1959.

It was renamed Canadian Baptist Federation (CBF) in 1982.[12]

Merger

In 1995, the "Canadian Baptist Federation" merged with the "Canadian Baptist International Ministries" to
form the Canadian Baptist Ministries.[13]

Statistics
According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 971 churches and 81,685
members.[14]

Humanitarian aid
CBM support humanitarian projects in Canada and worldwide.[15]

It engages in international mission on behalf of Canadian Baptist churches and brokers national cooperation
among the four regional denominations and Women's groups.

Structure
It has 4 regional unions of churches : Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec, Canadian Baptists of
Western Canada, the Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada and Union d'Églises baptistes francophones du
Canada.[16]

Schools
The regional conventions of the convention have
participated in the founding of various universities which
have gone public. There was the founding of Acadia
University by the Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada in
1838, [17] the founding of McMaster University by the
Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec in 1881[18] and
Brandon University by the Canadian Baptists of Western
Canada in 1890. [19]

Stultz Hall, Crandall University in Moncton.

The organization has several theological institutes affiliated and a partner university, Crandall
University.[20][21]

Beliefs
The denomination has a Baptist confession of faith.[22] It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance.[23]

See also
Canada portal

Canadian Baptist Mission

McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario
Carey Theological College, Vancouver
Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars
Andhra Christian Theological College, Andhra Pradesh, India
Baptists in Canada

References
Notes

1. James Harley Marsh (ed.). "Baptistes" (https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/b

aptistes). The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
2. Daniel, Orville E. (1973). Moving with the times: The story of a century of mission/ 1874-
1974. Toronto: Canadian Baptist Overseas Mission Board. p. 13.
3. Daniel, Orville E. (1973). Moving with the times: The story of a century of mission/ 1874-
1974. Toronto: Canadian Baptist Overseas Mission Board. p. 14.
4. Daniel, Orville E. (1973). Moving with the times: The story of a century of mission/ 1874-
1974. Toronto: Canadian Baptist Overseas Mission Board. p. 16.
5. Daniel, Orville E. (1973). Moving with the times: The story of a century of mission/ 1874-
1974. Toronto: Canadian Baptist Overseas Mission Board. p. 17.
6. Gordon L. Heath, Dallas Friesen, Taylor Murray, Baptists in Canada: Their History and
Polity, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2020, p. 42
7. Robert E. Johnson, A Global Introduction to Baptist Churches, Cambridge University Press,
UK, 2010, p. 338
8. Daniel, Orville E. (1973). Moving with the times: The story of a century of mission/ 1874-
1974. Toronto: Canadian Baptist Overseas Mission Board. p. 71.
9. William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p.
121
10. Harry A. Renfree, Heritage and Horizon: The Baptist Story in Canada, Wipf and Stock
Publishers, USA, 2007, p. 275
11. Gordon L. Heath, Dallas Friesen, Taylor Murray, Baptists in Canada: Their History and
Polity, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2020, p. 73
12. Gordon L. Heath, Dallas Friesen, Taylor Murray, Baptists in Canada: Their History and
Polity, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2020, p. 61
13. Robert E. Johnson, A Global Introduction to Baptist Churches, Cambridge University Press,
UK, 2010, p. 338
14. Baptist World Alliance, Members (https://www.baptistworld.org/member-unions/),
baptistworld.org, USA, retrieved May 5, 2023
15. CBM, HOW WE WORK (https://www.cbmin.org/about-us/), cbmin.org, Canada, retrieved
May 5, 2023
16. J. Gordon Melton, Martin Baumann, Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia
of Beliefs and Practices, ABC-CLIO, USA, 2010, p. 496
17. George A. Rawlyk, Canadian Baptists and Christian Higher Education, McGill-Queen's
Press - MQUP, Canada, 1988, p. 6
18. 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
19. William H. Brackney, Congregation and Campus: Baptists in Higher Education, Mercer
University Press, USA, 2008, p. 137
20. Gordon L. Heath, Dallas Friesen, Taylor Murray, Baptists in Canada: Their History and
Polity, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2020, p. 78
21. Randall Herbert Balmer, Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism: Revised and expanded edition,
Baylor University Press, USA, 2004, p. 42
22. CBM, WHAT WE VALUE (https://www.cbmin.org/about-us/), cbmin.org, Canada, retrieved
May 9, 2020
23. Baptist World Alliance, Members (https://www.baptistworld.org/member-unions/),
baptistworld.org, USA, retrieved December 5, 2020

Sources
Baptists Around the World, by Albert W. Wardin, Jr.
Program & Report Book, Canadian Baptist Ministries
From Sea to Sea: The Canadian Baptist Federation 1944- 1994, by Shirley Bentall
The Baptist Heritage: Four Centuries of Baptist Witness, by H. Leon McBeth

Further reading

Sunanda, G.Beaulah Pearl (1990). "An Insight into the History of the Canadian Baptist
Mission in Andhra Pradesh (1874-1924). Unpublished M.Phil.(History) Thesis, Madras
Christian College, Madras". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links
Canadian Baptist Ministries (http://www.cbmin.org/) - official Web Site
The Canadian Baptist Archives (https://mcmasterdivinity.ca/canadian-baptist-archives/)

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