CBAC

Examining Council 2025
2025-08-05 - 2025-08-06 | Acadia University: KC Irving Environmental Science Centre Auditorium, 32 University Ave, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, B4P 1X9, Canada
The CBAC’s Examining Council for Ordination is scheduled for August 5-6, 2025 at the KC Irving Environmental Science Centre Auditorium (lower level), Acadia University, Wolfville, NS. The schedule is posted below. We only publish the times that the Examining Council is interviewing candidates. We do not publish the names of the candidates as this is their information to share. A list of ordinands will be announced at the opening rally of Oasis 2025 and posted on this website.
Candidates will be interviewed for ordination by the Council as appointed by the Associations. If approved, the candidates will be commended to their local church for ordination at their hands.
The candidate interviews are open to the public; council deliberations on candidate interviews are closed to the public. There is limited seating and we ask that priority be given to the candidate’s family, church representatives and invited guests.
Note that we do not permit any photos or audio/video recordings to be taken during the interviews.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 5
9:30 a.m.
CANDIDATE

11:00 a.m.
CANDIDATE

1:30 p.m.
CANDIDATE

3:00 p.m.
CANDIDATE

4:15 p.m.
CANDIDATE

6:30 p.m.
CANDIDATE

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6
8:45 a.m.
CANDIDATE

10:15 a.m.
CANDIDATE

11:30 a.m.
CANDIDATE

1:45 p.m.
CANDIDATE

3:00 p.m.
CANDIDATE

4:15 p.m.
CANDIDATE

6:30 p.m.
CANDIDATE

Oasis 2025
2025-08-07 - 2025-08-09 | Acadia University, 15 University Ave, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, B4P 2R6, Canada
Oasis 2025 will be held August 7-9 at Acadia University in Wolfville, NS. Join us! View all of the event details on the Oasis 2025 website.

Sozo Journey (Registration Deadline)
2025-09-02 | Nova Scotia
Sozo Journey
Pathways to Healing and Transformation
Sozo Journey: Ministry in a Traumatized World is a formation and equipping process for CBAC Pastors and Leaders. The Sozo Journey is an online spiritual community. It involves spiritual practices, including Spiritual Direction and retreats, experiential learning, reading and reflecting, and provides tools to support you in your own healing and transformation, and becoming an instrument of God’s healing and transformation for others, including your church. For more info or to register, visit the Sozo Centre for Soul Care page.
Registration deadline: October 8, 2025

FreshEncounter (Registration Deadline)
2025-09-03 | Nova Scotia
Fresh Encounter
For Ministry Spouses of Active CBAC Pastoral Leaders
FreshEncounter is an encouraging soul care community, offering opportunities for encountering God individually and in spiritual community. It is based on a September to June membership and has capacity for up to 15 members. For more info or to register, visit the Sozo Centre for Soul Care page.
Registration deadline: September 3, 2025

Zoom Q&A for the Overflowing with Hope Church Appeal
2025-10-01 | Nova Scotia
The Overflowing with Hope Church Appeal aims to secure the necessary funding to advance the initiatives of the Strategic Vision and calls upon our family of churches to rise in response.
Your church finance board or other leaders are welcome to register for a Zoom Q&A with CBAC’s Executive Minister and Director of Finance.
October 1, 12:00-1:00 PM
October 1, 7:00-8:00 PM
Register to receive a Zoom link.
Letters have gone out to pastors and treasurers of CBAC churches. (If you need a copy or had trouble accessing yours, please contact communications@baptist-atlantic.ca)

FreshStart (Registration Deadline)
2025-10-08 | Nova Scotia
FreshStart
For Pastors New to Sozo
FreshStart is an encouraging spiritual community for pastors, offering support for them to be proactive about their own soul care. It offers tools for coping with the stressors of ministry and our new normal of complexity. It is a community of 6-12 pastors and a place where pastors can be themselves and experience support and encouragement. Participants can choose from three levels of annual membership. For more info or to register, visit the Sozo Centre for Soul Care page.
Registration deadline: October 8, 2025

Echo - Hearing God's Call
2025-10-17 - 2025-10-18 | Canvas Moncton (by Hilton), 55 Queen St, Moncton, New Brunswick, E1C 1K2, Canada
Visit the Echo page for more details about this event.

New Pastors Orientation
2025-10-20 - 2025-10-21 | CBAC Office, 333 Gorge Road (Stultz Hall Suite 130), Moncton, New Brunswick, E1C 0V7, Canada
New pastors are personally invited to this orientation time. If you have any questions, please contact our CBAC office.

