Jamey in Context

For those of you who are in touch with your technical side and are avid bloggers, check out Jamey's latest step up the Technology ladder...A Blog. Right now this consists of his "Jamey's Journal" content, but look forward to photo's, personal updates and the ability to comment on Jam...

Grow...or Die!

Wow, that’s pretty direct. Blunt is maybe more accurate. I’ve heard the statement used in business contexts and it invites listeners to grow their organizations. Usually “growth” involves revenues, or contacts, or production, or sales in general.

Global Passion

I spent last Saturday with a couple heading from Canada to an overseas appointment. I’d tell you where, but the politics of the region they are heading to makes it dicey to even mention it by name. I was impressed with them. No I take that back, I was really impressed with them.

Worship...as performing art

I like viewing the arts. Art varies in the eye of the beholder but I used to really enjoy watching our kids high school choir concerts. They were always good because my kids were singing but sometimes they were just good. I can listen to a symphony but I really prefer watching it as I listen t...

Preachers

I worked a secular job while going through seminary. I was a dockworker loading trucks. The crew around me was a ton of fun. Sure some of them were rough and abrasive. But most were hard working, straight shooting, get it done kinds of guys. If it weren’t for the faith and vocabulary is...

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Haiti Earthquake Response

Greetings,

Undoubtedly you are aware of the earthquake in Haiti and consequent destruction. It dominates our world headlines, but its shockwaves reverberate into the BGCC as we have six Haitian congregations in Montreal, all of which have close ties in Haiti, as well as a number of mission related contacts through BGC churches.

In these kinds of situations there is often a strong desire to financially contribute to the recovery needs. If that is something you wish or your congregation to engage in, we encourage you to use the disaster relief efforts of World Relief Canada, our partnering organization in these kinds of matters. Gifts can be made directly to World Relief Canada with annotation "Haiti Earthquake Response" or they can be sent to us here in Edmonton and we'll forward them on to World Relief posthaste. World Relief is a fine organization and we highly endorse their integrity and efficiency. Should you choose to send along relief efforts, our Canadian government is participating in matching individual donations up to 50 million dollars. The gifts must be donated between January 12 and February 12, 2010 and be clearly marked for the Haiti Earthquake Response.

Welcome to BGC Canada

To Plant & Grow, Worshipping, Caring Churches - Globally!

Welcome to the Baptist General Conference of Canada. We are a movement of 106 Canadian Churches stretching from Vancouver Island to Nova Scotia. We are Baptistic in theology and gentle in spirit. Our background can be traced to the immigration of Swedish pietists coming to Canada in the late 1800's. Our congregations reflect a broad variety of culture and tradition. Some are filled with long term Canadians, others reflect the mosaic that Canada has become in this last generation. We speak English, French, Mandarin, Tagalog, Spanish, Cantonese, Japanese, Farsi and maybe even one or two other languages on any given Sunday in our movement.

We are looking to begin churches wherever we sense God opening the door to further ministry. Some of our congregations are large (over 1000 attenders) and located in urban areas but many of our congregations are smaller (under 150) and carry out faithful ministry in the rural parts of our nation.