Save the date for our 2022 Annual General Meeting. Due to COVID-19, the meeting will be a virtual one. See the attached flyer for details. We hope to see you there!
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Stewart G. Cole, T. T. Shields, and the History of Fundamentalism
By Taylor Murray
Historians have debated definitions of the term “fundamentalism” practically since it was popularized in the early 1920s. Continue reading
Who is “the Unknown Baptist Minister”?
By Taylor Murray
Recently, Gordon L. Heath, Dallas Friesen, and I wrote Baptists in Canada: Their History and Polity,1 which we dedicated to “the Unknown Baptist Minister.” The inspiration for this dedication came from a bronze sculpture that adorns the wall of McMaster Divinity College on the stairway leading to the chapel.
Continue readingNEWS | Announcing our 2021 Annual General Meeting
Save the date for our 2021 Annual General Meeting. Continue reading
Call for Book Chapter Proposals: The Black Baptist Experience in Canada
This is a call for book chapter proposals for an edited volume tentatively entitled The Black Baptist Experience in Canada. Continue reading
Reflections on the Life of an Atlantic Baptist on the 100th Anniversary of his Birth
By Taylor Murray
Stuart Eldon Murray (1919–1985) was born one-hundred-years ago today, on 6 November 1919. Continue reading
Remembering when the Church Learned a Lesson about War
By Gordon L. Heath
The guns went silent on the Western Front on the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month. Continue reading
NEWS | New ICOBS Website and CfP
Visit our friends at the International Conference on Baptist Studies (ICOBS) online at their new website: https://www.baptiststudies.org Continue reading
Profile of a Fledgling Baptist Minister, part 3
By Joyce H. Munro
During the first years of his ministry, some of Eben Rice’s diary accounts are nonchalant—household chores, sermon preparation, visiting with church members in far-flung homes and long meetings. Continue reading
Canadian Baptists and Labour: A Possible New Avenue of Inquiry
By Paul R. Wilson
The recent 100th Anniversary of the Winnipeg Strike, that took place from 15 May to 25 June 1919, prompts many questions for those interested in Canadian Baptist history. Continue reading
Canadian Baptist Historical Society 