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
Revisiting Cholera in this time of COVID: Exploration of Conscience and Faith
By Sharon M. Bowler
I often have referred to the historical research that I do as following in the methodology of Neil Postman’s “Building of Bridges.” Continue reading
The United Baptist Convention of the Maritime Provinces and the “Spanish Influenza,” 1918–1920
By Taylor Murray
Various historians have drawn similarities between the recent outbreak of COVID-19 and earlier events in world history. Continue reading
Profile of a Fledgling Baptist Minister, part 2
By Joyce H. Munro
During his student days at the Canadian Literary Institute in Woodstock in the early-1860s, Eben Rice had his share of romantic entanglements. Continue reading
Profile of a Fledgling Baptist Minister, part 1
By Joyce H. Munro
My hopes are high and prospects good.1
At age twenty-one, Ebenezer Muir Rice began keeping a diary. Continue reading
“I have been pained by Mr. Green’s letter on many accounts”: R. A. Fyfe’s Response to Fake News about Baptists in the New World
By Gordon L. Heath
On my trips to various archives I am often pleasantly surprised by unexpected discoveries. Continue reading
“Canada at War Yet Again”: McMaster University in WWII
By Adam Rudy
On 10 September 1939 Canada declared war on Germany. For the third time in forty years, Canada was at war. Continue reading
“God Send England the Strong Right Arm”: McMaster University in WWI, part 2
By Adam Rudy
Despite the hellishness of the war, the students and faculty of McMaster University proved themselves to be profoundly loyal to the Empire’s cause. Continue reading
“Wedding Cake Church”: St. Andrews Baptist Church
By Taylor Murray
Nestled in the sea-side town of St. Andrews, New Brunswick is perhaps one of the most interesting churches in Atlantic Canada. Continue reading
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