Bailieboro-Springville Pastoral Charge was formed in 1969 by Springville United Church and Bailieboro United Church (which took on members from the closed Fraserville and Bensfort congregations and changed its name to Emmanuel United Church, Bailieboro). Previously Bailieboro had been, along with Fraserville and Bensfort, points on the Fraserville Pastoral Charge, which had existed since 1925; from 1917 to that date the same three congegations had formed Fraserville Methodist Circuit, and before that had been part of South Monaghan Methodist Circuit
Andrew Baird Browning, (1855-1940) was a Presbyterian/United Church minister and educator. He was born near Motherwell, Ontario in 1855. He was educated at the University of Toronto, Knox College and in Europe. After a pastorate in Edmonton, he was made professor at Manitoba College in 1871. He taught for over fifty years at this Presbyterian/United Church college.
Edward Norcliffe Baker (1852-1929) was a Methodist/United Church minister and educator. He was born in Oakville, Ont. He was twice married, first to R. Meek in 1881, and then to Sarah Jane Axford in 1904. He was ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1875 and served in the Toronto, Huron and Colborne Districts, serving at Sault Ste. Marie from 1911-1913. From 1913-1927 he was Principal of Albert College.
Edward Baker (1870-1952) was a Methodist/United Church minister in Ontario. He was born in Birmingham, England and came to Canada at age sixteen. He graduated from Victoria College and was ordained into the Methodist Church in 1903. He served charges at Sundridge, Huttonville, Little Current, Markham, Cochrane, Newtonbrook, Meaford and Dundalk. He retired in 1936, whereupon he was made Minister Emeritus at Meaford.
Bala - Port Carling Pastoral Charge was formed in ca. 1968 when the Bala and Port Carling pastoral charges joined Bala United Church was established in 1925, formerly the Bala Union Church and Presbyterian Port Carling United Church was established in 1925, formerly Methodist
Bala United Church, formerly Presbyterian, established in 1925. The congregation is still active.
Balderson United Church was formed in 1925; formerly Presbyterian.
The Rev. Charles Dod Baldwin, D.D., was a Methodist Church minister. He was born on July 31, 1855 in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland to Robert and Mary Baldwin. He attended school at Lismore College in County Waterford before moving to Dublin. There, while working for a hardware company, he preached and taught Sunday school at the Charleston Road Methodist Church and was involved with the Y.M.C.A.
He moved to Canada in August 1882 and enrolled in the Wesleyan Theological College, Montreal, where he won prizes in theology and the natural sciences. He was ordained in 1887. His time in the ministry was split between the Montreal and Ontario Conferences: Dunham (1882, 1895-1896), Levis and Bourg Louis (1883), Island Brook (1884), Montreal (1885-1886), Hendersonville (1887-1888), Lawrenceville (1889-1891), Cookshire (1893-1894), Lacolle (1897-1899), North Augusta (1901-1902), Mallorytown (1902-1095), Metcalfe (1905-1907), Westmeath (1907-1909), Ashton (1909-1911), St. Paul, Montreal (1911-1913), Westport (1913-1916), Addison (1916-1918), Aultsville (1918-1921), and Sharbot Lake (1921-1922). He retired from the ministry to Kingston in 1922, where he became connected to Sydenham Street United Church. Baldwin was also involved in the governance of the Montreal Conference. He held numerous positions, including: journal secretary (1892-1903, 1919-1921), assistant secretary (1905), secretary (1906, 1920-1921), General Conference statistician (1913-1918), and was elected President of the Montreal Conference in 1922.
Baldwin was known to be proficient in pen and ink illuminations. He married Catherine Elizabeth Teskey in 1889; she predeceased him in February 1947. Baldwin died on January 29, 1949 at the age of 94.
Balfour Street United Church was established in 1925, formerly Methodist and Presbyterian
Ballantrae - Lemonville Pastoral Charge was established in 1925, formerly Methodist
Lemonville Methodist Circuit included Ballantrae and Bethesda; it joined the United Church of Canada in 1925
Ballantrae United Church was established in 1925, formerly Methodist
Lemonville United Church was establisheded in 1925, formerly Methodist
Lemonville Methodist Church was established in the nineteenth century; it joined the United Church of Canada in 1925
Ballinafad Pastoral Charge was established in 1925, formerly Presbyterian; it included Churchill and Melville Church in Caledon Township, and was discontinued ca. 1967 when St. Andrew's and Ballinafad Pastoral Charge (Georgetown) was formed. Glen Williams Pastoral Charge was formed in 1926 as Limehouse Pastoral Charge; it included Limehouse and Churchill. Melville United Church was established in 1925, formerly Presbyterian, established as the Presbyterian congregation of West Caledon in 1831, and became Melville Presbyterian Church when the church building was built in 1837; it closed ca. 1964. Ballinafad United Church was established in 1925, formerly Presbyterian, established. ca. 1877
Ballinafad United Church was established in 1925, formerly Presbyterian, established. ca. 1877
Baltimore Pastoral Charge was formed in 1925; formerly Methodist and Presbyterian; it included Baltimore and Bethesda (now Bethesda South) in Hamilton Township.
Religious services began in Bamfield in 1925. During this time the community was a point on the Westcoast Marine Mission. The mission served various small communities along the Westcoast of Vancouver Island in a vessel called the Broadcaster and then in 1929, in the Melvin Swartout. In 1941 the Westcoast Marine Mission was closed temporarily pending the location of a suitable missionary to take up the work. In 1953, missionary work resumed along the Westcoast of Vancouver Island. At this time the Westcoast Marine Mission was based in Bamfield. The Bamfield United Church congregation was officially formed in 1962.