2022SUNDAYCBOQ WE HAVE WHAT IT TAKES THE CARE OF A PASTOR CARING IN COMMUNITY BAPTIST HEROES OF CANADA EFFECTIVE YOUTH MINISTRY EIGHT WAYS TO SHOW CARE THREE CHURCHES IN ACTION A SNAPSHOT OF CBOQ’S HISTORY
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Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.”
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As the world emerges from lockdowns and mandates, let us be locked-in and motivated, loving and full of mercy as we seek to make the hope of salvation beautiful for the world to Theexperience.author,theologian, and American civil rights leader, Howard Thurman, wrote “Don’t worry about what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
In Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NLT) King Solomon wrote in his old age, “Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.”
Dear CBOQ Family,
You’ll read in this issue, of those in our CBOQ family who have found that which makes them come alive and how those passions have touched the lives of many through beautiful things. My prayer for you is that you’ll come alive this year, making something beautiful. Let the badges we Canadian Baptists wear this year be those of hope, joy, peace and love as we work to be imitators of God; it’s what this world needs. Wouldn’t you agree?
I’m always motivated by Ephesians 5 to do my best to imitate God as a beloved child, to walk in love and give up of myself to others. Does this motivate you too? As I look around at what God has made, and witness what God is doing, I feel the need to join God’s mission of making things beautiful. Not in the sense of building a beautiful house, or knitting a beautiful scarf, but in the sense of seeing, then matching gifts with the needs of this world and bearing witness to God’s handiwork through us, His beloved children. Our beloved CBOQ family has been making something beautiful together for 135 years under the banner of Jesus Christ our Lord, thanks be to God.
We are a part of God’s larger scope of making something beautiful. We must be diligent, determined agents of hope, love and peace as we continue to make something beautiful with God’s great gifts. Remember, the power of Christ rests in us, especially in our weakness.
Anticipating something beautiful from you,
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esearch has shown that pastors are not a complaining lot. Work satisfaction rates high in most surveys, despite the heavy workload and constant demands on a pastor’s time and energies. This speaks highly of the strong sense of calling pastors have. Sadly, while most pastors are adaptable and seek to grow God’s kingdom above anything else, they sometimes do this to their own
Studies have shown that pastors are at high risk of spiritual and mental fatigue directly linked to their strong desire to serve God and His people. Potentially, little by little, their energies get depleted, their relationships with others become troubled, their performance decreases, and some pastors even wonder whether they should leave ministry all together.
When pastors constantly give more than they can replenish, it has an impact on the church. It is a high cost to pay for a church and a pastor when the latter leaves depleted and even disillusioned.
by Marc Potvin, CBOQ Pastoral Leaders Development Associate
Let me share with you some ways your church can provide care for your pastor, outside of the salary
Fortunately, congregations can do something to support their pastors to help prevent this spiritual and mental fatigue.
The Care of a Pastor
Give your pastor permission to look after his or her soul. A regular retreat, for a day or three, allows your pastor time to refresh her or his soul. Pastors’ souls are their most important tool of ministry. Without a healthy, growing soul, pastors risk their wellbeing and effectiveness. A personal or organized retreat is not time off. Retreats are essential for ministry and should be part of the regular work rhythm of the pastor. The week the pastor is on retreat, ask a guest preacher to come on Sunday. It will reduce the stress of the pastor knowing Sunday is looked
Pray! This may sound obvious, but it needs to be said. Pray for your pastor privately and corporately, in silence and aloud. Let her or him know you are intentionally praying.
• Study on Clergy wellbeing from the Flourishing congregations Institute. This is a Canadian perspective and recent. CBOQ pastors were invited to participate. Margaret Clarke, Understanding Clergy Resilience: Executive Summary. PDF. ugd/68e091_415229b193b54aa894a3978ae0c9d454.pdfhttps://www.flourishingcongregations.org/_files/
Encourage your pastor to be part of a local ministerial. This is not time away from the church but part of the ministry to the church. Research shows that pastors who are part of a clergy group are more resilient and less lonely in ministry.
• Resilient Leaders Project, Report 1: Resilience. The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, 2019. See in particular p. 5.
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• Wycliffe Wellness Project offers some insight from a Canadian Perspective.
