Church celebrates 25 years

The Bridgetown Church of Christ (BCOC) has reached 25 years of existence and they began their celebrations with a spectacular service on Sunday morning at their location on Roebuck Street.

Twenty-five years may not seem like a significant milestone for a church, considering many other churches celebrate well over 100 years of existence but members of the BCOC are extremely proud to have reached this milestone.
The church was planted back in 1992 by two disciples, Michael Jean-Baptiste and his late wife Edith Jean-Baptiste. His son, the late Damian Jean-Baptiste and wife Karlene Jean-Baptiste, took over leading the church a few years later.

During his welcome sermon, Jean-Baptiste expressed how grateful he was to have seen the church reach this milestone even though looking back reminded him of his loss. “I cannot begin to tell you how I feel. Broken a little bit, but essentially happy; happy to see the many faces here. I want to welcome you this morning to this fascinating, exciting day, the 25th anniversary launch service of the Bridgetown Church of Christ,” he exclaimed.

Long time member of the church, Guy O’Neal expressed that he enjoys being a part of the church. O’Neal was converted back in 1990 in a sister church in Boston, and upon return to Barbados, joined the BCOC. He noted that it was smaller when they first started which made it easier to remain close to every member in the church. O’Neal added that even though the growth of the church has made it harder to remain close to everyone like in the past, the growth was definitely something to celebrate.

Head of the Planning Committee of the 25th anniversary celebrations, Dave Foster expressed that he, along with the other members of the planning committee, believed that 25 years was truly something to celebrate.
“We thought that it would be good to spread out the activities over a couple of months; so it won’t just be a one day celebration like we would have had in the past. We planned a few other events to commemorate the event,” he said.

He revealed that they planned to have a Fun Walk at the end of August, a Gala dinner at the end of September and a celebration service at the end of October.