We believe in the Divine inspiration and consequent authority of the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. By the term Divine inspiration we mean the truthfulness and authority of both the Old and New Testament Scriptures in their entirety as the only written Word of God, without error in the original manuscripts and the only infallible rule of faith and practice.



We believe in the doctrine of the Trinity, one God revealed as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect.



We believe in the Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, His miraculous conception, humanity, miracles, His death and burial, His bodily resurrection, ascension, and return.



We believe in the personality of the Holy Spirit whose ministry is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ and during this age to convict men, regenerate the believing sinner, indwell, guide, instruct, and empower the believer for godly living and service.



We believe in the creation of man in the image of God; that he sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death, but also spiritual death; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature totally depraved and are incapable of pleasing God, and in the case of those who reach moral responsibility become culpable sinners, utterly lost, and only through being born again through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, in whom we have redemption through His blood, can salvation and spiritual life be obtained.



We believe in the resurrection of the body, the eternal life of the saved, the eternal punishment of the lost. After death all men continue in conscious existence, the believers being "absent from the body but present with the Lord," the lost in everlasting conscious torment.



We believe in the personality of Satan as a created being and an adversary of God. In all things, there must be a beginning and this is the account of the beginning of Cape Breton Bible Camp. In the early 1950's, Laurie MacAllister came to Cape Breton to work in construction. He also was superintendent of Canadian Sunday School Mission and New Brunswick Bible Institute. Mr. MacAllister had a great love for children. One of his closest friends was Les Toby of Port Hood. Les took Laurie to a small island off Port Hood and said he would give this island to him for a camp for children. Laurie went back to NBBI and CSSM and discussed this prospect and got their approval. Because of the fact that this was an island, the children needed a boat to get back and forth. God supplied the need when Mr. Toby took up the challenge on his boat. The first summer saw approximately ten children at the camp. They were from Port Hood. The land had come with only a small, tumbled down house. The only facilities was an outside well. The first year, the children slept on hardwood floors with blankets, washed and cooked with well water and bathed in the river. The first year, the camp was run by Laurie, Rev. Ted White, and missionaries, Mr. and Mrs. Caulder.



The following year, advertisements went out to the churches and enrollment increased to the point that there was not enough room for everyone. Hughie drove to Truro where he purchased a large circus tent and two bell tents. He placed them on Port Hood Island. That year, they had thirty to forty children. They had swings, slides, baseball games and many other activities. Things went well under the direction of new directors, Mr. and Mrs. Von Ziggy. Changes were made at the camp over the next couple of years. The old house was taken down, a new well was drilled and men from Cape North built cabins on the Island for the children.



In 1966, two men, Mr. Clark and Mark Breeden, (involved in the camp ministry) came to visit Hughie. The mission of their visit was to get Hughie's approval to move the camp off Port Hood Island. At first, he was not in agreement. However, when they explained why, he had to agree. There were many children coming to the camp needing to be taken there by boat each year. Their fear was one child would fall off and drown.



Three sites were looked at in New Campbellton. The third site they looked at was immediately bought from a Mr. Birchell for $4500.00. In the summer of 1966, the Port Hood property was sold. In the summer of 1967 the camp was called Cape Breton Camp. In November 1968 the name was changed to Cape Breton Bible Camp. Hundreds of children have passed through the camp doors since then. There have been many good directors and staff throughout the years. They served the Lord graciously and ministered to the needs of our children lovingly.