About Us

A ministry partnership of nearly 500 Canadian Baptist churches in the Atlantic Provinces, our role is to resource our pastors, churches, and people, and to facilitate shared mission on behalf of our churches.

In our commitment to help churches grow passionate disciples, our Convention has identified three key objectives: Evangelizing, Teaching and Serving. We are committed to fulfilling these objectives through six core priorities:

  1. Healthy Churches:
    • Strategic Ministry Planning – Regional Ministers
    • Congregational Revitalization Grants – Atlantic Baptist Mission Board
    • Congregational mission consultants – Regional Ministers
    • Equipping Lay-Pastors – Atlantic Baptist Mission Board
    • Seminars and Conferences – Various departments
    • Stewardship Education – Development department
    • Treasurer’s Handbook – Operations department
    • Establishing and Maintaining professional standards and ethics for clergy – Board of Ministerial Standards and Education
    • Investments and loans for churches and individuals – Baptist Foundation
    • Curriculum, books and music – baptistbookroom.com
    • Special speakers for various events – all departments
  2. Effective Pastors:
    • Potential Impact called-to-ministry program – youth and family department
    • Seminary education – Acadia Divinity College
    • Ministerial credentialing and professional ethics – Pastoral Ministry department
    • Pastoral Coaching – Regional Ministers
    • Resources for Navigating Current Social Issues – Public Witness department
    • Link – Clergy Teen Retreat – youth and family department
    • Ministry Wives’ Retreat – youth and family department
    • Ministerial Best Practices – Pastoral Ministry department
    • Seminars, Conferences and Retreats – Various departments
    • Recommended salary and benefit guidelines – Operations department/Convention Council
    • Pensions, Insurances, and Benefits – Operations department
  3. Creative Mission:
    • Regional mission including evangelism, church planting, congregational revitalization, urban ministry and ethnic ministry through the Atlantic Baptist Mission Board and the Tidal Impact youth mission program through the youth and family department
    • National mission including French evangelism and church planting, aboriginal ministry and ministry to refugees through Canadian Baptist Ministries
    • International mission in over 20 countries through Canadian Baptist Ministries
  4. Passionate Next Generations:
    • Springforth youth conference – youth and family department
    • Tidal Impact youth mission tour – youth and family department
    • Courses and conferences for youth leaders – youth and family department
    • Youth Pastors’ Summit – youth and family department
    • Atlantic Baptist Youth Executive – supported by youth and family department
    • Christian undergraduate education – Atlantic Baptist University
    • Converge young adult worship festival – youth and family department
    • Young adults short-term mission trips – youth and family department
    • Parenting Seminars – youth and family department
    • Regional and international Family Mission Tours – youth and family department
    • 15 camps in Atlantic Canada – through Associations
  5. Focused Compassion:
    • 15 apartment and nursing home facilities for Seniors – Atlantic Baptist Senior Citizens’ Homes Inc.
    • Training Military, Prison, Hospital and Nursing Home Chaplains – Acadia Divinity College
    • Income supplements for low-income retired pastors/widows – Executive Minister’s Office
    • Rental supplement to assist retired pastors, missionaries and widows living in Atlantic
    • Baptist Senior Citizens’ Homes facilities – Baptist Foundation
    • Advocacy for the vulnerable – Public Witness department
    • Grants for community-based outreach initiatives – Atlantic Baptist Mission Board
  6. Celebrated Community:
    • Annual gathering and celebration at Convention Assembly – Executive Minister’s Office
    • Leadership of our ministries – Convention Council and Executive Minister
    • Convention Connection bulletin inserts – Executive Minister’s Office
    • www.baptist-atlantic.ca website – Executive Minister’s Office
    • E-updates – Executive Minister’s Office
    • Preservation and celebration of our heritage – Baptist Historical Committee
    • Books and publications – various departments
    • Online directory to stay connected – Executive Ministers’ Office
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