Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada
The Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada, formerly known as Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches is a Baptist Christian denomination in the eastern provinces of Canada. The offices of the CBAC are located in Moncton, New Brunswick. The organization is one of four regional denominations of Canadian Baptist Ministries.
History
The Baptist Convention of the Maritime Provinces was founded in 1846. In 1905-06, the Convention merged with the Free Christian Baptist Conference of New Brunswick and the Free Baptist Conference of Nova Scotia to become the United Baptist Convention of the Maritimes.The Regular Baptist and Free Will Baptist congregations wrote a statement of faith and polity called the "Basis of Union" with which both groups could agree. With the addition of Newfoundland and Labrador to Canada, the organization changed its name to the United Baptist Convention of the Atlantic Provinces in 1963. In 2001, the organization changed its name to the ‘’’Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches’’’, and again changed in 2016 to the ‘’’Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada’’’.Since 1944, the CBAC has been a partner in Canadian Baptist Ministries.