Baptists from more than 80 countries are in South Africa participating in the 21st Baptist World Congress in the city of Durban (July 22-26). It is the first Baptist congress in Africa, a region with the fastest numerical growth among Baptist Christians. Already,...
Saturday, June 20 is World Refugee Day and Sunday June 21st is National Aboriginal Day. It’s interesting that these two “days” fall on the same weekend – a day honouring the first people to come to this land and a day honouring some of the last to come – refugees....
Oxford Baptist Church met on Sunday, May 31st, and celebrated the baptisms of Krissy Hurley and Carol Ann Carter. Rev Chris Greer performed the baptisms, the seventh and eighth baptisms celebrated by Oxford and Little River in just over a year. [L to R in picture:...
What would it take to force you out of Canada? Aside from our recent winter, would natural disaster or social upheaval force you to abandon your home, belongings, and say “goodbye” to life as you know it? Can you imagine what would force you to flee? In the last 4...