Explore
2025-10-27 16:00 - 21:00 (America/Moncton) | Zoom
Are you considering vocational ministry?
Have you already taken the first steps but have questions about your fit for ministry?
Want to know more about yourself and your gifts for ministry?
Come to Explore, an annual event for individuals looking to enter into our process towards ordination.
Register for Explore
This event will help you:
– discover who the Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada (CBAC) is;
– discover who you are and your call through the use of a Personality Profile (DISC), conversations and other assessments.
For those who are planning on coming before the Board of Ministerial Standards and Education, this is a requirement for acceptance as a Candidate and will be a prerequisite to appearing before the Board for their initial interview.
Where & When: October 27, 2025 (tentative) from 4pm – 9pm (break between 6-7pm for supper).
Who: Explore is for individuals interested in exploring a call to ordained ministry with the CBAC.
Cost: No charge.
Register for Explore
Explore is a Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada (CBAC) event sponsored by the Board of Ministerial Standards and Education.

Masterclass – October 2025
2025-10-28 14:00 - 15:00 | Zoom
Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2025 @ 1:30pm ADT (2:00pm NL)
Speaker: Rev. Kevin Vincent (CBAC Director of Future Church) & Dr. Joel Murphy (ADC Futuring Hub, Facilitator of Trend Research and Analysis)
Description: Are strategic partnerships and creative linkages between churches the new track toward building momentum and increasing effectiveness today? Join this MasterClass as Joel Murphy (ADC Futuring Hub, Facilitator of Trend Research and Analysis)and Kevin Vincent (CBAC Director of Future Church) share learnings and insights from a CBAC and ADC Futuring Hub research project where churches engaging in creative partnerships across Atlantic Canada were studied. Also, hear about the new CBAC ChurchLink initiative and how your church should consider a strategic partnership in your community and/or with a neighbouring church, to increase your church’s effectiveness.
Register to receive a Zoom link.
The CBAC Leadership Academy’s Masterclass is a series of events from our Leadership Development department, seeking the transformation of our CBAC leaders with continued learning from world-class speakers. Sponsored by Crandall University

Fall Pastors Retreat
2025-11-03 13:00 - 2025-11-06 11:30 | Bayside Camp near Halifax, NS, 1503 Ketch Harbour Road, Sambro Head, Nova Scotia, B3V 1L3, Canada
A spiritual retreat is an invitation to grow in freedom of spirit and openness to God.
A spiritual retreat is not stopping all activity, but a change of activity. It is an intense focus on a particular activity—seeking God. It is an intentional moving away from daily routine to draw closer to God in solitude and/or in community. It involves the practice of spiritual disciplines, such as spiritual reading, silence, and prayer as pathways to greater intimacy with God, self and others.
A spiritual retreat provides an opportunity for pastors to connect deeply with God, themselves and each other. These retreats are a combination of group and individual retreat time. Each retreat has a theme that helps to guide the retreat but it is the participants and the Holy Spirit that shape the retreat experience.
This year, bursaries provided by the Atlantic Baptist Foundation have reduced the cost from $250 to $175, or $125 for first-time attendees.
The retreat is 4 days / 3 nights at Bayside Camp, Sambro Head, NS. Accommodations are one person per room. It is a modern camp style with one bunk bed per room with a small table, chair and lamp. Bring own bedding, towels, etc. Please arrive by 1:00pm on Monday; the retreat will end before lunch on Thursday.
Registration deadline: October 22

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Financial Planning Seminar
2025-11-18 09:00 - 16:00 | Sunny Brae Baptist Church, 85 Elmwood Drive, Moncton, New Brunswick, E1A 3W8, Canada
This seminar is for pastors and ministry staff who are members of the Canadian Baptist Pension Plan; spouses are encouraged to attend as well. There will be five topics: Canada Life Benefits, Canadian Baptist Pension Plan, Service Canada, Legacy and Financial Wellness. The seminar is free, but registration is required as lunch is provided. Register here

CBAC Sunday 2026
2026-05-03 | Video Event
We plan to make the first Sunday of May a special time each year where we gather the collective focus of our churches to what God is doing among us. Save the date of May 3, 2026 and plan to be part of this special day!

Oasis 2026
2026-08-06 - 2026-08-08 | Acadia University, 15 University Ave, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, B4P 2R6, Canada
Oasis 2026 will be held August 6-8 in Wolfville, NS, at Acadia University – save the date and plan to join us!