If the pastor has a family, remember to care for them too. Offer to look after the children (or provide funding for it) on a regular basis so the parents can have a date night. Ensure that the pastor takes regular vacations. Perhaps the church can even provide a location for the pastor and family to rest and relax away from it all. Consider subsidizing summer camp for the pastor’s Constructivelychildren.evaluate your pastor and the ministries of the church, annually. This sounds onerous but it gives your pastor meaningful feedback on his or her ministry and eliminates misunderstandings before they become unmanageable. Evaluations keep channels of communication open. Contact CBOQ for evaluation resources.
Churchesafter.need healthy and vibrant pastors. Know that burnout and compassion fatigue are very real for them. And remember, you can do something about it in small and larger gestures. Your church will only flourish because of these actions.
Show appreciation. Remember October is pastor’s appreciation month. Out of ideas what to do? Ask CBOQ!
•ReferencesProeschold-Bell, Rae Jean and Byassee, Jason, Faithful and Fractured: Responding to the Clergy Health Crisis. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2018. See in particular, chapter 2
Instead of telling your pastor, at the end of the service, “Good sermon, good service pastor,” let him or her know what point or idea made an impact and share how the message applied to your life. This may seem small, but it is encouraging for your pastor.
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Allow your pastor some time for study and continuing education and ensure there is a fund for it. This stimulates a pastor’s mind and imagination, and the church will benefit from the learning. Even more encouraging is a church that comes alongside the pastor and asks her or him what is their continuing education plan for the coming season. This shows a church that cares. Often, pastors do not attend a conference or take a course because they are afraid to ask the church to pay for it. Offer to fund such events yearly without being asked.
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tells us “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” The following are highlights of three churches that had the courage to bring light into their communities by responding to needs and partnering with other community organizations to get the job done.
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“They know God will provide, so they can help provide.”
we look out the windows of our churches and see secularism growing around us like a vine out of control, it can be easy to get discouraged. Instead of sitting inside and asking, ‘why is this happening to us?’, there are CBOQ churches that are asking ‘what can we do, MarkLord?’10:45
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The volunteers have agreed not to include scripture on the notes, but principals, teachers, parents, and students know they come from FBC. They have received notes telling them how much it means for children to have lunches like all the other kids. Deb and the others hear that the children are reading the notes and they smile or laugh out loud.
The organizers believe God paved a way for them to do this because their new kitchen was completed in 2021 and sat empty. And the Pastor preached a series titled “Come to the Table.” These both happened right before hearing of this need. The first year, costs were covered by the Health Department, food donations, and personal financial donations. This year they are fundraising to be able to continue. They know God will provide, so they can help provide.
menus, shop, assemble lunches, print encouraging words, get stickers, and deliver meals. Five days a week, 42 lunches are delivered to 3 schools. Some families cannot afford food and other children receive lunches because of neglect. If children are away and lunches leftover, teachers will send the leftover lunches home to assist families.
First Baptist Church (FBC), Tillsonburg
Tillsonburg has three public schools. One school contacted the Health Department about 7 children who came to school with no lunch every day. The Health Department emailed a Resource Network Organization asking if a lunch program existed. One member of the FBC Tillsonburg read the minutes from the Organization and asked another FBC member if this is something she would be interested in. Deb Young set up a meeting with the Health Department. The Lunch Program was set up and began in January
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Ohsweken Baptist Church
When asked why they do this, Linda Lewis sums it up this way, “Ohsweken Baptist Church feels strongly that it is the church’s responsibility to care for those within our community. As people donate food and supplies, the community can see that those in the church are fellow workers, fellow community members who love the community that God has placed them in.”
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The church tries to do a fundraiser for the community every month. One month it may be to collect money for CFS to buy toys for children. Another month it will be to support the local Food Bank. This summer, along with the ladies of Six Nations Pentecostal Church, they held their first official Community Unity event.
Baptist Church also partners with Child and Family Services (CFS) in a variety of ways, striving to help meet the needs around them. For the past 3 years, children in Sunday School have been making stuffed animals to help welcome newborns. CFS informs them of new moms, and the stuffed animals are delivered. The church will host a welcome party to get to know the young moms and babies. They call this program Gifts from God.
In the event of a tragedy such as a house fire, Ohsweken Baptist Church collects clothes and grocery cards for those in need.
