 THE BARBADOS CHURCH ARMYTHE CHURCH ARMY BATTALIONS
The Barbados Church Army, the evangelistic arm of the Anglican Church in Barbados was introduced to Barbados in the late 1920’s/early 1930’s with the first batallion reported to be at the St. Silas Chapel in St. James. His Lordship the Bishop of Barbados, The Rt. Rev. Dr. John Holder is the Patron of the Church Army and its Chaplain is Rev. Michael Maxwell, rector at the Church of St. Jude.
Since these early beginnings the church army is now in 31 parishes in the diocese. These are:
All Saints |
St. Bartholomew |
St. Lucy |
St. Philip |
Christ Church |
St. Catherine |
St. Luke |
St. Philip-the-Less |
Christ The King |
St. Christopher |
St. Mark |
St. Silas |
Church of the Resurrection |
St. George |
St. Martin |
St. Stephen |
Holy Innocents |
St. John |
St. Matthew |
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Holy Trinity |
St. John The Baptist |
St. Michael and All Angels |
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St. Ann |
St. Joseph |
St. Patrick |
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St. Augustine |
St. Jude |
St. Paul |
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St. Barnabas |
St. Leonard |
St. Peter with St. Nicholas |
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AIMS AND OBJECTIVE
1 To be the evangelistic arm of the Anglican church in Barbados
2 To minister to the sick, incapacitated and shut-ins in the diocese
3 To minister to others by holding open-air meetings
4 To minister to lapsed members of the Church
5 To support the poor spiritually and where possible, financially
6 To support the activities of the Church at the parochial and diocesan levels
7 To hold quarterly meetings of the leaders of various battalions
8 To hold annually a commitment and re-dedication service
MEMBERSHIP
Membership is be open to any confirmed member of the Anglican Church in good standing and shall be actively involved with the parochial church battalion.
EXECUTIVE
THE LEADERS COUNCIL
The Barbados church Army shall have a Leaders Council which shall consist of two representatives from each parochial Church Army.
OFFICERS:
The current officers of the Barbados Church Army are:
President: Capt. Maurice Webster
46 Violet Circle
Oxnards
St. James
Secretary: Lt. Loraine Sealy
Salisbury
St. George
Asst Secretary Lt. Phyllis Dottin
Frenches
St. George
Treasurer:
Floor Members: Lt. Gloria Bentham
8 Golden Mile
St. Peter
Capt. Brenda Waterman
Fisherpond
St. Thomas
Capt. Jonathan Holder
Passage Garden
St. Michael
Capt. Josiah Best
Hopeland
St. Philip
CHURCH ARMY INTERNATIONAL
The Barbados Church Army is affiliated to Church Army International. This is a body comprising all the national church army organisations in Africa, Australia, Barbados, Canada, Jamaica, New Zealand, United Kingdom and Ireland, and the United States of America. The leaders of the national bodies meet regularly as the International Leaders Forum whose current chairman is Captain Bruce Smith of Canada.
The goal of the Leaders Forum is to reach out to others in words and action with the good news of Jesus Christ and to see people becoming his disciples. The Leaders Forum is committed to encouraging and enabling others to share this exciting work, to be pioneering as risks are taken for the Gospel, to go into new areas, and to do these things for the sake of Christ with the desire to make Him known to others. This was the goal of Winston Carlile, the founder of the Church Army, and that remains the goal of the International Forum today.
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