Jarvis Street Baptist Church

About

Founded in 1818, Jarvis Street Baptist Church continues to exist, by divine favor, for the praise of God's name.
Sunday Service: 11:00 am or 6:30 pm.

Story

We believe in the divine inspiration of the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, and their absolute sufficiency as the only authorized guide in matters of religion; the existence of one Living and True God — sustaining the personal relation of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, the same in essence and equal in attributes; the total and universal depravity of mankind; the atoning efficacy of the death of Christ; the free justification of believers in Him by His imputed righteousness; the election and effectual calling of all God's true people; the final perseverance of the saints; the necessity and efficacy of the influence of the Spirit in conversion and sanctification; the supreme and sole authority of Christ in the Church; the resurrection of the dead both just and unjust, the General Judgement; the everlasting happiness of the righteous and the everlasting misery of the wicked; Immersion in water in the name of the Trinity, the only gospel baptism; that parties so baptized are alone entitled to communion at the Lord's Table; and that a gospel church is a body of baptized believers, voluntarily associated together to maintain the worship of God, acknowledging no head but Christ and no authority but His Word. We further believe that Jesus Christ was begotten of the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin Mary; that He was God manifest in the flesh; that by His death He paid the penalty of the broken law, and endured in behalf of sinners the punishment our sins deserved; that He did literally rise again from the grave in the same body which was crucified: that He ascended to the Father's right hand where, as our High Priest, He exercises His mediatorial office; and that He will come the second time in the clouds of heaven to receive His people unto Himself. We further believe that those who through faith in Christ, and by the power of the Holy Spirit, have been born again, and have put on Christ in baptism, and have united with the church, are under obligation to live holy lives, putting off the old man and putting on the new, crucifying the flesh with affections and lusts, and growing in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and thus growing up into Christ in all things.

Mission

Exalting Christ in the heart of Toronto.