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Masterclass: Politics After Christendom (Christians in Politics)
2025-04-15 12:00 - 13:15 (America/Moncton)
Politics After Christendom
Rev. JC Jasmin (French Union)
Join us for an insightful workshop that delves into the complexities of politics in the post-Christendom era. This session will offer a comprehensive overview of key issues, informed in part by the influential theories of French philosopher Chantal Delsol. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the transition from a predominantly Christian worldview to a more secular political landscape. We will explore themes such as the decline of religious influence in public life, the rise of secular ideologies, and the implications for contemporary governance and societal values.

About Rev. JC Jasmin
Rev. Jean-Christophe (“JC”) Jasmin the Québec Director at Cardus where he draws on his background as a federal public servant, and training in political philosophy and theology to foster collaboration between faith communities, policymakers, and the broader public. JC is passionate about nurturing a robust civic framework, and sound public policy aimed at the public good across Québec and beyond.
An ordained pastor in the French Baptist Union, he is able to combined bring insights from his faith and policy background to help policy makers understand the assumptions and commitments of their public work, while also helping faith communities understand the public nature of their faith, with a steady eye on the common good. He also directs public affairs at the Réseau Evangélique du Québec, a network representing the different Evangelical Protestant Churches and ministries operating in the province.
Born and raised in Montréal, he’s the first of his lineage to live outside the island since 1710, and is proud of his heritage and Québec culture. He now resides in L’Assomption with his wife and their three children. An avid hiker, he finds inspiration in the outdoors, where he reflects on the intersection of faith, culture, and society.

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Christians in Politics – A Special Masterclass Series
In a cultural moment marked by political polarization and increasingly global tension, pastors face the unique challenge of guiding their congregations through complex societal issues while preserving unity and peace within the church. ‘Christians in Politics’ is a special CBAC Masterclass Series designed to empower church leaders to navigate the current political moment with biblical wisdom, compassion, and integrity.
This series offers practical strategies for addressing divisive topics, fostering respectful dialogue among diverse perspectives, and leading congregations toward a Christ-centered response to today’s political climate. Participants will explore the role of Christians in politics, theological frameworks for civic engagement, and tools for promoting unity without compromising core values.
Through sessions led by CBAC friends and family, these sessions will aim to equip leaders to be peacemakers, bridge-builders, and faithful witnesses in a divided world.

Pastor Hub: Annapolis Digby
2025-04-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Middleton Baptist Church, 26 School Street, Middleton, NS, Canada
At least once a year Pastors are invited – often through collaboration between your local Pastoral Connector and Greg Jones, the CBAC’s Director for Connections – to gather in a hub for a leadership circle. Here you will explore a key question for conversation, share with one another stories of what is working in your context, and connect with one another as well as the CBAC Team.

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Pastor Hub: Yarmouth
2025-04-16 09:30 - 23:30 | Yarmouth North Baptist Church, 8 Elm Street, Yarmouth, NS, Canada

Pastor Hub: Shelburne
2025-04-16 14:00 - 16:00 | Jordan Falls Baptist Church, 6616 Hwy #3, Jordan Falls, NS, Canada

Virtual Pastor Hub #1
2025-04-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Zoom
At least once a year Pastors are invited – often through collaboration between your local Pastoral Connector and Greg Jones, the CBAC’s Director for Connections – to gather in a hub for a leadership circle. Here you will explore a key question for conversation, share with one another stories of what is working in your context, and connect with one another as well as the CBAC Team.

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Please register in advance to receive the Zoom link.

Virtual Pastor Hub #2
2025-04-24 14:00 - 16:00 | Zoom

CBAC Sunday 2025
2025-04-27 | Video Event
Visit the CBAC Sunday page for the latest info and to access the video downloads once available.

Pastor Hub: Northwest
2025-04-28 14:00 - 16:00 | True North Baptist Church, 167 Burnham Road, Florenceville-Bristol, NB, Canada

Masterclass: Hope-filled Conversations for the Future 1
2025-04-29 13:30 - 14:30 | Zoom
Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2025 @ 1:30pm ADT (2pm NL)
Speaker: Dr. Steve McMullin
Title: Hope-filled Conversations for the Future 1
Description: We will create intentional, courageous conversations about our future and seek church partnerships that further our mission in our neighbourhoods. We don’t have to look far to see that the world has been coming to Atlantic Canada. How have we, as CBAC churches, been preparing? What do we need to know, and where do we need to grow? In this Masterclass, Dr. Steve McMullin will lead us in understanding the changes and how we can
assess our intercultural competence. The Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) is a tool that can help us and our churches.
Join us as we continue to unpack our vision and what this means for you and your church. Read the vision here: https://atlanticbaptist.ca/news/cbac-news/strategic-vision-2024-2028/
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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.

Pastor Hub: York
2025-04-30 09:30 - 23:30 | Grace Memorial Baptist Church, Fredericton, NB, 536 Northumberland Street, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 3K8, Canada

Pastor Hub: Queens-Sunbury
2025-04-30 14:00 - 16:00 | Ormocto Baptist Church, 10 Doyle Drive, Oromocto, NB, Canada

(FULL) Spring 2025 Sozo Pastor's Retreat
2025-05-05 13:00 - 2025-05-08 11:30 | Bayside Camp near Halifax, NS, 1503 Ketch Harbour Road, Sambro Head, Nova Scotia, B3V 1L3, Canada
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This retreat is now full
Watch for information about the next Sozo retreat, coming November 3-6. Contact Cheryl Ann Beals for more info about Sozo Centre.

