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

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

NEWS | Annual General Meeting, 2019

On 13 April 2019, the Canadian Baptist Historical Society held its annual meeting at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto, Ontario. 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

NEWS | Congratulations, Dr. Chris Crocker!

We would like to offer a special note of congratulations to Chris Crocker, who, after four years of study, successfully defended his PhD thesis at Bristol Baptist College (the world’s oldest Baptist college) on June 7.

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NEWS | Annual General Meeting, 2018

On 28 April 2018, the Canadian Baptist Historical Society held its annual meeting at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario. Continue reading

“Our Holy and Our Beautiful House”: Jarvis Street Baptist Church

By Taylor Murray

In March 2017, I visited the archives at Jarvis Street Baptist Church (JSBC) in downtown Toronto. While I was there I snapped a few photographs of the sanctuary.

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