In this national correspondence Steve Jones and Jon Stairs share about the recent suspension of 3 churches in FEBP. They offer their perspective on the dismissals and offer personal exhortations and clarifications as to their understanding of FEBN. Read here: FEBN Email_May 8_2026
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Why is it so Hard to Reform Baptist Denominations? (Paul Carter)
Baptist denominations in North America appear to be navigating through some very choppy waters at the moment. Some of the concerns have to do with doctrine, others have to do with practice, but all of them are complicated by polity. One of the challenges with Baptist denominational polity is that the people on the governing...
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...
FEB Prairies’ Leadership Moves to Remove 3 Churches on April 30 (en français aussi)
Another 3 churches dismissed on April 30 lire aussi en français ici: LA DIRECTION DE FELLOWSHIP PRAIRIES TENTE D In 2024, the Fellowship Prairies Regional Board attempted to discipline three churches that privately questioned their complementarian standards and leadership ethics (lying, abuse of authority, slander) going back to 2016. When the 2025 Regional Convention ordered...
CCT Assurances to FEB Central (en français aussi)
lire en français ici: ASSURANCES DU CCT On Tuesday March 24, FEB Central held their AGM. It was a time of encouragement as we heard reports of what Christ is doing through His churches across the region. Naturally, pastors and churches were eager to learn more about the CCT process. For this, FEBN President, Steve...
CCT Survey
FEB National released its latest Complementarian Congruence Team (CCT) report on Monday March 9. It asks questions about view on Article 9 of the AoF, current church practices in relation to complementarianism, views on our bylaw and position statement, and also how your church would hypothetically relate to FEBN on gender issues given a number...
CCT Video
FEB National released its latest Complementarian Congruence Team (CCT) report on Friday March 6. In the video released Mar 9 Steve Jones, FEB President, and Lillian Boyd, Executive Minister at Springvale Church and member of the CCT, introduce the CCT survey. They verbalize the story behind the survey, some of the content of the survey...
TGC Canada: Is a Pastor the Same Thing as an Elder?
Paul Carter, a Fellowship Pastor, writes for The Gospel Coalition Canada: “This passage [Acts 20:7-28] is particularly helpful because it uses the word for elder, presbyteros, again in the plural form, as well as the word for overseer, episkopos, also in the plural, and the word for shepherd, poimainō, in the infinitive, which can also be translated “to...
Stephens, The Fellowship’s Unity Crisis
“Now here we are 20 years later, the differences of theology remain and in fact are exacerbated. Eight faithful churches have been removed and more may be on the way. Our church has been in tension with our region for 10 years because I questioned why our region was not complying with national bylaws. Our...
FEB Central Communication About Excommunication of 8 Churches
“The result of the special convention was the removal of the 8 churches in question. Although this is not what anyone wanted, one positive outcome is that all those involved on both sides of the issue behaved in a Christ honoring manner.” … “In recent days several pastors have asked for confirmation of the official...