CABF 2025 CROSS CANADA CONFERENCE
October 26-29, Vancouver, BC
In the midst of a lectionary year based on the gospel of Luke, we, the friends and members of CABF sought to draw together and reorient ourselves to Divine Love. We strengthened our love and commitment to one another and we rejoiced in the blessings of good food, good teaching and those good and groovy Vancouver vibes!
Forty-five CABF clergy and layleaders gathered together at Grandview Church and we enjoyed 3 inspiring worship/teaching/sharing sessions together.
Lee Kosa shared a message on "More Gardening, Less Scapegoating." You can listen to the MP3 recording by following this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZYFqzYY4OY. You can see a transcript of Lee's presentation here.
Leah Potts Kostamo (www.arocha.org) shared a message on “Jesus the Outdoorsman: Keeping Kinship with Creation." You can listen to the MP3 recording of Leah's presentation by following this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZYFqzYY4OY. Please note that Lea's presentation starts at 49:36, following Lee Kosa's presentation. You can see a transcript of Leah's presentation here.
Beth Carlson-Malena shared a message on “Mary & Elizabeth: Prophetic Vulnerability in Queer & Female Kinship.” You can listen to the MP3 recording by following this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1446nSa2PDc . You can see a transcript of Beth's presentation here.
CABF Annual General Meeting
The CABF 2025 Annual General Meeting was held October 4 at First Baptist Church Amherst, NS.
There is an Agenda for the Annual General Meeting with links to all reports. All of the reports were approved by the meeting. Details are available by following this link CABF EVENTS.
Draft minutes from the Annual General Meeting have been reviewed by CABF Council and approved for posting here. Final approval of the minutes will not happen until the next Meeting of Members.
2025 Assembly
This Assembly was held in conjunction with the 2025 Annual General Meeting at First Baptist Church Amherst on October 3 and 4, 2025. The Guest Speaker was Robert Seymour Wright who spoke twice.
His Friday evening lecture was "The Shelter of Freedom." It may be viewed on YouTube by following this link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cGqPj6Sq80
His Saturday morning lecture was "The Command of Freedom." It may be viewed on YouTube by following this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6e8d1LLLXc
A bio and photo of our Guest Speaker, Robert Seymour Wright, can be found under the Past Events/Past Assembly Topics tab at https://www.c-abf.ca/past-events/past-topics.
Letters to Members and Friends of the CABF
We encourage you to share these letters with those who you feel might be interested and to post them on your Church bulletin board.
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--CABF Executive and Council
The May 2025 Letter to Members and Friends is available here.
The January, 2025 Letter to Members and Friends is available here.
50th Anniversary Celebration
What a wonderful time we had in Wolfville as we celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the ABF-CABF! For a look at the program and to find links to various presentations, click here. A particularly poignant moment was the showing of a memorial slide set of some of those whose presence and leadership has meant so much. You can see it here.
Telling the Story of the CABF
Two videos have been produced to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Canadian Association for Baptist Freedoms and its predecessor, the Atlantic Baptist Fellowship. Both videos are now on our CABF YouTube channel - watch and share them today!
CABF Voices - 5Oth Anniversary "Long"
CABF Voices - 50th Anniversary "Short"
50th Anniversary Lapel Pins
Lapel pi
ns to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of ABF/CABF are available from the Treasurer at a cost of $10 each and can be obtained by sending an e-Transfer to cabftreasurer at gmail dot com (you know how to write that as an email address) and adding a name and mailing address in the “add a message” section of the e-Transfer or sending your request and a cheque to the Treasurer.
When Dues are Due!
CABF Individual Membership is on a twelve (12) month basis, so annual dues of $20 are due one year following your last payment date. For more information on membership click here.
Donations
You can donate to CABF through CanadaHelps.org - click on the image to the left. You will receive an immediate charitable receipt and your gift will be transferred to CABF.