At Assembly 2000, the delegates of the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches agreed to accept a challenge from the Baptist World Alliance to make the first decade of the 21st century, one in which to address racism and promote racial justice. Subsequently, the Council appointed a Racism Working Group (RGW) in 2001, including representation from the African United Baptist Association (AUBA), to provide leadership for this task and to hold the Council and Assembly accountable for maintaining a commitment to the mandate.

While previous Assemblies had adopted a number of resolutions regarding racism (1963, 1968 and 1991), the problem persisted and continued to hinder our mission and ministry. Despite the good intentions behind those resolutions, there was much work still to be done to eliminate racism and its effects from the work we do together as Baptists in Atlantic Canada, both through the AUBA and the CABC. This is the primary task we are called to tackle. Thus began the nearly ten year mandate of the RWG.

The mandate of the RWG concluded at Oasis 2010.

Past Members:

• Rev. Dr. Peter Reid
• Rev. Sherrolyn Riley
• Rev. Ogueri Ohanaka (Chair)
• Rev. John Boyd
• Dr. Frank Guinta
• Dr. Lois Mitchell
• Rev. Dr. Lionel Moriah
• Rev. Elias Mutale
• Lic. Brian Johnston
• Mrs. Doreen Paris
• Nancy Cameron

Racism Working Group Documents:

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