ABOUR GBC OTTAWA
For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
Romans 12: 4 - 5
History
Grace Baptist Church held its first worship service on March 21, 2004 and was formally established with 53 charter members on May 30 of that year. In our early years, we met Sunday mornings in rented accommodations, first in the Travelodge Motel on Carling Avenue and from September 5, 2004 at the Palisades (now Villagia in the Glebe), a retirement residence on Metcalfe Street. In the evenings, we met for worship in people’s homes.
The Church has been a member of the Sovereign Grace Fellowship of Canada since 2006. We purchased our present facility at 2470 Huntley Street in 2010, and conducted our first service there on December 5. Our congregation includes people from all parts of Ottawa and the surrounding communities. Grace is committed to sharing the goods news about Jesus with the broader Ottawa area with a focus on the communities of Stittsville, Richmond, Munster and Kanata West with the message of the Gospel.
To this end, we have distributed tracts multiple times in our target communities and carry out a book tent ministry at Arts in the Park in Stittsville and at the Richmond and Carp fairs. We also held Vacation Bible Schools from 2014 to 2019 and 2022. We also contribute regularly to the Stittsville Food Bank.Today we look with gratitude to our past for all of those who worked and sacrificed to see this church started and nurtured during its early years and we look to God for the future, seeking His continued blessing and praying that He will continue to build His church in this place.
Church Leadership
Peter Dyck (Our Pastor)
Peter Dyck has over 40 years experience in Pastoral ministry, mostly in a bi-vocational environment. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and Toronto Baptist Seminary. He lives in Ottawa with his wife Janice, with whom he shares four children and five grandchildren. Peter has a passion for expository teaching and preaching from both the Old and New Testaments.
James Nyangulu - Elder
James Nyangulu came to faith in Christ during his university freshman year as a chemistry student. He lives in Ottawa with his wife Christine and have two grown children. James has a passion for Baptist Reformed Theology and is a current post graduate student of Reformed Baptist studies at Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary, in Kentucky.
Robert Doble - Elder
Robert (Bob) Doble lives in Gatineau with his dear wife Marie-Josee. They have been blessed with 2 grown children and 6 grandchildren. Bob is a graduate of the University of Guelph and London Baptist Seminary and has been a pastor for 29 years. His favourite Bible verse is John 3:16.
Denis Pomerleau - Elder
Denis Pomerleau was saved in his last year of High School in Windsor, Ontario. He is a graduate from Toronto Baptist Seminary and Bible College, BTH. He and his wife Peggy live in Ottawa. They have a son Daniel and his wife Josephine, and two grandchildren, Jonah and Julia. Peggy and Denis spent most of their married lives in Churches serving in different capacities.
Kent Boughton - Deacon
Kent Boughton has long service in the Canadian Army, retiring in 2015. During the Christmas holidays of 1994, he read all four gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) for the first time and was radically saved. He has a heart for evangelism and his favorite Scripture is Romans 1:16 “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes…” He lives in Barrhaven with his wife Loretta. He has three grown children
Aaron Geyer - Deacon
Aaron Geyer has been a follower of Christ for over 30 years. He has served in a variety of roles in multiple Christian organizations. He serves at GBC with his wife Cora and their 3 children. He works in the private industry as a software developer. His favourite verse is Romans 11:36.
Daniel Pomerleau - Deacon
Daniel has served the Lord in different ministries from a young age. He has a love for the local church and its role in every believer’s life. He is married to Josephine and has two children. He works in security installation.
Olukunle Ogundele - Deacon
Olukunle Ogundele works as a Data Scientist. He relocated from South Africa to Canada in 2020 and currently lives in Ottawa with his wife and three children. Olukunle committed his life to Christ during his studies in the Netherlands and has ever since been trusting God’s lead.