Our Affiliations
Baptist
Pineland is a Baptist church. Baptist is a term referring to churches and denominations within Protestant Christianity that emphasize a believer’s baptism by full immersion which is performed after a profession of faith in Christ as Lord and Saviour. A congregational governance system gives autonomy to individual local Baptist churches. Groups of Baptist churches are sometimes associated in organizations for purposes of missions and other common goals while retaining their local autonomy. For more information about Baptists and their origins, visit www.theopedia.com/Baptist.
North American Baptist Conference
Pineland belongs to a body of churches called the North American Baptist Conference (NAB). Beginning with a small gathering of German Baptists in the 1850s, the NAB has grown into a diverse, multinational network of churches. Rooted in the authority of Scripture, the NAB proclaims the good news of Jesus' redemptive work on the cross and salvation through faith alone, while offering abundant opportunities for making disciples in today's world. For more information, please visit www.nabconference.org.
Eastern Association of the NAB
Pineland is part of the Eastern Association Churches which consists of churches within the NAB in the geographical location of eastern Canada and northeast United States. The Eastern Association of the North American Baptist Conference is a voluntary affiliation that consists of 33 churches and 2 church plants spanning Quebec and Ontario in Canada through western New York and western Pennsylvania in the U.S. As a family of churches, the NAB East is committed to developing healthy pastors, healthy churches, and praying people. For more information, please visit nabeast.org.