Posts from May 2026
Separation of Church and State Under Christ
This article is an adaptation of a talk I gave at the Dominion of Canada Conference. Resources from that conference are available at their website: https://3rproject.ca/ The relationship between church and state is often captured by the phrase, “the separation of church and state.” Today, this pithy phrase is largely misunderstood with most people turning its meaning on its head. The phrase was originally coined to keep the state out of the church, but now it is employed to keep…
Was It Beliefs or Behavior?
The national president of the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches of Canada sent out a public communication regarding our church’s removal from the Fellowship.[1] In that letter, the president stated that complementarianism was neither a related nor aggravating issue in our church’s removal. In fact, he maintains that to suggest as much is committing the same divisive behavior which warranted our removal. In the spirit of Proverbs 18:17 which says, “The one who states his case first seems right, until…
Another Three Bite the Dust
Yesterday at the Prairies regional convention for the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches of Canada (FEB) our church, along with two others (Fellowship Baptist Church, Edmonton and Park City Gospel Church, Winnipeg), were voted out. Our 66 year membership in the Fellowship was terminated. We were told this was not because of our beliefs but because of our behavior. The conflict began over gender roles in the church. The Fellowship’s national bylaws state, “In member churches, the pastoral office is…