About Us

 

Bay Community Church was started in 1989. We are a family of people from various church and non-church backgrounds, united around faith in Christ and commitment to putting Bible into practice. Bay is part of the Congregational Christian Churches in Canada.

 

 

 

What we believe

 

1. We believe that the Bible, consisting of the Old and New Testaments, is the only divinely inspired and infallible revelation of God. It is our only written guide and final authority in matters pertaining to faith and life.

2. We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

3. We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, His conception by the Holy Spirit, His birth by the Virgin Mary, His real but sinless humanity, His voluntary humiliation in life as the Man of Sorrows culminating in his substitutionary and atoning death as a sacrifice for sin, His bodily resurrection from the dead, His ascension into Heaven as the only and eternal mediator between God and man and His coming again in power and glory.

4. We believe in the personality and deity of the Holy Spirit through Whom man is born again to saving repentance and faith, and by Whom the saints are sanctified and enabled to live a godly life.

5. We believe that the salvation of man is solely by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, that the saved partake of eternal life now and will share in that glorious resurrection which is to come.

6. We believe that man in consequence of the fall is utterly sinful and therefore lost, and the unsaved will be raised for final judgement.

7. We believe in the spiritual unity of all who truly believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, that is, the only Holy Universal Church, which is the body of Christ.

 

 

 

Purpose

 

Our purpose is to be a worshiping, caring family – growing in God, reaching our neighbors.

 

 

Leadership

 

Elders. The elders and senior pastor give overall spiritual care and direction at Bay. Elders are men or women chosen through a Biblical selection process from the church body. They serve on a term basis for five years at a time. If you are looking for spiritual direction or healing prayer, the elders would be happy to serve you. Contact david@baychurch.net.

 

Board. The board take care of the practical operations of the church, particularly relating to property and finances. They are composed of ministry and committee representatives, a chairperson and a treasurer. The pastor and an elder serve on the board in an advisory capacity.

 

 

Joining Bay

Jesus said his followers are a body, an army, and a family. There is so much benefit when we make a commitment to belong to a local church. None of us was made to do life alone. Membership is the tool we use to express commitment to Bay as our church family. To find out more about membership, take the next membership class!

 

 

Staff

 

David Mitchell and his wife Agnes are graduates of Faith Mission Bible College, Scotland, and Trinity College, Indiana. They both served with Youth For Christ and in Youth Ministry at Bay for two years before David was called to be senior pastor in 2002. They love people have a passion to help others experience God personally and live out God’s Word. They have three beautiful children.

david@baychurch.net

 

Richard Snyder trained and worked in engineering before he started into youth ministry. He served in a church in the lower mainland and then came to Bay Community Church in 2002. Richard’s work with Bay Youth Group is alongside his staff role in Youth For Christ Comox Valley. He has a passion to disciple teens in a radical commitment to Christ. He and his wife Tiffany have five awesome children.

richardbyg@baychurch.net

 

Susan Switzer came to Bay in 2009. Susan has a servant heart and enjoys the opportunity to assist our church family and staff through her work. She and her husband, Jim, have four great children.

office@baychurch.net

 

Tanya Sprathoff took over as head administrator of Bay’s Little Lambs Christian Daycare in 2009. Tanya brings to the preschool a love for kids and a desire to impart truths of lasting value to them. Tanya and her husband Jason have two fabulous children.

littlelambs@baychurch.net