Stories tagged with: canadian national baptist convention

• Mont. & Alberta partnership eyes 'connecting points'

  by Karen L. Willoughby, posted Monday, September 23, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

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  BILLINGS, Mont. (BP) -- A seven-year partnership between Southern Baptist churches in Montana and Canadian Baptist churches in Alberta is on track to begin Jan. 1.

  Messengers to the Montana Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting will consider the measure Oct. 3-4 that was unanimously approved during the MTSBC executive board's August meeting. Read More

• Allen Schmidt, first Canadian convention exec, dies

  by Art Toalston, posted Tuesday, October 04, 2016 (7 years ago)

  

  SALMON ARM, British Columbia, Canada (BP) -- Allen Schmidt, founding executive director of the Canadian National Baptist Convention, died Sept. 25 in Salmon Arm, British Columbia. He was 83.

  A native of Barriere, British Columbia, Schmidt led the convention from its founding in 1985 as the Canadian Southern Baptist Convention until his retirement in 1998. The convention, now with 300-plus churches, adopted its current name in 2008. Read More