Ministry Partner: Homestart

CBWC Stories

This week's highlighted ministry is the Homestart Foundation

The Homestart Foundation helps people re-establish a home by connecting them to donated furniture. When a piece of furniture is donated, it is sent to the Homestart warehouse where it is stored till it is connected with a home in need. Homestart then ships the furniture to the new house and helps the family set up.

The Homestart Foundation is another unique ministry that the CBWC is proud to be connected with. To find out more about the Homestart Foundation, please visit www.homestart.ca

To see this ministry, as well as other CBWC partner ministries, please click here

Tamil Migrants Land

Social Justice News

A boatload of Tamil migrants landed in Victoria on August 13, sparking an intense wave of controversy over Canada’s immigration and refugee laws. What do you think our response as Christians should be? For a summary of the events and issues so far, read more.

CBWC Stories

The next author we'd like to highlight is: Jonathan R. Wilson

Dr. Jonathan Wilson is the Pioneer MacDonald Professor of Theology at Carey Theological College in Vancouver, BC. He joined the faculty of Carey in 2006.

Jonathan's most recent book is titled: 'Living Faithfully in a Fragmented World: Lessons for the Church from MacIntyre’s “After Virtue to a New Monasticism” and was published this year.

To read descriptions on this book as well as the other books that Jonathan has written, please click here

A World Without Nuclear Weapons

Social Justice News

On June 25, Canadian Baptists of Western Canada became part of a coalition of 23 churches to sign a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper urging him to take action towards global nuclear disarmament to ensure we live in a world without nuclear weapons. This marks the first time the churches belonging to the Canadian Council of Churches have acted as a collective body on the nuclear disarmament issue.

The letter was signed by our Executive Minister Jeremy Bell, with the approval of the CBWC Board of Directors. It was brought forward to the Board by the CBWC’s new Justice and Mercy Task Force. It was also signed by Tim McCoy, Executive Minister of our sister denomination, the Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec, as well as by representatives of the Reformed, Mennonite, Anglican, Lutheran and other churches.

Advocacy

To read more the letter sent to Stephen Harper, click here
To read the cover letter, click here

Canadian Baptists have signed this letter because we are committed to the shalom of God and believe that we must act to usher in God’s kingdom of mercy and justice through many methods. Not only are we called to personal, practical action to usher in God’s kingdom of mercy and justice, we are called to address the root and systemic causes of injustice and to take collective action collective action to right systemic injustices as well as personal and practical action that provides immediate relief.

The Gathering Connects The Baptist Family

BCY News

About 255 pastors, spouses and lay members of Canadian Baptist churches came together on the July long weekend for The 2010 Gathering, a very full weekend of fellowship, workshops, worship and restoration.

For two days, 12 candidates submitted themselves to the questions of the Ordination Examining Council about their faith journey and their discernment of ministry. Presented to the OEC by their congregations, all 12 candidates passed through this rigorous process and were accepted for ordination.

“I truly believe this is the strongest group of candidates who have ever come before the OEC,” said Jeremy Bell, Executive Minister. We are pleased to welcome 12 newly ordained pastors and recognize the prior ordination of 3 pastors.

We also welcomed 16 new churches to the Canadian Baptist Family – an amazing 10% expansion in the number of churches affiliated with the CBWC. They will join us officially at our next Assembly.

Click the link to see the full list of churches introduced as well as the 12 candidates ordained