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 Jones, was interviewed by FEBC Regional Director,...
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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...
FEB Central Communication on Upcoming Vote to Remove 8 Churches in FEB Pacific
“From the other side of the country, we are in no position to judge the situation. No matter how much we believe that we understand, we simply were not there and we lack information. Please rest assured that leaders from both FEB Central and Fellowship National have been in conversations with Fellowship Pacific leadership. We...
Update Letter to Ontario Churches that Signed Letter to FEBPAC
It seems clear to us that the majority of Fellowship churches were unaware that FEBPAC had been granted, what we would deem to be, a kind of “leniency” on the complementarian issue. We believe this was done primarily to keep the peace and keep the BC churches in FEB National. (This evaluation has been verbally...
Over Sixty Ontario Churches Urge FEB Pacific to Not Suspend Churches
“We are writing to you as fellow members of The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches of Canada. It is our understanding that you have suspended one church in your region and placed at least ten others under the threat of suspension. Now that Fellowship National has begun a two-year process to address the issue of...
FEB Central Communication about the ’97 Motion
“FEB Central adheres to the 1997 position statement on Gender in Pastoral Leadership and the Fellowship national bylaws. We are complementarian. What this means is that elders and lead pastors in FEB Central churches are to be biblically qualified men. FEB Central “churches are expected to call staff members “pastors” only when they qualify for...