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For the past 4 years, the ladies of Ohsweken Baptist Church and the ladies of Six Nations Pentecostal Church have come together, once a month, at the Rec. Centre, to provide meals for the older adults in their community. They serve 100-140 meals and call this The Golden Spoon. The Golden Spoon is not only a free meal but a great chance to socialize. The meals are prepared by the women from these two churches, but they are subsidized by The Six Nations Council and Community Services helps to identify those in Ohswekenneed.
In 2021, the number of households fed was 2126 equaling, 4255 individuals. This was a significant increase from years past. These needs are not met alone. The Food Cupboard relies on volunteers, members, and friends of First Baptist Church, Brantford. They work together to collect, portion, and distribute food. They offer additional freezer space when needed; gather donations of jars, bags, and other items. During December the church members bring new socks and Knitters from FBC and the community supplies mittens and toques.
First Baptist Church, Brantford
FBC also participates in “Hunger Count Survey”. This is distributed by Food Banks Canada. It helps those striving to serve, to provide up-to-date information and it allows grants to be distributed more accurately between organizations.
First Baptist Food Cupboard’s mission is ‘to provide individuals and families with nutritional supplemental food, clothing, diapers, hygiene products and other supplies in a welcoming environment to all persons, without exception’. The Food Cupboard is open for approximately 2 hours every Thursday and is considered an emergency food service. It started at FBC as part of their Parish Nurse Program. It has changed to meet the needs of clients over the years.
Some of the valued relationships they have with the community that help make this happen are with Shopper’s Drug Mart, Vendors at the Brantford Market, and Food Donation Connection. The store allows them to purchase 12-16 bags of milk each week. The five vendors from the Brantford Market will donate some of their unsold produce on Saturday. And Food Donation Connection has twinned them to a local KFC that gives them frozen, cooked, unsold chicken, twice a week – a favorite with clients.
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So why do they do it? More than distributing food, they are distributing the love of Christ with compassion.
“More distributingthan food, they are distributing the love of Christ with compassion.”
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At its very core, the purpose of youth ministry is to pass the truths of God to the next generation, the “praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power, and the wonders he has done.” (Psalm 78:4) We tend to assume youth ministry must have mid-week programs, small groups, compassion experiences (aka shortterm mission opportunities), events and food (well, as Baptists, food has always been part of the equation). Because of these expectations, some churches think they’re not able to run an effective youth ministry.
In many of our CBOQ churches, there is a small number of adults with a handful of children and youth (i.e. under the age of 18). In August 2004, Dr. Chap Clark (our Assembly 2018 speaker) encouraged churches to adopt a 5:1 ratio of adults to youth (you can read his editorial at youth,onespite-of-how-they-act/).https://decisionmagazine.com/in-Inmostchurches,ifadultiswillingtoinvestinto1-2children/thatchurchcouldfulfillthe5:1ratio.
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hat does it take to run a youth ministry? The simple answer is whatever is available at your church. Perhaps you might feel that your church doesn’t have the resources or personnel to run an effective youth ministry.
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Let’s define an effective youth ministry first.
Matt Wilkinson, CBOQ Director of Next Generation Ministries, points out in his book “Youth Ministry: Now and Not Yet” (p.112) that the beginning step of any youth ministry is 1-1 mentoring. It begins with a group of adults willing to take time to invest in an individual child/youth’s life. From there, as those relationships evolve, other elements can be added in depending on the gifts/skills/passions of the people.
“We will not hide them from Wedescendants;theirwilltellthe next generation the hethehisdeedspraiseworthyoftheLord,power,andwondershasdone.”–Psalm78:4
by Alvin Lau, CBOQ Youth Ministries Associate
From“me”. there, as shown in Matt’s book, a ministry can grow depending on the availability and gifts of the various adults. There may be seasons when there can be expansion into other opportunities e.g. serving at a local agency together. If needed, there are seasons when the program of the youth ministry readapts to the gifts and availability of those who serve. The core remains that a network of 5 adults investing into 1 child/youth be
If we are serious about wanting the next generation to know the “praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power, and the wonders he has done”, then let’s use what we already have available to us well.
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“The key is providing a space for them to grow and unpack their faith, not for us to shape them into another ‘me’”
every church has the resources to effectively minister to and with the children and youth in their church. For adults, it may take you out of your comfort zone (growth doesn’t happen without some discomfort). It may look radically different than how you developed in your own faith at that age.
