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We often use the term

without realizing what it means.
When the 1st century disciples of Jesus sought
a word to describe their community, they
chose the word “ecclesia,” from which we get
“church.”
N�� ����’� ��� ����������� �����. The word
did not refer to anything overtly religious!
The word referred to people gathering to
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conduct the business of the city, gathering to
carry out civic responsibilities. � � � � � � � � �

The early disciples saw themselves as people
with a mission relative to the city
city.
And ���� is what it means to be the church.
We are ordinary, broken people,
summoned by and gathered around
the Risen and Reigning Jesus to share in His life
US
For further information or to
make a connection with a pastor,
please contact the Church Of�ice at
604.683.8441 or info@�irstbc.org
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THE CITY
and to conduct the business of the city of God
right here in the city!
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& BEYOND
Won’t you come and join us? ★
Rev. Darrell Johnson, Senior Minister

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

969 Burrard Street @ Nelson
Vancouver BC V6Z 1Y1
604.683.8441
We hope you feel at home
fax 604.683.8410
in our church! info@�irstbc.org
Directions online at www.FirstBC.org
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story, plus several ways you can SUNDAY WORSHIP 9 & 11��
connect with the people of our (identical service)
congregation. ONE 10�� Service ONLY
Canada Day to Labour Day
F���� B������ C����� is af�iliated with The weekends (inclusive)
Canadian Baptists of Western Canada, Canadian
Baptist Ministries, and Baptist World Alliance.

Our building is stone, heritage, traditional.
As a community, we are young, old and
in-between, rich, poor, employed and
retraining, multicultural, families and
singles, Bible scholars, seekers.
More than the building itself, WE are the
church, and we are diverse and inclusive.
Change and Growth at First
In March, 1887, ten people joined hands
to birth a new church. Its �irst meeting
was as a Sunday School at the back of
Blair’s saloon!
Through over a century of service to
Vancouver, First Baptist has been a
witness to God’s faithfulness in a city that
has grown and changed greatly.
We thank God for generation after
generation of our people’s vision
& commitment.
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OUR PRIORITY: Our Purpose:
Becoming Good Neighbours... LOVING GOD
...where we live and work LOVING ONE ANOTHER
...where our church is located LOVING OUR NEIGHBOURS
...in our global relationships
as expressed in the parable of
the Good Samaritan in Luke 10:25-37
Some things we do here: The Alpha
Course Bible Study Children & Family
Ministries DivorceCare Family
Connections (children worship & learn
WITH the adults who bring them)
First Friends Preschool Internationals:
Bible Study in Simpli�ied English & Friday
Night Internationals The Marriage Course
Men’s Ministries Mums’ Group Prayer
Power Route 567 (Gr. 5-7) Stephen
Ministry Street Ministries Women’s
Ministries Vancouver Christian
Counselling Centre Young Adults
(CrossRoad) Youth.
Please contact the church at
604.683.8441 or see www.FirstBC.org
to �ind out when these are offered!
Thank you for the photographs!: Brent Kennedy, Dave Kennedy, Lam Tang, Sabrina Tsai & Job Vela-Martínez