CONVENTION OF ATLANTIC BAPTIST CHURCHES 2016 Budget Proposal 2016 2015 2014 Draft Approved Actual Budget Budget Receipts Association Mission Projects 75,000 85,000 74,887 Atlantic Baptist Mission Board 225,000 243,090 185,702 Canadian Baptist Ministries 310,000 360,000 304,929 Union of French Baptist Churches 60,000 70,000 53,363 Crandall University 70,000 80,000 60,986 Acadia Divinity College 70,000 80,000 60,986 Baptist Historical Committee 10,000 14,000 12,197 Pastoral Ministry Department 80,277 76,783 76,596 Public Witness & Social Concern 27,551 27,782 25,773 Youth and Family Ministries 163,345 150,600 136,000 Administration 235,000 236,000 218,100 Pension & Insurance Board 70,000 80,000 60,986 Council & Committees 104,200 115,200 66,404 Executive Minister's Dept/Communications 303,718 300,137 283,378 Oasis (10,000) - (18,244) New Congregations & Church Renewal 405,958 433,135 409,786 Clergy Formation & Wellness 129,827 128,255 100,816 Intercultural Ministries 46,341 54,224 44,702 2,376,218 2,534,206 2,157,347 Increase From 2015 Budget = -6.23% Increase From 2014 Actual = 10.15% Dear Friends, We have a vision of Healthy Churches, Missional Churches thriving and growing throughout Atlantic Canada. Our mission is to Impact Leaders, Infuse Culture and Ignite Mission as we bring people to Christ and, bring Christ to our communities in the Twenty-First Century. As a family of churches we have embraced aggressive goals for the year 2025. These goals consist of the following: 1. Sixty-five new congregations birthed by 2025. 2. Eighty per cent of CABC churches demonstrating a missional culture. 3. Actively developing effective, healthy Pastoral leadership. 4. Identifying, supporting and challenging effective, strong churches and volunteers to share resources with other churches for collaborative renewal. 5. Creating a Convention structure that adapts to changes but is sufficient to undergird the ministry of CABC churches. We are seeing these goals being fulfilled before our eyes and it is wonderful to witness God at work. Pastor’s lives and ministries are being strengthened as they work with Rev. Cheryl Ann Beals and take time for Spiritual Formation, prayer, reflection and peer group activity. More new congregations are coming into existence and we are hearing incredible stories about churches engaging their community through various means of outreach. In your hands is the 2014 Yearbook of our Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches. The comprehensive financial reports found in this book are a tangible expression of our desire to be accountable to the delegates from the churches that own and support our Convention. We are grateful to your congregation for its ongoing financial support and we want to be as transparent as possible in order to help all those involved in our partnership see how carefully all contributions are treated. Also included in this Yearbook are some missional stories and statistics from our churches which you may find interesting and brief reports from our various ministries. If you would like a more complete picture of our current ministries we would encourage you to browse our website (www.baptist- atlantic.ca) at your leisure and to sign up to receive a free monthly email update from our Convention containing news and information about upcoming events and initiatives. May God bless you as you serve him and share in his work here in Atlantic Canada! Sincerely in Christ, Dr. Peter Reid Executive Minister 2015 Year Book of the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches Organized as the Baptist Convention 1846 Organized as the United Baptist Convention 1906 Headquarters: 1655 Manawagonish Road, Saint John, NB E2M 3Y2 TeLephone: (506)635-1922 Fax: (506)635-0366 E-MaiL: [email protected] Oasis 2015 Acadia University Thursday, August 20th – Sunday, August 23rd Rev. Dr. Peter Reid Rev. Michael Palmer Executive Minister Convention President Editor: Dr. Peter Reid CN ISSN 0082-7843 TABLE OF CONTENTS Section A: Records, Regulations & Ministry Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches Record ............................................................................... Page A-1 General Operating Bylaw .................................................................................................................... Page A-7 Regulations Concerning the Ministry ................................................................................................ Page A-8 Guidelines Governing the Granting of Permission to Perform Marriages .......................................... Page A-36 Scholarships and Bursaries for Pastors and Students ........................................................................ Page A-37 Section B: CABC Assembly Minutes Minutes of 2014 Assembly (Oasis 2014) ........................................................................................... Page B-1 Highlights of 2014 ABW Convention ................................................................................................. Page B-22 Section C: CABC Financial Statement Report of the CABC Treasurer ........................................................................................................... Page C-1 Section D: CABC Council, Executive Minister & Departments Report of the CABC Council .............................................................................................................. Page D-1 Executive Minister’s Report ............................................................................................................ Page D-3 CABC Fund - 2016 Proposed Budget ........................................................................................ .......... Page D-8 Youth and Family Ministries ............................................................................................................. Page D-9 Public Witness and Social Concern ................................................................................................... Page D-12 Atlantic Baptist Mission Board .......................................................................................................... Page D-16 Pension and Insurance Board ........................................................................................................... Page D-18 Inter-cultural Ministries .................................................................................................................... Page D-22 Clergy Formation and Wellness ........................................................................................................ Page D-23 Section E: Committees, Boards & Organizations of the CABC Board of Ministerial Standards ......................................................................................................... Page E-1 Examining Council for Ordination ................................................................................................... Page E-3 CABC Nominating Committee ........................................................................................................... Page E-4 Baptist Historical Committee ............................................................................................................ Page E-5 Atlantic Baptist Housing .................................................................................................................... Page E-6 Atlantic Baptist Foundation .............................................................................................................. Page E-9 Crandall University ............................................................................................................................ Page E-11 Acadia Divinity College ...................................................................................................................... Page E-14 Obituaries.......................................................................................................................................... Page E-18 Section F: National and International Ministries Canadian Baptist Ministries .............................................................................................................. Page F-1 Union of French Baptist Churches .................................................................................................... Page F-5 Section G: Church Missional Stories and Statistics Church Missional Stories ................................................................................................................... Page G-1 Church Membership Statistics ........................................................................................................ Page SM- 1 Church Financial Statistics................................................................................................................... Page SF-1 SECTION A RECORDS, REGULATIONS & MINISTRY CABC Record Page A-1 Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches Record In the Union of 1905-06, three streams of Atlantic Baptists came together to form the United Baptist Convention of the Maritime Provinces, which became the United Baptist Convention of the Atlantic Provinces in 1963, and the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches in 2001. The three streams were the Baptist Convention of the Maritime Provinces, The Free Christian Baptist Conference of New BrunswicK, and the Free Baptist Conference of Nova Scotia. The YearbooKs of the United Baptist Convention of the Maritime Provinces after the Union continued to date the number of Convention Assemblies, not from the date of the Union, but from the founding of the Baptist