Being Baptist Today
February and March 2010
Please join us Wednesdays at 7 p.m. (except February 10 at 6:30 p.m.) for an eight week program on Being Baptist Today. This will be of special interest to those wishing to join First Baptist. You can download a brochure here.
| February 3: | Origins of the Baptist Movement | - Dr. William Brackney |
| February 10: | Baptist Heroes | - Dr. Roger Prentice |
| February 17: | Maritime/Atlantic Baptists Roots | - Rev. Elias Mutale |
| February 24: | Baptist Identity | - Rev. John E. Boyd |
| March 3: | Contemporary Issues in Baptist Life | - Dr. Dan Gibson |
| March 10: | First Baptist Church Halifax - Origins/Development | - Rev. John E. Boyd |
| March 17: | Baptists and Religious Pluralism | - Rex and Rita Deverell |
| March 24: | First Baptist Church Halifax - Today and Tomorrow | - Rev. John E. Boyd |
Speakers
Rev. Dr. William Brackney is the Millard R. Cherry Distinguished Professor of Christian Theology and Ethics at Acadia Divinity College. He previously taught at Houghton College, Colgate Rochester Divinity School, and Eastern Baptist Seminary. He is also a former Principal of McMaster Divinity College and his most recent publication is A Capsule History of Baptist Principles
Rev. Dr. Roger H. Prentice, retired Chaplain of Acadia University, is well known to us as a "son: of First Baptist Church Halifax. His recent publications are A Quick and Easy History of A Child of Providence: the Story of Acadia University (2005) and Hymns at Heaven’s Gate: The Uses and Abuse of Hymns (2008). Roger was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humanities degree by Acadia University.
Rev. Elias Mutale is a Regional Minister of CABC for the African United Baptist Association. A native of Zambia, Elias is a graduate of Acadia Divinity College and previous served the Billtown-Woodville United Baptist Churches and Dartmouth’s Victoria Road United Baptist Church.
Rev. Dr. Dan Gibson is currently Pastor of the Pereaux United Baptist Church and Chaplain to the Canning and District Volunteer Fire Department. He previously ministered in Brantford, Cambridge, Toronto, Brockville and Guysborough County and is the author of a collection of sermons entitled, The Dancing Cottage. Dan's brother, Dave Gibson, is a member of First Baptist.
Rex and Rita Deverell are new to First Baptist, but not new to the religious and artistic scene in Canada.
Rex is a socially engaged playwright born in Toronto, raised in Orillia, now living in Halifax. After graduating from McMaster University, he was a pastor in rural Ontario before writing for the theatre. A prolific playwright, having produced nearly fifty dramatic works - plays for children, musicals, political satires, historical documentaries, and scripts for television and radio, he also holds the Canadian record for longest run as a playwright in residence, 1975-90, at the Globe Theatre in Regina. In 1978 he won the Canadian Authors Award for Boiler Room Suite. We are delighted to have Rex as a member of the First Baptist Senior Choir.
Rita is currently the holder of Nancy's Chair in Women's Studies at Mount St. Vincent University. Her distinguished career has included work as an academic, broadcaster, television producer/director, journalist, arts administrator and theatre artist. Rita was the first woman to lead a journalism program in Canada in her position as Director of the School of Journalism at the University of Regina in the 1980s. She recently completed her term as head of news and current affairs at the Aboriginal People's Network and was a founding member of Vision TV, the world's first multifaith and multicultural network. Rita was recognized in 2005 with an Order of Canada for her pioneering work in journalism, and has authored several screenplays for which she also served as producer and director.
Rev. John E. Boyd is Senior Minister of First Baptist Church Halifax. He has leadership roles in several Baptist, Ecumenical and Interfaith organizations, serving on the Atlantic Baptist Fellowship executive, the Racism Commission of the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches, the Board of the Alliance of Baptists, the Atlantic Ecumenical Council and the Halifax Interfaith Council. Mr. Boyd is a graduate of Acadia University and a former Lecturer in Homiletics at Acadia Divinity College. His previous pastorates were in Lunenburg County and Amherst, NS.
Rev. Dr. William Brackney is the Millard R. Cherry Distinguished Professor of Christian Theology and Ethics at Acadia Divinity College. He previously taught at Houghton College, Colgate Rochester Divinity School, and Eastern Baptist Seminary. He is also a former Principal of McMaster Divinity College and his most recent publication is A Capsule History of Baptist PrinciplesRev. Dr. Roger H. Prentice, retired Chaplain of Acadia University, is well known to us as a "son: of First Baptist Church Halifax. His recent publications are A Quick and Easy History of A Child of Providence: the Story of Acadia University (2005) and Hymns at Heaven’s Gate: The Uses and Abuse of Hymns (2008). Roger was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humanities degree by Acadia University.
Rev. Elias Mutale is a Regional Minister of CABC for the African United Baptist Association. A native of Zambia, Elias is a graduate of Acadia Divinity College and previous served the Billtown-Woodville United Baptist Churches and Dartmouth’s Victoria Road United Baptist Church.Rev. Dr. Dan Gibson is currently Pastor of the Pereaux United Baptist Church and Chaplain to the Canning and District Volunteer Fire Department. He previously ministered in Brantford, Cambridge, Toronto, Brockville and Guysborough County and is the author of a collection of sermons entitled, The Dancing Cottage. Dan's brother, Dave Gibson, is a member of First Baptist.Rex and Rita Deverell are new to First Baptist, but not new to the religious and artistic scene in Canada.Rex is a socially engaged playwright born in Toronto, raised in Orillia, now living in Halifax. After graduating from McMaster University, he was a pastor in rural Ontario before writing for the theatre. A prolific playwright, having produced nearly fifty dramatic works - plays for children, musicals, political satires, historical documentaries, and scripts for television and radio, he also holds the Canadian record for longest run as a playwright in residence, 1975-90, at the Globe Theatre in Regina. In 1978 he won the Canadian Authors Award for Boiler Room Suite. We are delighted to have Rex as a member of the First Baptist Senior Choir.
Rita is currently the holder of Nancy's Chair in Women's Studies at Mount St. Vincent University. Her distinguished career has included work as an academic, broadcaster, television producer/director, journalist, arts administrator and theatre artist. Rita was the first woman to lead a journalism program in Canada in her position as Director of the School of Journalism at the University of Regina in the 1980s. She recently completed her term as head of news and current affairs at the Aboriginal People's Network and was a founding member of Vision TV, the world's first multifaith and multicultural network. Rita was recognized in 2005 with an Order of Canada for her pioneering work in journalism, and has authored several screenplays for which she also served as producer and director.
Rev. John E. Boyd is Senior Minister of First Baptist Church Halifax. He has leadership roles in several Baptist, Ecumenical and Interfaith organizations, serving on the Atlantic Baptist Fellowship executive, the Racism Commission of the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches, the Board of the Alliance of Baptists, the Atlantic Ecumenical Council and the Halifax Interfaith Council. Mr. Boyd is a graduate of Acadia University and a former Lecturer in Homiletics at Acadia Divinity College. His previous pastorates were in Lunenburg County and Amherst, NS.