NORTH TORONTO CHINESE BAPTIST CHURCH
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Mission Statement
To preach, teach, disseminate, advance, demonstrate and implement the Gospel of Jesus Christ and related truths of the Holy Bible within the local community, throughout Canada and to people everywhere and thus fulfill the command of our Lord and Saviour that His Gospel be preached in all the world as a witness for all nations, in accordance with the Church's Statement of Faith.
About This Cause
(a) Establishing and operating a place of worship; (b) Conducting regular services; (c) Performing various rites such as baptisms, the Lord's Supper, baby dedications, weddings, and funerals; (d) Providing spiritual direction and guidance; (e) Offering classes in religious education; and (f) Offering programs that advance the Christian faith in a practical manner through mentoring, classes, workshops, seminars, leadership training programs, retreats, camps and service opportunities for youth to help strengthen them in adherence to the Christian faith. Examples are listed below: Below is a description of the practical faith-based activities the Church undertakes. Additional promotional materials are enclosed to provide information concerning these activities: Every Christmas, a team of volunteers from the Church - spearheaded by some of the pastors and ministry team leaders - will aid the Jesus Network (BN# 843182197RR0001) organization in packaging and delivering “Christmas Baskets” to low income refugee families in the local community. Materials and donations are provided mostly from church members (in addition to the materials that the Jesus Network gathers itself). The team of volunteers from the Church will coordinate a day to come and assemble all the baskets at the church building. The baskets will then be delivered to refugee families living in North York with whom the Jesus Network has built connections. The volunteers will provide their own transportation and cover their own travel expenses. In addition, the Church also has initiatives to prepare Christmas gifts for senior citizens living in the nearby community The Church makes gifts to mission organizations such as Canadian Baptist Ministries (BN# 106843436 RR 0001) and SIM Canada (BN# 129947537 RR 0001), as well as to local registered charities that carry out poverty relief work, e.g., The Scott Mission (BN# 107963613 RR 0001), Support non-profit local organizations that provide services to vulnerable and marginalized groups (e.g., Scott Mission , YFC Toronto (BN# 140813502RR000), Toronto City Mission(BN# 108114158 RR 0001). The Church has also organized Chinese language schools (in both Cantonese and Mandarin) for children and youth since 1987 helping ethnic Chinese children. The Church hosts annual outreach events (Easter, Christmas, and Thanksgiving) to local communities The Church has held an ongoing commitment to help mentor and disciple the teenagers and young adults in the community through the Youth Ministry. This is done through a variety of means that are offered to every youth that attends regularly scheduled ministry events, but predominantly through the mentorship and discipleship program that happens between the youth pastor, adult counsellors, and teenage committee members. The youth pastor working with a designated group of adult counsellors (who are all volunteers from the church) meet regularly throughout the year with at least 1-2 youth committee members each. These regular meetings between counsellors and youth committee members are held for the purposes of building relationships through fostering ongoing spiritual practices, accountability, and times of prayer. All costs (coffee meet-ups, excursions, activities, etc.) associated with these meetings are covered mostly through the volunteers. Throughout the year, there are also weekly youth meetings held on Friday evenings and Sunday mornings to help build community and provide additional times of spiritual accountability, education, and growth. The Church provides a year-round sports outreach ministry as an ancillary and incidental means to advance religion through a myriad of physical activities. These include, but are not limited to, softball, badminton, table tennis, basketball and volleyball. Regularly scheduled events are run by members of the congregation in partnership with ministry leaders and pastors so that faith and spiritual ministry are part of the sports activity. These sports outreach ministries are typically free of charge for members of the congregation in order to help youth strengthen their faith by participating in sports activities with likeminded attendees. As a continuing ministry to care for the youth and young adults in the Church, the Church also has a regular commitment to visit university and college students and to provide ongoing spiritual support to them as needed. This follow-up ministry happens primarily through the youth pastor and the youth ministry adult counsellors. For University students, the youth pastor will typically arrange at least 1-2 visits per year for campus visits. These visits are carried out primarily for the purposes of checking up on students’ spiritual health, overall wellbeing, and to help build connections with campus fellowship ministries and organizations. During these one-day visits, time is spent sharing meals and times of sharing and prayer. Often the visits are attended by both the youth pastor and some of the adult counsellors. Provide caring and support to the neighborhood seniors groups who have difficulties in transportation. Regular bus services to religious events and organizing seasonal events. During the ongoing pandemic, providing grocery shopping services, facemasks, and arrangements for vaccination are important for their wellbeing. Provide direct support, including information needed to know for newcomers, rides, furniture, supplies to new immigrants which is important for their settlement in the new country. Provide retirees with a platform with both intellectual and physical activities, such as interest or hobby-based workshops, gymnastics, singing and calligraphy, etc. Provide summer children day camp programs for children from SK to Grade 5. For examples: arts and craft, field trips, and Bible story time. The program is open to the public and it involves more than 40 volunteers and 2-3 Summer youth Youth Workers Provide quality work experiences for youth through the Canada Summer Job program. Melville Mission English as a Second Language (ESL) Class is one of the community outreach service projects of this church. The purpose is to reach out to the Chinese in the near-by communities, get to know the students through weekly classes, help participants adapt to Canadian living, hope to have the opportunity to share life experiences, faith, and enhance the students and their family’s knowledge of the Church and its beliefs. Organize and prepare programs to welcome new high school students including international students. Engaging students in handling a new environment, dealing with mental health, living in Toronto (or North America for international students), how to seek medical help, where to find comfort foods, preparation for university journeys, etc. In addition to assisting students, parental assistance is also made available for their parents. Provide career paths workshops to youth and young adults. Guidance for resume writing, preparing for interviews, overview of job markets, how to handle challenging situations in a Canadian workplace, applying for a job as an international student on work permit and some as an immigrant, etc. Build a sense of community in celebrating the annual Lunar New Year and learning about Chinese culture with the community with artistic performance, music and foods. Specific care for students during pandemic periods. Provide regular online support via caring groups to help students who have to be quarantined, using creative ideas such as online exercise programs, online chats, online study, etc. Organize day camps for university and young adults during the pandemic period to handle stress, manage life goals, personal spiritual needs, friendship, tackle loneliness, etc. Prepare parents and families to deal with teenagers and youth positively and biblically in a North American society. Helping to grow strong and healthy family units so as to contribute and integrate well in the society. Prepare parents in handling and growing their marriage through workshops on relevant topics such relationship and character building in a healthy marriage, handle challenges in marriage through the various seasons in lives such single parenting, handling divorce, etc. Support seniors in weekly programs such as scriptural studies, christian Christian cultural dance, discussion topics relevant to seniors such as health care and living alone.