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This Association is an affiliated body of the Baptist Convention of Ontario
and Quebec www.baptist.ca, and so affiliated with Canadian
Baptist ministries and the Baptist World
Alliance.
Our Mission
To assist the Affiliated Churches in their carrying out of Christ's
mandate...
"... go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey everything
that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always to the very end of
the age. " (Matthew 28:19-20)
The Association History
The
Quebec Association of Baptist Churches, known then as the Eastern Association,
was established in 1887, coincident with broader organizational changes which
culminated in establishment of the Baptist Convention of Ontario and
Quebec
in 1889, by Act of
Parliament. The associations, of which there are now 17, are an integral part of
the overall structure of the Convention: - churches ®
associations ®
Convention.
The associations are regional networks of churches that work together for
ministry, fellowship and mission, attending to programs and issues that are
specific to their particular region.
An Association Boundaries Committee, established in 1963, proposed that churches
located in
Quebec
, which at the time were
members of the Ottawa Association (the Brownsburg, Grenville and
West Chatham
field, and the Thurso, Avoca
and Rivington field) be added to the membership of the Eastern
Association.
In 1965-66 the
association was renamed the Quebec Association of Baptist Churches.
The
Brownsburg
Church
was received into membership
in 1974, and Avoca-Rivington in 1978.
In 1989 The Baptist
Church Extension Board of the Province of Quebec, Inc. was made a standing
committee of the Quebec Association, with its Board of Directors being comprised
of the officers of the Association. Its purpose is to act on behalf of, and in
support of, the Baptists in this Province with a view to extending the Baptist
cause in
Quebec
. It was incorporated in 1930
and acts as trustee for the handling of funds and property necessary to carry
out its purpose.
At the present time
there are 18 member churches in the Quebec Association, both rural and city,
serving varying ethnic communities, including English, Spanish, Chinese,
Ukrainian and Portuguese.
Contact Information
For further information, please get in touch with the
Association :
- Telephone
- 514-744-6918
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- Postal address
- 11800
O'Brien Blvd., Montreal QC H4J-1Y8
- CANADA.
- Electronic mail
- General Information:
glenncor@ca.inter.net
Webmaster: webmaster@quebecbaptist.org
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The QUEBEC ASSOCIATION OF BAPTIST CHURCHES
