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Who We Are
Our primary purpose is to glorify God through the preaching of His Word!
True and authentic faith can only come through the hearing of God`s Word (Romans 10:17)
You can find past sermons here
We praise the Lord through music and prayer at all our services.
Preaching And Praise
Our primary purpose is to glorify God through the preaching of His Word!
True and authentic faith can only come through the hearing of God`s Word (Romans 10:17)
Romanian ministry is targeted towards people who speak Romanian. We have a Romanian service and a Bible study fellowship group in Romanian language. We also provide interpretation into Romanian during our English service every Sunday from 11 AM.
Romanian Service – Sunday 9:45 AM
Romanian Bible study – Friday 7PM
Romanian Ministry
Russian Language Ministry
Russian language ministry is targeted towards people who speak Russian. Our Russian language ministry is formed from people of various ethnical backgrounds but who speak Russian (Uzbek, Ukrainian, Russian, etc) .We have a Russian service and a Bible study fellowship group in Russian language. We also provide interpretation into Russian during our English service every Sunday from 11 AM.
Russian Language Service – Sunday 10 AM
Russian Language Bible study – Friday 7PM
We strive to spread the gospel of God`s love all over the world.
We are in partnership with individuals, churches and agencies who are involved in planting new churches and translating the Bible in new languages.
Our church is involved in supporting missionaries in
– Malaysia
– Ethiopia
– France
– Romania
Missions
Our Beliefs
Pastors/Elders
Our team of Pastors work together to build life-giving relationships and serve everyone around us in love.
Aurel Mateescu
Aurel’s bio is too long for this short format but includes a B Sc (chemistry), a B Ed, and a Bachelor of Pastoral Theology, all from the U of Bucharest, plus an M Th accredited by the U of Wales, UK. He has served at every level of church life, from cutting the lawn to shepherding 2 Baptist churches (Romania & Burnaby) over 9 years. Subsequently, Aurel also operated his own floor-laying company until an accident prevented him from continuing in the trades. He has served on our own Council of Elders since 2014 and assumed the lead elder/pastor position as of November 2021. Aurel’s dear wife Nicole, also a B Sc (chemistry) and a teacher, along with their two sons are a welcome, loved, and valued part of our body.
Rob Krochenski
Rob and his lovely wife Mary Jane planted their lives at SBC in 2008, finding as they did so, a church home that exemplified biblical preaching and teaching and a congregation of serious intent towards their Lord’s church. Rob was called to eldership in about 2010. He has now (2021) served in leadership for a total of 35 years including his former two churches. While he has served in many different ministries over time, the greatest theme that shapes his approach to church is the Lord’s command for his disciples to love one another as it is, “By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:35 (ESV)
David Margine
David earned a degree in Pastoral Theology from Emanuel Bible Institute in Oradea, Romania. Subsequently, he served as an elder and an Awana leader in local churches before coming to SBC, where he has now served faithfully as an elder/pastor since 2014. David’s key interests in serving his church lies in music plus children’s and youth ministries. David’s wife, Isabela and two teenage sons compliment his enthusiasm for the Lord’s work wherever he serves and we are more than pleased to have them.
Mihai Ciopasiu
Our brother Mihai is passionately dedicated to our Lord Jesus and remains jealous of the gospel. That passion is routinely exhibited in his preaching and determination to live with integrity and honour before his Saviour.
We are fortunate to enjoy his fellowship in ministry
Our Ministries
And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. (Acts 2:42)
Preaching and Praise
Bible Study Groups
