North Toronto Chinese Baptist Church, North York, ON

Our church was started by the Toronto Chinese Baptist Church (TCBC), which is a member church of the Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec (CBOQ) (Called The Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec—BCOQ at that time) as the Eastside Mission in June of 1974, when Chinese immigrants started to occupy the east end of the city. We met in rented spaces at the Temple Baptist Church at 14 Dewhurst Blvd.
After several years of God’s blessings and growth, the Eastside Mission became an independent church named the East Toronto Chinese Baptist Church (ETCBC) on January 26, 1980.
Seven years later, BCOQ gave us the gift of about half an acre of land next to the Yorkview Heights Baptist Church to erect our church building. Upon completion in November 1987, the church moved to our present location at 88 Finch Avenue West and was renamed the North Toronto Chinese Baptist Church (NTCBC).
Some members remained at the Temple Baptist Church site and formed the NTCBC East Side Mission. This mission church became an independent church named also The East Toronto Chinese Baptist Church (ETCBC) on January 5, 1991.
In February 1991, NTCBC was given a wonderful blessing from the Lord when we were able to purchase two adjacent properties at below market prices. This provided us a temporary solution for more spaces at that time and gave us the potential for subsequent expansion.
We had the joy of celebrating our 20th Anniversary of NTCBC in the year 2000. Shortly thereafter, by God’s grace, and following 10 months’ of construction, the two adjacent properties were demolished and a new addition to our church building was completed. We officially unveiled the new addition in the spring of 2002. With this expansion, our floor space almost doubled. Many more parking spaces were also added.