Fenelon Falls Baptist Church

History

In September 1857, a small group of people gathered together in Fenelon Falls with messengers from churches in Peterborough, Port Hope, and Toronto to consider the feasibility of forming a local Baptist church. At this historic meeting, a Baptist Church was organized on New Testament principles with ten charter members, and duly called as their pastor Elder Daniel Wright, missionary to Lindsay, Fenelon Falls, and Verulam. Public services were first held in Blythe School until 1869 when on December 28th of that year the congregation met in their new chapel on Queen Street in the village of Fenelon Falls.

The Lord blessed the work from the very beginning. The records testify that a great number found the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour and many confessed their Lord in the waters of baptism. Eventually the time came when it was necessary to erect a new building, as the old one had become inadequate. On January 26th, 1907, u8nder the leadership of Pastor A. Cooke, a new edifice on Colborne Street was publicly dedicated to the glory of the Lord and the furtherance of the Gospel. Behind the building, a driving shed was constructed to house the horses and buggies or cutters while the congregation was meeting. In the early 1920s, the parsonage, which was beside the church, had to be torn down and a new house was constructed on the same site. Both the church and the parsonage became known for their sawdust burning furnaces with voracious appetites for fuel. The appearance of the church building was changed during the 1960s and 1970s when three additions added Christian Education space, a nursery, washrooms, and a larger foyer.

In 2007 we celebrated 150 years of God's Faithfulness to our church in this community.