What does that investment look like? “I can’t run an overnight retreat.” “I don’t know what to say.” “I’m too busy.” With the few exceptions, these are excuses when we as adults in the church are not willing to fulfill our God-directed mandate. Your level of investment can take on different forms, intensity and involvement. In our blog post “Sharing Life” (cboqyouth.ca/sharinglife), there are different degrees of investing into another person. Sharing life extends a sense of belonging to the child/youth into the overall church body (even if they’ve grown up their entire lives there) and brings examples of how faith works. The key is providing a space for them to grow and unpack their faith, not for us to shape them into another
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PlanningSuccessionChurch
It is inevitable. Church Leaders, you cannot escape this. At some point in time, your season of leadership will end. It can be difficult to come to terms with this. Especially when you have invested so much of your time, effort and energy into one place.
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Preparing for transitions is what succession planning is all about.
However, it is imperative that church leaders must think about the future.
Many churches experience transitions in their leadership. Some of it is based on their own leadership governance, some based on the hiring of church staff. People move on from leadership positions because of retirement, tiredness, new phases of life, relocation and of course, death. Transition in leadership is inevitable.
by Rev. Dr. Kenneth Foo, CBOQ Director of Church Life and Leadership
What is Succession Planning in church?
Is Succession Planning Biblical and Necessary for Churches?
In the scriptures there are some general principles of succession planning. We can see the succession of Moses to Joshua, we see it from Saul to David to Solomon and then the line of good and bad kings after that, we see succession from Elijah to Elisha. Paul demonstrated succession through Timothy as seen in the letters. Of course, Jesus shows his desire for succession through the calling of the twelve disciples, more disciples sent out and through the empowerment of the Holy Spirit that succession of the kingdom work is given to believers today.
At the basic level Succession planning is the process for identifying and developing people with the potential to fill key leadership positions in your church/ministry.
There are many examples from our communities that use succession planning. Many businesses and companies have their own internal structures to identify key people and to move them along in various places in their organizations. Show business uses “understudies” to prepare for any potential hiccups so that the “show can go on”, and apprentices are part of the development in the trades so that a person can hand over the reins to someone else. We see the value of succession planning all around us.
Does this sound familiar? On Sunday your board chair announces the impending departure of your Youth Director. Suddenly everyone is caught off guard, the scramble begins, and we settle for quick solutions to ensure nothing falls through the gaps. Churches lose sight of the mission and vision, and momentum grinds to a halt. How differently would the ministry look and feel if we knew we had someone waiting in the wings who could step in and continue to move the ministry along?
The book of Numbers 8:23-26 speaks directly to the topic of retirement-based transitions. In Ecclesiastes 2:18-21, Solomon laments the fact
Many of our churches fall victim to the failure to plan and prepare. Some forethought and planning will mitigate much of the unnecessary scrambling and even loss of momentum and loss of the vision, mission of the church.
– Numbers 8:23-26
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The Lord said to Moses, “This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years old or more shall come to take part in the work at the tent of meeting, but at the age of fifty, they must retire from their regular service and work no longer. They may assist their brothers in performing their duties at the tent of meeting, but they themselves must not do the work. This, then, is how you are to assign the responsibilities of the Levites.”
MAKE IT A PRIORITY AND A LONG-TERM STRATEGY
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Church leaders need to commit the necessary time and resources by accepting and anticipating transitions in leadership.
Make succession planning a long-term strategy and underlying culture of your church. It is not a once-a-year discussion but an ongoing and frequented discussion.
ALLOCATE TIME
Time should be allocated to church board agendas and leadership meetings. Keep a dialogue running on:
How to Create a Succession Plan
• Who are your potential leadership?
• What development do they need?
• When are they ready to step in?
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We see the importance of succession, where do we begin? The following is not a comprehensive list of ideas or strategies. They are simply conversation starters. We recommend some research and development for your church and the CBOQ is also ready to help.
The first step is to recognize the importance of succession planning.
“It is imperative that church leaders must think about the future.”
As you understand the who, what, when – determine the plan for each person.
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When transition happens it is difficult to watch someone step down, especially someone who has such enormous influence. When that time comes, it is important to have the next leader ready to go. That will not happen unless you have a plan.
Keep track and move them along.
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Succession planning is never ours alone. It requires humility to recognize that our leadership does not belong solely to us. The church and God’s people are successors to Jesus. Jesus’ promise was and is, that he will be present.
Assess:•What skills do they have?
