Who We Are

OUR VISION

Westmount and the world coming to know, love, and follow Jesus Christ.

OUR RESPONSE

To be a church that leads healthy conversations about Jesus Christ.

STATEMENT OF FAITH

This church accepts the Scriptures as its authority in matters of faith and practice. Its understanding of Christian truth as contained in the Scriptures is in essential accord with other Baptist churches, but it has no statement of creed apart from the Scriptures, particularly the New Testament.

Our Team

DAS SYDNEY

Interim Lead Pastor

Rev. Dr. Das Sydney is a graduate of University of Toronto (B.A. & M.Th), McMaster (M.Div.), Conrad Grebel (Conflict Management & Congregational Leadership), and Northern Baptist Seminary, Chicago (D.Min.) He is well respected among Canadian Baptists having served as pastor of churches in Ontario and Nova Scotia, retiring recently from Highland (Kitchener). He has been adjunct professor at Acadia, McMaster and Emmanuel and currently serves as President of the Canadian Council of Churches. Das began as Interim Pastor at Westview in January of 2022. He is married to Angela and they have three children and two grandchildren. He likes to paint.

TINA RAE

Pastor and Christian Education Specialist

Tina is a graduate of Heritage College with a Bachelor of Religious Education with a Children's Ministry Minor. She has been serving at Westview since 2005 with our children, youth and adult programs, and was ordained here in 2018. In 2020, Tina released her first book titled "Devotions for the Artist at Heart." In her spare time, Tina enjoys hanging out with her family, painting, and playing baseball.

KATHY ROOT PARR

Ministry Assistant

Kathy is a graduate of the University of Guelph (B.Sc.) and McMaster Divinity College (M.Div). She has been in ministry of one form or another since 1985, has been part of the Westview staff for more than 20 years, and became Ministry Assistant in the summer of 2021. She is married to James and enjoys reading, music, nature photography, wood carving, drama and puppetry and many other things!

MICHAEL MARTIN

Manager of Custodial Care

Michael is our Manager of Custodial Care. He is a hardworking and handy person who is talented in music and the trades. In his free time, Michael likes to spend time with his wife Alex (Fani) and family as well as going for hikes, helping others, and designing and building things.

Our
Executive Board

Our Executive Board

At Westview we have a volunteer board who lead many of our ministries. Please let us know if you would like to be in touch with any of our members regarding a specific area of ministry or with questions in general.

Executive Board Chair - Charlotte Van Roestel

Church Life Chair of Christian Education and Spiritual Life and Fellowship- David Norton

Outreach and Missions - Charlene Root

Human Resources and Property Management - Charlotte Van Roestel

Finance Chair - Martha Reis

Nominating Committee Chair - Vacant

Church Clerk - Lois Garrett

Directors at Large - Sharon Griffiths, Rhodora Laylo, Susan Phillips.

Please contact our board through office@westviewbaptist.ca

Our Story

On June 1, 1981, a small portable trailer opened its doors to Westmount residents seeking worship.

Its parent churches at the Adelaide Street Baptist and First Baptist Churches had seeded money and members to build a new faith community in southwest London. For four years, the congregation, lead by its founding pastor, The Reverend Alex Moir, worshipped in the humble hut, united by their love of God and each other.

The church adopted its constitution on June 13, 1982. In October of that year, the church officially joined the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec and the Middlesex-Lambton Association. Three years later, the trailer would close its doors - not because the church was shuttering, but because it had outgrown its mobile home. On October 5, 1985, Westview's current, permanent building opened. With the added space came room for children's classes, youth groups, and adult ministries.

More and more Londoners joined Westview. Once again, the church had outgrown its building. So in 1995, the Westview Family Life Centre extension was built, featuring a full-sized gymnasium, four classrooms, a nursery, a playroom, and a youth recreation room. Plumbers, electricians and other laborers from the congregation helped with construction.

Today, Westview is a thriving faith community that gives back to London and the world. We run a food cupboard and cook meals for families in need, and send missionaries to Rwanda, Lebanon, South Africa, and more.