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• 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