Keswick Baptist Church
59 Route 104, Keswick, N.B. E6L 2A1
A member of the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches
Goal
Our goal is to make disciples who make disciples.
Some ways we do this are listed in our constitution.
Vision
Our vision is to see 10% more people involved in ministry every year.
Ministries
Our Ministries include:
Prayer: Weekly Prayer Meeting;
Mothers Who Care
and many other chances to pray together.
Worship: Sunday at 11 am and many other times. Click here for more info on our worship services.
Teaching: Sunday School, ALPHA course, Bible Studies, Prayer and Study groups.
Service: Visitation, Help to the needy, Shoe Box project,
Youth: Kids Club, Youth Group, Teen Bible Study,
Seniors: Seniors Happy Time
Missions: Keswick WMS, Tim & Dianne Bannister WMS, various mission projects.
People
The people of the Keswick Baptist Church ARE the church. We are organized as a congregation form of church government with the following "officers":
Ministers: Every Friend and Member of the church
Pastor: Gordon James
Deacons: Charlie Sutherland; Charlie Hawkins; Lloyd Duplessis;
Bob McCullough; Bob Fox; Frank Gordon
Trustees: Andrew Staples; Fred Duplessis; Vernon McDonald;
Tim Brewster; Wanda Rettinger;
Sunday School Co-ordinator(s) : Julie Robinson and Ida Duplessis
Clerk: Joan Hawkins
Treasurer: Andrew Staples
Communion Steward(s):Muriel McMillan
and such others as may be deemed necessary
Any baptized believer can become a member of our church. As well, there are a number of ways in which a person may be released from our membership.
Partners in Ministry
There are many other Christians we work with in various ministries.
We work with our many friends, neighbours, brothers and sisters in the Lord in the following churches:
Douglas Baptist Church; Burtts Corner United Baptist Church; Keswick Ridge United Church; the Anglican churches in the Parish of Bright
We are one of 30 churches in York Association of Atlantic Baptist Churches
Our organization into Associations of churches is how we do work on ministries bigger than the local church.
We are A member of the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches
Our Convention consists of more than 66,000 baptized members working together through 546 local churches in 21 associations across the Atlantic provinces. It is "composed of those bodies which have agreed to work together upon the basis of the historic Baptist position that the Bible is the all-sufficient ground of faith and practice"
We support the many projects of Canadian Baptist Ministries
We are a member of the Baptist World Alliance
What's Going On
This year is our 140th anniversary. Look for some pictures of our 140th Anniversary events coming up.
If you want to see the bulletins of the last few weeks check these.
September 9
September 16
September 23
September 30
October 7
This Week
What We Believe
There have been a number of creeds and statements of faith through the centuries that we affirm with all Christians. Our church has a Doctrinal Statement of Faith in our church constitution. It is very similar to the Basis of Union by which two groups of Baptists agreed to put their differences behind them and join together in 1905 / 1906.
I should make it clear that we regard the scriptures of the old and new testaments form the sole definite and complete doctrinal statement of faith for this church.
The statement of faith in our church constitution is one we can change or add to at any time by agreement of the church people as we see issues about which we need to give clear teaching.
For membership in our church we ask that Believers, baptized by immersion, affirm our statement of faith and agree to our church covenant.
Other Links
For those who are interested in details, our Church Constitution
One of the best places to get info on "classic Christianity"
Last modified Sunday, October 7, 2001, 07:01 AM
e-mail questions or comments on the design to Gordon James