{"id":28,"date":"2015-04-16T23:52:48","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T02:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.auba.ca\/web\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2018-08-24T15:42:24","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T18:42:24","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aubans.ca\/web\/about-us\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our History<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The African United Baptist Association of Nova Scotia was founded by Reverend Richard Preston in 1854. Reverend Preston was a former slave from Virginia, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1815. This Association is comprised of nineteen historically Black Baptist Churches in Nova Scotia. The AUBA has a long and distinguished history of serving the Black community throughout Nova Scotia. The AUBA has played an important role in nurturing the spirit of not only Black, but many Nova Scotians. This organization is far more than a religious organization – it has served as a centre for education opportunities, a trailblazer for social change and remains a strong voice for hundreds of black families throughout Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n

We are currently under the leadership of our New Moderator, Brother\u00a0George Gray\u00a0since August 2014. Our Office is located on the second floor of the Black Cultural Centre of Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n

In 1917, the women\u00a0met and asked permission from the AUBA Executive to formally organize the Ladies Auxiliary of the AUBA. Sister Maude Sparks was its first President. Although Sister Margaret Upshaw was the first official organizer, the bulk of the formation of women\u2019s work was carried on by Sister Muriel States, who was official organizer for thirty-eight years.<\/p>\n

In 1938, Reverend W.P. Oliver was asked by the Association Executive to promote the work of the Baptist Young People\u2019s Union within our Association. Sister Selena David became its first President. Today, the group is known as the \u201cBaptist Youth Fellowship\u201d.\u00a0 In 1944, the Laymen\u2019s Council of the AUBA was organized by the Association. Brother J. A. R. Kinney became its first President. Today, our Laymen\u2019s work continues to flourish.<\/p>\n

See our current Executive<\/a><\/p>\n

Below is a list of active AUBA churches in each District:<\/p>\n

District One<\/strong>
\nCherry Brook United Baptist Church, Cherry Brook, Halifax County
\nEast Preston United Baptist Church, East Preston, Halifax County
\nSaint Thomas Baptist Church, North Preston, Halifax County
\nVictoria Road United Baptist Church, Dartmouth, Halifax County<\/p>\n

District Two<\/strong>
\nBeechville Baptist Church, Beechville, Halifax County
\nCobequid Road United Baptist Church, Lower Sackville, Halifax County
\nNew Horizons Baptist Church(formerly Cornwallis Street Baptist Church), Halifax, Halifax County
\nEmmanuel Baptist Church, Hammonds Plains, Halifax County
\nLucasville United Baptist Church, Lucasville, Halifax County
\nWindsor Plains United Baptist Church, Three Mile Plains, Hants County<\/p>\n

District Three<\/strong>
\nAcaciaville United Baptist Church, Acaciaville, Digby County
\nGibson Woods United Baptist Church, Gibson Woods, Kings County
\nGreenville United Baptist Church, Greenville, Yarmouth County
\nInglewood United Baptist Church, Inglewood, Annapolis County
\nMount Beulah United Baptist Church, Weymouth, Digby County<\/p>\n

District Four<\/strong>
\nSecond United Baptist Church, New Glasgow, Pictou County
\nSunnyville United Baptist Church, Sunnyville, Guysborough County
\nTracadie United Baptist Church, Monastery, Antigonish County
\nZion United Baptist Church, Truro, Colchester County<\/p>\n

The African United Baptist Association of Nova Scotia is a member Association of the
\nConvention of Atlantic Baptist Churches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our History The African United Baptist Association of Nova Scotia was founded by Reverend Richard Preston in 1854. Reverend Preston was a former slave from Virginia, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1815. This Association is comprised of nineteen historically Black Baptist Churches in Nova Scotia. The AUBA has a long and distinguished history of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aubans.ca\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aubans.ca\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aubans.ca\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aubans.ca\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aubans.ca\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.aubans.ca\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":559,"href":"https:\/\/www.aubans.ca\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/559"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aubans.ca\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aubans.ca\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}