Baptist Union of Western Canada
- Baptist Union of Western Canada
The Baptist Union of Western Canada (BUWC) was formed in 1907 as the "Baptist Convention of Western Canada", and adopted its present name in 1909. The Union has suffered several setbacks in its history, including the withdrawal of numerous churches in the 1920s during the fundamentalist/modernist controversy, the closing of Brandon College (in Brandon, Manitoba) in 1939, and the withdrawal of the Swedish Baptists in the late 1940s.
In 1944, the BUWC joined with the "United Baptist Convention of the Maritimes" (now Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches) and the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec to form the Canadian Baptist Federation (now Canadian Baptist Ministries).
BUWC offices are located in Calgary, Alberta, and education ministry is carried on through the Carey Theological College in Vancouver, British Columbia. The BUWC cooperates with the "Evangelical Fellowship of Canada", and is a partner in "Canadian Baptist Ministries". In 2003 there were 162 churches in the Union - 60 in the "British Columbia Area" (British Columbia & Yukon Territory), 59 in the "Alberta Area", and 43 in the "Heartland Area" (Manitoba & Saskatchewan) - with an estimated 20,000 members.
ources
*"Baptists Around the World", by Albert W. Wardin, Jr.
*"The Baptist Heritage: Four Centuries of Baptist Witness", by H. Leon McBeth
External links
* [http://www.buwc.ca/ Baptist Union of Western Canada] - official web site
* [http://www.careytheologicalcollege.ca/ Carey Theological College] - official web site
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