Sr. Pastor
David Daniels
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David is happily married to Lois. They have three married children and one grandson.
Entering pastoral ministry in 1970 and ordained as a Baptist minister in 1973, David has served congregations in the USA (Vermont), England (Peterborough) and Canada (Nova Scotia & Ontario). He has been involved in church planting, merging congregations, facilitating the planting of a daughter church, and assisting congregations hurt by leadership failure. In 2002, David assumed leadership of New Covenant Forum (established as The Toronto Jewish Mission in 1894), where he served until the Fall of 2009. David began serving as Sr. Pastor of Grace Baptist Church on October 1, 2009.
David enjoys reading and writing. He blogs at WiseReader.
Ministries Coordinator
Lynn Keats
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Lynn and her husband Gord celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniversary in the fall of 2010. They have two University-aged sons, Kyle and Darren, who also serve the Lord at GBC.
Lynn’s “adventure” at Grace Baptist Church began when her boys first attended Kinder Ring Pre-School. She later came on staff at the pre-school and enjoyed working with Miss Sharon for six years.
For the past few years Lynn has worked as the Ministries Coordinator and is thankful that God has placed her in a fun and loving environment to use and develop the talents he gifted her with. She loves singing, working with children, and is always up for a good cup of Tim Hortons coffee.
Church Administrator
Miriam Rosendall
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Miriam and her family moved to Canada from Trinidad & Tobago in 1991. She and her husband John have been happily married for 38 years and have been blessed with one son, John Paul.
Miriam joined the staff at Grace Baptist Church in 1992 as church secretary and assumed the role of church administrator since July 1, 1998. She gives support to Pastor David and Lynn in their roles as senior pastor and ministries coordinator and other leadership within the Church family through various administrative tasks and projects including financial management and maintaining of the church books. Miriam also enjoys volunteering in the church nursery looking after the ‘little ones’ and being part of the garden team that maintains the garden around the church and office buildings from spring to the end of summer.
Spending time with family tops the list of Miriam’s favorite things to do. She loves being ‘Great Auntie’ to her adorable great nephews and nieces. She also enjoys gardening on hot summer days, going for walks, going to the beach down south, going to bible study and sharing time with friends and family over a good cup of coffee or tea.