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| Calvary Baptist Church, from its inception, has been in the forefront
in its endeavour to spread the Work of God to the four corners of the world.
To list all those who went into full time service from the church or who
have been assisted financially by the church, is a monumental task, and
inadvertently some will be missed. However, starting in the early pioneer
days and working down to the present, the following come to mind: - Rev. T.E. McAl1ister; Rev. A.H. Sprole; Rev. M. Saunders (formerly of Elgin St. Baptist Church, Arnprior, Ont.);Rev. W.R. McKay, (formerly Pembroke Baptist Church, Pembroke, Ont.); Rev. Clarence Sawyer (former Director of Youth for Christ, Hamilton, Ont.). Rev. and Mrs. John Hall and Family - Mr. Hall was a brother to the Rev. James Hall, Calvary's pastor from 1921-38. In 1916 Rev. John Hall left Canada enroute to Africa and for many years served the Lord in Central Nigeria, one thousand miles north of Lagos. His ministry was mostly to the Tangale tribe of whom Mr. Hall wrote a book, which can be obtained from the church library, entitled "From Cannibalism to Christ". Rev. and Mrs. Horace Davey - Mr. Davey was ordained in Calvary in 1928. Served in Liberia West Africa from 1928-37 under the Union of Regular Baptist Churches. In 1929 he opened anew station at New Cess among the Bassa tribe, where they rescued an African baby "Danny" from death the day after he was born. From 1938-43, he served under W.E.C. After returning home, Mr. Davey took up the pastorate at Kenmore, N.Y. Rev. and Mrs. T.D.M. Carson - Mr. Carson was converted in Calvary. He began. His ministry at "Immanual Baptist Church", Verdun, Quebec, in 1937 and was ordained in May 1941. In 1943, Mr. Carson resigned to minister as a pioneer in French work at Drummondvil1e, Quebec. At the present time, Tom is the associate pastor at Montclair Baptist Church, Hull, Quebec. Miss Inez Botterell - Who could ever forget this dear servant of God
who served in South Africa, first under the S.A.G.M. and later renamed
A.E.F. Miss Botterell went out to the
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