CABF Annual General Meeting
1:00 pm October 4, 2025 First Baptist Church Amherst, NS
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 https://www.c-abf.ca/past-events/annual-general-meetings.
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.
CABF's Assembly
October 3-4, 2025 First Baptist Church Amherst, NS
Friday, Oct. 3:
6:30pm: Registration
7:00pm: Welcome and Announcements
7:15pm: Guest Speaker: "The Shelter of Freedom" Robert Seymour Wright
To view a video of this Lecture, follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cGqPj6Sq80
8:45pm: Communion Service
9:10pm: Refreshments
9:30pm: Goodnight
Saturday, Oct. 4:
9:30am: Registration
9:45am: Devotion
10:00am: Refreshments
10:15am: Guest Speaker: "The Command of Freedom" Robert Seymour Wright
To view a video of this Lecture, follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6e8d1LLLXc
11:45am: Lunch
1:00pm: CABF Annual General Meeting --See full Agenda at Canadian Association for Baptist Freedoms - Annual General Meetings.
2:30pm Adjournment
Guest Speaker,
Robert Seymour Wright
To see a short biography of Robert, follow this link:Canadian Association for Baptist Freedoms - Past Assembly Topics.
CABF's 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, followind 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.