Founded 1948 Phone 089125 01003 | Denomination Baptist Functional status Active | |
Former name(s) Baptist Church, Maddilapalem Address Similar Tenneti Park, Ukku Stadium, Nookambika Temple, Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Sivaji Park Profiles | ||
Quirk Memorial Baptist Church (QMB Church), founded in 1948, is a Protestant Church affiliated to the Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars. The Church is located on Rama Talkies Road in Resapuvanipalem, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh (India).
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The QMB Church is known among the Churches in Visakhapatnam for its proactive programmes.
History
The founding of the Church is attributed to the missionary endeavour of the Canadian Baptist Ministries which embarked on an overseas missionary enterprise in 1874 through the efforts of Thomas Gabriel. The QMB Church was established in postcolonialism era in 1948 by the The Reverend E. L. Quirk who founded what was originally known as the Baptist Church Maddilapalem. The old edifice was reconstructed and dedicated on 24 July 1985.
After more than twenty years, a new edifice was constructed and dedicated on May Day 2009 in the presence of the Baptist patriarchs comprising The Rev. C. L. Johnson, CBCNC, then Principal of the Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada and The Rev. G. Babu Rao, CBCNC, then Church Relations Coordinator of Canadian Baptist Ministries during the incumbency of the present Pastor, The Rev. G. Isaiah.
The Pastor
The senior Pastor, The Rev. G. Isaiah comes with enough experience in Pastoralia and had been an aspirant at the Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada during the period of The Rev. S. E. Krupa Rao, CBCNC. Subsequently, the Seminary Council sent Isaiah for ministerial formation to the Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad where Isaiah pursued spiritual studies during 1986-1989 during the Principalship of The Rev. S. Joseph, STBC and other Spiritual Formators including The Rev. M. Victor Paul, AELC, The Rev. Jürgen Fangmeier, The Rev. R. R. Sundara Rao, AELC, and The Rev. G. Dyvasirvadam, CSI. As part of the University criteria, Isaiah also submitted a dissertation entitled, The life history of Prof. M. Theophilus and his contribution to the CBCNC, fulfilling the requirements for the award of Bachelor of Divinity degree by the Senate of Serampore College (University), Serampore, West Bengal. The succeeding year, in 1990, Isaiah was awarded the B.D. degree by the University during the Registrarship of The Rev. D. S. Satyaranjan.