From our friends across the Atlantic: Monday 13th Feb, CBS Lunchtime Seminar (online), 12.30-2.00pm You are warmly invited to attend the online CBS Lunchtime Seminar on Monday 13 February when our speaker is Clare Hooper. She will address the theme of Bringing the World of the Child into the Life of the Church. Clare is a professionally trained youth worker and a regional minister representing Children, Youth and Families for SCBA. She is also the Chair for Children, Youth and Family for the Round Table. She is a passionate advocate for facilitating the participation of children in the ch ..read more

From Terry Smith of the Canadian Baptist Ministries: After 3 years of hiatus due to Covid travel restrictions, CBM (Canadian Baptist Ministries) is once again pleased to announce the 2023 Scholarship programme, Praxis – Integral Mission and the Church. This is a (nearly*) fully funded immersive learning experience at a Master’s level for Canadian Baptist students. This year’s program will take place in Kenya, East Africa, from May 5–22, 2023, and be focused on the role of the Church and faith-based organisations in addressing climate change and food insecurity. The Praxis scholarship has ..read more

A recent publication from McGill-Queen’s University Press that we’re certain will interest members of the CBHS: McGill-Queen’s University Press has just published my book Enthusiasms and Loyalties: The Public History of Private Feelings in the Enlightenment Atlantic (ISBN: 9780228014225; URL). The book tells the story of several compelling characters in the Annapolis Valley during and after the American Revolution to see how emotions — from political loyalties to religious fervour — had a profound influence on public events and community life. The book is available at all t ..read more

From our friends across the Atlantic: The Baptist Historical Society exists to encourage the study of Baptist history and themes primarily in England and Wales, to promote original research and publication of articles, to seek the preservation of significant records and to urge Baptists to record their own histories. BHS was founded in the UK in 1908, and members are now found around the world, including Baptist historians, seminarians and Baptist ministers, university libraries and historians of literature, ecclesiastical Dissent and religious traditions. For more information: bhsmembership-1 ..read more

By Jazmine Aldrich The rich history of the Baptist community in Canada is told through the documentary traces that community members have left over time; these archival sources are dispersed across archives, historical societies, libraries, museums and all manner of repositories across the country. In Ontario, Archeion is the perfect place to begin a broad search for archival sources relating to Baptist history. Archeion is a research tool for discovering the history of Ontario and Canada through archival sources. Institutional members of the Archives Association of Ontario (AAO) contribute de ..read more

By Adam D. Rudy This past June, residents of Ontario exercised their democratic rights by voting in the provincial election. Regardless of whether one was pleased with the outcome of that election, the results were accompanied by some grim news: the lowest voter turnout in Ontario’s history. Some might claim that low voter turnout was due to people not liking any of the political options; a “pick your poison” type of scenario. Others might suggest apathy or an acceptance of the status quo. The reasons behind the low voter turnout will elude us in the near future; however, as we enter this stra ..read more

From our friends south of the border: Baylor University Institute for Studies of Religion: Evangelical Studies Program Evangelicals on Their Past: Studies in the History of Evangelical Historiography Wednesday 5 – Friday 7 October 2022 U.S. Central Time Conference Program ..read more

From our friends at the Acadia Centre for Baptist and Anabaptist Studies: Join us for the 2022 Rawlyk Lecture on September 19 at 7pm, hosted by Acadia Centre for Baptist and Anabaptist Studies The lecture will be hosted in person at Acadia Divinity College and online Dr. Gordon Heath will be speaking on “Canadian Baptists and the Fall(ing) of the British Empire, 1945-1956” Like many Protestants in Canada, Baptists were ardent supporters of the British Empire in the two world wars. But in the postwar years there was a marked shift in attitudes to the empire and Canada’s place within it. T ..read more

From our friends at the Acadia Centre for Baptist and Anabaptist Thought: The Acadia Centre for Baptist and Anabaptist Studies (ACBAS) is pleased to offer an annual prize competition in the general field of Baptist and Anabaptist history and thought, especially in Canada’s Atlantic region. We are particularly interested in submissions that situate their subject within a historical context and framework. The annual Julian Gwyn Prize in Baptist and Anabaptist History and Thought, in the amount of $250 (Canadian), will be awarded for the best article approved for publication in a peer-reviewed j ..read more

From our friends across the Atlantic: William H. and Kathryn E. Brackney Angus Travel Bursary The Angus Library and Archive at Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford, is the leading world-class collection for the study of Baptist and Nonconformist history and heritage. It comprises over 70,000 items relating to the life and history of Baptists, many of which are rare and unique. The Angus is connected to the Centre for Baptist Studies, a research centre of Regent’s Park College which aims to develop research and scholarship in Baptist history and theology and to relate Baptist history an ..read more