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DEVELOP A PLAN AND PROCESS
Does your church have a succession plan?
• How will they acquire those skills?
• How long will it take to acquire those skills?
• What skills do they need?
• Where are these skills best served in the church?
PROVIDE A MENTOR/COACH
Developing leaders is a process and one of the best ways to grow a leader is through a mentor/coach. The mentor/coach is the go-to person for your developing leader to ask questions, seek counsel, clarify roles and responsibilities.
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Excerpts taken from Dr. Heath’s blog: www.gordonlheath.com/blog/cboq-baptist-heroes-of-the-faith
That being said, what I want to identify here is just a few names of some early Baptist leaders that have been coined “heroes” by those of a previous generation. The source of the names and images is a small book published in 1939 entitled Our Baptist Fellowship: Our History, Our Faith and Polity, Our Life and Work.[2] (See Image #1)
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Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec (CBOQ)[1] was formed in 1888, but its roots in central Canada go back to the planting of churches in the late-eighteenth century. The history of CBOQ has a mix of saints and sinners – something all denominations experience. However, my point here is to draw attention to some heroes, those instrumental and inspiring figures whose impact was stellar.
“Above all the story is one of God’s patience with our weaknessess, of our Master’s blessing upon our labours, and of the Holy Spirit’s guidance where human wisdom would have failed us.”
There are various categories of Baptist heroes, such as fulltime church planters, colporteurs, evangelists, builders, pastors, missionaries, administrators, and educators in the church. There are also those whose Christian calling was played out primarily as lay leaders or in the workforce or at home. In all those cases there have been striking examples of what it means to be a Christ follower.
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those “Baptist Heroes of Canada” struggled through poverty, loneliness, criticism, health issues, and lack of resources, but their lifelong commitment to establish Baptist churches and organizational structures in harsh frontier conditions laid important foundations for the future of Baptist life in central Canada.
[1]Footnotes:Itwascalled the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec (BCOQ) at that time.
[2] https://www.simcoefirstbaptist.ca/history/BCOQ-1939.pdf
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William Fraser, John Gilmour,[3] Daniel McPhail, Robert Fyfe,[4] and Alexander Stewart,[5] (See Image #2) were all church planters in Quebec or southern and/or eastern Ontario in the early/mid nineteenth century. Gilmour and Stewart also worked among First Nations people around Hamilton and Peterborough. All men braved the boat ride across the Atlantic from Britain to pursue God’s call on their lives. Some subsequently traveled back and forth from Canada to Britain to gain financial support for ministry efforts in the colony. John Gilmour and Robert Fyfe were also educators who sought to establish a system of instruction for Baptists. Their tireless work in Quebec and Ontario is part of the rich Baptist DNA of education that eventually led to the founding of McMaster University in 1887. #2)
[3] https://www.davidmannmedia.com/post/john-gilmour-a-canadian-baptist-every-christian-could-learn-from [4] http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/fyfe_robert_alexander_10E.html; Theo T. Gibson, Robert Alexander Fyfe: His Contemporaries and His Influence (Welch, 1988).
[5] https://hesedandemet.com/product/from-scotland-to-canada/ [6] Sharon Bowler, ed., Canadian Baptist Women (Eugene: Pickwick, 2016); Esther Barnes, Our Heritage Becomes Our Challenge – A Scrapbook History of the Baptist Women’s Movement in Ontario and Quebec (Etobicoke, ON: Canadian Baptist Women of Ontario and Quebec, 2013).
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To read the complete blog post or more of Dr. Heath’s work, visit www.gordonlheath.com/blog
Fortunately, the same small book provided a sense of what Baptist women have accomplished. It offers a glimpse of some key women leaders within CBOQ in the later nineteenth and early twentieth century. It is noted how women were organized around missions, both home and foreign. Their contributions to the life of the denomination –including foreign missions in the heyday of nineteenth century Protestant missions – was vital to the success of CBOQ. And if you are looking for a roster of heroes of the faith, your quest will be fulfilled by looking at the history of women in the InCBOQ.[6]sum,
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Sometimes this will mean contact or an arrangement with the sister churches and sometimes this will mean silently keeping the covenant to pray. It is our privilege to pray for our sisters and brothers in Christ.
Each year your church is given the name of a church, in your CBOQ family, to pray for. The blessing continues because a different church receives the name of your church and prays for you.
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