First Baptist Calgary

First Baptist Calgary A gospel-centred church in the heart of Calgary.

This day in 1905, Sundar Singh is baptized in Shimla. 🇮🇳 Unusually hostile to Christianity as a Sikh teen, he had reso...
09/03/2026

This day in 1905, Sundar Singh is baptized in Shimla. 🇮🇳 Unusually hostile to Christianity as a Sikh teen, he had resolved to kill himself unless the true God appeared. He had a vision of Jesus that very night & became an influential Christian missionary.

This day in 1727, the Moravian community in Herrnhut, Saxony begins a round-the-clock "prayer watch" - one group praying...
08/27/2026

This day in 1727, the Moravian community in Herrnhut, Saxony begins a round-the-clock "prayer watch" - one group praying together at all times. This commitment lasted for over 100 years. By 1791, the small community had produced 300 foreign missionaries.

This day in 662, St. Maximos the Confessor dies in Tsageri. 🇬🇪 He is called "Confessor" because his tongue and right han...
08/13/2026

This day in 662, St. Maximos the Confessor dies in Tsageri. 🇬🇪

He is called "Confessor" because his tongue and right hand were mutilated and he was exiled for confessing, even against friends, that Christ is one person with both a human and divine will.

Today in 258, Valerian persecution kills bishop of Rome Sixtus II & deacons Januarius, Vincentius, Magnus, Stephanus, Fe...
08/07/2026

Today in 258, Valerian persecution kills bishop of Rome Sixtus II & deacons Januarius, Vincentius, Magnus, Stephanus, Felicissimus & Agapitus.

He had reunited with Africa & East, where controversies over apostasy in previous persecutions had broken unity.

Today in 1750, Lutheran missionary/diplomat Christian Friedrich Schwarz reaches Tranquebar. 🇮🇳 His language skill (Latin...
07/30/2026

Today in 1750, Lutheran missionary/diplomat Christian Friedrich Schwarz reaches Tranquebar. 🇮🇳

His language skill (Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Tamil, Urdu, Persian, Marathi, Telugu) introduces Protestantism in Southern India before "Modern Missions".

This day in 1846, William Ralph Featherstone is born in Montreal. 🇨🇦 He dies, utterly unknown, before 27 - except that, ...
07/23/2026

This day in 1846, William Ralph Featherstone is born in Montreal. 🇨🇦

He dies, utterly unknown, before 27 - except that, around his teenage conversion, he penned:

My Jesus I love Thee
I know Thou art mine
For Thee all the follies
of sin I resign ...

Today in 1972, Ivan "Vanya" Moiseyev is ordered to chauffeur KGB. His body returns to his Baptist parents in a sealed co...
07/17/2026

Today in 1972, Ivan "Vanya" Moiseyev is ordered to chauffeur KGB.

His body returns to his Baptist parents in a sealed coffin - unsealing reveals torture & drowning.

His crime: evangelizing his unit, which is disbanded & spread throughout the Red Army.

This day 1896, William Cameron Townsend is born in Eastvale, California. Founding Wycliffe Bible Translators, his life...
07/09/2026

This day 1896, William Cameron Townsend is born in Eastvale, California. Founding Wycliffe Bible Translators, his life will be summed by him, "'Dear Ones: by love serve one another. Finish the task. Translate the Scriptures into every language.' —Uncle Cam"

This day in 1636, missionary Isaac Jogues arrives in what we now call Quebec City. A Jesuit priest, he aids and is aided...
07/02/2026

This day in 1636, missionary Isaac Jogues arrives in what we now call Quebec City.

A Jesuit priest, he aids and is aided by Anglican & Reformed churchmen.

Despite comforting and baptizing even some of his captors, he was martyred by the Mohawks in 1646.

This day in 1865, Hudson Taylor founds the China Inland Mission on a beach in Brighton, England. 🇬🇧 Reaching deep into t...
06/25/2026

This day in 1865, Hudson Taylor founds the China Inland Mission on a beach in Brighton, England. 🇬🇧

Reaching deep into the Chinese interior, past coastal business interests, adopting local customs, never asking for funds, they will baptize 200,000 by 1939.

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1301 4 Street SW
Calgary, AB
T2R0X9

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Wednesday 9am - 1pm
Thursday 9am - 1pm
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