Canadian Mountie’s father shares Christ through son’s eulogy
EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada (BP)--At a national memorial service for four Royal Canadian Mounted Police killed in the line of duty, the father of the youngest slain officer fulfilled his son’s wish for his death to bear witness to Jesus Christ.
Canadians celebrate 50 years of Southern Baptist cooperation
RICHMOND, British Columbia, Canada (BP)--Fifty years ago, Southern Baptists from the northwestern states began cooperating with Baptists in Canada.
Goal of 1,000 new churches set by Canadian convention
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Canada (BP)–Canadian Southern Baptists embraced a goal to plant 1,000 new churches across Canada by the year 2020 during their annual meeting May 25-27 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The goal, said Gerry Taillon, the convention’s new national ministry leader, is based on the conviction that “the church is God’s way to impact Canada and […]
Native Canadian Taillon to lead Canadian Baptists
KELOWNA, B.C., Canada (BP)–Gerry Taillon is the new national ministry leader of the Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists. The native-born French Canadian and, currently, national church planting and evangelism/pastoral ministry consultant for the Canadian convention was elected May 26 in the first session of its 14th annual meeting, held at SpringValley Baptist Church, Kelowna, British […]
Canadian restructuring proposes added church planting efforts
COCHRANE, Alberta, Canada (BP)–When Canadian Southern Baptists vote on a proposed restructuring of their 12-year-old convention, they must decide if the risks of defunding associational missionaries in order to give more money to church planting are worth it.Leaders of a convention study committee and the convention staff believe they are. The proposed restructuring will be […]
