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First Baptist Church, Vancouver, British Columbia

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First Baptist Church began as a Sunday school meeting in Blair Hall, at the back of Blair Saloon, at the corner of Abbot and Water Streets, on Sunday, June 6, 1886. The following Sunday afternoon was the Vancouver Fire, and Blair Hall was burned down along with almost every other structure in the city. The Sunday school met in the open air for a time, then in the rebuilt Blair Hall, then in a hall behind the Gold Hotel, then in Sullivan Hall. On March 16, 1887, in Sullivan Hall, First Baptist Church was organised with 10 members. Within six weeks, the members had purchased a lot and put up a small frame building on Westminster Avenue (now 432 Main Street) at a cost of $700.00.

The church soon outgrew the original building, and on September 15, 1889, the church moved to a new wood frame building with a prominent steeple at the corner of Hamilton and Dunsmuir (where the Vancouver Playhouse now stands) which seated 800 people.

On June 11, 1911, the church dedicated a new stone building at the corner of Nelson and Burrard, with seating for 950 people, expandable to 1,200. The cornerstone for the new building was laid by John Morton, the first white settler in what is now Vancouver, and a Baptist layman. A fire which started in the early morning of February 10, 1931 gutted the sanctuary, and the church met in the Dominion Theater until the church was rebuilt and rededicated on November 15, 1931.

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist Convention of British Columbia, which in turn is part of Canadian Baptists of Western Canada, which is a constituent part of Canadian Baptist Ministries.

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Former Pastors

Name Began Ended Notes Sourcing Level1 Connected?2
Robert Lennie18841887 Missionary pastor, and later pastor of Olivet Baptist Church, New Westminster. 3 Yes
John Whitehouse Daniels18871887 First pastor. 3 Yes
James Bell Kennedy18871890 3 Yes
William Cornett Weir18901894 3 Yes
Wesley Thomas Stackhouse18961899 3 Yes
Walter Benwell Hinson 18991900 Later served as pastor of East Side Baptist Church in Portland, Oregon. After his death, the church was renamed after him. 3 Yes
Roland D. Grant 19001903 3 Yes
Joseph Willard Litch 19041907 Later went on to become Superintendant for Home Missions in British Columbia, Alberta, and Manitoba. 3 Yes
Henry Francis Perry 19091915 3 Yes
John L. Campbell 19151919 3 Yes
Gabriel Reid Maguire 19201923 3 Yes
John Jacob Ross19231929 3 Yes
Orville Ernest Daniel 19261927 Associate Pastor. Later went on to be a missionary in India, and later become the General Secretary of the Canadian Baptist Overseas Mission Board. 3 Yes
John Reid "J. R." Turnbull 19261927 Associate Pastor. 3 Yes
W. Geisweit Interim Pastor.
Henry Knox 1929 1931 Interim Pastor. 3 Yes
Elbert Paul19321951 3 Yes
Fredrick Tipton Williams 1944 1946 Associate Pastor. 3 Yes
Gordon Woodcock 1948 1950 Associate Pastor. 3 Yes
Wayman Kenneth Roberts 1951 1955 Died in ministry. 3 Yes
Henry Knox 1955 1955 Interim Pastor (second time). 3 Yes
Robert George Quiggin 1955 1956 Interim Pastor. 3 Yes
Fredrick Tipton Williams Associate Pastor (second time). 3 Yes
J. Gordon Jones 1956 1963 3 Yes
J. H. Slimon Temporary while Dr. Jones was in India. 3 Yes
James Willox Duncan 1963 1964 Interim Pastor. 3 Yes
Bob Vaughan 1962 1965 Associate Pastor. No
Arnold Westcott 1964 1970 3 Yes
Stuart Frayne1964 1968Associate Pastor 2 Yes
Roy Bell 1970 1981 0.5 No
Ernest Runions 1982 1983 Interim Minister of Preaching 1 Yes
James Willox Duncan 1972 1981 Minister of Visitation. 3 Yes
Arthur James Hadley 1994 1995 Interim Director of Ministries. 0.5 No
Katsumi Imayoshi 1999 2010 Minister of Pastoral Care 3 No
Bob Swann19992020Minister of Mission and Outreach No
Thomas "Greg" Anderson20002005 Executive Minister No
Andrea Tisher20112019 Minister of Minister/Associate Pastor No
Darrell Johnson 2009 2015 Senior Pastor No
Darrell Johnson 2015 2018 Preaching Pastor No
Elly Krogman 2015 2015 Tranisitional Pastor No
Timothy Kuepfer 2016 Senior Pastor No
Judith Lang 2011 2014 Associate Minister for Congregational Care No
Jo-Ann Matiachuk 2006 2010 Executive Minister No
Jo-Ann Matiachuk 1998 2006 Minister for Children and Families No
Frank McLeod 2005 Pastoral Care No
David Bruce Milne 1984 2000 No
David Musser 1981 1982 Minister of Music No
Janet Porcino 1990 2011 Minister of Discipleship No
Jim Postlewaite 1987 1997 Ministry of Education/Adult ministries No
Neil Redenbaugh 2011 2015 Youth Director No
Myrna Sears 1980 1985 Associate Minister No
Santosh Ninan 2005 2008 First@Night No
Jaylynn Warren Byassee 2018Minister of Outreach No
Monica Westerholm 2013 2014 Int. Coordinator of Music and Worship No
Bradly Steyn 20072017 Shelter Ministry Coordinator No
Yvonne Archer Pastor No
Robert Bahr 2015 2015 Chaplain Leader No
Filipe Baliero 2017 2020 Director of Youth Ministries No
Filipe Baliero 2021 2023 Associate pastor No
Jeremy Bell 1981 1988 Minister of Outreach No
Keith Boschman 2018 Minister of Outreach & Evangelism No
Anthony Brown 20192022 Senior Pastor No
Marianne Buerger 20062008Director of Children and Family Ministries No
Jason Byasse 2018 2018 Interim Pastor No
Theodore Chan 1996 1998 No
Thomas Cowan 20042009 Senior Pastor No
John Cuddeford 20092001 Minister at Large No
Benjamin Ewert 2021 2023 Associate Pastor/Worship Arts No
Jack Farr 19881993Associate Pastor No
Luz Figueroa 20092013Director of Children and Family Ministries No
James Glabraith 19941997Intern, Youth and CE No
Edna Grenz 1990 2010 Minister of Worship No
Abraham Han 20102015 Associate Minister of Urban & Community Life No
Abraham Han 2017present Executive Minister No
Phil Harbridge 1992 2004 Youth pastor No
John Hayashi 2005 2008 Minister of Youth and Young Adults No
Michael Hayes 1998 2001 Lay Leadership No

Missionaries

Name Began Ended Country Sourcing Level1 Connected?2
Mary Evangeline Pattullo19241931 Bolivia 3 Yes
Arthur Howard Plummer19241931 Bolivia 1 Yes
Orville Ernest Daniel 1929 1948 India (Later served as General Secretary of the Canadian Baptist Overseas Mission Board.) 3 Yes
Barbara Forster 1983 present international ministries at FBC No


Former Organists

Name Began Ended Notes Sourcing Level1 Connected?2
Laura Carlisle 3 No
John Alexander19051905 1 No
Evan Walters19281956 3 Yes
Roger Grose 2023 No
Ay-Laung "Ellen" Wang 2017 No
Jane Kim 2018 present No

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