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.
A spiritual retreat is an invitation to grow in freedom of spirit and openness to God.
Spiritual Retreats for Pastors. The retreat is 4 days / 3 nights at Bayside Camp, Sambro Head, NS
This year bursaries provided by the Atlantic Baptist Foundation have reduced the cost from $250 to $175, or $125 for first-time attendees.
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.

Retreat is now full

interMISSION 2025
2025-05-23 - 2025-05-25 | Crandall University, Moncton, NB, 333 Gorge Road, Moncton, New Brunswick, E1G 3H9, Canada
Visit the ABW website and plan to attend interMISSION 2025!
May 23-25, 2025Crandall University, Moncton, N.B.

Lay Learning Labs | May 2025
2025-05-26 18:30 - 19:30 | Zoom
These are the available labs for May:

Do deacons really do more than serve communion?
Crafting a Vision
Help Me Manage! Classroom Management for Ministry Volunteers in grades K-6

Click the links to read a detailed description or register.

Masterclass: Hope-filled Conversations for the Future 2
2025-05-27 13:30 - 14:30 | Zoom
Hope-filled Conversations for the Future 2
Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2025 @ 1:30pm ADT (2pm NL)
Speaker: Mr. Joel Murphy (ADC Director of the Futuring Lab)
Title: Faithfully Navigating Tomorrow: Introducing Theo-Futures Thinking
How can Christian leaders faithfully navigate a rapidly changing landscape? This Masterclass offers a dynamic introduction to Theo-Futures Thinking, a practical, theological framework designed to equip leaders to explore, anticipate, and respond to emerging trends shaping the future of the Church.
Together, we will explore how theological reflection and foresight tools can inform faithful leadership amid uncertainty. Participants will be guided through the latest Navigating the Future report, which explores the mega trend of Self-Curated Spirituality. Which refers to a cultural shift in which individuals increasingly shape their own spiritual beliefs and practices, often outside traditional religious structures.
Through facilitated dialogue and futures exercises, participants will learn how to:

Understand the foundations of Theo-Futures Thinking;
Analyze emerging trends from theological and practical perspectives;
Engage in scenario exploration rooted in the mega trend of Self-Curated Spirituality;
Identify implications and discern faithful next steps for ministry and leadership.

This session is ideal for pastors, ministry leaders, theological educators, and anyone seeking tools to help their communities thrive in an age of spiritual fluidity and cultural change.
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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.

Prayer time for Oasis 2025 on Zoom
2025-07-30 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Join us July 30 from noon to 1:00 pm to pray for Oasis 2025. Register to receive the Zoom link.

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.
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11:00 a.m.
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1:30 p.m.
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3:00 p.m.
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4:15 p.m.
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6:30 p.m.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6
8:45 a.m.
CANDIDATE

10:15 a.m.
CANDIDATE

11:30 a.m.
CANDIDATE

1:45 p.m.
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3:00 p.m.
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4:15 p.m.
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6:30 p.m.
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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
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
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
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
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 | 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

Masterclass – November 2025
2025-11-25 13:30 - 14:30 | Zoom
Moral scandals and toxic church culture reveal the evil within us. This Masterclass explores markers of healthy church leadership among Canadian churches, as drawn from a 2024 study of 31 congregations using Jim Collins’ good-to-great framework. These findings engage theologically with Scot McKnight and Laura Barringer’s work on harm caused by unhealthy church structures and narcissistic leaders. Finally, the practice of presence is promoted as an embodied posture exemplifying goodness in Canadian church leadership. This research offers practical insights for developing virtue-centered leadership that resists toxicity and cultivates flourishing congregational life.
Elizabeth Millar (Doctor of Practical Theology) is a Research Fellow at the Canadian Institute for Empirical Church Research – Wycliffe College (University of Toronto) and conducted the “Greatness” in Canadian Congregations research study in 2024-25. She also works as a spiritual director, a mentor for students at two Canadian seminaries, and the Storyteller for Vision Ministries Canada. Elizabeth lives on Prince Edward Island with her family.
Masterclass is a series of events from our CBAC Leadership Development department, seeking the transformation of our CBAC leaders through continued learning from world-class speakers. Sponsored by Crandall University.

Masterclass - January 2026
2026-01-27 13:30 - 14:30 | Zoom
Holy Pixels: Navigating the Future of AI and the Local Church
From the pew to the pulpit, AI is everywhere. What does this technology mean for preaching, pastoral care, community life, and mission? In this engaging and provocative session, we will explore the cultural currents powered by AI, the opportunities and tensions they create, and the practical and theological implications for everyday ministry. Expect real examples and honest questions as we seek to plot new futures without losing the heart of the church’s calling.
Rev. John Campbell’s life is lived at the intersection of Faith, Fundraising, and Technology. Serving at Acadia Divinity College as the Director of Development as well as the Director of Technology for Education. John leads the faculty and staff in effectively using technology in and out of the classroom. He is passionate about using technology not only in educational settings but also in the local church’s ministry. Ordained in 2008, John has served in pastoral ministry for over ten years, including as the Youth and Young Adult Pastor of The Crossing Church (formerly West End Baptist Church) in St. John’s, Newfoundland. John graduated from the University of New Brunswick (Bachelor of Computer Science), Acadia University (Master of Divinity), and the Arrow Leadership Program.
Masterclass is a series of events from our CBAC Leadership Development department, seeking the transformation of our CBAC leaders through continued learning from world-class speakers. Sponsored by Crandall University.
